The poor gentleman from under the "horses tail of Oklahoma" always
seemed to be carrying a drink and a grudge every time I saw him. Friday night
Joe and Jan, Bob and Barbara Kramer, Irv, and myself were relaxing in the hotel
lobby when this Okie approached asking if he could sit with us. We welcomed him
to sit, but when Irv made a wise crack this gentleman took offense and it
became obvious that he was enjoying the hotel bar more than the average
attendee. He felt no one had made him and his co-attendee feel welcome. It
seemed like every group he infiltrated soon broke and dispersed.
Saturday, at the concourse, the gentleman reappeared with his old
friend Bud Weiser. He wanted me to convince him why he should buy my services
instead of someone else. He only seemed to get more boisterous when I didn't
take his lead and break into a selling song and dance. As Joe stated, I see him
as an unlikely customer and a potential PIA if he were one. I'm sure there is a
shop closer to the tail that can address this mans needs. If not, there's
always the Betty Ford Clinic. Thanks - Ed
N197TR4@cs.com wrote:
BTW, I really thought the Texans did a great job at VTR. Other than the
disgruntled
Okie that lives under the horses tail of OK, I found no one complaining.
I noticed our group broke up rapidly after his arrival....................
Oddly, he approached Ed Barnard and me the next day. He expressed interest in
doing some business with Ed....but we think he was beating the heat with
Bud(s) and we find him an unlikely candidate.
Outside of the fact that I did not spend time with some folks that I really
wanted to visit with, VTR was a very fine event.
Regards,
Joe (A)
> My wife and I are going to hold a (long overdue) coming out party for my
> TR4A during the September CVAR races at TX World Speedway. It was my desire
> to invite the family of the original owner who raced it in 66 through 68,
> but the idea spread and now at the suggestion of our club president we are
> making it a club road trip. This may be my best chance to get some of these
> non-sporty, sports car owners to see what the cars were meant to do.
>
> Bob Kramer
> rkramer3@austin.rr.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert M. Lang"
> To: "Larry Young"
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [FOT] VTR article on Hallett
>
>
> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Larry Young wrote:
> >
> >> I think this is a common problem. Only two guys from Green Country
> >> Triumphs came out to the FoT gathering at Hallett.
> >> Larry
> >
> > I wrote John in a seperate reply, but a lot of the clubs are having this
> > problem. The fix is that you have to make people think that this is the
> > place to be. ISOA does an awesome job of this.
> >
> > On the outset,it looks easy I mean for most folks on the FOT list, the
> > idea of seeing (and hearing) ANY Triumph driving fast is an event not to
> > be missed. But there are a lot of Triumph owners out there now that don't
> > want to risk thier "baby" on track and in some cases tehy don't get driven
> > very much any more. Which is sad.
> >
> > But if you can promote these outings in a way to make folks want to be
> > there - trust me, they'll be there. Sometimes ads promoting free beer will
> > do the trick, sometimes not. But getting your promo in the club newsletter
> > and web site, etc. is not enough - you have to make folks WANT to be
> > there.
> >
> > regards,
> > rml
> >
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