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arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 375
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 10:13 am: | |
Brian:
They set up a special track, it's southwest of the original track, up on the hill. For a Kart track its fast, using two less teeth on the rear sprocket. I would estimate top speed in 5th at about 60 - 70 mph. I didn't race, I'm just getting into the driving skills area. When I started, everyone was passing me, at the end of the day, there was only one or two guys that I couldn't pass. All of them were 20 years younger than me.
What made it interesting is that the AFM was also running that day, and my rider, Jeff Hagen, was running in the top 10. When he was running, I'd walk down to the track to watch him. I haven't run the new track, but a lot of people were there getting ready for the AMA national which is coming up next month.
Not a bad day.
Art |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
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Post Number: 255
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 15, 2002 - 6:41 am: | |
So, how did you do Art? Do you run the full course, shame that NASCRAP spoiled the true road course, it was spectacular. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 374
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| | Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 10:32 am: | |
Probably will go to 600. I'm going to Sears Point with the 125 today.
Art |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
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Post Number: 254
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2002 - 9:38 pm: | |
I came from the kitchen, now I am in the study, and I walked! |
Tim N (Timn88)
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Post Number: 743
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2002 - 2:19 pm: | |
We all want the last word, so it will never end. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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Post Number: 1782
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| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 4:16 am: | |
I'll put my last word(s) in:
"That's all folks"
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magoo (Magoo)
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Post Number: 2353
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 11:45 pm: | |
Art, It seems you will have the last word. BRGDS, |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 365
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 11:03 pm: | |
this thread will end, when all of us think we've gotten the last word in.
Art |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 2243
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 8:07 pm: | |
500 seems to have taken the wind out of everyone. |
Ernesto (T88power)
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Post Number: 312
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 7:35 pm: | |
hello... |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 271
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 2:32 pm: | |
I have also been accused of having to have the last word.lol |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1779
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 08, 2002 - 12:15 pm: | |
my wife always complains that I get the last word |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 263
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 08, 2002 - 10:56 am: | |
Has the octane run out on this thread? Or do I get that last word? lol. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 350
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 9:37 am: | |
520 |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1752
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 9:09 am: | |
gheez, I think this is it.
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Tim N (Timn88)
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Post Number: 627
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 8:43 pm: | |
TOP
Yeah, 600 sounds good.
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arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 338
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| | Posted on Monday, April 01, 2002 - 6:21 pm: | |
600? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 258
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2002 - 1:10 pm: | |
Happy Easter all. |
Edward Gault (Irfgt)
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Post Number: 938
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2002 - 10:15 am: | |
I think it should die today in honor of Easter. It no longer serves any purpose and uses bandwidth. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 333
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2002 - 9:28 am: | |
Rob:
When I'm at Tahoe (which I am today), I don't have a DSL. Loading this thread takes a loooong time. Is it time to archive some of this.
This thread will never die.
Art |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 30, 2002 - 1:07 pm: | |
She was getting close to the bottom, just wanted to make sure we didnt lose her. |
Tim N (Timn88)
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Post Number: 598
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 29, 2002 - 12:33 pm: | |
Is this the end? I doubt it. This post will never die. (i'll make sure of that) |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1701
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:23 am: | |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 257
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| | Posted on Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:19 am: | |
Is this the end? |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 327
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 2:55 pm: | |
I have to work this am in a deposition, and I come back and you guys are looking at 600.
Art |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 10:27 am: | |
Screw 600, lets go for 1000 |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1658
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:17 am: | |
come on guys 507, another 93 to go... |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 248
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:15 am: | |
Hahahaaa you buzzards, this tread for sure will be a record for a long long time. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1656
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:11 am: | |
...TomD now you better post some 80 more on here....I am watching you  |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1655
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:09 am: | |
Crap,
TomD, what the **** he*l....
I wanted that!
*'#%�&%$�" |
TomD (Tifosi)
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Post Number: 437
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:09 am: | |
gotcha - I was not even trying |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 247
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:08 am: | |
Hey Martin if they are FREE, who cares bro. Besides the hospitality suite is the place to watch the race, can you say free food, lol. If it's free and with food I'm there, hahahahaaa. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:07 am: | |
500 YES !!!! |
TomD (Tifosi)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:06 am: | |
my mouse broke just scrolling down |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1653
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:06 am: | |
I wanna be the one! 499
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Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1651
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:04 am: | |
...who was the one that said this thread is not passing 200 ??? |
TomD (Tifosi)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 9:01 am: | |
is ernie ready for 500 |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1649
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 8:56 am: | |
Juan Pablo trains at the Go-Kart track next to my warehouse in Opa Locka every once in a while.
..but who wants to go to F1 on BMW tickets... |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1648
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 8:54 am: | |
...actually thinking of it, my dentist is almost the same.
He is a huge Italy fan and we always talk about Italy and Ferrari when I am there. He knows Pavarotti and had dinner with some family that was hooked up deep into Ferrari racing in the early days. He told me the name but I can't remember sh*t anymore since I turned 30.
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Martin (Miami348ts)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 8:52 am: | |
I need a filling too.....a Ferrari Filling!
Post the dentists name and address and how cute his assistant is and I will come wherever he is! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 242
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:53 pm: | |
Speeking of the F1 race at Indy. Man oh man this is a small world, get this.
I was at the Dentist office getting work done. After getting the shot my Dentist and I where chatting about my car. He made a comment that he noticed how much I liked cars, as I had my nose in the current issue of Road & Track while he was giving me the shot, and said I should get in to racing. I said that is something I would like to do. He then told me that the brother of one of his friends races in F1. Now I'm thinking either he is lying, or his friends brother is involed at some lower level? Being that my Dentist is from Brazil, I start thinking no way. I then asked "Your friend races?" and he said, "No his brother, but I haven't seen them in a while we used to go to school together". Okay I figured I would call his bluff. So I asked "What is your friends brothers name?".......... he then said "Rubens". No freeking way, my Dentist knows Rubens Barrichello.
So I asked him if he could hook me up with tickets to the race at Indy. He said he didn't know cause it had been a while since they had talked to each other. Oh how bad a## would that be to go to the F1 race at Indy with Ferrari credentials!!!! |
Tim N (Timn88)
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Post Number: 586
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 5:39 pm: | |
492
getting there.... |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 3:32 pm: | |
Stephen:
I also flew in, but didn't stay in the big airport. I stayed east of Indy, at a small strip, and flew in VFR and left the same way. Flew to St. Louis, spent the night, then came home the next day back to Marin County. If you're going to this year's event, I'll probably see you then.
Art |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 11:18 am: | |
490
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Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 8:42 pm: | |
Art,
Sorry you will not be able to make FCA-LA. However, I was at Indy last year, with the A36. It took longer to drive to the airport than to fly home. Don't forget you need an IFR arrival and departure reservation for Indy.
It was great to taxi out behind all the Lears and Challengers. Of course, since it was right after the 11th, they made us ride out to the plane in a van with a escort. Of course, he just dropped us off and went on his merry way. I remember looking across the tarmac at Indy Int'l terminal and thinking there was nothing from keeping me walking over there to any of those commercial airliners. As I said in my message before, airport security is still a joke.
Good luck with you trial. We'll miss you in LA.
Stephen |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 6:13 pm: | |
Stephen:
I would love to be in LA for the FCA, but unfortuntely I will be in lovely Auburn, CA, trying a case, Fretwell vs. Enterprise Rent a Car. Hopefully, that will get done. I will be in Indy for the F1 event, bringing my plane. I plane on stopping in St. Louis on the way home, and perhaps we can chat then.
Art |
Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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Post Number: 84
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 9:06 am: | |
Art,
Just goes to show how much we have in common. I'm on Chris Parr's 80cc shifter team, Team Porcupine (you know, just a bunch of pricks). We are racing in two weeks in St. Louis at Gateway. It's pretty fun, half on the infield, half on the Nascar oval. I'm the rookie in the bunch, but just signed up for Skip Barber in May at Laguna Seca.
The A36 is a great airplane here in the midwest. I file almost every trip at 7-9k. I had a hot prop installed, but rarely pick up more than a little rime.
If you are going to be in LA for the FCA I would love to get together and talk "shop".
Stephen |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 10:23 pm: | |
Hey Art, you're not kidding when tossing a shifter around. Everything happens quickly and your cardiovascular system will be worked hard. I started using my elliptical trainer and tread in order to get into better cardio condition. Hopefully it will make a difference. Ciao.
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arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 9:18 pm: | |
TIM:
ERNIE IS JUST WAITING UNTIL WE GET CLOSE TO 500 TO START TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS THE 500TH POST TO THIIS THREAD.
