The psychological harm done to male Miata drivers is
more compensated for by the fact that those little
cissy MX5's are faster than the big, ugly muscle car
Firebirds, Camaro's and Mustangs :) So there.
Craig
(happily married to a person of the opposite gender)
--- Phil Esra <philesra@hotmail.com> wrote:
> A big thanks to David Parker for excavating these
> for me. Good stuff for
> those who weren't around for, or want a rehash of,
> the brutally long
> off-season of '98... (it's long)
>
> phil
>
>
>
> From: "Kelly, Katie" <katiek@spss.com>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:33:57 -0500
> Subject: RE: A better sunscreen
>
> Sticky in Sunnyvale writies:
>
> - ----------------
> I'm getting really sick and tired of feeling sticky
> and gooey all
> weekend
> from most sunscreens I've tried. And M3's leather
> interior likes it even
> less:-). What are the better non-greasy sunscreens
> on the market? Any
> suggestions?
> - ---------------
>
> So glad you asked, Boris! Tired of feeling gooey
> myself (and attracting
> dust and asphalt particles which stuck to my legs
> all day), I took my
> problems to my local Clinique counter at Macy's. I
> said, "Look, don't
> try to sell me any make up. I'm just sick of sticky
> sunscreen. And by
> the way, do you have any tinted lip balm?"
>
> Mitsy immediatly asked me some basic skin questions,
> like: Do you wash
> your face, are you aware that if you don't use our
> products, you're face
> will fall off, don't you feel like a freak shopping
> in here with your
> naked facial skin exposed so we can all see your
> freckles and laugh
> lines?
>
> Then she filled in my answers into this little chart
> and came up with
> the perfect tinted and UV protectent lip balm for
> me. I was expecting
> glow in the dark lips, but surprise! I was actually
> quite satisfied with
> the muted and natural looking color.
>
> Then we moved on to the sunscreen. What I learned
> from Mitzi are there
> are two kinds. I forgot exactly what they are,
> because all I wanted was
> sunblock, not a lesson in hide tanning. Well, you
> might actually find
> this interesting. The two kinds are called something
> like "chemical" and
> "non-chemical." The chemical kinds actually absorb
> the sun light. They
> are very easy to apply. However, they only last a
> short time and you
> have to reapply often.
>
> The non-chemical types take a little work to rub
> into the skin. It's
> best to use freshly exfoliated skin. The term
> "exfoliate" is a very
> large word which really means "to scrub clean." To
> demonstrate this,
> Mitzi took a piece of scotch tape from the tape
> holder which she
> actually had strung around her neck like a neckless.
> FrrrrEAK! She stuck
> it on the top of my hand and removed. Ooooo! That's
> dead skin! Very
> gross. She then applied a mild non-abrasive purply
> tinted chemical to
> the area and said, "This works as well as an
> exfoliate." Apparently,
> this chemical eats away at your dead skin, rendering
> it clean, shiny and
> new.
>
> Then she applied the non-chemical sunscreen to my
> hand. "Doesn't this
> feel nice?" she said. Actually, it did. I could not
> tell the difference
> between that and my fully naked exposed skin on the
> other hand. The
> advantage of the non-chemical sunscreen is that it
> actually BLOCKS the
> sun from ever reaching your skin, Mitzi says. It
> takes a little longer
> to work onto the skin, but chances are, you can
> probably wear it all
> day. "But don't forget to exfoliate that night, or
> it will stay there
> forever!" she reminded me. How comforting.
>
> Also, you really don't need to use too much of the
> stuff, which makes it
> even less sticky.
>
> A non-chemical sunscreen might be easier on your
> car's leather interior,
> as well.
>
> Or, you might try applying the sunscreen all over
> your car's leather
> interior, just to even out the chemical (or
> "non-chemical") reaction.
>
> Then again, I'm having a hard time understanding how
> the "non-chemicals"
> in non-chemical sunscreens got the name
> "non-chemical." All the
> ingredients still have long, hard to pronounce names
> if you ask me. It's
> kind of freaky, what we put on our skin to protect
> it from this natural
> star in the sky. At least I know what the sun does
> to me. What does this
> stuff do that I can't see?
>
> Oh well.
>
> Any men reading this might want to go somewhere
> other than the Clinique
> counter, as the employees there generally frown upon
> facial hair. But at
> least you know a little bit more about sunscreen.
> Probably more than you
> ever wanted to, I bet.
>
> Katie Kelly
> Technical Publications
> SPSS Bay Area
> (415)453-6700 ext.233
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> From: "Kelly, Katie" <katiek@spss.com>
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:24:29 -0600
> Subject: the Ace Report: Week 3 with no autocross.
>
> Hello everyone out there in cyber land.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this.
> Have you noticed how much
> money you save in the off season? It's only been a
> month, but I never
> realized until now that I actually make a decent
> salary! I've got all this
> extra money now, and I'm freakin' out because I
> don't know what to do with
> it all!
>
> So, I've started shopping a whole lot more.
>
> And while I was shopping, and ladies, you might find
> this interesting, I was
> introduced to the wonders of the Clinique counter.
> Like, two Saturdays ago,
> some friends of mine, non-autocrossers all (freaks!)
> and I were shopping in
> Berkeley, an excellent place to shop! Well, we were
> in this funky little
> store with many wondrous deals to be had, and we
> discovered, under flashing
> neon lights, the Clinique counter. They had a
> special free sale! Buy $16.50
> worth of stuff, and you get even MORE free stuff!
>
> We had found the Promised Land. And let me tell you
> something about
> Clinique. The sales people LOVE to put stuff on your
> face, so it requires no
> skill whatsoever. You just go up there, and you say,
> "Hello, I have no idea
> how to put on make up. What do I do?"
>
> And Daphne, or whatever her name is on the name tag,
> will say, "Oh, don't
> worry about it. I'll show you!"
>
> And I'm serious, that's exactly what happened when I
> finally met up with
> destiny. I said, "Uh, oh, I can't put that on. I
> just had a big slab of
> pizza. My fingers are covered in grease."
>
> And Barbi said, "That's okay! Here, use this special
> non-abrasive chemical
>
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