| Author | Message | ||
| Ricky Agrawal (Vraa)
New member Username: Vraa Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2003 |
If your using Windows XP try this.. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp Download the image resizer, after it's installed just right click the image(s) and go to "Resize Picture" | ||
| Matt (Matt_lamotte)
Member Username: Matt_lamotte Post Number: 691 Registered: 10-2002 |
How do you resize pics? This is going to take forever! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7506 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL, Mark... | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1193 Registered: 4-2003 |
Maybe we can have a 3 way.................. phone call  | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 2379 Registered: 12-2002 |
No, no more phone calls to Mark | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1190 Registered: 4-2003 |
I'm hitting the road in 5 minutes with cell phone in hand. Give me a call if you need help getting any of them to play. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7500 Registered: 8-2002 |
Actually, yeah, i did... i'm gonna check them out in 8 minutes... | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1187 Registered: 4-2003 |
Did you remember those CDs today? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7498 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mark - LMAO...!!! | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1185 Registered: 4-2003 |
Photochop you into oblivion???? nahhh... I would be very tempted to make a little animation though... . . . . . . . jiggle jiggle | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7495 Registered: 8-2002 |
Oh, man, Matt, what pictures do you have...? i'm scared, now, Saturday night was a wild, wild night... Whatever you do, don't let Mark see them, he'll photochop me into oblivion...! | ||
| Matt (Matt_lamotte)
Member Username: Matt_lamotte Post Number: 689 Registered: 10-2002 |
Now I can't hold out on the public interest can I? I'm holding out to see what horror stories he spills about me and then I'll determine what bomb I'm going to drop on him. DES is one hell of a guy and we had a blast. Wait till you see the pics. Your going to die guys. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1183 Registered: 4-2003 |
So are you going to post them here or send them in to Penthouse Letters? | ||
| Matt (Matt_lamotte)
Member Username: Matt_lamotte Post Number: 688 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm not nearly as gifted with words as DES is so I'm going to pretty much agree on everything he says (almost everything ). When he tells you all that this was a life changing thing for him and I he is as serious as can be. We can sit here all day and post pictures and tell stories but until you actually go and participate in this whole event you will have no idea what it's like. Traveling back to Pensacola for me was like coming back to the planet Earth. I felt like I had been in a place where people are allowed to just party, drive like you dream about whether it's on a racetrack or the middle of downtown. The time and effort John and Franco put into this past week to have everything run so smoothly I never saw a single flaw in any of the plans. Everything is so casual and laid back that you never feel like you need to be at a certain place at precisely a certain time. I met some of the most amazing people and did things I guarantee nobody else back here at home have done. All my friends are having trouble believing my stories even when I show them my pictures which I will try to post ASAP. However I could really care less if they believe me or not. I still can't believe I got to do and see it all and would crawl back to New Orleans to go again. DES, I got some pretty good pics of you down on Bourbon Street I got back last night...... | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7480 Registered: 8-2002 |
Dale, great pictures...! Folks, please bear with me, i need another day or two before i start with pictures and stories... This whole event was so much more than i could have ever anticipated... i'm not even exhausted from it, i'm just still in a fog... i've been dazed since before i even got back... Part of me is still in Louisiana somewhere... i've been walking on air for the last few days... This was probably the most incredible event of my life... Some things have different effects on different people... For John & Franco, this was probably another year's event that turned out really well... For some other folks, it was probably an awesome weekend of driving fast, cool cars, meeting nice people and entering a contest in the hopes of winning an award or just seeing other really nice cars... For me, though... For me, it was a milestone... A life-altering experience... More important than any holiday or birthday or other such silly something... It was a really intense event and when i finally get to the write-up, you'll understand why... i feel truly lucky and privileged to have been able to attend this event. John, thank you so much, it was really an incredible time... If you see part of me wandering aimlessly around New Orleans, glassy eyes and a huge grin on his face, can you just stuff him in an envelope and mail him back to me...? Thanks... | ||
