I'm Tired of all This Crap!

To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: You don't know the facts and your not even close to having a comprehension of what Tom Pabst and Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past for sim racing in general....and this sim racing community. You also don't know anything about him or what kind of person he is. I have known him for more than three years personally....and professionally, and he is the furthest thing from a "name dropper" on this planet. He is also not conceded in any way and is one of the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost everyone I've ever met in real-world racing......and he's a real-world driver himself first....a sim racer second! A perfect example is the fact he almost never responds to your guy's stupid posts about his "character"....he just laughs it off. And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts on tech issues in sim racing over the years here on RAS that I've ever seen. What do you two bonehead's do for this community...besides make these stupid "Pabst Bashing" posts all the time? Take at look at these pics that were taken **Monday** at Sears Point. This "composite" was prepared by the PR webmaster for "internal distribution" only. I am posting it here to prove to you two guys that Pabst-Racing is for real......and Tom's the sole reason this is happening. www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/karttestday-composite.jpg And for you two bonehead's information......there's about 50 "tenant" racing businesses at Sears Point and in addition to the actual track employees, the Russell Racing School employees and all the "tenant" race shops employees....there's about 1400 employees that work at Sears every day. I've personally sim raced with dozens of them online....and there are a couple hundred...minimum....who are sim racers! They just don't all race online. Here's proof that many local drivers of real-world racing are sim racing! This is another "PR internal distribution" graphic of a party Tom threw two weeks ago for the 24-hour Rolex race at Daytona to celebrate the start of the new 2002 racing season. I personally attended this event....and there were over 150 people from Sears Point and the local racing community who attended. This party cost Tom over $5,000....I saw the bills! The party lasted 24-hours from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday! You got three meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast on Sunday), open bar, LAN racing tournaments all day and night long....and it was all for fun. Tom personally organized this....and paid for it himself. Take a look: www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/2002-party.jpg If some of you don't know....the white-hair gentleman driving the Lotus-49 sim is Chris Mellon, of M & R Motorsports....who has personally "engineered" three 24-Hour Rolex race winning cars and engineered more than 20 years of race cars at this Daytona endurance race. He's being observed by Brad Pierce, this year's ACRL champion. Both of these guys race with us online all the time.....and they are close friends of Tom's. See if you can pick out George Sandman.....or Dave McEntee (ALMS driver) or Chris Hill (ALMS driver)......in the pics as well....... this is the facts.know the facts before you make your bonehead posts on R.A.S. Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of this crap from you two as well as others. Pissed off.....but feeling better....... Ken "MAC" McIntosh

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:54:21 GMT, "Mac" <[email hidden]> wrote: Thanks for the info Mac.. I know Tom is a good guy, a passionate (sim)racer, I've had some good email correspondence and chats with him. But Tom also sometimes has an unlucky way of expressing himself, take that Aliens/Insects discussion for example. So I can imagine if you don't know Tom and his sense of humour, people can get really pissed off with those posts. >www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/2002-party.jpg Uhm.. did he hire those pitbabes too?? Holy crap.. Tom, why wasn't I invited???? Andre PS Tom, I'm still waiting for an answer on my Ring challenge :)

"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > But Tom also sometimes has an unlucky way of expressing himself, take > that Aliens/Insects discussion for example. So I can imagine if you > don't know Tom and his sense of humour, people can get really pissed > off with those posts. You've hit the nail on the head there Andre. With some of the posts that Tom makes - it's no wonder that myself and other have been SERIOUSLY pissed off with the guy. Doug

I think what pisses a lot of people off about Tom is that he that he always gives the impression that he is right and everyone else with a different opinion is wrong. He might have raced for years and do a lot of work in sim racing but that doesn't make anyone an expert on the subject. People can have different views and ideas and still be right. Perhaps is he wasn't always critical of others he might not get the response he does. "Douglas Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a4vu4i$3l3pn$[email hidden]...

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> > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > But Tom also sometimes has an unlucky way of expressing himself, take > > that Aliens/Insects discussion for example. So I can imagine if you > > don't know Tom and his sense of humour, people can get really pissed > > off with those posts. > > You've hit the nail on the head there Andre. With some of the posts that > Tom makes - it's no wonder that myself and other have been SERIOUSLY

pissed > off with the guy. > > Doug > > >

"Mac" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: ><Snip rant!> Mac, you are missing the point here. Name-dropping does not always imply lying, but using "well-known" names to lend credence to your own views *is* name-dropping. And that is exactly what Tom is doing repeatedly. If for instance Sears Point is wrong graphically, then it's wrong. And it takes away some of the immersion factor for people who know the track well. It doesn't matter if Joe Blow thinks so or the owner thinks so, it's still wrong. No need to drag whatshisface into it. About Tom's "alleged" (haven't seen much of it myself ;^) ) sense of humor? If a huge group of the readers think he is serious, he has a monstrous communications problem. And he should try to rectify it instead of blathering on. Most people understand that it doesn't matter if you are winking whilst you are writing - the readers can't see it! You have to be explicit - or blatantly obvious. Most of the time Tom comes across as a knowledgable and successful jerk. In my opinion at least. > Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of > this crap from you two as well as others. >And that statement really ruined your credibility! It is mainly used when someone is trying to convey a sense of secrecy and it never works. /Jens

