| Author | Message | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 189 Registered: 2-2003 |
I dunno, Ron, the thought of 70 guys in Ferraris all running around in a string sorta reminds me of those groups of Japanese ski tourists you see. All coming down the hill together, all wearing the same jacket. I guess we are more independent over here, I just get in the damn car and drive whenever I feel like taking it. | ||
| Ron Shirley (Easy_rider)
Member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 376 Registered: 12-2002 |
Jim, most of our drives are 6-10 cars. I don't know what happened with this one, it just took off. Maybe the timing is good, maybe the drive route is good, maybe everyone is expecting great weather, I don't know but for whatever reason, it looks like it will be one to remember. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1463 Registered: 7-2001 |
Yeah Ron, but that's such a logistical nightmare to manage all those cars. Much easier to do 10 or 12. | ||
| Ron Shirley (Easy_rider)
Member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 370 Registered: 12-2002 |
You want to know the real reason California is better than Texas? Check out this thread http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/167223/222687.html?1048210704 We are expecting up to 70 cars for our informal drive on April 6th. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1453 Registered: 7-2001 |
Only the seal on a bottle of wine! I've been to CO since then too.... | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 1089 Registered: 3-2001 |
Jim, can you change your destination to Tulsa? It may be a little safer! So did you break anything in Park City? | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1452 Registered: 7-2001 |
I know how you feel Wolfgang, I'm supposed to be in Washington DC on business tomorrow and Thurs. It somehow doesn't feel like a great idea. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 33 Registered: 3-2003 |
William, I`m wondering and a bit nervous whats going on this week. Hopefully I can fly this Friday???? I was adviced from several friends working at the Army NOT to fly on Friday. I`m serious watching TV and every 1 hour bad, bad news....the war will come:-(((( So if Georg W. hopefully changes his mind I will be in Dallas this weekend and I`m also looking forward to see "Robert Randolph & the Family Band". Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it very much. So hope to CU next time in the DFW area (I will be there every 2 month) Wolfgang | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 719 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wolfgang, Sorry I can't make up to DFW, I'm too busy with the shop. Have a beer for me when you get up there. Also, if you get a chance, you must listen to Robert Randolph & the Family Band. I saw him on Austin City Limits a while back & it was amazing. It's like a bit of SRV! Enjoy | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 23 Registered: 3-2003 |
Hi Jim, I will try to go to BOB next weekend on Saturday. Saw your 328 GTS in your profile. Its so beautiful in WHITE /w.crema and looks brand new congratulation!!! Likewise you mention: "The first lesson in Italian driving, whats behind you is not important" Here is the second lesson (hardly to translate for me): TRAFFIC SIGNS in Italy = Recommendations without any obligations! Wolfgang | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1439 Registered: 7-2001 |
Wolfgang has found Bobs, my all time favorite Dallas Steak house. I was going to suggest he try some others, but they're all chains. Del Frisco's, Ruth's Chris, Sullivans, Pappas Bros, The Capitol Grille, and the newly opened Smith and Wollensky. This is a GREAT town for steak! | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 123 Registered: 2-2003 |
Now there is a Section for GA and Alabama. Comes with it's own spell checker! Here are some of the topics posted so far. Meeting new women at family reunions. Tips for enjoying that watermelon! Don't buy that new car! Fix one of the five already out front on the lawn. After NASCAR: the right turn. | ||
| Rodney Haas (Icars)
Junior Member Username: Icars Post Number: 197 Registered: 3-2002 |
Wolfgang, Wow it's amazing that you discovered Kirby's. Personally I think it's the best Steak for the price in town. But then again I am biased. I grew up eating at the original Kirby's. The current owners purchased their recipes from old Man Kirby just weeks before his death. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2003 |
