Colin,
<<Clearly, there are two factions here who have issues with one another
that will never be known--let alone understood--by the rest of us.>>
Oh LORD it would be so EASY if there were ONLY two factions!
<<$35 for a meal! Imagine that... it must be 1998. Sure, that is more
than the meal would be worth "down in Berdoo," but this ain't down in
Berdoo, this is up at the lakeside at a "premier" motoring event. It
sure does not seem like an outrageous amount for dinner.>>
After several private responses to my own post on this issue, and more
reasonable reflection, I must most humbly alter my prior recommendation to Ed
and Karen.
Theresia and I are sort of "involved" with an annual event that happens in the
spring at a small town on the central California coast. The first couple of
years, as I recall, the event Inn was getting something like twenty bucks a
head for a Sunday buffet brunch in a banquet room. In that light, thirty-five
for a dinner at a big-time Big Bear resort maybe isn't quite so gonad-grabbing
as it first appeared.
Karen, since the dinner on Saturday night is "free" to you and Ed, how 'bout
if you pick up half the $70 tab for Bill and Virginia? If you consider your
registration coin as gone-baby-gone, you and Ed are getting dinner for two at
$35.00 and Bill and Virginia are getting dinner for two at $35.00. You'd do
better than that someplace else in town? PLUS you get to do it at Tigers
United!
<<I confess that I do not understand the reluctance to state the judging
criteria for the concours.>>
Since I'm already thought to be a world-class asshole, I'll continue to "dance
with the lady what brung me" and agree that I still don't understand this one
either.
<<And who started the movement for a counter event? Talk about counter
productive!>>
A counter event? Did I miss something? I hope this isn't a reference to the
discussion of alternate dinner accommodations on Saturday night. There
certainly are "other" events that offer alternate opportunities, but I don't
recall any of them being presented as a "counter event." Did I miss
something?
<< I thought the event was called "Tigers United..." Obviously unbridled
optimism on someone's part.>>
Nowadays it's more like an anachronistic reference to a time long, long past.
<<One good thing has come from all this foolishness. I had been feeling
really badly about the fact that my wife and I will be unable to attend,
but now I realize we ain't gonna miss nothin'.>>
WRONG!
In spite of my personal "disinfatuation" with the event of recent years, I
have consistently advised new owners to partake of Tigers United. You will
have a good time. It will be fantastic. You will make a personal vow to
return year after year after year. And you will. And you should. Until you
start to see the funny stuff. Then you should ask questions. If you are not
satisfied with the answers, you should ask again. And again. And again.
Then, when you finally see it is futile, consider the "never again" position.
Why should you, or any others new to the marque miss out on all the good
things that a Tigers United has to offer just 'cause some of us ol-fart
geezers have had enough?
Ramon
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