STEPHEN:
I HAD AN A-36 IN THE 80S. GREAT PLANE. GIVEN WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ANY MORE PLANE THATN WHAT YOU HAVE, OTHER THAN TIME CONSTRAINS. UNFORTUNATELY (OR FORTUNATELY) I LIVE WHERE THERE ARE MOUNTAINS, AND OCCASSIONALY, I GET ICE, ETC. THE BARON CAN DEAL WITH THE ICE, AND THAT IS THE REASON THE BONANZA GOT TRADED IN ON THE BARON. THE TRIP WAS COMING BACK FROM LA, 10K WITH FORECASTED ICE AT 11K. WRONG: MINUS 2 AND STUCK IN ICE (LAKE HUGHES TO SHAFTER, ABOUT 50 MILES, OR 20 MINUTES IN THE ICE). INDICATED GOT TO 100 AND I'M USRE THAT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO A-HOLE. WHEN I GOT ON THE GROUND, I DECIDED TO BUY SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEAL WITH A LITTLE MORE WEATHER, I BOUGHT THE BARON.
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE 125 SHIFTER DRIVE TODAY. TOM DYER, THE KID THAT IS MAKING SURE I KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IT CALLS IT THE GYM ON WHEELS, AND BOY IS HE RIGHT.
ART |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 6:30 pm: | |
This thread is now the off-topic forum sort of. Post random ideas to keep the thread going. We've come this far, why stop now! |
Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 1:14 pm: | |
Well, this is one way to keep this thread going...
I doubt any of us would want to do away with security, but it needs to be uniform and professional. We have a director of Homeland Security. How do you think Tom Ridge feels about this? Do you think homeland security should have their own police force? How would that affect States sovernity? |
david schirmer (David)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 1:03 pm: | |
The new "security" procedures are a joke. A month after 911, my wife and I flew with the usual early arrival etc. We checked our luggage and then hung out at the airport for hours. We finally flew out and arrived home. Our baggage had flown on an earlier flight. There it was waiting unattended at the airport. This happened during a time of hightened security. Airline security is a joke and don't get me started on the security checks at public venues.
OK now I'm started. What is the deal with searching my wifes purse before we can go into a public show? I went to a hot rod show recently and they were pawing through every woman's purse. So, are hot rod shows major terrorist targets? Judging from some of the characters that I saw, I would imaging that a number of the rougher looking guys were armed. I notice these guys weren't searched.
It is a small distance between walking into a public show and walking down the street. It is an illegal search the way I see it. I am willing to take the risk of a terrorist attack at a hot rod show over the violation of my rights as a citizen. Especially when the search is so obviously of no security value.
End of rant |
Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:59 pm: | |
Art,
You are right on the money concerning general aviation. Since Sept. 11th my airplane is worth it's weight in gold.
This trip came up at the last minute. We have chartered King Air's before, but it just seemed so easy to book this flight on-line and run up to the airport.
I used to tell people that, for flight less than 500 miles, my Bonanza would beat the airlines every time. Now, with the new security, I think it's more like 1000 miles. My plane is 10 minutes from the house. Almost every airport we go to will meet us on the ramp with the rental car (try that with the airlines). The best part of general aviation though, is that guys like me, with my little ole 1995 Bonanza, get the same treatment as the boys in the $20M jets. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:30 pm: | |
Steve:
I flew my airplane to England in 99. Times I needed my passport: 0. My wife and I went to Mexico in 11/01, right after 9/11. Times I needed my passport: 0, times someone looked at the plane: 0.
It has become more cost effective to use our plane than to travel by commercial airlines, given the idiots running the show. Our government's position here is that they don't want to be embarassed, therefore, your time, money, etc. are not an issue. The whole issue of searching the passengers has become a joke: they have uneducated idiots doing the searchs, and if they find something suspicious, they shut down the entire airport (LAX) for example.
There are alternatives to commercial airlines: I have gotten the name, but there are travel services that will book you into a private jet on the return flight, for about the cost of a 1st class ticket. Well worth the money for the travel.
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Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:13 pm: | |
Ralph,
I totally agree with what you are saying. The problem is not that any of us object to greater security, the problem is that it is not consistant, and often performed by people I would not want to wash my car, let alone search for terrorists.
As an example, I had a random check luggage search done at Cleveland Hopkins about one month ago. The inspector had headphones on and was singing as he gave my bag a few pokes and prods. I complained to his supervisor that this type of unprofessional conduct is why people are so upset with the new rules. I have also heard from several friends with "very" attractive wives, that they seem to get padded down a little too often.
Edward, I don't know what a terrorist looks like. I have yet to see one, six years old, with pony tails and a power puff girls backpack.
The process should be more like US customs. At least the agents are trained to spot suspecious behavior, instead of just doing whatever the computer tells these guards to do. |
Ralph R. Ebba (328gtb)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:02 pm: | |
Stephan; In January, a very close friend took me to the Cavalino classic in West Palm beach for my birthday. He bought the tickets through travelocity a couple of days before the flight. So we get to the airport 2 hrs early and waited like everyone else. After showing the person at the counter our printed itinerary we were given our ticket to palm,(we had no checked luggage) now the day we were flying was my birthday and a couple of days before I had renewed my DL and had only a paper temp DL so I took my passport also. After getting through the first security checkpoint the attendant at the gate scanned my ticket and said step over here.I figured it was a "random" search.
After the same type of search as you described to your family I was allowed to board. Upon returning with the same checkin procedure, At the first check point (with no alarms)I was asked to "step over here" and searched. After going through my wallet and carry on we proceeded to the gate. After waiting it out they scanned my ticket and I was asked to "step over here" (now I was Pi__ed). After three "kids" at a table right in front of the gate searched my bag the people boarding the plane had to walk around my outstreched arms (humiliating)And they were commenting about the Ferrari show program and laughing. when I picked up my bag and jacket I was asked to remove my shoes. Needless to say I fummed all the way to Boston. I called Delta the minute I got home and the next day I talked to the head of security at JFK and he told me "it was not Random" I was a "Selectee" He could not tell me the criteria but it could have been two men traveling alone with no checked luggage, my last name (100% Italian) although it dosen't look it. Does ATTA ring a bell. Anyway my point to all of this is who gets to make the decision of profiling me the person behind the counter or a computer and more important does it stay with me as in some international database. I guess I will find out 4/6 as I am flying to Aruba. My wife and friends think I'm over reacting I don't think so. |
Edward Gault (Irfgt)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:01 pm: | |
With all the crazy assed suicide bombers in the Middle East what does a terrorist look like? |
Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 11:07 am: | |
Just had to tell this story...
I took my family to the airport this morning. They're getting a jump start on Easter, and then I'll fly down to Atlanta and pick them up in my plane. Anyway, since they had purchased one way tickets, the computer put them in the "profile" list for extra security.
Now, Kansas City Intl. airport was really not designed with security in mind, so the gate area is only separated from the lobby by a single glass wall. The point of all this is that it took at least 45 minutes for my wife and daughters, age 6 & 12 to get through security. First, the behind the curtain inspection of checked luggage (which happens whenever you buy at the last minute or go one-way), followed by inspecting all carry on luggage 3 times before boarding, taking off shoes and checking for explosive residue.
I know, I know, this is what we all have to expect in the post Sept. 11th world. And I have no problem with all the extra security. But just picture in your mind the scene as my two little girls were told to spread their arms and legs as one guard used a handheld metal detector on them, and another searched their Power Puff Girls backpacks.
I wanted to say to the guards, "my 6 year old is a terror (especially when told to clean her room), but do you really think she's a terrorist?"
My only point with this is that it seems to me, after today, that the security guards really are just robots. If the computer says "look", they look. Makes you wonder what might be getting through.
Anyone else have an interesting airport experience? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 240
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 9:50 pm: | |
Well it has slowed down for the moment.