Go ahead, be tired. Pabst regularly inserts himself into a sim history past he was really never part of. Those of us who have been here for a considerably longer time than three years object to his acting regularly as if he were some seminal part of sim racing development. He wasn't, ever. I might point out that neither were most of us but the difference is that we don't make up stories of our involvement in sim racing. The truth has value. He makes stuff up. I point it out. So you like the parties he throws. Good. Big deal. There's a ton of ways to gain credibility here and anywhere else. A little humility and the truth pretty much covers the basics. Finally, I take what I give. "Mac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > You don't know the facts and your not even close to having acomprehension > of what Tom Pabst and Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past forsim > racing in general....and this sim racing community. You also don't know > anything about him or what kind of person he is. I have known him formore > than three years personally....and professionally, and he is the furthest > thing from a "name dropper" on this planet. He is also not conceded inany > way and is one of the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost everyone > I've ever met in real-world racing......and he's a real-world driverhimself > first....a sim racer second! A perfect example is the fact he almostnever > responds to your guy's stupid posts about his "character"....he justlaughs > it off. And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts on tech issuesin > sim racing over the years here on RAS that I've ever seen. What do youtwo > bonehead's do for this community...besides make these stupid "PabstBashing" > posts all the time? > > Take at look at these pics that were taken **Monday** at Sears Point.This

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> "composite" was prepared by the PR webmaster for "internal distribution" > only. I am posting it here to prove to you two guys that Pabst-Racing is > for real......and Tom's the sole reason this is happening. > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/karttestday-composite.jpg > > And for you two bonehead's information......there's about 50 "tenant"

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> Russell Racing School employees and all the "tenant" race shops > employees....there's about 1400 employees that work at Sears every day. > I've personally sim raced with dozens of them online....and there are a > couple hundred...minimum....who are sim racers! They just don't all race > online. > > Here's proof that many local drivers of real-world racing are sim racing! > This is another "PR internal distribution" graphic of a party Tom threw

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> weeks ago for the 24-hour Rolex race at Daytona to celebrate the start of > the new 2002 racing season. I personally attended this event....and there > were over 150 people from Sears Point and the local racing community who > attended. This party cost Tom over $5,000....I saw the bills! The party > lasted 24-hours from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday! You got three > meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast on Sunday), open bar, LAN racing > tournaments all day and night long....and it was all for fun. Tom > personally > organized this....and paid for it himself. Take a look: > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/2002-party.jpg > > If some of you don't know....the white-hair gentleman driving the Lotus-49 > sim is Chris Mellon, of M & R Motorsports....who has personally

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> three 24-Hour Rolex race winning cars and engineered more than 20 years of > race cars at this Daytona endurance race. He's being observed by Brad > Pierce, this year's ACRL champion. Both of these guys race with us online > all the time.....and they are close friends of Tom's. See if you can pick > out George Sandman.....or Dave McEntee (ALMS driver) or Chris Hill (ALMS > driver)......in the pics as well....... this is the facts.know the facts > before you make your bonehead posts on R.A.S. > > Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of > this crap from you two as well as others. > > Pissed off.....but feeling better....... > > Ken "MAC" McIntosh > > > >

It all got out of hand. I have since... distanced myself, from the GPL community. Rob Swindells "Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:huMc8.915$[email hidden]... > "Mac" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse > news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > > <Snip rant!> > Mac, you are missing the point here. Name-dropping does not always implylying, > but using "well-known" names to lend credence to your own views *is* > name-dropping. And that is exactly what Tom is doing repeatedly. If forinstance > Sears Point is wrong graphically, then it's wrong. And it takes away someof the > immersion factor for people who know the track well. It doesn't matter ifJoe > Blow thinks so or the owner thinks so, it's still wrong. No need to drag > whatshisface into it. > > About Tom's "alleged" (haven't seen much of it myself ;^) ) sense ofhumor? If a > huge group of the readers think he is serious, he has a monstrouscommunications > problem. And he should try to rectify it instead of blathering on. Mostpeople > understand that it doesn't matter if you are winking whilst you arewriting - > the readers can't see it! You have to be explicit - or blatantly obvious.Most