| Dale W Spradling (Drtax)
Member Username: Drtax Post Number: 510 Registered: 4-2003 |
Okay, here are my last pics. I�m sure that there will be more from other folks. I must say that Franco, John, Kelly, and, I�m sure, countless others know how to throw a �car guy� party. The Ferrari Classic was almost more fun than the law allows. Imagine this � starting out in the French Quarter headed onward and upward through the fog to the track following, initially, a 360 challenge car, then Roland Linder�s F40, and then a beautiful 550 and then it goes on and on. It was great having a state trooper escort, even though panic would hit every time you saw the blue lights in your mirror. (Roland later told a story about getting stopped on the way back for doing a buck forty. The trooper radioed his buddies and then told Roland to hurry up cause he needed to catch up with the group!) Those Louisiana guys know how to put on a track day. Franco�s driver�s meeting went something like this: I hope everybody is here to have fun, uh, we will have a touring group and a sport group and, uh, a competition race later. Please have fun and be safe. Any questions? Yeah, what about passing? No problem. What about passing on turns? No problem. Even better this group loves to drive. None of this �White Glove-Trailer Queen-Pebble Beach� �ring around the rosy� parade laps here. No sir. Even the parade laps were, uh, spirited. Chasing Franco or John in their Ferrari cop cars was a hoot. While it was unnerving to look in your mirror and see an Enzo, a 360 Challenge car, or a $7M 250 bobbing around behind you, it sure was fun. (In fact, one of the Enzo demonstrated its SUV capabilities with a little off-the-road jaunt.) The 355/360 F1 cars loved this track. It has a series of S turns on the back section that is just perfect for video game driving. You know, right/left right/left, right/left and then a long right back to the 5th gear straight � whap whap whap whap whap - yeah, just call me �Never Lift!� Driving the Maranello was more like square dancing than playing a video game. You know - swing your partner and dosado. I was just getting the hang of it when the water hose blew. I know that my heart works just fine cause it almost stopped when all this white stuff started blowing out the hood. (Dave Goldman later claimed that I was responsible for his agriculture experience as he followed behind me. Although, I�ve heard it said that there�s excuses and then there�s excuses, ha!) Fortunately, it was just steam and the engine never really overheated. But it was the end of the day for my silver beast and a flat bed ride back to Houston. Don�t know the damage yet (I�m afraid to call...), but the FOH people were great. My thanks to Scott, Don, and Giuseppe for helping out. Plus, a huge thanks to Franco for storing the car in his garage. Was a just a coincidence that the hose decided to blow as the engine was bouncing off the rev limiter? Who knows, eh? But, again, these folks like to drive and the spirt is infectious. While there were a few other casualties (a hood came loose on a 360 and smacked the windshield and at least one 360 challenge car will need a new engine), everybody had a lot of fun, and it was a great day. Later, over dinner, the lies, uh, stories really came out. Even after applying a huge discount factor for the consumption of adult beverages, this group has a serious jones for speed. Jon and Rusty may you never lift again! For those of you who missed it. You blew it. Don�t make the same mistake next year. Cars under the trees  The concours judging was intense  The last thing the chicken crossing the road sees  Yellow Daytona driven from the land of swimming pools and movie stars  Inside of yellow Daytona  Schumi's office  Gotta have a GTO  Roland explaining that the car does have an engine  | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7461 Registered: 8-2002 |
JT, i actually don't think i took that many pictures of the two Enzos that were there, this time... i was referring to my Morristown thread, where i took well over 200 pictures, 114+ of which were Enzos... The Enzo thread was separate from everything else... i definitely will post the pictures of the Enzos i took... | ||
| JT (Mightymagician)
Junior Member Username: Mightymagician Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2002 |
DES, feel free to email me all 114 pics of the enzo if you dont want to post | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7459 Registered: 8-2002 |
Pat, sent you mail, got your mail, sent one back, now i'm just waiting on you... | ||
| Pat Pasqualini (Enzo)
Intermediate Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 1217 Registered: 2-2002 |
DES, E-mail me at [email protected]. I got a CD-ROM for you. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1165 Registered: 4-2003 |