On a different twist, has anyone ever had the shifter break on them. Well yesterday I had that very thing happen. I was getting on it a little bit and went to shift into 2nd gear, when SNAP! The handle came off almost at the shift gate. NO I wasn't speed shifting, actually it didn't even get into 2nd before it broke off. Lucky for me I was only about two blocks from my house. I had to put-put it home in 1st gear. It sucks big time. |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 4:03 pm: | |
when does everyone think this post will die?? I say either 1000 or never. |
BobD (Bobd)
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Post Number: 298
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| | Posted on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 3:34 pm: | |
And I thought it was silently fading to the bottom of the list..... like a dirty old penny, it just keeps turning up. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 236
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| | Posted on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 2:05 pm: | |
Ata boy Chris. Didn't someone say this thing would end at 250? hahahaa. I think we are all too competative to quit, that is why this thing is as long as it is. |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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Post Number: 108
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 10:46 pm: | |
This is just a shameless attempt to reach a meaningless milestone. I refuse to take part in it. Oh crap I just did. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 229
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 8:28 pm: | |
Hey look fellas, we are almost at the half grand mark. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1615
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 1:08 pm: | |
arrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh.... |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 227
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 12:12 pm: | |
So what it is fun! |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1613
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 11:34 am: | |
This is out of control ! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 11:21 am: | |
This thread reminds me of the old cartoon of the mouse and the cat drinking the "grow formula". The one where they keep snatching the drink from each other and drink it to keep get bigger than the other. We have turned this tread into that. Hahaha. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 - 10:42 am: | |
I think that this thread is the longer by at least 3xs the next. As to the question, I think we need to think about where we are going, since 500 in probably in the close future. |
BobD (Bobd)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 7:01 pm: | |
I think Rob should pay us for making his site so successful. Look at this, we're at 464 on this thread alone! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 4:16 pm: | |
463 |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 6:51 pm: | |
No, it will be around a lot longer than 500 why dont we try for 1000!!!! |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 6:49 pm: | |
Nah, its been around the longest of the current threads, and will probably be around until 500. |
Michael (Mtabije)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 1:21 am: | |
The thread is dying, come on people!! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 12:07 pm: | |
Go back to high school?! You have got to be kidding. Yes high school was fun, and even college, but no way would I go back. Actually I'm having the best time of my life right now. I now have the Ferrari I was day dreaming about back then. I have taken, and can take nice vacations, back then I couldn't afford it. My job is just great, oh yeah I never got into detail about that. Well I work in television and my official title is a Master Control Technical Director. I started out at a city college taking Film and Video production classes. We had to do 2 hours of lab a week. There was a job posting in the student services for a master control operator in the college t.v. station. Ask the instructor if I could count that towards my lab hour, and he said yes. Got the job and found my nich. What we did was put on the tele-courses. The ones you watch and then send in your test at the end of the week. Those and the student projects. After that did some internships at a local UPN television station and a radio station. Then life kicked in, got married had kids, and left school to make money to raise my family. Went back to school after changing majors from film & video production to character animation. Then changing schools from a city college to an expensive private school tried to continue my education full time, while working full time. This was extreamly hard, and didn't work out. So I dropped out of college again. Word of advise do not change majors. I have enough college units for a B.A. but they are split up into the two different majors. So after only working full time for about a year, I didn't feel like I was going anywhere. Changed jobs and got my break. A co-worker was production manager at the UPN t.v. station I had interned at and they needed a master control operator. What Master control does is put on every single thing you see on the t.v. at home. The news, sports, shows, comercials, movies everything in addition to recording the promo spots, commercials, and satellite down link feeds. In a nut shell if we goof your television goes black. So I got the job, but with bad timing the station was going bankrupt. So I left after a few months. After working outside the industry for a while I quit my job, determined to get back in. Made some calls and was back working at an ABC and FOX station at the same time. The FOX station was in the same facilities, and decided to build their own station. So I left with the FOX station and was the Chief Operator/Master Control Supervisor for them. Down the road asked for a raise and after waiting six months with nothing, started interviewing with companies in Los Angeles. Wouldn't get hired cause I was working full time. So I asked for more money again and gave a date. The date came and I gave my notice. Took a week off then made some calls, got interviewed and hired at a major television station in Hollywood as a Master Control Technical Director. I am still with them today. Oh yeah I almost forgot. With all the changes that I made, I did alot of praying asking GOD for help. |
Mark Freeman (Mrpc12)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 10:31 am: | |
More legal too! |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 2:28 pm: | |
Nice Stephen. Plus Tim, not to get too out of hand here, but in high school girl's a$$es are so much tighter. It was expected in HS. At college it's like a commodity. There are ones to be found, but you have to look a bit harder. As a whole I would say girls are more attractive at college though. |
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 6:12 am: | |
456GT |
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 10:58 pm: | |
455 |
Tyler (Bahiaau)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 10:35 pm: | |
LOL |
Stephen Patterson (Srpatterson)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 10:14 pm: | |
The details of my life are quite inconsequential...
NO PLEASE...TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD.
Very well. Where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet.
My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of 14 a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. It's breath-taking, I suggest you try it.
with apologies to Austin Powers... |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 9:25 pm: | |
I AGREE WITH BRETT. IF I COULD, I'D STIL BE IN HIGH SCHOOL. STAY IN SCHOOL, RAISE HELL, HAVE FUN. YOU BECOME A GROWN UP TOO SOON.
ART |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:26 pm: | |
I think college wont be bad at all. Everyone says its fun and there will probably be more parties, which i have to try hard not to go to if i have work to do. College is going to be so much bigger too, my high school is only a about 500 kids, the colleges im looking at are like 5000. I know AP classes are really easy compared to college classes, thats why im taking them. I figure its best to get them out of the way now when they are easier. But you are right about hs being carefree, especially now in the 2nd semester when i dont have to work as hard. I know i will miss highschool alot, but im looking forward to college. I thought i was really going to slack off alot, but im not. Its hard to just stop doing work because im too paranoid that colleges are going to recind their acceptances. |
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:05 pm: | |
450 |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 7:58 pm: | |
High school is the greatest thing ever. Even the hard classes (APs, honors, etc) are easy compared to college classes (if you want to do well, if you want to do mediocre they are about the same, college is still a tough tougher though). And in highschool you could cut and just do whatever you wanted, it was so much fun breaking rules. In college no one cares if you break rules, if you do badly in college breaking rules people look down at you (quite the contrary to high school). In college it's like your job now to study and stuff which is weird. Also, in highschool girls are naive which is great. In college they get smarter, but don't worry Tim, they still put out. My advice is stay in highschool as long as you can, stay there til you're 30, then go to college. Alright, college isn't that bad, it's actually kind of good, but high school was the hottest, so much more carefree. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 5:14 pm: | |
Tim:
I don't even want to talk about the stuff we did when I was in High School. If you watch American Graffeti, that is the exact stuff that we did, and the movie had real things in it, I know because I grew up in Marin County where some of that •••• happened.
My system was to float until the last year of the school that I was in, then get straight As after that and that would always get me where I wanted to go afterwards. Not a good script in todays' world, but it worked for me then.
Since I've been working, I've had to put my nose to the grindstone, and not screw around, but enjoy your youth now, because things get a lot harder latter in life, if you want to do well. |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 3:51 pm: | |
It seems like alot of you guys werent big fans of high school. I love it and its a shame that it has to end soon. sure i hate the endless periods of AP euro and ap bio that are boring as hell, and waking up early, but there are good things, like sports. IMO, sports are more important than school, id rather go to school tired than go to football or wrestling practice tired. Real sports such as football or wrestling teach important lessons such as teamwork (i know wrestling doesnt seem like a team sport, but it is, and a very hard one too)and commitment. You can tell alot about a person by sports they play. Since its 2nd semseter and all i have to do it pass, my school day is one big social event. im glad i never got in the habit of cutting classes, instead i just play games on my calculator or sleep. I think im becoming too lazy!
Michael, just like you all my slacking came back to bite me in the ass. It limited my choice of schools, and might keep me from getting into my 1st choice. I didnt realize where i was going untill the end of soph year when i managed to pull a 180 and straightened myself out for the other 2 yrs. I attribute this to football and cars. Football made me dedicated and competitive(maybe overly) and to try for my best and cars gave me a reason to do this because im gonna need a job if i want to own them. I also think my father was a reason because i look up to him and all his accomplishments and i want to make him proud. Partying and staying out late didnt screw me up that much, probably because i never got into drugs. Im sure i would be in a much better situation if i didnt go out and party and stay out late on weekends, but then i would have no fun and miss out on my youth. The way i see it, it is entirely possible to have fun and do well. I agree with your discontent for school, everything i was tought untill last year was eurocentric. The simpsons are also good too, and have real educational value.
Alot of you guys have some pretty incredible stories that are inspiring. The question i have for you is what kept you going when things got tough? |
Michael (Mtabije)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 2:59 pm: | |
Way to go ART! No, it's not crazy wanting to go to medical school. Heck better then sitting in a casino all day playing bingo, right? LOL. Cool Story Harlan, I just self study most of the computer stuff at home, no certificate to show for it though. |
William H (Countachxx)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 1:21 pm: | |
I came from Buenos Aires via American Airlines jet, i'm in Miami beach now, On my way to Paris by American Airlines
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Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:52 am: | |
Art,
I have talked with my wife about finishing up my degree and attempting to go on to med school. I guess as some point you start to "need" the money you make so I really couldn't stop working. I have decided I will be finishing up my degree one way or another though.
Michael,
That was some good writing! Oh and I thought I would give you a high five, I also have a few microsoft certs. Microsoft Certified Professional + Site builder (MCP+SB). Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD). Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). I'm starting to think lately I need to start my own business if I ever want to get that ferrari in time to enjoy it! |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:06 am: | |
harlan & michael:
My plan is when I retire from the practice of law in a couple of years, I'm going to medical school (at age 60). Crazy, huh?
