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Re: [FOT] Tuesday Morning in FoTLand

To: <dos_gusanos@msn.com>, "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [FOT] Tuesday Morning in FoTLand
From: "Gary" <vintage.racer@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:29:58 -0700
Henry:

50 plastic totes?  That's not a garage...that's an automotive recycling 
business waiting to happen.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dos_gusanos@msn.com>
To: "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [FOT] Tuesday Morning in FoTLand


>  One observation my buddy Tony and I made during our tour to Road America
> with layovers at two separate points of interest in FOT land,  was that 
> these
> two guys (Joe and Jack) had their lives put together much better than Tony 
> and
> I.  How did we know?  The organization and cleanliness of the garages.  I
> believe that a person's overall success in life and racing can be measured 
> by
> looking at their garages.  Missing from their garages were the black 
> museums
> of broken parts and piles of other crap that conceal the one missing valve
> spring needed to complete the head job.  Visiting these guys has made me 
> pick
> up 50 plastic totes so now the piles of parts are neatly piled in plastic
> totes and placed on shelves rather than scattered all over the floor.  And
> when guests come over I clean off my work bench and re-oil the wood
> strategically placing only the finest of my Whitworth stuff out poised to 
> take
> on another project.  My wife laughs and thinks I'm nuts.  Or am I just 
> getting
> old?.......................................Henry
>
>
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