DES I just ran the envelope through the printer. It's just an el cheapo Epson but the quality is good and it will print on just about anything you can get started in the rollers. | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Intermediate Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 1139 Registered: 12-2001 |
DES, sounds like you had an incredible time!! Congrats. Drooling with anticipation to read your recount. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7451 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mark, computer at home won't play them (CD rom's been busted for a long time) and i forgot to bring them to work - not that i would've had any time, today, anyway...! i'll bring them in tomorrow and check them out... i loved the envelope, very cool... i'm wondering how you did that - did you put the envelope in the printer...? Print out a copy and put the envelope in the copier...? i'm intrigued... There's no time on how late you can call me... If i'm sleeping, there's a 50/50 chance i won't hear the phone; if that's the case, just leave a message and i'll call you back... Thanks... | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Intermediate Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 1164 Registered: 4-2003 |
I will call you this evening, how late is ok? Watched any of them yet? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7450 Registered: 8-2002 |
Matt, i made it back okay... Getting back wasn't the hard part, LEAVING was...! i was having so much fun, i didn't want to come home...! i'm gonna try to complete at least the whole of part 1 tonight and post it tomorrow... There's far too much to tell to sum it up in one post... Even with a series of posts, i still won't cover everything... This will undoubtedly be the most talked-about event for years to come (at least, out of the events that i've been to - apparently, this event is this spectacular, EVERY YEAR!) John & Franco have the world by the balls; they literally pull out all the stops when they put an event together. | ||
| Matt (Matt_lamotte)
Member Username: Matt_lamotte Post Number: 681 Registered: 10-2002 |
DES, I'll let you do your version of the stories and then I'll fill in all the gaps and things about you that everyone wants to know but doesn't. I got the scoop on this kid guys. I'll try and do a write up comparing my story to his. This whole event has blown our minds to the point where I don't think words can do it justice. I just dropped off my camera for developing. This post should blow your minds!!! Glad to see you made it back ok DES. Call me at work when you get a chance. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7449 Registered: 8-2002 |
Ok, one quick picture, too...  | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7447 Registered: 8-2002 |
Just a taste, folks, it's crazy here... Looks like no one did anything in the office while i was gone... Tonight, when i go home, i'll start on part 1 of my FFQC saga... i might need a dictionary or a thesaurus or even a second language, because it's going to be extremely difficult to convey, in words, just how utterly and totally awesome this experience was... i'd love to thank John Houghtaling for his ridiculously incredible Southern hospitality; it was an event i'll remember for the rest of my life... John, i'm at a loss for words to express how grateful i am that you invited me for this event... The people, the places, THE CARS...! It was all so awesome... Pictures should be up when the stories are completed... Mark PDX & Andrew Stokpro, upon return, i received your packages, thank you very much; more on that later... Mark, i lost your number... For those people who could've gone, were thinking about going, were going but then decided not to - you should've gone. Without killing the write-up, i can say these words: Monte and his 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Bread Van, Roland Linder & his Ferrari F40 LM, Ray & his yellow Enzo... Of course, the list goes on, including Dan & his red Enzo, but those three are special, for a reason. It was a pleasure meeting everyone; Dave Goldman, Wade Nunez, John Suarez, Mr. Saia & Son, Franco & Giorgio Valobra, Guiseppe Risi, Dan Heard, Ray Merengues, Mr. Conrad, Mr. & Mrs. Karr, Monte Shalett, Roland Linder, Ryan Alexander, The Wildcats, Paul Wehmer, Dana with the gorgeous 512 BBi, etc... It was awesome to finally meet Kelly Vince after speaking with him on the phone; Kelly, thank you so much for everything, i really appreciate it... It was especially a pleasure finally meeting John Houghtaling who was instrumental in making this whole event one that i'll never forget. Thank you, John. More later, sorry if i forgot someone or something, it's nuts here... Rob, you specifically told me to take lots of pictures - i'll need to sift through the 400+ shots i took and post the best ones... i promise i won't post another 114-picture Enzo thread and that i'll break things up more moderately this time... i'll be back...! |