Art |
Frederick Thomas (Fred)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 5:42 am: | |
Why stop at 500? |
Michael (Mtabije)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 4:48 am: | |
Okay, time for me to answer the question, since I pleaded with you guys from, like, post 100 about not putting the count numbers in your post. So here goes:
Born and raised in Hawaii by happenstance, my pops was stationed there while in the U.S. Navy.
Half my childhood on a military base, usually the only "browned skinned" kid on the block.
Culture shock, when I moved off base to an old sugar plantation town on the other side of the Island (hehe at least more browned skinned people there) had to learn a new language called "pidgen English"- sort an American Creole language. Felt out of place and picked on constantly because I spoke "straight" English.
Missed out on all of the "cultural" must have's and must do's that kids my age did- things such as watching all the Star Wars episodes at the movies or watching E.T. and going to Disneyland (latch key kid- Mom working or Dad always out to sea) So I engrossed myself in reading Albert Einsteins biography and trying to understand the Theory of Relativity in the 4th grade. Going to the local supermarket to pick up Stereo Review monthly and never missing an episode of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. I was the only one in my 4th, 5th, and 6th grade class that could explaing the Cold War, understand it, and was scared s*itless about it.
During the same time, I had a fascination with the Three Stooges, Will Rogers, and I Love Lucy. Read all of their biogrophies.
Still did the "low budget" (I did not have all the requisite toys other kids had) fun/troublemaking stuff when I could such as exploring the miles of sugar cane fields with a bb gun and slighshot (slingshot and bb gun stolen or borrowed depending on how you look at it) and swimmming and fishing at the brackish irrigation ponds troughout (didn't know until later on that the ponds were chemically treated....do'h!). Breaking windows exploring the kiawe tree "forrest" in our backyard throwing rocks at things. Feeding the neighbors marijuana plant leaves to the other neighbors rabbit- I didn't know marijuana was illegal until I saw the police helicopter and a raid occur across the street from me. Planting firecrackers in mailboxes. Playing two hand touch football bare feet on the asphault "Hawaiian Style"- i.e. no scrimmage line.
Taught myself many booksmart things and all was going well until.....I discovered girls and high school came about.
Cut class alot in high school, (thanks for working parents, beautiful drives around the island and a license to drive at 15).
Felt general discontent with the education system and almost didn't graduate because of my rebelliousness (and my ability to forge signatures on all the off campus and hall passes and doctors notes)
Went in to college with renewed vigor to feed my brain. Gonna become a doctor I told myself. All the slacking in high school caught up with me. I made friends with a lot of smart pre-med students but sensed their underlying frustration with me when I couldn't pick up as fast on the lectures or in the study groups and always asking for help- dragging down their progress.
Began to discover staying up late, playing pool, punk rock, skating, and partying. Lot's of frustration and denial and laziness, I didn't have the knack for being a doctor (or not willing to work hard enough) Realized I was raised American and not knowing a thing about my heritage.
Took an Asian Studies class, loved it. Started taking Sociology, Criminal Law, and Political Science courses...all of a sudden I was getting professors approvals to attend graduate classes at the undergraduate level, found my knack and wrote some strong leftist paper that raised a few eyebrows. Discovered a couse called creative writing....loved it.
However, still longing for those 5 hour human anatomy labs my now distant pre-med friends used to share. Social Sciences was my "thing"- so was classical guitar as an "easy A to boost my GPA".
Started to hate all business majors and big corporations ( I was a neo-hippie!!! LOL) Switched majors at three and a half years. Started to read Skeptic magazine, Car and Driver, Road and Track, Motor Trend, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and watch old Magnum P.I. and Miamai Vice re-runs (I bet you guys were wondering when this whole post was gonna have the Ferrari tie in, huh? LOL).
Decided to major in Asian Studies with a focus on the Philippines. Close to graduation (after almost 6 years), student loans piling up....need to go to graduate school to get anywhere (i.e. Immigration Law, Diplomat, work in Washington etc.) Seeing that all my friends graduated already. Decide to matriculate as well and hit the real world and earn some money...graduate school can wait.
Slim pickings for a career with an obscure degree. Moved to Las Vegas met a few friends, one who was a computer guru at only 18. Got me hooked to computers. Decided on pursuing a telecommunications career.
Took advantage of my employers generous tuition prepayment and get my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certificate. Shady private school went bankrupt because of some compliance issue with the Department of Education and Federal Student loan audits...that jaded me.
Growing out of the idealistic college mentatlity, looking at the real world and realizing I had a B.A. but the money I was earning was B.S. started to change my outlook towards big business and started to "play the game" and earn some money.
Now I'm in wireless voice and data sales pooling from my quirky, perplexing, constantly stimulated mind and applying my "thing" to be successful and to finally buy a Ferrari one day.....one day....one day...it will happen.
One after thought:
Still longing to become a doctor or have some advanced degree....graduate school is calling. Well for now, my Barnes and Nobles discount card will do for learning new stuff. My bookshelf is full of books, new but unread as of yet....my brain is nagging me to get started on reading.
Latest pickings: Anatomy, Physics, Architecture (Frank Lloyd Wright), Ferrari: The Road Cars, Simpsons Episode guide, The films of Akira Kurosawa, Filipino recipies made easy, Campbel's easy recipies (as in Campbell's soup), Offshore Money Havens, Brave New World, some Neil Postman, and the Army Special Forces Medical Handbook....told you I was quirky. I'm a tangent intersecting a tangent...
Did I answer the question "okay"? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 9:19 pm: | |
Cool Dominic. Hey fellas I have a proposal. When we get to 500, and we will, why don't we all agree to let Dominic close the thread that he started at 500 with a final thought. Cause if not this thing could keep going on and on. |
Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 9:17 pm: | |
Ok I guess I'll answer. I guess the Ferrari bug got me back in grade school with magnum pi and Miami vise. I remember reading everything I could about them in car & driver, and the rest of the car mags in high school.
I went to Iowa State University in pre-med hoping to become a doctor and make enough money to buy a Ferrari some day. Well I didn't make it though and ended up getting my girlfriend pregnant, with a daughter. I dropped out of school and moved in with a friend (girl) in Ohio.
We because involved and I got a job as a computer programmer in Columbus Ohio. We had a son adding to her 3 daughters (previous marriage of 8 years) and got married. I'm now 26 with 5 kids total to support and I'm in the middle of purchasing my first home (they should break ground at the end of this month). I had enough saved for a substantial down payment on a 246 (my favorite looking Ferrari) and had planned on getting one. That was halted when I was persuaded to get a "reasonable" car and build a house instead. So for now I have a 2000 Mustang (boy I wish I had got the vette instead) and I guess it will be several more years before I can obtain my first Ferrari. If I can just get some of the kids out of the house!
Well there it is Harlan Mott III, the Ferrari owner wannabe, *sigh*. Oh and for the record I have never even sat in a Ferrari. The closest I have been is 10 feet away from a roped off TR at an auto show in the early 90's. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 8:49 pm: | |
Come on, a lot of you guys owe us an answer to this question, fork it over. We have to get to 500 here. |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 4:59 pm: | |
After posting and not answering the question her goes. Got the Italian car bug as 2 year old when my fathers' first car when he came from Italy was a baby blue '68 Alfa Romeo Giulia. I could here him shifting from blocks away driving home. Growing up in Syracuse, NY. and after many U.S. Gp's at the Glen and of course growing up eating, sleeping, drinking Ferrari's I'm getting closer to my dream. I started my delivery company last year and as soon as the wife is out of law school(2 yrs. away). Shooting for a Challenge car. BTW, I love reading about success from all walks of life and I think it's a great inspiration that with hard work and perseverence we can achieve all our dreams. Drive and enjoy life to its' fullest. Ciao. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 1:18 pm: | |
Oh finally someone that answered the original question! Bravo Fred, Bravo! |
Frederick Thomas (Fred)
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| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:12 pm: | |
I was born in Harrisurg P.A and moved to Indy in 1984. My Father and I started a pizza and Italian restaurant in 1992. I worked it alone for 3 years until it was a big enough operation for both of us. We currently have 3 locations and are getting ready to open a deli. I have loved Ferraris as long as I can remember, rubber necking everytime I saw one. I finally got one (a 308qv)about a year and a half ago and still sometimes can't believe it when I look at it parked in my garage. Where am I going? Hopefully a few more years in the restaurant business then I want to trade the stock market on a regular basis. There I answered the question, and the thread goes on. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 7:04 pm: | |
the reason the viper is fast around the track is the acceleration. A roadrace is nothing more than a series of drag races, with the races connected by corners. Therefore the fastest vehicle is usually the one with the best acceleration, as long at the cornering speed isn't too far off, and since that is generally a function of the tires, the car with the best acceleration wins. |
Ernesto Sgroi (T88power)
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| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 2:22 pm: | |
When I drive a Viper at speed, it does not inspire confidence in either the handling or in the way that it is put together. Have you ever seen a Viper chassis devoid of the sheetmetal? Just pathetic. The Z06 is a more complete sports car than a Viper, in my non-professional opinion.