Another (important) reason to vote for TEXAS!!! STEAK STEAK STEAK !!! I`m travelling a lots around the world but the best Steak Houses are still in Texas! - Cattlemen`s / Fort Worth - Chope House / Sundance Square - Kirby`s / Dallas - Bob`s Steak & Chop House Sorry guys, no one can beat a Texan Steak (for me!) Wolfgang...still a foreigner travelling around the world | ||
| Phil Bryson (Phildo)
Junior Member Username: Phildo Post Number: 89 Registered: 8-2002 |
SRV was in a league unto himself. For all who love the Austin music scene: the world drawing, South-by-South-West music festival begins tomorrow (3/12). Any kind of music you want to hear is on tap! Weather is questionable for Fcars until the weekend. | ||
| Ron R (Ronr)
Junior Member Username: Ronr Post Number: 154 Registered: 10-2002 |
William, I saw him when he opened for the Who in '89 too (with my lovely wife to be)! My one and only time I saw him. I was never really a fan, until that day. He had such a huge presence on stage, one of the great performers I've ever seen. | ||
| Damon Bottorff (Prova7)
New member Username: Prova7 Post Number: 24 Registered: 7-2002 |
"but im Germany we can get a VHS Video with the complete show." It is also available on dvd along with a couple Austin City Limits shows. His recent cd boxed set has a dvd as well with many more songs from the same Austin City Limits show that are not on the other dvd. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 17 Registered: 3-2003 |
William, wow, so I`m sure you know about the: 26th Annual Dallas Guitar Show And MusicFest Dallas Automobile Building At FairPark March 22nd and 23rd, 2003 Blieve me, you MUST go there. All the great guitar-players will be there and hit the stage: - Andy Timmons (awesome!) - Alan Haynes (my personal favorit) - Jim Suhler and many, many more. For more infos just follow the link: http://www.guitarshow.com/ I will be there the whole weekend and it would be a pleasure for me to meet you there for a beer! Wolfgang | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 711 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wolfgang, I'm glad that you got to see SRV, most folks never did. Your one lucky man. I only had the fortune of seeing him at the New Blue Bird back in the days, open for the The Who in 1989 & met him at a friends night club back in 1990. Amazing with a steel slide guitar, So much energy in his style, you had to see it to believe it. I will never forget it. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 16 Registered: 3-2003 |
Howdy William, I saw S.R.V. a coupel of times in Austin rocking the stage at Steamboat 1874, San Antones, Joe`s Generic Bar. I also met him in the DFW area playing in a smal club for 20 peopel...sorry forgott the name. Damon: Yeah, the El Macambo gig was one off the greatest shows he has ever done!!! I`m so sad that I haven`t been there; but im Germany we can get a VHS Video with the complete show. Just a questions: I will back in Dallas this month from Friday, 21.March till Monday 24.March. Are there some gigs around DFW I MUST go/see/??? I appreciate every insider tip....`cause I`m still a foreign and hungry to see the Texan-Guitar-Slingers! Wolfgang | ||
| Rodney Haas (Icars)
Junior Member Username: Icars Post Number: 193 Registered: 3-2002 |
Actually on a similar note, Steve Miller used to play @ the Electric Light Ballroom over on Travis here in Dallas. Growing up I would always see the Vaughn brothers hanging around @ small places around town. I have autographed Lps of all of the above hanging around in my Old LP box. | ||
| Damon Bottorff (Prova7)
New member Username: Prova7 Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2002 |
Great to hear about "foreigners" with interest in our own little piece of the planet. I was once on a flight from San Antonio back to Dallas and seated in the bulkhead section with me were an Arkansas cattle rancher in his jeans and hat, a New Zealand tourist, an Italian medical student and an Indian software engineer. The kiwi was in San Anton on vacation and was truly fascinated with Texas history; he had learned more in a week than most of us who grew up here did in school. Our diverse group's short time together was honestly one of the greatest times I have ever had with "strangers". Those of us without family waiting at the airport spent another couple hours in the bar when we landed. Every time I am in Austin I am sure to pay Stevie Ray a visit at his memorial. I really only discovered him about 5 or so years ago; one of my biggest regrets will always be never seeing him play live....But damn if he doesn't try to blow the roof off at the El Mocambo! | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 707 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wolfgang, was that The New Blue Bird Nightclub in COMO? SRV played a lot there back in the mid 1980's. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 13 Registered: 3-2003 |
