John;
Why in the world did you apologize? The rest of your response went on to
show that you still don't understand that nobody was called
stupid...certainly not you (humorless, but very literate IMHO), and that my
post was meant as a joke. My primary transportation is a Suzuki
Samurai..talk about "stupid"...a freakin' death trap. It's about the most
"stupid" car a person can drive, and I'm a certified genius!
ken shapiro
baltimore
1970 GT6+ KC81872L
----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Simmons <jsimmons@intrepid.net>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Primary Car
>
> Apparently the several people who failed to appreciate Ken's sense of
humor
> have upset him. I am one of those people, so Ken I apologize. However, I
> will offer the following; A person who uses their TR as primary
> transportion - stupid? Perhaps to some, but not to the person does it.
For
> a number of years a TR6 was not only my primary source of transportion, it
> was my only source of transportion. British Leyland failed to mention to
me
> that it wasn't meant to be used that way. In a previous thread when a
> person paid more for a TR6 than Ken thought was reasonable ( I think it
was
> $21,600 ), he referred to it as "taking it to a new level of stupidity".
> Perhaps, but not to the person who paid the money. In fact, I believe
there
> are actually at least two or three of us that are not (as you put it)
"beer
> swilling, knucklebusting, mechanically inclined gents". I am one,
although
> I love beer and have busted many knuckles and other bones during a 25 year
> career as a police officer in D.C., but when it comes to fixing a car I am
> out of my area of expertise. Does that mean I shouldn't own a Triumph?
No
> I don't think so, I love them and I love to drive them fast, but when it
> needs work I pay the money and take it to someone that knows what they are
> doing, because I don't. Further when I bought my current TR6 I was
willing
> to spend more to get a car that was done right up front by someone who
knew
> how to do it. I didn't spend $21,000, but frankly that doesn't mean that
I
> wouldn't. I've seen many restored triumphs that easily have more money
than
> that in them. Some jokes are not all that funny to person that is on the
> receiving end. Am I uptight, no I don't think so. Do I like jokes in
poor
> taste, not really. Do I have anything against you, No, but I do wish you
> could find a another word to use when talking about people with values
> different than your own.
>
> John, '71 TR6
> Berkeley Springs, WV
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