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> of the time Tom comes across as a knowledgable and successful jerk. In my > opinion at least. > > > Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of > > this crap from you two as well as others. > > > And that statement really ruined your credibility! It is mainly used when > someone is trying to convey a sense of secrecy and it never works. > > /Jens > >

Mac wrote: > > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: <SNIP> Get stuffed you sycophantic twat. BTW, in that picture you posted a link to, are those your boots sticking out of Tom's ass? Yours sneeringly GDA

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> > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > But Tom also sometimes has an unlucky way of expressing himself, take > > that Aliens/Insects discussion for example. So I can imagine if you > > don't know Tom and his sense of humour, people can get really pissed > > off with those posts. > > You've hit the nail on the head there Andre. With some of the posts that > Tom makes - it's no wonder that myself and other have been SERIOUSLY pissed > off with the guy.

Doug Do you remember the time TP commanded us all to stop talking about hot lapping in VROC chat and Sierra.com? Just in case he might be 'entertaining' some luminary from the real racing world and he didn't want us to project the 'wrong' image of the sim racing community! Then there was the 'plastic toys' thread! Gerry

"furthest thing from a "name dropper" on this planet" It's funny, because your post does a very good job of name dropping and bragging. "Mac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > You don't know the facts and your not even close to having acomprehension > of what Tom Pabst and Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past forsim > racing in general....and this sim racing community. You also don't know > anything about him or what kind of person he is. I have known him formore > than three years personally....and professionally, and he is the furthest > thing from a "name dropper" on this planet. He is also not conceded inany > way and is one of the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost everyone > I've ever met in real-world racing......and he's a real-world driverhimself > first....a sim racer second! A perfect example is the fact he almostnever > responds to your guy's stupid posts about his "character"....he justlaughs > it off. And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts on tech issuesin > sim racing over the years here on RAS that I've ever seen. What do youtwo > bonehead's do for this community...besides make these stupid "PabstBashing" > posts all the time? > > Take at look at these pics that were taken **Monday** at Sears Point.This

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> "composite" was prepared by the PR webmaster for "internal distribution" > only. I am posting it here to prove to you two guys that Pabst-Racing is > for real......and Tom's the sole reason this is happening. > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/karttestday-composite.jpg > > And for you two bonehead's information......there's about 50 "tenant"

racing > businesses at Sears Point and in addition to the actual track employees,the

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> Russell Racing School employees and all the "tenant" race shops > employees....there's about 1400 employees that work at Sears every day. > I've personally sim raced with dozens of them online....and there are a > couple hundred...minimum....who are sim racers! They just don't all race > online. > > Here's proof that many local drivers of real-world racing are sim racing! > This is another "PR internal distribution" graphic of a party Tom threw

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> weeks ago for the 24-hour Rolex race at Daytona to celebrate the start of > the new 2002 racing season. I personally attended this event....and there > were over 150 people from Sears Point and the local racing community who > attended. This party cost Tom over $5,000....I saw the bills! The party > lasted 24-hours from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday! You got three > meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast on Sunday), open bar, LAN racing > tournaments all day and night long....and it was all for fun. Tom > personally > organized this....and paid for it himself. Take a look: > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/2002-party.jpg > > If some of you don't know....the white-hair gentleman driving the Lotus-49 > sim is Chris Mellon, of M & R Motorsports....who has personally

"engineered"

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> three 24-Hour Rolex race winning cars and engineered more than 20 years of > race cars at this Daytona endurance race. He's being observed by Brad > Pierce, this year's ACRL champion. Both of these guys race with us online > all the time.....and they are close friends of Tom's. See if you can pick > out George Sandman.....or Dave McEntee (ALMS driver) or Chris Hill (ALMS > driver)......in the pics as well....... this is the facts.know the facts > before you make your bonehead posts on R.A.S. > > Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of > this crap from you two as well as others. > > Pissed off.....but feeling better....... > > Ken "MAC" McIntosh > > > >

I wouldn't want to discuss Tom's behaviour, I'd find that respectless. But no matter how he comes across, he contributes a lot of valuable information to the community, and that's what matters to me. Any speculations about hidden motivations etc. are just that - speculation. Too easy to misinterpret. OTOH, what's wrong with Gerry's Schumacher comment? Moderate criticism brought across in good and humorous style. Achim

