[Shotimes] 2005 Convention

[Ryan Pasch]

Paul, 
I agree. Again I had a wonderful time at the convention and will be
back where ever it goes. Funny thing is, my wife Kellie had a
wonderful time also. She told me that she now understands why I have
such a good time at the convention :)

Oh and how you said that the judges took pity on you... hehehe! Paul
you have very clean SHO and it showed with all of the effort you put
into it, you deserved Best of SHO!  Congrads!!!!


Ryan J Pasch 




On 7/26/05, Paul & Rosetta Thomas <2k2bird@cablelynx.com> wrote:
> Just want to echo what Kerby said.  This was convention #11 for Rosetta and
> me (missed the first two).  They have all been some of the best times of our
> lives and this one was no exception.  As usual, Don, Jan and all those
> behind the scenes folks, put together a great convention.  We especially
> enjoyed meeting Don, Jr. and we know he was a great help to his mom and dad
> as well as everyone else.  Congrats to Ken, Jodie and the proud grandparents
> on the arrival of Elizabeth.  Ken won't have much time to rest as he starts
> his first stint as head convention coordinator.  Don, take care of your
> business, Ken will do a fine job.
> 
> For me personally the best thing about this convention was my good friend,
> John Weidenbenner (met him the first time in Chicago in '96), being well
> enough to make the trip.  I'm happy that he was strong enough to enjoy many
> of the activities at least a little bit.  John, if your reading this - keep
> getting better guy, we've got other conventions to make in the future.
> 
> The friendships we have made through the conventions have had such a great
> ripple effect over the years and make each time we are able to get together
> again special.  Other highlights of this convention were being invited to Al
> and Susan Jennings (met them the first time in Dallas in '94)lovely home for
> wine and cheese as well as being invited by John and Jane Ritter (met them
> the first time in Dearborn in '95) to tour Chip Ganassi Racing Headquarters
> (Jane is a 25 year employee of Target Headquarters).  Of course seeing all
> of our other friends we have made over the years was great as well.  I've
> said it every year, if you're missing the convention, you're missing the
> best part of SHO ownership.
> 
> Of course another exciting part of the convention was our car being judged
> the Best of SHOw at the Car SHOw.  I think the judges finally took pity on
> me after all these years of trying.  No matter what the reason, it still
> feels pretty darn good to me.  There will be no time to rest as the car will
> move up to the platinum class next year.
> 
> Thanks again to everyone.  We did miss a few folks from conventions past
> (Tom/Chris and Sergio/Angela come to mind).  Hope we can all get together
> again in  Omaha or Memphis next year.
> 
> Paul Thomas
> '93 Crimson Red ATX
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kerbyh@netzero.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 7:40 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] 2005 Convention
> 
> 
> > Well, with my 12th SHO Convention under my belt(missed the 1st one, and
> that Vegas semi-official one) I have to say, once again, what a great bunch
> of folks we are.  I didn't get to spend enough time with everyone, but that
> is just the way the week of sleep deprivation goes.  I'm now back at work
> for some much needed rest, and deleting of e-mails.
> >
> > Thanks to Don, Don, Jan, Bill S. and everyone else involved in getting
> this thing put together and pulled off.  The grin is still on my face from
> Putnam Park.
> >
> > Hope to see everyone next year.
> >
> > Oh, and Don, congratulations on the new grandkid.  I hope you didn't get
> into too much trouble Friday afternoon...
> >
> >
> > Kerby
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