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Re: Bonneville Site updated

To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bonneville Site updated
From: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 19:35:19 -0800
Bruce; Just as I was trying to answer this note my 'puter locked up
(spun a bearing?). Had to turn off and start over. No I'm not related to
the late Bill Odom. Better luck getting in on the chat next time.
                        Doug Odom POP Motorsports ms/427

FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> 
>        Hey Doug  ---  At least you got  INTO  the chat room !    I  know  I
> have  a
> WHOLE  lot to learn about using these 'puters --- have only been on this list
> a month
> or so, and starting to see how  finickey these babies can be ( sometimes )
> I  have
> received  a number of  L S R  car photos from new friends here on the list,
> but  have only been able to view or print out about one - quarter of those ,
> yet the computer
> indicated they all were down - loaded  OK , and shows them to be stored in
> files.
>      I  need a good book with the BASICS , as  I  surely feel  illiterate
> when trying
> to cope with some of this .  I  can forward the photos to pals, who email me
> right
> back and say " what a great looking car ! "    Don't  think we're alone in
> this ---- I'm
> hearing it quite a bit .  My pal  Jack  Eaton, brother of  NHRA  Ed  ( both
> pioneer
> Long  Island hotrodders ),  told me the other day he'd rather rebuild a motor
> in a
> snowbank than figure out his new computer !    Guess the old adage 'bout  old
> dogs  and  new  tricks  hits pretty close to home !
>       I did check out the  TEAM  AMO  site recently, and it's impressive !
> VERY
> nice job, guys .        By the way , Doug , are you possibly related to
> Bill  Odom,
> who set a  speed record  for traveling around the world in an airplane in
> 1947 ???
>       ------  If you think you type  SLOW  ----   you  should see me  ------
>      I don't dare look back ---  SNAIL  MAIL  might be gaining on me .
> 
>                                       Racing  Regards,   Bruce  Ferguson

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