Macky, Unless you personally know Gavel, Gerry and a few others aren't you also guilty of treating people you don't know poorly? (You called them "boneheads" and said their posts are stupid). Do you have all the facts? Todd "Mac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > You don't know the facts and your not even close to having acomprehension > of what Tom Pabst and Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past forsim > racing in general....and this sim racing community. You also don't know > anything about him or what kind of person he is. I have known him formore > than three years personally....and professionally, and he is the furthest > thing from a "name dropper" on this planet. He is also not conceded inany > way and is one of the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost everyone > I've ever met in real-world racing......and he's a real-world driverhimself > first....a sim racer second! A perfect example is the fact he almostnever > responds to your guy's stupid posts about his "character"....he justlaughs > it off. And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts on tech issuesin > sim racing over the years here on RAS that I've ever seen. What do youtwo > bonehead's do for this community...besides make these stupid "PabstBashing" > posts all the time? > > Take at look at these pics that were taken **Monday** at Sears Point.This

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> "composite" was prepared by the PR webmaster for "internal distribution" > only. I am posting it here to prove to you two guys that Pabst-Racing is > for real......and Tom's the sole reason this is happening. > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/karttestday-composite.jpg > > And for you two bonehead's information......there's about 50 "tenant"

racing > businesses at Sears Point and in addition to the actual track employees,the

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> Russell Racing School employees and all the "tenant" race shops > employees....there's about 1400 employees that work at Sears every day. > I've personally sim raced with dozens of them online....and there are a > couple hundred...minimum....who are sim racers! They just don't all race > online. > > Here's proof that many local drivers of real-world racing are sim racing! > This is another "PR internal distribution" graphic of a party Tom threw

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> weeks ago for the 24-hour Rolex race at Daytona to celebrate the start of > the new 2002 racing season. I personally attended this event....and there > were over 150 people from Sears Point and the local racing community who > attended. This party cost Tom over $5,000....I saw the bills! The party > lasted 24-hours from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday! You got three > meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast on Sunday), open bar, LAN racing > tournaments all day and night long....and it was all for fun. Tom > personally > organized this....and paid for it himself. Take a look: > > www.pabst-racing.com/webscreens/2002-party.jpg > > If some of you don't know....the white-hair gentleman driving the Lotus-49 > sim is Chris Mellon, of M & R Motorsports....who has personally

"engineered"

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> three 24-Hour Rolex race winning cars and engineered more than 20 years of > race cars at this Daytona endurance race. He's being observed by Brad > Pierce, this year's ACRL champion. Both of these guys race with us online > all the time.....and they are close friends of Tom's. See if you can pick > out George Sandman.....or Dave McEntee (ALMS driver) or Chris Hill (ALMS > driver)......in the pics as well....... this is the facts.know the facts > before you make your bonehead posts on R.A.S. > > Like I said, I'll probably get fired.....but I'm really tired of some of > this crap from you two as well as others. > > Pissed off.....but feeling better....... > > Ken "MAC" McIntosh > > > >

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:20:47 -0000, "Racecraft" <[email hidden]> wrote: >It all got out of hand. I have since... distanced myself, from the GPL >community. > >Rob Swindells HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMAN YOU CAN LEAVE NOT GPL COMMUNITY ALL YOUR SWINDELLS ARE BELONG TO US HA HA HA HA

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> To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > You don't know the facts and your not even close > to having a comprehension of what Tom Pabst and > Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past for > sim racing in general....and this sim racing > community.

Ok, so tell us. > You also don't know anything about him or what kind > of person he is. Let's just say he didn't leave a favourable impression with me and many others on this forum > I have known him for more than three years personally.. > and professionally, and he is the furthest thing from a > "name dropper" on this planet. You've just "dropped" his. > He is also not conceded in any way and is one of > the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost > everyone I've ever met in real-world racing... and > he's a real-world driver himself first....a sim > racer second! So, why is he trying to mold the community to his real-wold, corporate projections? > A perfect example is the fact he almost never > responds to your guy's stupid posts about his > "character"....he just laughs it off. He hasn't responded to serious, well argumented objections which defuse his theories either. > And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts > on tech issues in sim racing over the years here on > RAS that I've ever seen. Possibly, but that doesn't condone him making a nuisance of himself. Tom's managed to insult a lot of people here and according to some posters, who's integrity I have no reason to doubt, this is not an isolated occurance over the years. There is a lot of ill feeling towards him on this forum. > <snip> Neither do I see how him spending 5 grand to promote his business and entertaining a number of people we don't even know makes up for any of the above. Ok, some real life racers showed interest in his simulators, but I fail to see how this raises the profile of the *sport*. Being known as a training aid to the real thing, isn't very conductive towards general recognition, IMO. Jan. =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