Ernesto |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:08 pm: | |
The Viper runs such good laps because of the straights. That power makes up for a lot of time. A very good driver with a Viper can do well in the turns with one too, but it takes an immense amount of experience with it and usually a lot of suspension modification. I see Vipers wrecked more frequently than any other car I can think of at the track. That power is difficult to manage in the curves. I am probably a little too harsh on them, they are pretty good cars overall. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 9:08 pm: | |
I'm curious as to why the Viper is considered a pig on the track? All most all of the reports I have read put it in the top five as far as track times go, as compaired to other topdog sports cars. Alot of the time it is in the top three, and takes first place from time to time. Do you say it is a pig because all the power makes it difficult to drive, or just cause you don't like them? |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 12:50 pm: | |
My friend just got a new M3 about a month ago now, it's Silver/Black, cool car. I still have a thing for Vettes though, they seem so much more sporty to me than the M3. I mean they are more sport so I guess it makes sense. The M3 is a better quality car though and does carry an entirely different image. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:46 am: | |
Chris we buy what we need. For some people, speed is all they need. For other image is all they need. For some they want it all: that's a Ferrari, anything else is a compromise. |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:41 am: | |
The problem with a Viper is that they are just a blunt instrument of HP and torque. They handle like a fat pig at the track and they are built nearly as well as a Dodge Neon.
The problem with the Z06 is that unless you know what to look for it looks just like a C5 (Yawn...) And it's built like a Camaro.
I compared these cars when I was looking for a new car and the obvious choice for me was the BMW M3. |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 9:43 pm: | |
Yes they are. Onward men. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 4:48 pm: | |
the posts are getting close to 500 on this thread. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 9:08 am: | |
I still like them. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 5:52 pm: | |
Vipers are clumsy, X06 has far better handling. vipers can be made to get around the course quicker, but it's kinda like driving an overpowered semi. |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 3:04 pm: | |
I'd take the ZO6, such a cool car IMO, and it is quite nimble and fast for that matter. Plus, you can get it serviced (if it ever needs anything) literally anywhere in the US with absolutely no problems.
If Ferrari was a new car it would be a much larger risk to buy one. I would want to because they are incredibly well built and fast, but having less of a franchise behind it than they do now is a scary thought. Where would you get parts? Stuff like that. Just looking at the car though and not potential future events, I would get the Ferrari. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 9:40 am: | |
Sure for off the show room floor the Z06 maybe set up better for handling, but get the Viper dialed in and it is very fast on the track. |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 9:26 am: | |
Agreed Ernesto. Teh Z06, in my opinion, is a better overall track car than a Viper even with less horsepower. More nimble and built better. Still no Ferrari, but for only $55k it's a pretty good bargain. |
Ernesto Sgroi (T88power)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 8:42 am: | |
I would take a Z06 over a Viper anytime. All the Vipers I have driven feel like kit cars to me.
Ernesto |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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Post Number: 72
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 8:25 am: | |
The Viper is a pig though. It takes a lot of skill to manage it at the track. If you like straight line acceleration though, that's the one. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 174
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| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 10:45 pm: | |
I already have a Ferrari, so the next car I would like to add to the garage is a Viper GTS. But I am waiting for the new model to come out so that the used market price on the older ones comes down. I will still keep my 348 though. In my opinion, the Viper is the best American sports car around. Not only does it run with the big dogs, it is one. |
Chris Richardson (Boozy)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 10:38 pm: | |
I've seen Vipers, Vettes, and Ferraris wrecked, disassembled, and brand spanking new and the Ferrari is a far better built car. (Good thing you didn't mention BMWs though...) |
Tim N (Timn88)
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| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 9:12 pm: | |
Heres something that will elicit alot of responses! If a ferrari was a new car being built and didnt have the heritage or mystique or soul or whatever, and didnt have that great sound, would you pay that much for it when you could just buy a Z06 or viper?
I would pay for the ferrari. |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1815
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 2:15 pm: | |
True. Sometimes I wonder who is lurking around here. Some of the lurkers have come out which is good. There has to be something that all these people that sign up can talk about. We'll definitely hit 500. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 241
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| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 12:28 pm: | |
Brett:
500 you say. Most of the guys on this post haven't answered the question. If they do, we'll get to over 1000.
Art |
BretM (Bretm)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 9:58 pm: | |
You might as well go for an even 500. When we get there you can contemplate going for four digits. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 234
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 9:35 pm: | |
Either you or me Ernie.
Art |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 165
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 3:13 pm: | |
Ha ha ha , here is an even better one. Who will have the last say on this post?
|
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 10:45 am: | |
The next number is probably this post. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 12:08 am: | |
What will the next magic number be? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 164
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 9:43 am: | |
That was very gentlemanly of you Art. But Like they say "snooze you loose". |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 213
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| | Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 9:32 am: | |
Ernie:
I left you a place at 400. You weren't watching. I'll keep you posted about this weekend's events.
Art |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 160
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 8:54 am: | |
Ok dang it you guys beat me to it again.
I read a neet artical about karts vs sports cars. Basically they took a Z06 and put it up agaist a 125 shifter on a full size track. Needless to say the Z06 got spanked. Then they when even crazier and, put a SCAA prepted car(?) vs a 250 enduro shifter, on the infield and high speed banking. The shifter prevailed again. Guess that's why the top drivers train with shifters. You get all the techical performance at a fraction of the price. How ever I have heard that the top pro shifter karts in Europe can fetch upwards of $35K. |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 4:23 pm: | |
Art, good luck racing and keep us updated. Practice and racing starts in April here. I'll let you know how it's going. It would be great to have a track in the back yard. What to do today? Hmm. Let's run a 50 lapper. OK. Must be nice, REALLY NICE!! Ciao. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 207
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:49 pm: | |
Dominic:
I've just started the kart thing. I have a trainer who is teaching me the ins and outs of kart racing. I used to race motorcycles, and the lines are a little different, but similar. I think that my first race with the kart will be this weekend.
I have some seat time in karts, and everytime I've gone to the track with friends, I've always been the fastest there, so we'll see if that relates to a race.
I plan on running the kart on the kart tracks, but a few of my friends have tracks on their own property and I've run there. An acquiance of mine has a 1.5 mile track at his house, and I've run there a few times. He is successful and races one of the formula cars, and uses the kart to keep in tune. Tough life. |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:44 pm: | |
Damn Art, that's some SERIOUS power in that kart. Do you run it on road courses or kart tracks? My problem is the track close by is not really long enough to stretch the motor out so for me mine is about right. For now. Are you going to race in any series or club events? |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 204
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:33 pm: | |
Dominic:
the track magic kart is great good handling and very reliable. I have a 125 Honda also, but since I have connections with Honda, was able to get an "A" kit for it. That is what the semi-factory racers use in Europe for the pavenment 125cc championship. Because the rules specify that the engine must be the dirt track motor, we had to duplicate the kit in the motor by welding up a substantial part of the cases, and barrels, etc. The end result is that my 125 had about 50 -55 HP down about 5 - 7 on the roadracers but a whole bunch more than the other guys I deal with. There is no substitute for HP. |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:30 pm: | |
Hi Art. Tonykart is the chassis manufacturer made in Italy. My particular model is an Esprit. They are imported by JM Racing in California. I do have a stock Honda CR125 w/6spd. Fast enough for now. How do like your TrackMagic kart? I looked at them before buying mine but got mine as a whole package from someone who never ran it. Soon to be racing in Maryland. Ciao. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:28 pm: | |
youre turn Ernie |
Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:28 pm: | |
hey thats cheating isn't it? |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 202
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:27 pm: | |
398 |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 200
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:27 pm: | |
397 |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 199
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:27 pm: | |
396 |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1775
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:17 pm: | |
I don't think it'll ever end. It shouldn't. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1535
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:15 pm: | |
hmmmmmmm <licking> yes, it is ther...394 |
Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:13 pm: | |
393 can you taste it? |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1531
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:06 pm: | |
This doubles the WTC discussion...
Her eis a terrorist though:
Have this thread sent to Gitmo and make them all read it. Sure will kill them! Who said torture is not okay HA |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1530
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 3:05 pm: | |
I HAVE CREATED A MONSTER !!!!!!!
391 |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 2:55 pm: | |
390 Ernie, 10 to go. |
Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 1:53 pm: | |
389.. is it live or is it memorex |
BobD (Bobd)
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 1:16 pm: | |
This must be the live chat thread. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 196
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 1:04 pm: | |
Dominic:
What is a TonyKart? Is it a 125 with a Honda?
