Here's a story about inconsiderate people NOT offering help. Early in May, I
was in Chestertown, MD driving my 53 Bentley R-Type when it started to make
some nasty knocking sounds. I decided to stop and have it flatbeded back to
NJ. Since it was Sunday, I had to wait over night. So I found a room and
then took a cab into the historic district. A large group of old Fords came
through town, mostly Model T's. They stopped for a meal at a dockside
restaurant. I was going there anyhow, so I stopped at a table full of Ford
folks and explained to them about the Bentley and wondered if any of them
were "mechanical" and would like to take a look/listen. I told them that all
I wanted to know was if they had any idea what was wrong with the car, I
didn't want to do a roadside repair. They were very "snotty" about it and
downright unfriendly. One woman in the group said that they didn't want the
responsibility of dealing with the car. I said all I wanted was someone's
opinion of what might be wrong, and I certainly wasn't asking anybody to do
any work on the car for me...just look & listen to the noise to try to
figure out what was wrong. Well, I know that Morgan people would have said
something like..."I don't know myself, but try Herb over at the next table.
He'll be able to look at it, etc" We certainly would have been more friendly
than these Bozos were to me. Next morning, I had it shipped back to NJ with
the help of a much more cooperative and friendly group of guys at the local
AAA auto parts store.
Still waiting for the mechanic's verdict. but also still pissed off at the
Ford Club in Maryland! Would Chevy guys have been more friendly?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lannis" <ottoflick@netzero.net>
To: <morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Swell-tering event in Texas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David P. Crandall <davidc@netwrk.org>
>
>
> >Hi all - a report from one happy northerner who experienced Texas MogMog
> >hospitality last weekend.
> >
> >The event was the annual Texas All Brits show in Houston. I'd met this
> >great gal and Morganeer on the internet and we'd arranged a rendezvous
> >Friday night after I finished a workshop for a bunch of school principals
> >in McKinney Texas. Now, you know what they say about people you meet on
> >the internet and the danger of just going somewhere not knowing what
you're
> >in for! Of course, how could a fellow Morgan nut not be OK, I figured.
>
>
> David - Glad it worked out and you had a good time!!
>
> With you, I think people are way too wimpy and paranoid about actually
> meeting some of the neat people you get to know on these lists. Sure,
20/60
> or 48 Minutes or one of those shows can always come up with a horror
story,
> but that's all part of the "perceived threat" problem that makes people,
for
> example, cringe in horror at the thought of a nuclear power plant in their
> state while they blithely whoosh down the road at 75 mph 20 feet behind
the
> car in front of them with a cell phone in their ear.
>
> I've been helped many times over the years by people who didn't know me
and
> were taking a "risk" in doing it; I intend to pass it on as long as I
live!
>
>
> Lannis "Stop by the House Sometime" Selz
>
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