Tom has always taken the time to respond back whenever I wrote him personally. He seems very knowledgeable. whenever he makes a post I check the content out. thumbs up from me for Tom and his contributions. Dave C. Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Mac" wrote... > > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: > > > > You don't know the facts and your not even close > > to having a comprehension of what Tom Pabst and > > Pabst Racing is doing, or has done in the past for > > sim racing in general....and this sim racing > > community. > > Ok, so tell us. > > > You also don't know anything about him or what kind > > of person he is. > > Let's just say he didn't leave a favourable impression with me and many > others on this forum > > > I have known him for more than three years personally.. > > and professionally, and he is the furthest thing from a > > "name dropper" on this planet. > > You've just "dropped" his. > > > He is also not conceded in any way and is one of > > the nicest guys I know. He's typical of almost > > everyone I've ever met in real-world racing... and > > he's a real-world driver himself first....a sim > > racer second! > > So, why is he trying to mold the community to his real-wold, corporate > projections? > > > A perfect example is the fact he almost never > > responds to your guy's stupid posts about his > > "character"....he just laughs it off. > > He hasn't responded to serious, well argumented objections which defuse

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> theories either. > > > And, he's provided some of the most helpful posts > > on tech issues in sim racing over the years here on > > RAS that I've ever seen. > > Possibly, but that doesn't condone him making a nuisance of himself. Tom's > managed to insult a lot of people here and according to some posters,

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> the years. There is a lot of ill feeling towards him on this forum. > > > <snip> > > Neither do I see how him spending 5 grand to promote his business and > entertaining a number of people we don't even know makes up for any of the > above. > > Ok, some real life racers showed interest in his simulators, but I fail to > see how this raises the profile of the *sport*. Being known as a training > aid to the real thing, isn't very conductive towards general recognition, > IMO. > > Jan. > =--- > "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. > > >

>"Mac" <[email hidden]> wrote > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: I <yawn> in the general direction of this post. It will forever be archived in the dust of 100 billion other Usenet messages, all pointless as the other sitting next to it. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

Mac <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hnKc8.1720$[email hidden]... > To "Gavel and Gerry".... and a few others: >Well said Mac! Both you and I know that Tom would give the shirt off his back to help with Racing/Sim Racing if at all possible. And to Gavel and Gerry (Gerry, I guess you were included because you didn't put a smiley in you Schumacher comment) :-o My response is to Gavel! Lets reconstruct this first. Tom puts up a post about the Sounds and Graphics in N2002. He praises Papy for the job they did with Sounds, Track config ,WC garages and so forth but...mentions the problems that he sees with the graphical representation of the rest of Sears Point and mentions that others that are involved with Sears Point were upset with this also. (more Facts!) now Gavels reply: Quote "LMAO, Frank. The " Legend in his own mind" is at it again. I like the " and how" part. That I'd like to see, in code, his own. :) Btw, there aren't 'hundreds" of sim racing Sears Point employees. You'd be hard pressed to find a hundred sim racers in Northern California, period. LOL. As for the name dropping, it's par for the course and quite arguably the reason for the post in the first place. It's good humor, reminds me of Ted Knight in that old 70's sitcom." Then it is pointed out by Mac that there is way more than 100's of employees(Fact!) and that there is easily more then hundreds of us Sim Racers in Northern Calif.(another Fact!) Then you rant about name dropping when Tom is only stating the truth about what he knows. BTW Knowing Bob Davis (Sears Point's Chief Architect), I can see him saying that N2002 is good but damn they have the graphics wrong again! oops, I name dropped....sorry <g> You then reply to Mac: Quote " Go ahead, be tired. Pabst regularly inserts himself into a sim history past he was really never part of. Those of us who have been here for a considerably longer time than three years object to his acting regularly as if he were some seminal part of sim racing development. He wasn't, ever. I might point out that neither were most of us but the difference is that we don't make up stories of our involvement in sim racing. The truth has value. He makes stuff up. I point it out. So you like the parties he throws. Good. Big deal. There's a ton of ways to gain credibility here and anywhere else. A little humility and the truth pretty much covers the basics. Finally, I take what I give." Now the question I have is what in the hell does this have to do with sounds or track graphics at Sears? Seems that you have some problem with Tom posting anything, and if that is so....Killfile Dude! Now, Knowing Tom, (dang there I go name dropping again) I remember LMAO while reading that Alien/Insect post that Tom made but, I did think he should have put in some :-)'s and ;-)'s I UNDERSTAND WHY NOW! You see, Tom has "Pit in" and "Pit out" and other stickers on top of certain keys on his keyboard. So, to fix this I will go to his house soon and will install a patch to automatically insert :-)'s and ;-) in all of his future R.A.S posts. In the meantime! Ymenard, do you think you can stop yawning long enough to write up a R.A.S posting procedure that states that name dropping is forbidden? I would like to close by thanking people like Tom, that have put so much effort into getting Real Racing and Sim Racing closer together. It is so nice to talk with real racers about sim racing and you know what? They don't laugh anymore like they did a few years ago. Tom, I tip my hat to you! George Sandman A proud member of Pabst Racing

