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I'm not saying that we're "elite". But if you remember some of the
RASCAR races with 20+ cautions, you can probably understand why I
want to race with people that are also interested in a good race, and
that are committed enough to put some practice time in before showing
up for a race.

The reason we set RASCAR up was so that we'd have a place to race
without having to deal with wreckers and idiots that dominate the
pickup races on Sierra, but at the same time, didn't have to worry
about standings or points. IMHO, it's only right to expect that
EVERYONE be ready for every race, and that if they're on the roster,
they should be expected to make every attempt to attend the majority
of races.

If someone takes a number and then just doesn't show up, they could
be preventing someone else from joining that wants to use that
number, and who would show up every week, but they won't join because
they want to use the car they've been using elsewhere.

I think it's just plain rude to ask for a spot on the roster, only to
have the time Eldred and I spend on allowing that person to race be
reduced to a complete waste.

I lobbied for just such a change right after the sim came out, but
nobody at Papy was interested.

Ah! The Tooting Popular Front probably isn't as global as the People's
Front of Judea (or even the Judean People's Front - Splitters!)

Citizen Smith was a popular late 70's British sitcom starring Robert
Lindsay (Wolfie Smith) leading a revolution in Tooting (London) with his
following of six members of the Tooting Poular Front. The show started
with Wolfie shouting Power to the People. He wore a T-Shirt emblazoned
Freedom for Tooting...

...here ends today's Britsh TV history lesson.

Tony

Who is tom pabst.. hehe

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Ask not what RASCAR can do for you, but rather what you can do for RASCAR.

For me the commitment wasn't to race every Saturday night, but to be
sure when I did race I didn't spoil it for anybody. I understand what
you are saying, but if someone has practised on a few tracks they may
choose not to race on new ones. Similarly the time may not be convenient
for many, but when they can race they want to join in and put the effort
in to practice and be safe.

Ok, I understand the number problem now and paint skins.

Maybe a range of numbers for guests to use the standard Sierra paintjobs
for those who cannot commit to the majority of races. They would still
have to go on the invite list - so that wreckers can be kept off, but
limit the effort required for the roster.

Cheers
Tony

Ah, but I ordered the complete "Jeeves and Wooster" series from Amazon
as an X-mas pressie for myself, along with the complete Black Adder,
Black Adder's Christmas Carrol and Black Adder goes back and
forth.....would you believe my DVD player gave up the ghost before I had
a chance to watch a single one of them

Can't afford to replace it just now, hollidays took a big chunk of my
spending money, as did the R9700 PRO :-), still, they're not going
anywhere, so yes, I love British TV-comedy....

Men behaving badly (classic), Darling buds of May, Only fools and
horses, Yes minister, MPFC (given), Not the nine o'clock news, anything
with Billy Conelly.....you get the pic :-)

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

My, you had been a good boy, all those pressies for little old
you...from little old you :)

Now that *is* frustrating. Where is Santa when you need him...

I watched Life of Brian again the other night - priceless!

Cheers
Tony

says...

Now *that* is the type of gung-ho attitude I'm looking for.  :)

Aha - thanks, John.  I'll wait until nearer race time and if there are still
plenty of open slots I'll reserve an orphaned number then.  But I'd say my
chance of racing at noon on Saturdays is slim, so I wouldn't want to
preclude anyone.  I hope I can join you guys for some, though.

 > It'll be a real shame if you can't join Steve.  You're one of the

Hehe; we just haven't raced together enough for you to know better!  Perhaps
I should retire now...  ;-)

Well it's a given that I will miss one Saturday a month for work. They are
giving Sat schedule for the year next week. Hopin I get "road course" Saturdays
:) I would like to run #56 but I see Tony has it and besides I sure as hell
wouldn't want to ask John to change paint AGAIN :=0  45 is fine for me. Thanks
to all for your work
Dan

john but i dont want to quit. .hehe

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Just about all the television I watch now is British television. I've been
watching british comedies (starting with Monty Python when I was a kid,
followed by The Young Ones in the early 80's ) and dramas for years on the
three local PBS stations and A & E that broadcast here in Southern NJ
outside of Philadelphia, but a couple of years ago I started receiving BBC
America and now I barely watch any American television shows it seems. They
just seem dreadful in comparison. Finally get to see The Office starting
next week.

One good thing has come from all of this. Thanks to Father Ted, I've stopped
saying "f*ck" and now say "feck" instead. :-)

It's coming on now, gotta go.

David G Fisher

I just said to someone a couple of days ago that I wanted to get the entire
Jeeves and Wooster series on DVD. Hugh Laurie is tremendous. I 've planned
on getting the Black Adder series too. Just watched an episode earlier
tonight. One of my all time favorites.

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are excellent. In the mid 90's I saw The
Darling Buds of May for the first time. When I saw Catherine Zeta-Jones I
immediately thought that it was ridiculous that she wasn't a huge movie
star, especially compared to so many that were at the time (Julia Roberts?).
A few years later The Mask of Zorro was released, and I realized I missed my
chance to make some easy money as an agent. :-)

David G Fisher

me.

I think you are looking at the old roster.

#56 is available here http://www.paddedwall.org/rascar2003/

Cheers
Tony