Since it seems to be a North American-centered club, how about:
SPITTLE - SPITfire That Left England??
Mike Welch
http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
'68+/- Triumph Spitfire
'60 Jaguar MkII 3.8 auto
'87 Jeep Cherokee
'96 GMC Suburban
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Holmes [mailto:holmes_law@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:05 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: How many are we?
How 'bout a nice acronym?
Spitfire Club, Or Lucas Dummies (SCOLD)
North America Spitfire-Triumph Yahoos (NASTY)
Club Of Spitfires, Triumphs and Lucas, Yikes! (COSTLY!)
Any other thoughts?
>From: "Andrew Holmes" <holmes_law@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Andrew Holmes" <holmes_law@hotmail.com>
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: How many are we?
>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:10:46 PST
>
>Sheesh - I guess I shoulda put my paramilitary ranking in my signature
>line,
>too.
>
>Andrew Holmes
>Cub Scouts of America, holding the rank of Bear Scout (when I was 10)
>
>
> >From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> >Reply-To: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> >To: "'Joe Curry'" <spitlist@gte.net>, "Banbury, Terrence"
> ><Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
> >CC: "'spitfires@autox.team.net'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: How many are we?
> >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:46:22 -0800
> >
> >Yeah, count me in too.
> >
> >Does this mean I will be able to paint little "swastikas" or "meatballs"
>on
> >the side of my Spitfire to indicate the number of German or Japanese
>[car]
> >"kills" I have?
> >
> >Reid
> >'79 Spitfire (original owner)
> >(former 2LT US Army - but not a pilot)
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> >Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 6:39 AM
> >To: Banbury, Terrence
> >Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
> >Subject: Re: How many are we?
> >
> >
> >
> >Terry,
> >I nominate you to start an effort to put together a North American
> >Spitfire Club!
> >
> >In fact, I even have a potential name for it. "The North American
> >Spitfire Squadron".
> >
> >Local chapters can be called "Wings", or "Flights"
> >
> >I could use the Email addressed of people who have registered their
> >Spits as a base for sending out announcements.
> >
> >What do you think?
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >"Banbury, Terrence" wrote:
> > >
> > > I belong to an owners group list for Ford Expeditions. It is just
>like
> >this
> > > list in many ways (except there are no poseurs here). One of the list
> > > members organized an outing in George Washington National Forest for
> >anyone
> > > that wanted to attend. Several drove hundreds of miles to be there.
> >They
> > > are doing it again this year. It might take this kind of grass roots
> >effort
> > > to put a "club" together and reduce the inherent geographical
> >limitations.
> > > Personally, I would join a Spitfire only club in a second. Spitfires
> >don't
> > > seem to garner much respect from most clubs.
> > >
> > > Terry Banbury
> > > Mk III
> > > > ----------
> > > >
> >
> >--
> >"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
>
>
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