"George Sandman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xM3d8.88243$[email hidden]... I thought that post was funny too. It seemed like I was only one of a few though who got his message. I should probably add more smiley faces to my posts. :-) (-: David G Fisher :-) > Now, Knowing Tom, (dang there I go name dropping again) I remember LMAO > while reading that Alien/Insect post that Tom made but, I did think he > should have put in some :-)'s and ;-)'s > I UNDERSTAND WHY NOW! > > You see, Tom has "Pit in" and "Pit out" and other stickers on top ofcertain > keys on his keyboard. So, to fix this I will go to his house soon andwill

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> install a patch to automatically insert :-)'s and ;-) in all of his future > R.A.S posts. > > In the meantime! Ymenard, do you think you can stop yawning long enough to > write up a R.A.S posting procedure that states that name dropping is > forbidden? > > I would like to close by thanking people like Tom, that have put so much > effort into getting Real Racing and Sim Racing closer together. > It is so nice to talk with real racers about sim racing and you know what? > They don't laugh anymore like they did a few years ago. > > Tom, I tip my hat to you! > > George Sandman > A proud member of Pabst Racing > > > >

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> Now the question I have is what in the hell does this have to do with > sounds or track graphics at Sears? > > Seems that you have some problem with Tom posting anything, and if that is > so....Killfile Dude! > >

Do it. Your more than obliviousness to context, history and the completely missed point of a guy who starts his post off talking about N2K2 sounds and ends it with a name dropping paragraph aimed at an organization (Papy) that has an e-mail address for such suggestions begs the question of your ability to discern vanity press from a substantial post. And if you don't like it then I'm gonna tell Bob and Steve and Ed and Earl and JimBoy and Papa Walton and Lars Ulrich after I throw the coming out party for Y2KRick in the building that wasn't there but is now.;)

Y2Krick LIVES!!! <G> Scott PA-Scott "Gavel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > so....Killfile Dude! > > > > > Do it. Your more than obliviousness to context, history and the > completely missed point of a guy who starts his post off talking about > N2K2 sounds and ends it with a name dropping paragraph aimed at an > organization (Papy) that has an e-mail address for such suggestions begs

the > question of your ability to discern vanity press from a substantial post. > And if you don't like it then I'm gonna tell Bob and Steve and Ed andEarl > and JimBoy and Papa Walton and Lars Ulrich after I throw the coming out > party for Y2KRick in the building that wasn't there but is now.;) > >

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:40:49 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Y2Krick LIVES!!! > ><G> What a coincidence you mention his name.. I just spend an hour looking up his old posts on google. Yup, at work and bored beyond belief :) Andre

I'm still convinced it was ymenards 'other' personality. ;) Scott PA-Scott "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:40:49 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Y2Krick LIVES!!! > > > ><G> > > What a coincidence you mention his name.. I just spend an hour looking > up his old posts on google. > > Yup, at work and bored beyond belief :) > > Andre

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> > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:40:49 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Y2Krick LIVES!!! > > > ><G> > > What a coincidence you mention his name.. I just spend an hour looking > up his old posts on google. > > Yup, at work and bored beyond belief :)

I'll never be *that* bored.....I'd rather look up old posts from Scott Husted even Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

ROFLMAO You old bastard! ;) Scott PA-Scott "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > Andre Warringa wrote: > > > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:40:49 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Y2Krick LIVES!!! > > > > > ><G> > > > > What a coincidence you mention his name.. I just spend an hour looking > > up his old posts on google. > > > > Yup, at work and bored beyond belief :) > > I'll never be *that* bored.....I'd rather look up old posts from Scott > Husted even > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

David G Fisher wrote: > >I should probably add more smiley faces to my posts. :-) (-: David G Fisher :-) Better yet, delete 'em before sending... BB

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:25:54 +0100, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'll never be *that* bored.....I'd rather look up old posts from Scott >Husted even While searching for Ricks posts I encountered more than enough posts from you and Scott.. actually you guys replied in most of Ricks threads :) Andre

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ymenard wrote: > > I <yawn> in the general direction of this post. I thought that line went: "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" > It will forever be archived in the dust of 100 billion other Usenet messages, all pointless as the other sitting next to it. Hmmmm... you mean like *yours* (and mine), mon cher? It MUST be Spring -- the skunks are trolling around my house, the mud is deeper every day, and the "dump on Tom Pabst" threads are bubbling merrily along. BB

"Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > I'm still convinced it was ymenards 'other' personality. ;) > > Scott > PA-Scott What do you mean, "other"? Are you saying he HAS one? Good grief! BB

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> > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:25:54 +0100, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I'll never be *that* bored.....I'd rather look up old posts from Scott > >Husted even > > While searching for Ricks posts I encountered more than enough posts > from you and Scott.. actually you guys replied in most of Ricks > threads :)

Good point Andre :-), at first I didn't pay much attention to Rick, but one day I read a post from an otherwise fairly sane person, not in this NG btw, asking Rick if he could help him out with information and stuff, if you repeat something often enough some people will eventually mistake it for the truth ..... So I decided to try to bring him down as best I could, and have some fun while doing so of course :-), I still remember him asking me if I was certain that the nuclear power plants in Norway were Y2K proof.....guess he was upset about something.......I can't remember if that was before or after I asked him why he posted with a different view on things under another name on one of the Y2K NG's, I think he used Omegaman or something, which meant that he was nothing but a NG troll, so being the upstanding citizen that I am, I took it upon me to inform the world about this Oh, and please don't put me in the same group as Husted in the future Andre, to the best of my knowledge I have never offended you in any way and I'd appreciate if we could leave the personal insults out of this Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

"Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > ROFLMAO > > You old bastard! ;) Hiya, knew you couldn't stay out of a thread like this you damn capitalist bastard, I'm just surprised you haven't posted anything in defense of your old pal TP yet :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

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> > ymenard wrote: > > > > I <yawn> in the general direction of this post. > > I thought that line went: "I fart in your general direction! Your mother > was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"

We better put this in perspective for the Monty Python challenged amongst us.........here's a some of the conversation that transpired between King Arthur and said French guard --- [King Arthur music] [clop clop clop] ARTHUR: Halt! [horn] Hallo! [pause] Hallo! FRENCH GUARD: Allo! Who is eet? ARTHUR: It is King Arthur, and these are my Knights of the Round Table. Who's castle is this? FRENCH GUARD: This is the castle of my master Guy de Loimbard. ARTHUR: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail. FRENCH GUARD: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see? ARTHUR: What? GALAHAD: He says they've already got one! ARTHUR: Are you sure he's got one? FRENCH GUARD: Oh, yes, it's very nice-a. (I told him we already got one.) ARTHUR: Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look? FRENCH GUARD: Of course not! You are English types-a! ARTHUR: Well, what are you then? FRENCH GUARD: I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king-a?! GALAHAD: What are you doing in England? FRENCH GUARD: Mind your own business! ARTHUR: If you will not show us the Grail, we shall take your castle by force! FRENCH GUARD: You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottom, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur King, you and all your silly English k-nnnnniggets. Thpppppt! Thppt! Thppt! GALAHAD: What a strange person. ARTHUR: Now look here, my good man-- FRENCH GUARD: I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! You mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! GALAHAD: Is there someone else up there we could talk to? FRENCH GUARD: No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-a! [sniff] Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy, who never let's a chance to quote MP go by http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

ROFLMAO ;) Scott PA-Scott "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > > > ROFLMAO > > > > You old bastard! ;) > > Hiya, knew you couldn't stay out of a thread like this you damn > capitalist bastard, I'm just surprised you haven't posted anything in > defense of your old pal TP yet :-) > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > http://www.theuspits.com > http://www.teammirage.com > > "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" > --Groucho Marx--

Bite me you damn socialist, union loving, pretending to be a capitalist SOB!! LOL Scott PA-Scott Husted.cc - http://www.Husted.cc The Pits - http://www.theuspits.com "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Oh, and please don't put me in the same group as Husted in the future > Andre, to the best of my knowledge I have never offended you in any way > and I'd appreciate if we could leave the personal insults out of this > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy >

I didn't say they were "good" ones! =) Scott PA-Scott "Bart Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > > > I'm still convinced it was ymenards 'other' personality. ;) > > > > Scott > > PA-Scott > > What do you mean, "other"? Are you saying he HAS one? Good grief! > > BB

