>I dunno, sounds an awful lot like not getting your way and taking your
>ball home so that nobody else can play with it in the sand box.
There are always two interpretations (negative and positive) of any given
situation. For example, someone, who doesn't like someones actions,
might call that person inconsistent, while another person who does like
those same actions calls that person flexible.
More specifically to your comment, a different way to interpret the same
events is that the person who chose not to go to nationals due to the ESP
classing is someone objective rather than childish, and they objectively
calculated that the benefits were outweighed by the costs. Business does
that every day.
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Agreed, and I could've worded that better I guess.
BUT, if we truly play this game just for the fun and the comaraderie, then
it sure looks like a temper tantrum when folks would rather stay home than
come and _possibly_ get beaten by a better car and/or driver. remember,
there are no guarantees. Everyone has their "day" in the limelight at some
point but if one doesn't show up they just might miss it.
I'm switching classes/categories next year and I know going in that I don't
have "the" car for the class, but it's a pretty good one and I most
assuredly WILL have fun running it regardless of how I finish at each event.
If I wasn't having fun I wouldn't be doing this. Perhaps some people should
re-evaluate why they're playing this game we call Solo. If it's for
trophies alone, then they're gonna be dissappointed sooner or later. Me, I
do it because I think it's the most fun I can have in a car with my clothes
still on and it beats the heck out of another fire and brimstone sermon each
Sunday morning. And I do it to be with friends each week.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
#69 STS #13 TLS
eric10mm@qni.com
"If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. - Life's Little Treasure Book, on wisdom
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