Henry,
At 06:09 PM 8/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-08-24 12:56:09 EDT, rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu writes:
>
><< Anybody who has Tiger owners as
> friends can't be that bad. It would seem, however, since you don't own a
> Tiger, that you must just enjoy stirring up controversy >>
>Once again Bob- you are misinformed. I own a Tiger. I had two of them up
until
>last year.
>
Damn!! Once again it looks like I'm misinformed on a very crucial point. I
hate it when I do this. Thanks for the correction. I'm trying to remember
just how I got the idea that you didn't own a Tiger. I may have
extrapolated the story that you initially wanted Dale to build you a racing
Tiger, and then found it was too small. (Is that correct?) I think someone
else also told me that you didn't own a Tiger, but I won't point any
fingers - I guess the buck stops here and I apologize. BTW, am I to infer
by the fact that you didn't dispute my contention that "you must enjoy
stirring up controversy" that this is, in fact, true? Believe me, if it is
true, I don't hold it against you!! On the other hand, if you've had some
sort of epiphany recently and are now committed to being fair and open
minded, then I'll be happy to accept that too.
>
>I believe that the Mk 2 in question is in fact a rebody, on the word of
experts that know the >car.
When did you come to this conclusion Henry, before or after your first
post? And what "experts". And how sure are you now? I guess at some point
we all have to take either the "beyond a reasonable doubt" or "the
preponderance of evidence"criteria that jurors use. Assuming the Pebble
Beach MkII winds up in civil court, the latter criterion would apply. In
any case, no matter how many books or experts, in principle there will
always be some degree of doubt. But I think everyone here already knows this.
>I am only saying that one cannot believe everything they read in books. That
>is not contoversial, that is good common sense. The same common sense that
>would tell me not to bag on a car that was just sold when i don't know the
>circumstances of the car and sale.
>-Henry
>
Does I = me = i = you ??? or me??? Once more, you've got me a little
confused Henry. Come to think of it, I was never sure of your point to
begin with.
In any case Henry, have a nice day and enjoy driving your Tiger,
Eating a little crow in S.D.,
Bob
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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