Yep Brad.... that's the deal...
If you ever want to know what it took to go 200mph drop me a line, I'm your
man on that subject.... as a matter of fact I've kinda tried to corner the
market on Bonneville Healey History.... everyone has thier place...
Just writing that e-mail this morning caused me to go out and drive my 100
which has been stored but started over the last 4 yrs.... I only took it
down the street and around a block.... but it always feels like magic to be
in that car on a pretty day... bout like driving any of the sprites... I
just love those stupid little cars... can't drive one and be upset.... the
smile just has the right stuff in it...
K ( The brakes reminded me why I need to drive it more often.... oh so did
my heart.... there is nothing like driving a Hundred... it truly was DMH's
car... )
----- Original Message -----
From "Brad Fornal" <toyman at digitex.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Sprite names?
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Collectively this is the only place I've ever found besides Bonneville
were
> > we have such a tremendous collection of talent and quality people...
whose
> > only attachment to each other is an automobile.....
> >
> > I've also found that interestingly enough I've come to care far more for
the
> > people then I do for the car itself....
> >
> > Keith Turk
>
> I was just poking fun at Jay hate of the term "square bodied sprite". I
was not
> meaning to drag the "thread" out...... <G>
>
> The list IS an amazing place. The talents of many list members, as well
as the
> giving nature of many others, makes this list stand out above the other
team.net
> lists. Ok, so I am not a member of any others except the Morris list (10
e-mails
> a month), but I doubt you have anything similar to the OSHIT gang on them.
And
> restore a big Healey in a month, get real!!!
> BUT, we do have other common interests. Beer, Frank Zappa, Monty Python,
beer,
> guns, cats, sillycone brake fluid, beer, etc.
> It is amusing to watch folks reactions when I tell them that I am sending
parts
> to a friend in another country, a country I have never been to. And
imagine the
> horror when I told my family that my wife and daughter and I were going to
spend
> the weekend with total strangers in Comfort Texas 3 years ago.
> This list, and the yahoo list (you should be on both) is very diverse,
we have
> men, women, asian rednecks, real rednecks, gays, lesbians, crossdressers
(for a
> while at least), Brits, Irish, Aussie, Argentinean, American, and
Netherlanders,
> I could go on. The list doesn't always agree, and it is an almost "self
> cleansing" entity, remember "corebuyer"? But when it comes to the cars,
and you
> need a question answered, it is as easy as turning on your computer,
pulling
> your dress over your head (or was that the yahoo list) and asking the
group.
> Keith, I never plan to go 200 mph, but I appreciate your contributions to
the
> list, I celebrate vicariously your triumphs, as well as those of others.
The
> thing everyone needs to remember, is that this is a community, NOT a
machine, we
> will tend to wander, the conversations will vary, the talk will get
heated,
> feelings will get hurt. With the written word, meanings can easily become
> misconstrued, and poking fun can be mistaken for anger, or worse yet,
hatred.
> Please, I don't want anyone, even the lurkers, to leave because of a
> misinterpretation of some e-mail or other. Just because a party has one
ass in
> attendance, doesn't mean you have to leave...................
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