Howdy Rob, thanks for your reply. To be honest I know less about the real Texas. But Music is my passion & my job. I will be again from March 21.-24. in Dallas. I will stay in the Ramada Plaza, South Akard which is close to Deep Elum and all the great places to see those guitar-slingers performing. Fort Worth is also very close for a short trip. Sorry to forget the great Robert Johnson. I know he is still sitting in "Bronze" downton in Deep Elum. Have you ever been in Austin, 5/6th Street in Joe`s Generic Bar??? What an awesome place. I saw S.R.V. playing there only for tips in the `80th. So here is a German who felt in love with Texas! Best Regards from Germany Wolfgang | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3955 Registered: 12-2000 |
Funny you know more about Texas music than most Texans. It's like my friend in the Ferrari club that knows everything about the WWII German aces and heros. He goes to Germany to meet the ones still alive and he finds the general populus could care less. Anyway, have a few Chris Duarte CD's and don't forget about Robert Johnson, one of the first of the orginal bluesman that kicked off most of the music we hear today. Recorded right here in DFW at Deep Elum in the 1930's. | ||
| Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
New member Username: 53345 Post Number: 11 Registered: 3-2003 |
One more reason to vote for Texas: MUSIC !!! All the great guitar slingers are from Texas! Never forget the great Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson, Chris Duarte, Alan Haynes, Kenny Wayne S.....a.s.o. Don`t mess with Texas?! Sorry guys, I`m German and only a coupel of times every year in Texas doing business. So my opinion can not be important! I only misted the muisc in your lists. Wolfgang | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 110 Registered: 2-2003 |
AND - no California residents living in Texas.  Texas is a granola-free zone!!! | ||
| Anthony 996 (Anthony_996)
New member Username: Anthony_996 Post Number: 7 Registered: 2-2003 |
10 reasons to live in Texas, than California: 1) No State Income Tax 2) Low cost of living 3) Friendlier People 4) No earthquakes 5) No smog 6) Cheaper Golf Courses to play 7) Traffics not as bad as "405 and 10". 8) No panhandlers 9) No Men dressing up like Women and holding hands down the street.(Santa Monica). LOL. 10) And, "NO DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS"! | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 803 Registered: 7-2002 |
seriously. I travel every single week east coast west coast. The ONLY 2 places I enjoy going are FLA and CA other than coming home to Texas. The girls here are smokin, the food is awesome an 80% of the time the weather is great too. The only 2 things we are missing here in Texas are the coast line and mountains. Yes, those are a big deal, but trade the cost of living and other things and I figure Texas is close enough and cheap enough via SW Air to get to the other things so as I don't care. Miami is GREAT! San Diego and LA are great! San Fran is too cold, foggy and expensive for me. NYC is too cold and congested. What I need is Cancun weather, prices and attitude, but 10 mins away! | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 701 Registered: 9-2001 |
My reasons 1)cost of living is cheaper - DFW area 2)TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY - plenty of history there. 3)Fred's Cafe, Ft Worth - Best burger you will ever have. 4)A J Foyt is from here. 5)Schumi & his brother flew into Ft Worth to hang out a couple of months back. 6)JRV's PINNACLE MOTORSPORTS - enough said. 7)Driving in the Texas hill country 8)South Padre Island during spring break - ah... the good ol' days 9)Carroll Shelby was born here - Leesburg, Texas 10)Anna Nicole Smith may have been born here but California is stuck with her now - HA! take that!  | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 105 Registered: 2-2003 |
