I like those ideas. They sound like a lot of fun and a test of one's
driving and other mechanical skills. Clearly, on some of these events
the tuning of ones auto would give a big advantage to those who did it
correctly.
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, John McEwen wrote:
=%OHi Tom:
=%O
=%OI'm guilty on two counts. Today I posted a perpetuation to the digression
=%Oand I haven't yet responded to your game idea.
=%O
=%O1. Blindfolded gymkhana - driver is bagged. Passenger directs through
=%Ocones with a reverse section included.
=%O
=%O2. Why won't it start? A simple disabling of an MG by some fairly
=%Osimple-to- discover method. Teams of two. Time limit.
=%O
=%O3. Basketball shoot. Car drives along line, series of wastepaper baskets
=%Oset up at a distance. Driver and/or passenger have a number of basketballs
=%Owhich must be shot into baskets. Driver may not stop. Event is timed.
=%O
=%O4. Slow race. Last one across the line wins. No one may stop. Make the
=%Ocourse short.
=%O
=%O5. Stop on the line - front and back. Driver must stop on a line going
=%Oforward and backwards. He may not lean out of the car.
=%O
=%O6. Car Olympics - Discus (hubcap) toss, Toss the caber (driveshaft),
=%OShotput (alternator), Javelin (antenna), Obstacle course - run a course
=%Ostepping in tires. (Make sure you get a waiver),
=%O
=%O7. MG Seesaw - 1 log two sturdy planks or a very strong ramp. Drive up
=%Oand balance.
=%O
=%O8. Top up and down. Time event. Judges for each car. Organize by car type.
=%O
=%O9. Change a tire race. Must start and finish with everthing in trunk.
=%O
=%O10. Variation on the above. Rotate tires. Wire wheels in separate class
=%Ofor both.
=%O
=%OI can dream up more if you wish. I hope these will help.
=%O
=%OJohn McEwen
=%O
=%O
=%O>CLICK....Soap box mode...ON
=%O>
=%O>Why is it that we can get wrapped up in off topic ideas, but yet when a
fellow
=%O>enthusiast asks for some input on MG games, he gets only 4 responses...and 3
=%O>of those involved the senseless, and environmentally ill advised beating of
=%O>other British Iron?
=%O>
=%O>Today, I've seen at least a dozen posts to the "Knock Down Power" of
weapons.
=%O>I've even responded privately to one person.
=%O>
=%O>Two Weeks ago, I asked for the help of the list to give me ideas for MG
Event
=%O>games that could be included in a Funkhana type of event.....to which I
=%O>received the aforementioned responses....the lack of real help (exception
here
=%O>was Bob Noguera) is astonishing....
=%O> I'd still like to solicit this list for game (not the type you hunt with
all
=%O>that knockdown power) ideas....any input?
=%O>
=%O>Soap box mode... OFF....
=%O>
=%O>Tom
=%O
=%O
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
John J. Peloquin
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
3205 BioSciences II
UC IRVINE
Irvine, CA 92697-3900
jpeloqui@uci.edu
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