Art |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 159
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 10:34 am: | |
OK Art no problem pal, 386. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 9:50 pm: | |
ERnie:
You better keep counting, before you know it someone may beat you to 400.
haha |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 187
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 9:49 pm: | |
Tim:
I have a GSXR 750 (2000 model year) that runs mid 9s without a wheelie bar. I bet it would run high 8s with a wheelie bar. We run it in the AMA Superbike series and while a stocker dynos about 130 hp on a dyno jet, this one makes about 155 on the same dyno. A friend of mine did the head work, and it does work.
The guys running mid 9s on a streek bike have a big set. |
magoo (Magoo)
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Post Number: 2037
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 8:36 pm: | |
Art, I knew I could count on you. You are correct. I had one for several years and was a pretty tough bike in its day. Would wind out forever. |
Tim N (Timn88)
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Post Number: 440
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 8:17 pm: | |
Those jap sportbikes are crazy. At englishtown raceway park i saw hyubusas (sp?) run mid 9's with just an exhaust! The only street cars that are remotely affodable that can keep up with them are some dragsters. |
Brian (Echo5)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 4:20 pm: | |
I would like to do my part in getting to 400. I am from Colorado. I am still in Colorado and I plan on staying in Colorado. I am getting a BS in construction management and a MS in Mechanical Engineering. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 178
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 10:18 am: | |
Magoo:
I think the Jawa was an East German motorcycle. The guy responsible was a genius, and figured out how to make the two stroke engine work properly with back pressure to help its breathing. The Jawas were the precursors of the Japanese two strokes of the 60s and 70s that were so quick. The 250, 350 Yamahas, Bridgestones, Kawasakis, etc. all used that technology to make what was then great horsepower (60hp for a 350cc street bike). |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 150
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 8:55 am: | |
Jawa motor cycle, isn't that the thing they road in Star Wars to out run the Sand People? lol |
magoo (Magoo)
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Post Number: 2029
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 10:14 pm: | |
Anybody ever hear of a Jawa 2cycle motorcycle? I had one and it was pretty fast for its day. |
Dominic L. DiMento (Domenico)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 9:56 pm: | |
Hi guys, I'm rather new to posting but have read most of the threads over the last year. A shifter is money well spent not only because racing is fun but car control and handling at speed is phenomenal. I have a TonyKart shifter which I purchased to race, have fun and better my skills so that when I do purchase my Ferrari it won't end up where it shouldn't. Not a better feeling than taking a corner flat out, revs to red and heart racing. Try it and you'll love it. Ciao. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 177
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 9:22 pm: | |
Frank:
You are absolutely right about the new Harley. It only has two valves! The current Japanese stuff is making about 160HP per liter. There is no way that Harley can make their stuff run with the Japanese stuff. They should stick to their nitch. |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
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Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 7:01 pm: | |
I saw a V-Rod at a recent motorcycle show here in the Atlanta area. I liked it more than I thought I would. I have a Harley FatBoy and don't think Harley should try to compete out of their nich against the Jap and Italian sports bikes. If they are, they should build one to really compete and win which the V-Rod can not do. A Jap 600cc sports bike will outrun the V-Rod bad . Even with its Porsche designed engine, the V-Rod is too heavy and has too few ponies . Harley is kinda like Ferrrai when you think about it. They both have created their own nich market and excell in that market even though they're not the best at what they are. Neither Harleys nor Ferraris have the latest technology, are the most reliable nor the most comfortable or fastest. But there is nothing like a Harley just as there is nothing like a Ferrari. It's a passion thing. You have to want one or own one to understand. |
Willis Huang (Willis360)
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Post Number: 527
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 6:50 pm: | |
Over the weekend, I saw a Harley V-Rod on the road. Anyone else seen one of these rare bikes? |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 166
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 11:20 am: | |
Ernie:
The Willow Springs Motorcycle Club runs their races the third sunday of each month. The next one is 3/17. I think that I'll bring my Kart to the track to run it that weekend. If so I'll drop you a note. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 148
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 10:37 am: | |
Hey Art,
When are you coming down my way? Jim Hall has a kart school really close to where I live. Maybe we could meat up for lunch. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 147
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 10:33 am: | |
Yeah Bret,
Barrichello did win. He won the Gran Viana 500 in Brazil. There were 300 drivers and 58 karts that competed. Ricardo Zonata was also in the race, he is another F1 driver. Barrichello was driving for the Tic-Tac team. I wonder ........ do you think cause he needs one? Haaaaha. Anyhow he completed 707 laps. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 164
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 10:32 am: | |
Ernie:
When I was younger, I raced 250cc motorcycles. They were two strokes. Because we always tuned them to the max, occassionally they would lock up, or seize. A 250 sounds slow, but the ones we raced would go 140+ at the right place.
When you rode a two stroke, you always kept your hand on the clutch, because they would seize when you rolled off the gas, and got on the brakes, the worse time to have the rear lock up. I can't recall how many times I ended on my ass when that happened, fortunately without injury. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 146
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 10:25 am: | |
Oh Magoo that's painful!!! About ten years ago had a Vespa, it's an Italian scooter for those of you that didn't know. Anyhow it had an automatic oiler that would mix the oil in with the gas, just like a two stroke. Well the indicator that showed how much oil was in left showed that it was full, when it wasn't. Sooooo I was scooting along at about 60 mph when the engine decided to lock up. I skidded sooo far, the only thing I think that saved my a** was my old school instincts from when I was a kid. We would ride our bikes as fast as we could then slam on the brakes to see who could make the longest skid. Well fast forward to the Vespa locking up, I would have made a new world record, lol. I also almost got ran over by a 1 ton pick up truck. Finally the thought occured to pull in the clutch, I did and then rolled to a stop. I only had the bike two weeks and sold it right after that, to a kid that collected them. Good riddins to that thing! |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1730
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 5:52 pm: | |
Didn't Barichello win that endurance one down in South America this year also. He did something like 6 hours and 700 laps. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 163
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| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 4:10 pm: | |
Martin:
Almost all of the F1 and Cart drivers use a kart to stay in tune. If you go to Las Vegas on a Friday night, and there is no CART race, the local kart track grid looks like a CART grid. It is not unusual for those drivers to race a Kart, and in fact, Schumacker got 3rd or 4th in the World Kart championship this last offseason.
As to Montoya, he is right were he belongs. Great talent, not much else to say about him that is good. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
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Post Number: 1517
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 3:33 pm: | |
Juan Pablo trains on a shifter cart every now and then about 2 min from my warehouse.
Makes a good driver,a lthough he still drives for the wrong team
|
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1724
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 3:29 pm: | |
Eventually I'd really like to get into karting. I'd say the best bang for your buck in racing. For now though I'll just work on the Fcar, once I get set up a little though I think I'll get a kart. There are a couple guys near me that race them and those guys at the tire place are starting to get involved, so it would be cool. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 155
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| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 9:45 am: | |
Brett:
I solved my problem with the motorcycles vs. cars. I got a 125 Track magic shifter cart. Feels sort of like a bike, and is faster around the track. I just got a new unit yesterday, and spent the entire day around the airport (fortunately a private field where you can pull these kind of stunts) seeing what it took to get it loose. Next stop Dixon, California next Saturday. |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1705
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 4:09 pm: | |
I used to be into dirt bike riding/racing a lot so I'm partial to Kawasaki's which is what I always had, other than them though I like Ducati's a lot. What really turned me off about getting a bike was going to a few calls (I was on Rescue for like 4 or 5 years) with accidents involving motorcycles, not pretty at all. We actually have a radio conversation taped of one of the cops chasing a bike on the highway, he pulled the kid over and then the kid took off. Needless to say at around 150mph the kid looked back to see where the cop was and the wind resistance at that speed just ripped him off the bike. I can't remember how far he slid, but it was something ridiculously long and he basically looked like he went through a cheese grater. I still think they're cool as hell technology wise and performance, but for now at least I figure I'll stick to cars. Plus, I wouldn't want to piss off my dad, he had two Harley's when he was younger and doesn't want me to get a bike, and although I do all the financial matters with the Fcar, he does help me out with work I do on it, like the engine pull. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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| | Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 1:56 am: | |
OUCH!!!
I still may get a bike in the future, but not any of the big ones (+750cc), a nice 250 would be enough to get my ya ya's out.
A neighbor of mine in Montreal many years ago lost his son to a motorbike accident. It was the first ride of the year and he took his bike on a nice scenic ride on Ile Bizard (a small island north of Montreal, has a neat curvy road going around it). The bike slipped on some sand on the road that was used during the winter. He flew and got impaled into a tree... |
magoo (Magoo)
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Post Number: 2008
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| | Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 10:53 pm: | |
Ernie, I am somewhat like you except I used to ride them. I ass ended a car that was stopped just over a hill and woke up as they were pulling me out from under the car where I was out cold and making love to the differential. The thing that really put the brakes on it for me was, My cousin hit the back of truck. As he vaulted over the handle bars something caught him between the legs and ripped his scrotum , balls, in half. Every time I think about getting back on I get a funny pain in the crotch area. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 141
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| | Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 12:22 pm: | |
Art,
At least your smart enough to ride on a track. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 154
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 10:49 am: | |
Brett:
I represent the former West Coast dealer for Aprillia, Zero Gravity. Those are great bikes. Last year in World Superbike, Aaprilla took 2nd place. Neat toys. I have the Suzukis because I can get "works" bikes because of my representation of them.
