I give regularly to Our Lady of Eternal Combustion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
To: <BillB@bnj.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [FOT] Nice place
>I had the perfect opportunity to show the world just how 'GREEN' a crowd
> we racers really are. Last Earth Day, RMVR had an event in La Junta. Two
> of our Flagging & Communications people arrived in hybrid Hondas. I
> wanted to get a picture of them with their Eco-Friendly rides preparing
> aluminum cans for recycling.
>
> I have also been known to remark to people who complain that we make
> noise that we are part of "The Church of the Divine Radial Ply Tyre" and
> when we worship, "we make a joyful noise".
> They tried to make a zone, 2 mile radius, from the Mead track that was
> limited to 50dBa. Interstate 25 is essentially the western boundary. It
> is louder than that at 3 o'clock in the morning. Children at play far
> exceed that standard.
> Bill
>
> On Mon, 29 May 2006 11:11:40 -0700 Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> writes:
>> There are short sighted, holier-than-thou weenies everywhere that
>> want to
>> vote down every facility that smacks of fun, particularly if it
>> uses
>> petroleum and makes noise. What they fail to understand is that the
>> large
>> majority of people will not wear a hair shirt for long. If they
>> really want
>> to change how the world works they need to do it in ways that don't
>> feel so
>> much like voluntary deprivation and self discipline. The "ecology"
>> movement
>> lost general support very quickly in the US because no one wants to
>> listen
>> to zealots. To paraphrase Bill Bryson, some loser in hemp clothing
>> driving a
>> dung-powered VW Microbus couldn't talk me into getting out of a
>> burning car,
>> never mind committing myself to their cause.
>>
>> There is a substantial movement here in Portland to shut down PIR
>> and put
>> something "less intrusive" there, perhaps a nice landfill, or an
>> outlet
>> mall. The main reason I'm working to make the CRC into a serious
>> event is
>> that it could help prevent that. We're spending a lot of time with
>> the
>> neighborhood association in St. Johns to make sure they see a
>> benefit from
>> the event. We had an entry in their parade this year (we won
>> second!), we
>> have the block party in downtown St. Johns. I don't know if this
>> will all
>> work, but it's the best thing I could come up with.
>>
>>
>> === Help keep Team.Net on the air
>> === http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
>
> === Help keep Team.Net on the air
> === http://www.team.net/donate.html
|