My Disclaimer: I plan to bombard the team.net list almost daily with my
opinions regardless of whether or
not I have any useful information to share and if by some chance I should annoy
or offend anyone with my
unnecessary chatter then..... NEVER MIND!!!!
Debbi
Now, doesn't that look foolish? Come on guys, let's get real.
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>Debbi Eley wrote:
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><snip the entire long-winded and poorly written rant>
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>Debbi,
>
>Thanks for at least sharing more of an opinion that Mark did, I
>appreciate your effort. I do NOT appreciate your taking a privately
>posted message into a public forum.
>
>I'm sorry I didn't recognize your name or know (or care) that you
>co-drove Mark Sipe's car at Nats. That's ALL I'm going to apologize
>for.
>
>Just because people such as yourself choose to not raise your opnions
>until after you've heard mine doesn't mean I shouldn't state my
>opinions. I offered a disclaimer before my first post-Nationals post
>that stated clearly that it WAS my first Nationals. Here, I found it,
>this is exactly what I said:
>
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>Disclaimer:
>
>This and any other drivel that I may soon spew are merely a different
>viewpoint of the Nationals. The viewpoint of a first-timer at
>Nationals, essentially an "outsider" to the whole National scene,
>namely... me.
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>
>I KNOW I'm an outsider to the Nationals scene and that I'd have not even
>been there if I didn't live so close. I KNOW my opinions are not gospel
>and may not apply to anyone other than myself or those who are in
>similar circumstances. They are my still my opinions, and I am free to
>state them. Just as I was free to state my opinion that Mark was
>wasting our time with his lame "you don't know what you're talking
>about" post.
>
>
>
>In reference to some of your other posts to Mike Bultemeier:
>
>Just because I don't choose to drive for hours to get to an autocross (I
>generally don't have to, we have about two events per month here, that
>keeps me happy) doesn't mean I'm not dedicated. My dedication is just
>not in the same direction as yours. I focus on helping to keep my
>regional program operating and having fun at that level. If you view
>that as not being dedicated... that's fine.
>
>And, to quote Mark, YOU don't know what you're talking about. I ran
>Tuesday/Wednesday and HAD FUN both days, whether I looked like it or not
>(on top of the dreary weather and my poor driving, I was nursing a
>cold). Didn't you look at the results to see that I drove my very own
>Saturn in Street Touring on those days? I wasn't even there
>Thursday/Friday.
>
>You claim it's rained for 6 of the 10 times you've been to Nats... and
>yet you weren't smart enough to be prepared and have your rain tires
>handy BEFORE the event? Then whine because the tire truck didn't have
>them?
>
>I did not state my reasons for not liking to travel over 100 miles or
>so. But, since you made an assumption and didn't bother to ask, I have
>reasons. I have a job that gives me a limited amount of vacation. I
>have a FAMILY who doesn't eat, breathe and sleep autocrossing. I have a
>limited budget. If I were single or at least childless, had plenty of
>room in the budget (the two go hand in hand, don't they?) and lots of
>time off available, perhaps things would be different. Then again, if
>it meant having to put up with people such as yourself, maybe not. What
>happened to the "big happy family" that I heard Nationals was all about?
>
>
>
>I'll end this flame war here and now. Nothing productive can come from
>me saying anything else to you.
>
>
>
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>Loren Williams | Homepage - http://home.kscable.com/shad
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