Riding on the street and going fast is probably crazy. I occassionally still do that, but only in weaker moments. Track days are where I like to go fast, and there is little to hit. Most of the time that I ride are the Friday practice days before the race day. I still can ride fast enough so that I'm not in the way of the kids practicing for the race, and that makes it still fun. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Post Number: 139
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 8:55 pm: | |
Oh as a teenager I would have loved to have had a bike. But after seeing my first motorcycle hitting a car accident I person, one word "UGLY" say's it all. This guy tagged the side of the car going like 35 mph and Dandadadaaa, up, up and away just like Superman he went. Turned 180 landed on his feet backwards then smacked his head on the pavement, cause the momentum was to great. Oh yeah this numb nuts didn't have a helmet on either. That cured me of getting a bike. Not that a fast car is any safer, but at least you have some sort of shell around you. Once in a great while the thought will cross my mind but the think the wiser of it. Oh about the guy, well his guardian angel got a huge pat on the back that day. He was whisked off in the ambulance, only needing a large amount of stiches to patch the gash in the back of his head. |
BretM (Bretm)
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Post Number: 1686
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 1:11 pm: | |
At the tire place I go to there was a guy with an Aprilia (spelling?). He had their top of the line bike with everything except the mag rim option. The thing was cool as hell. One of the guys that runs the tire place used to race superbikes so I guess he's still involved with that stuff a bit. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
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Post Number: 152
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 9:47 am: | |
Ernie:
The car is more controllable, but for some stupid reason, I'm more willing to take a risk on the bike than the car. When I was racing, and would crash, the first thought I would have is: How much is this going to cost? That was earlier in my career, and later the thought was how much is this going to hurt? That's when I knew it was time to quit.
I just spoke to my friend John Ulrich, the editor of Roadracing World, and he tells me that Suzuki will be building a new 1000 that makes this one look slow, look for it in 2003. That's nuts, a 10k ride that goes 180 mph! I'm sticking with the Ferrari for roadgoing speed, the motorcycle will get you killed on the street.
Art |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
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Username: Ernie
Post Number: 134
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 9:10 pm: | |
Art your nuts bro. I would never get on a crotch rocket, cause I would kill myself. But Nice bike non the less. Do you feel more in control on the bike or in the car? |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 149
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 5:59 pm: | |
Martin & Ernie:
We'll see who gets there first. On another note: I just got a GSXR 1000 (2001 Model). Is it fast. Willow Springs Raceway has a relatively short front straightaway, with about a 100 mph turn entrance. How about 175 mph on the speedo. This thing is stock. An absolute rocket ship. Can't wait to see how fast the 355 is in comparison. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1505
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 4:52 pm: | |
yxour on! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Junior Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 127
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 10:31 am: | |
Like I said, wanna race to 400. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 147
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 4:34 pm: | |
Tim:
Didn't die at 350.
Tillman:
I wanted to race cars in the early 60s, and started reading road and track. One of my neighbors was a man named Marvin Webster. He had a machine shop, and several patents. His hobby was racing and he had a sports racer. His driver was a journalist (who later ended up dead in a wreck). I would go to the sports car races with them and watch the action. I saw how much it cost in those dollars and decided that I would race motorcycles rather than cars. I did decide that when I could, I would own a Ferrari.
While I could have bought a 308 in the early 80s, I never did. When a friend of mine bought a 308 QV, I bought a 348ts. I went to Europe in 99, loaned him the car, and he took it to a shop, where it was totaled. I then bought a 348 spyder, which I kept for a year. I hated that car, it grounded constantly, the top didn't seal, and I thought it was slow. I bought a 355 as soon as I could, without the wife knowing where the funds came from, and I still have the 355. I think this is either the last Ferrari, or the next to last, I haven't seen the 360 replacement, I don't like the look of the 360. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1492
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 10:38 am: | |
HA 350
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Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
New member
Username: Tillman
Post Number: 9
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 8:50 am: | |
Changing paces a little. I am interested in where some of you got started. What made you want a Ferrari, and what made it possible. Where are you now, and how did you get there?? And what would you have changed along the way??
Well, I guess I can answer this post:
I'm a net admin for a commercial real estate company and a Ph.D. student. I don't yet have a Ferrari, but the chase is on and I'll probably have a 308GTs(x) by the end of the summer.
I spent way too much time hanging out in college and earned several degrees before they made me leave :-) I accidently fell into the computer job, it turned out I have a knack for it. While I'm not rich, I'm doing well enough (and have low enough debt levels) to afford a toy + the maintenance.
I've always wanted a 308, from my childhood in the 70s/80s. I'll admit that Magnum P.I. had a strong influence there, but the bottom line is that the cars are just beautiful.
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Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1487
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 8:28 am: | |
I have been in San Diego 2 years ago and must say that is a nice area. I also liked the Monterey Area. San Fran was not too great, neither was I impressed about LA.
If I had to make a choice there, I would go for San Diego as well.
Florida is great too. Sanibel is just not my place either. Sarasota is nice. Could move into Pauls house any day! |
550Soon (550soon)
New member
Username: 550soon
Post Number: 5
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 8:04 am: | |
347... |
BobD (Bobd)
Junior Member
Username: Bobd
Post Number: 234
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 4:10 pm: | |
Martin, Captiva/Sanibel was nice... you were right, it's pretty sleepy but it was relaxing. We got some good tips from the other Martin (Weiner) here too. It was nice but I'll take San Diego. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1485
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 2:24 pm: | |
Puh,
I guess I was lucky then. Got into CT Saturday late at night and had no snow problems.
Stupit NY, you can not drive a truck on the X-way.
Got into a snow storm in Washington DC and North Carolina area though, briefly. Damn it is cold.
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Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1484
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 2:22 pm: | |
Bob,
how did you like Sanibel Island?
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BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1647
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 8:58 pm: | |
I don't think I've answered this post yet either. I haven't really gotten anywhere yet, when I do get somewhere I'll be sure to tell you. I'm assuming this post will still be around, probably somewhere in the 7000 post area by then. |
BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1646
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 8:57 pm: | |
Cool, 70 degrees for you guys. It snowed in CT today on the way back up. NJ is so much warmer than it is up here, like ridiculously warmer for a couple hours of driving. |
BobD (Bobd)
Junior Member
Username: Bobd
Post Number: 231
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 8:36 pm: | |
What the heck, I never answered the original question in this thread.... here's #341.
I came from Chicago and moved to Dallas in 1979 about 2 years after college... I got here in a '79 280ZX pulling a U-Haul trailer with everything I owned... just decided I didn't want to spend the next 30 years fighting ice cold weather and snow. Also got tired of rusted cars.
Now I'm occasionally traveling back to Chicago on biz... I definitely made the right decision. It was 70 degrees in Dallas today and 35 in Chicago.
When the time comes to hang up the spikes, our next move will be San Diego.
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arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 141
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 1:21 pm: | |
At this many posts, it would be a shame to let it die. Most of us got here through hard work, and lets see if this gets to 400
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John A (Jarends)
Junior Member
Username: Jarends
Post Number: 66
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 8:45 am: | |
I've watched this thread for months, guess the water's warm enough to jump in.
What I think would be very nice (if it doesn't overload Rob's server) would be to post some pictures of members and family. It's alway nice to see not just talk. Whatever that's worth.
I started out hating (and still hate) school of any kind. Started a Rock Group that played NY and NJ (mostly shore) in 1965-68 (Named:Glass Menagerie). Had a ball, loved the women.
After a tragedy of sorts, a friend took me into a CPA firm to help him. After that, landed a job with a Danish ham importer and worked up to VP. From there I started my own software company in 1986 selling distributor software I wrote.
In 1996 I was ask to help rescue another Danish Ham company and have been running it since.
Oh well, that's it, except in between, I met and married one incredible lady and have two great kids with her, one's a teacher now and the boy is (unfortunitly) like his dad. He hates school as well. Good luck. I hope that's getting back on track with this thread.
