It's nice to hear one calm voice in all this stupid argument. Many of these
postings remind me of my kids fighting. When they were about 12.
Doug Leithauser
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> From: Andy Walker <awtiger@ix.netcom.com>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tiger manual responses
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 1:56 AM
>
> Hey, guys:
>
> Why don't we just settle down a little here over this Tiger manual
> business? Being an outsider looking in, it is obvious there is some
> serious bad blood here between two distinct Tiger factions on the west
> coast. It is even spilling over to the UK! The facts here as I see them
> are that, one, the STOA did not want the "Tiger Identification Manual"
> project to get off the ground and , two, Tiger Technologies has stated
that
> they are not going to do the manual. End of story.
>
> I would hope the majority of us on this mail list are here for the mutual
> sharing of info and knowledge about the Sunbeam Tiger. This list has, so
> far, been of great help to me in getting some questions answered that I
> have had. I do appreciate all the people who are considerate enough to
> help out a fellow Tiger owner in need of info. What I don't appreciate
is
> the fact that the whole list has to see all this mud slinging between
these
> two groups who apparently are not very fond of each other. The question
> that comes to mind is "Is this really worth getting this pissed off
over?"
>
> I served on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Region of the Shelby
> American Automobile Club for over twelve years back in the 80's and early
> 90's. I witnessed this type of behavior literally tear that club apart.
> There was so much pettiness and bad blood in the group that myself and
> several others felt compelled to leave the group. To sum it up, it just
> flat wasn't fun anymore. So come on, guys...lets keep our egos and our
> pride in check, lest we travel down that same path to destruction.
>
> You know, I always thought it would be nice to live on the west coast,
> closer to the hotbed of Tiger action. I'm not so sure anymore...
>
> Andy Walker
>
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