[Shotimes] OT was ST now Taurus Convention

[DAVID PILLSBURY]

I'd like to know more about a Taurus Convention. Do you have to dress up as your favorite Taurus or can you just wear the ears?
Dave 
90 Red MTX
The Enchanted Mitten


Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:
I heard the even have conventions for Ford Taurus's.....

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Garber" 
To: "Ron Porter" ; "SHOtimes mailing list (E-mail)"

Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT for the Star Trek geeks


> Eh - Star Trek is no different than anything else. They have
> conventions/get togethers for Soaps, Comic books, Star Wars and cars.
> They have fan clubs for everyone from Pee-Wee Herman to Bill Clinton.
>
> The only real difference is the Star Trek groups/clubs/fans outnumber
> the others and happen to be more visible. Other than that, it's nothing
> new or more outlandish than any of the other 'clubs' out there.
>
> I happen to enjoy the shows/movies. Don't go to the conventions,
> wouldn't dress up as a Klingon and don't belong to any clubs, however!
>
>
> Dave Garber
> Pittsburgh, PA
> 99 White
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:22 PM
> To: 'SHOtimes mailing list (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT for the Star Trek geeks
>
> Don't stretch it, Don.
>
> Cars.....even Porsches and SHOs, have a useful purpose in life. No
> relevance to a TV show.
>
> Nor does enjoying entertainment have any connection with anything Star
> Trek.
> Ballet, mud-wrestling, monster trucks, auto racing, the symphony, etc
> are all entertainment. Because I like a few of them does not mean that
> there aren't others that make me want to hurl.
>
> Too many Trekkies have taken the Star Trek thing way beyond
> entertainment.
> To me, it was just lame TV series, like hundreds of others, that should
> have quietly died. I guess that anytime that people are absorbed into a
> behavior, they thing that it at looks OK and can't understand the
> reactions of others when everyone else thinks that you're crazy. Could
> almost name it the "Michael Jackson" syndrome........."I think it's
> fine, the rest of you just don't understand".
>
> The Star Trek thing has gone well beyond just "entertainment". And yes,
> I have never had the tiniest bit of interest in science fiction.
>
> Ron Porter
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