----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
To: "Derek" <dereklola@yahoo.com>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Even Further off-topic
> how many times i have been asked about racing" why are you trying to kill
> yourself?". i try and try to explain that i'm trying to improve my skills
> at speed with fellow enthusiasts. in all honesty i feel safer and more
at
> home on course than i do on america's highways.
> and yes the comments on poor gas economy on my "vintage" tow van sound so
> familiar. but some people find satisfaction in their gardens, while
others
> find it in stamps or coins. i find mine in vintage cars and vintage HO
> scale trains. while i do not expect others to embrace my interests, if
> they are displaying any interest i do not tell them "they would not
> understand". i have met some very interested people who just never knew
> where to go to find inspiration.
> yet the rest of the world drones on............
>
> chuck.
> hey! somebody's got to do it....why not me? :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: Even Further off-topic
>
>
> > --- Brian Kemp wrote:
> > > - I probably wouldn't do this because some people measure success and
> > > manhood by
> > > the amount of stuff you have, but you could try to clean out and have
> > > a garage
> > > sale, donate the stuff to charity, or fill trash cans. Then you
> > don't
> > > need to strengthen the rafter system.
> >
> >
> > Good point, Brian. Reminds me of lunch time conversations with the
> > unwashed in the good old days when I still worked and we still had a
> > lunch room.
> >
> > "They" never really understood my hobby of vintage racing and were
> > somewhat in awe of by "big" trailer - just normal sized by racing
> > standards. They were also in awe that I would keep up interstate speeds
> > of anywhere between 65 and 85 depending on what the big rigs were
> > doing.
> >
> > "They" were completely floored by the information that my mileage was
> > maybe 8 or 10 mpg.
> >
> > "They" - "Oh my gawd - that bad - is something wrong with your van?"
> > Me - "No - that's pretty normal/reasonable"
> > "They" - "Wouldn't you get better mileage by slowing down?"
> > Me - "Suppose so - never considereed that option."
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