Beach water 50^ = you are in CA. Beach water 85^ = you are in TX. Most common car is Honda Civic = CA. Most common car is 350 Diesel Dualie Pickup = TX. You live within 5 miles of 1,000,000 other head cases = CA. You live within 5 miles of several good bars, a gun shop, 27 fundmentalist churches and a drive-thru liquor barn = TX. Red Neck = TX. Red Nose = CA. You order braised pheasant lips in a demi-glaze of sauvignon blanc with avocado; you are in CA. You order carnitas with a couple of chalupas and plenty of chil con queso: you are in TX. Your girlfriend works weekends at PETA; you are in CA. Your girlfriend loves to cook wild game; you are in TX. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1404 Registered: 7-2001 |
5 reasons to like TX from www.census.gov. 1. TX-261,797 Sq miles, CA-155,959. We're bigger. 2. Median value of owner-occupied housing TX-$82,500, CA-$211,500. We're cheaper. 3.Persons per square mile TX-79.6, CA-217.2. We're less congested. 4. Women owned firms TX-25.0%, CA-27.3%. Draw your own conclusions. 5. Housing units TX-8,157,575, CA-12,214,549. 50% more houses, nearly 3 times the population. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1401 Registered: 7-2001 |
Top 10 TX is better: 10. We don't have cities that are internationally known for their gay population. 9. Citizens can own guns. Lots of them. And carry them on their belts legally. And in the back windows of their pickups. 8. No taxes on the air, the water, and everything else we use. 7. We have Ross Perot. 6. WORRY about being executed, you criminal bastard. 5. No kids day at Michael Jacksons 4. Swimming pools, NO movie stars 3. The Mercedes Benz is not the state car. 2. Yearly tornadoes keep the mobile home parks under control 1. A Ferrari is a big deal here | ||
| Robert Callahan (Rcallahan)
Junior Member Username: Rcallahan Post Number: 96 Registered: 7-2002 |
Why California is Better: 10. No legal requirement to marry your sister. 9. Who ever heard of "going on vacation to Texas"? 8. We don't have to put uo with Ross Perot. 7. We don't have to worry about "getting executed". 6. Our National Guard does not resemble F-Troop! 5. Three words: Walker, Texas Ranger. 4. Don't hear people say "Yee Haw". 3. Kids day at Michael Jacksons. 2. Baywatch. 1. Swimming pools, movie stars. | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 104 Registered: 2-2003 |
10. TX Lone Star Flag can legally fly at same height as Old Glory. Stupid CA Bear Flag must be at lower height, an obvious acknowledgment of TX superiority. 9. Barbara Streisand doesn't live here. 8. Cheaper gasoline. 7. More guns = less crime. 6. Go cups. 5. TX featured in more John Wayne movies than CA (even if all were shot in UT) 4. Chicken Fried Steak. 3. More Ferrari friendly roads: wide open spaces. 2. The TX waitresses serving (#1) are happy to see you and have much bigger cachungas. 1. Comida Deluxe: greasy cheese enchiladas with gravy, onions and ice cold Coors. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3861 Registered: 12-2000 |
Here's my top 10 I posted over there for why Cali is better than Texas... 1) No Republicans! 2) No Rednecks! 3) Beautiful Ocean 4) Ski in the morning, surf in the afternoon 5) Legalization  6) Laguna Seca! 7) Monterey Historics and CI 8) Napa Valley 9) No one speaks Spanglish 10) Boyz in the Hood was one of my favorite movies. | ||
| Rodney Haas (Icars)
Junior Member Username: Icars Post Number: 177 Registered: 3-2002 |
Rob, I would have to argue with you on the No Fanatical Environmentalists. Last year I did the west end parade with the Indy and smoked a little. I got a rather nasty letter from the state. Ah on a vehicle that is exempt. Yes I fixed the problem ( idled to long bad for points..) So I sent them a note back saying fixed it but tuff... They sent me another letter asking exactly what I did and how much I spent etc. I sent them a rather rude letter back... Rodney | ||
| Ron R (Ronr)
Junior Member Username: Ronr Post Number: 145 Registered: 10-2002 |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (+1) | ||
| Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Junior Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 162 Registered: 12-2002 |
# 8 made me chuckle. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3858 Registered: 12-2000 |
1) Lower Taxes 2) Emission requirements? 3) No Earthquakes 4) No Democrats 5) No Fanatical Environmentalists 6) Utilities under control 7) Fresh Air 8) Closer to Maranello 9) FoD, FoH, Norwoods, and Bob Smith 10) Home of FerrariChat.com! |