(Rob, by the way, It's hard hitting the post button when so many words show up in yellow. I need to get up the courage to post it)(no school no can spiell spel spell?) |
magoo (Magoo)
Intermediate Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 1919
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 12:05 am: | |
Michael, Sorry about your sinus infection. That soon will leave just like this post. BRGDS. |
Michael (Mtabije)
Junior Member
Username: Mtabije
Post Number: 229
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 12:00 am: | |
*ahem* with the acception of magoo, of course |
magoo (Magoo)
Intermediate Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 1918
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 11:53 pm: | |
Like I said, If I told you where I came from, where I am now, and how I got here, I'd have to kill ya. |
Michael (Mtabije)
Junior Member
Username: Mtabije
Post Number: 227
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 11:47 pm: | |
This is a call out to all those who haven't answered the original thread post...Come on people now, smile and your brother/or sister.....LOL that way we can make the 400 mark legit. Agree? Well at least do it for a poor ol guy who's been out of work for the whole week with a sinus invefection.....anyone? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Junior Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 120
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 12:13 pm: | |
Nope, like I said it goes on, and on, and on............. |
Michael (Mtabije)
Junior Member
Username: Mtabije
Post Number: 220
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 1:24 am: | |
Is this thread closed yet? |
BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1595
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 10:42 am: | |
We're not gonna try to catch it, we're going to catch it. Rob always thinks he can push us around, we'll show him... |
Tim N (Timn88)
Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 382
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 10:05 pm: | |
Bret, maybe he did crush it but we can still try to catch up |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 129
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 9:29 pm: | |
William:
It was a joke. But Ernie will be in 3rd if Peter is in 2nd. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Junior Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 117
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 7:54 pm: | |
Sure Pete you can join in so long as you don't mind second place. |
William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member
Username: Countachxx
Post Number: 1052
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 7:49 pm: | |
Ouch, what did Peter say that was so bad ? I never had trouble with Peter , or any1 else for that matter |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 128
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 7:39 pm: | |
CARTOON? MORE LIKE A HORROR STORY. SINCE YOU'VE JOINED THE GROUP, WHAT SUBSTANTIVE DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Intermediate Member
Username: Peter
Post Number: 1519
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 1:35 pm: | |
Do you folks (Art and Ernie) mind if I step in once in a while in your quest to reach the top?
"Art and Ernie"... that would make a good name for a Saturday-morning cartoon show: "The adventures of:..." |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Junior Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 116
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 11:30 am: | |
LOL art we will see about that. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 126
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 9:37 pm: | |
Ken:
This post is only one thread. It is the longist one that I have seen, and even though it has not been true to the original question, it is still the longest. 400 maybe, but I'll be there before Ernie.
Art |
BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1560
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 9:30 pm: | |
I think we can safely say that Rob crushed this post with his 13333 post Archive 2002. Boys, we've got a long way to go to catch up. |
Ken (Allyn)
Junior Member
Username: Allyn
Post Number: 179
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 12:04 pm: | |
Used Ferrari market prices are strictly supply and demand. 308/328 are now in low demand in spite of a small supply; prices are down. Why does a 246 Dino sell for so much more? Demand. Would you pay $45k for a prime 246? Of course you would. Why? Would you pay $45k for an equal condition 308? Why not? Bottom line: buyers set the market in used Ferraris, NOT sellers. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 120
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 11:37 am: | |
Ernie:
You're right about the prices, but the fault isn't us, its the economy. Until it gets turned around, a lot of guys who need to selling their toys, will sell at a loss. When the economy turns around, prices will rise again.
It's a 9-11 year cycle, I've seen it happen before and it will happen again. Now is the time to buy a used Ferrari, not time to sell. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
New member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 114
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 11:23 am: | |
Are you crazy? Don't ever buy a new car. The second you sign on the dotted line it drops $6k in value, cause now it is "used". Besides the way prices have been falling you can expect to loose at least $50k in depreciation alone. The reason for this is cause people let their cars go to easy. STOP selling your cars cheap! If you ask a dealer what a 328 cost he will tell you $40-50k. Now we all know one can be had for about $25-35K. depending on how hard and long you look. Take my 348 for example. Brand new they went for $100-120k depending on if it was a spider or not. From a private sale you can fetch $70k for it if your lucky. Yet at the dealer they want $80-85 for the same car. Bulls**t if you ask me. So 1) don't buy new, 2) don't sell low. I say this over and over again. Come on guys let's turn this around. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 118
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 10:13 am: | |
Martin:
Just makes sure that the bottoms of the skis stay pointed down. We have a place a Tahoe, and we're going their next week for a little skiing. Hope your vacation turns out well. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 1472
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 9:32 pm: | |
Art,
where am I going...
tomorrow back on the mountain. We had a fantastic day today. Just awesome! Wish there would be some powder but with cobalt blue skies and just the right temp to enjow a run and enough snow on the runs and not a lot of people on the mountain....just a great day. So my answer is....I will be back at the mountain tomorrow.
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arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 114
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 10:36 pm: | |
We do need to answer the question, but the unanswered question is "where are we going?"
I think that we have all achieved enough to get a Ferrari, but what do we plan on doing in the future. I for one, hope that when the new Ferrari comes out, that I will be on the list top buy a new one from the dealer, and that when that happens, my economics let me make the purchase, and that my health allows me to enjoy it.
Art |
Michael (Mtabije)
| | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2002 - 8:59 pm: | |
to make it a "true" count, we should put some commentary in your thread and not just "count" the thread by putting the post number. So, I'll start. Where am I now? At a crossroads at my job (note job, and not career). How did I get there? Being a cog in the big corporate machine. What has changed along the way? My belief in my company. So there. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2002 - 8:34 pm: | |
(Add your comment here) |
arthur chambers (Art355)
| | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2002 - 10:11 am: | |
Looks like it will die before 350. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 4:58 pm: | |
It goes on and on and on and on................. |
Tim N (Timn88)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:40 pm: | |
here's 312. I predict this post dies at about 350. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:19 pm: | |
TODD:
ERNIE'S RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER YOUR OWN QUESTION?
ART |
arthur chambers (Art355)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 2:21 pm: | |
This thread will probably go to over 400. Ernie: I'll get there before you. |
TomD (Tifosi)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 10:31 am: | |
Ernie
It is all in the wrist (fingers). BTW I am not a very goog typiest. You must be worse |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 10:31 am: | |
Hey Todd good to see your still following your post. Oh and Todd I'm wondering if you could answer your own question for us? |
Todd (Tkrefeld)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 10:14 am: | |
307 (from original poster)
Two blonds go for a walk in the woods. They get split up and a few hours later end up on different sides of a river. One blond yells to the other "There you are, how do I get to the other side of the river?" The second blond replies "What do you mean, you're already on the other side of the river?" |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:54 am: | |
I see there was more that just one buzzerd waiting for the animal to take it's last breath. I'm game for 400. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:51 am: | |
I guess we're even see as how I dusted you to 260, lol. |
Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:50 am: | |
First to 400?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:49 am: | |
Tom you suck beat me at my own game, lol. |
TomD (Tifosi)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:47 am: | |
gotcha!! |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:47 am: | |
HAAAAAAA I win |
TomD (Tifosi)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:46 am: | |
300?? |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:45 am: | |
299 |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 9:44 am: | |
298 |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 5:34 am: | |
Brutal, Art! |
arthur chambers (Art355)
| | Posted on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 8:22 pm: | |
If we're telling jokes:
Why does Mike Tyson cry when hes having sex?
Because you alway cry with mace in your eyes. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 10:54 am: | |
Heating up the debate again:
)
A Priest and a Rabbi are riding on a plane, each enjoying a leisurely
cocktail and after a while start to chat a bit. The Priest turns to the
Rabbi and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat
pork?"
The Rabbi responds "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs."
The Priest then asks "Have you ever eaten pork?"
To which the Rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to
temptation and tasted pork. The Priest nodded in understanding and leaned
back in his seat to relax.
A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the Priest, "Father, is
it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?"
The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our
faith."
The Rabbi then asked him "Father, have you ever fallen to the
temptations of the
flesh?"
The Priest replied, "Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke
with my faith."
The Rabbi nodded understandingly for a moment and then said, "A lot
better than pork, isn't it? |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 10:53 am: | |
294, who would have thought... |
arthur chambers (Art355)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 10:28 am: | |
Brian:
You're on for the F1 at Indy. I'll be there for the race this year. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 7:26 am: | |
Everyone come to Indy in September, I'll have a car at the vintage race, stop by and have your photo taken sitting in a GP car! more stories then. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 7:22 am: | |
In the mid 70's, F1 was a lot more open, many drivers would talk to team members from other teams. I worked with John Surtees for three years, he is a wonderful person, so many stories and an incredible memory for details. In Italy as with any ex Ferrari driver he is idolised. He told me once that he would not write his biography until the time was right, no other details, but interestingly it was published after Enzo's passing, it included details of the politicking within the F1 team. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 8:00 pm: | |
Brian, please tell us about your F1 and Indy experiences. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 7:23 am: | |
Back to the original post:
Where do I come from? London, England. Spent 30 years in racing F1, Sportscars, Indy.
Where am I now? Indy, USA
Currently running an independent shop, Porsche, Ferrari etc., also vintage racecar preparation and restoration.
Where am I going? Heaven! Before then I hope to relocate the shop, find a business partner/investor, get back to the mechanics side more. |
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