The entire Monty Python series on DVD is a must buy. :-) David G Fisher "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Bart Brown wrote: > > > > ymenard wrote: > > > > > > I <yawn> in the general direction of this post. > > > > I thought that line went: "I fart in your general direction! Your mother > > was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" > > We better put this in perspective for the Monty Python challenged > amongst us.........here's a some of the conversation that transpired > between King Arthur and said French guard > > > --- > [King Arthur music] > > [clop clop clop] > > ARTHUR: Halt! > > [horn] > > Hallo! > > [pause] > > Hallo! > > FRENCH GUARD: Allo! Who is eet? > > ARTHUR: It is King Arthur, and these are my Knights of the Round > Table. Who's > > castle is this? > > FRENCH GUARD: This is the castle of my master Guy de Loimbard. > > ARTHUR: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a > sacred > > quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night he can > join us in > > our quest for the Holy Grail. > > FRENCH GUARD: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very > keen. Uh, > > he's already got one, you see? > > ARTHUR: What? > > GALAHAD: He says they've already got one! > > ARTHUR: Are you sure he's got one? > > FRENCH GUARD: Oh, yes, it's very nice-a. (I told him we already got > one.) > > ARTHUR: Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look? > > FRENCH GUARD: Of course not! You are English types-a! > > ARTHUR: Well, what are you then? > > FRENCH GUARD: I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, > you > > silly king-a?! > > GALAHAD: What are you doing in England? > > FRENCH GUARD: Mind your own business! > > ARTHUR: If you will not show us the Grail, we shall take your castle by > force! > > FRENCH GUARD: You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil > your > > bottom, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called > Arthur > > King, you and all your silly English k-nnnnniggets. Thpppppt! > Thppt! > > Thppt! > > GALAHAD: What a strange person. > > ARTHUR: Now look here, my good man-- > > FRENCH GUARD: I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed > animal food > > trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! You mother was a > hamster > > and your father smelt of elderberries! > > GALAHAD: Is there someone else up there we could talk to? > > FRENCH GUARD: No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-a! > > [sniff] > > > > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy, who never let's a chance to quote MP go by > > http://www.theuspits.com > http://www.teammirage.com > > "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" > --Groucho Marx--

David G Fisher wrote: > > The entire Monty Python series on DVD is a must buy. :-) Huh, you can't be *all* bad I guess....:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

"Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > Bite me you damn socialist, union loving, pretending to be a capitalist > SOB!! LOL I've told you this before, flattering me doesn't work, although I do appreciate the kind words Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

Hey... anytime I can lend my support. =) -- Scott B. Husted ICQ# 4395450 http://www.Husted.cc "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > > > Bite me you damn socialist, union loving, pretending to be a capitalist > > SOB!! LOL > > I've told you this before, flattering me doesn't work, although I do > appreciate the kind words > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > http://www.theuspits.com > http://www.teammirage.com > > "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" > --Groucho Marx--

I'm a HUGE fan of British comedy. Mystery and drama too. Even like their gardening and home decorating shows. :-) BBC America is on all the time in my house. David G Fisher "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> David G Fisher wrote: > > > > The entire Monty Python series on DVD is a must buy. :-) > > Huh, you can't be *all* bad I guess....:-) > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > http://www.theuspits.com > http://www.teammirage.com > > "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" > --Groucho Marx--

"Bart Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote > ymenard wrote: > > I <yawn> in the general direction of this post. > > I thought that line went: "I fart in your general direction! Yes, it's a play on the line. > > It will forever be archived in the dust of 100 billion other Usenetmessages, all pointless as > > the other sitting next to it. > > Hmmmm... you mean like *yours* (and mine), mon cher? Indeed, but the difference is that I don't mind. > It MUST be Spring -- the skunks are trolling around my house, the mud is > deeper every day, and the "dump on Tom Pabst" threads are bubbling > merrily along. Hehe... -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"George Sandman" <[email hidden]> wrote > Ymenard, do you think you can stop yawning long enough to > write up a R.A.S posting procedure that states that name dropping is > forbidden? Do you think anybody here cares? What does myself have to do with name dropping? -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Gavel" <[email hidden]> wrote > And if you don't like it then I'm gonna tell Bob and Steve and Ed andEarl > and JimBoy and Papa Walton and Lars Ulrich after I throw the coming out > party for Y2KRick in the building that wasn't there but is now.;) I miss Rick :) I wonder if he's still aware down in that bunker that Earth still turns at the same rate as on December 31th, 1999! -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Bart Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote > What do you mean, "other"? Are you saying he HAS one? Good grief! Hey! Watch it now or I'll bring back LeChicken ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote > While searching for Ricks posts I encountered more than enough posts > from you and Scott.. actually you guys replied in most of Ricks > threads :) Actually, r.a.s. had almost NO content about Y2Rick compared to the "other" newsgroup, which at that time was I think Jacob's News server (the TEN newsgroup had closed back then no?). There was at least 10 times the # of posts from him there compared to here. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:29:31 -0500, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Actually, r.a.s. had almost NO content about Y2Rick compared to the "other" >newsgroup, which at that time was I think Jacob's News server (the TEN >newsgroup had closed back then no?). There was at least 10 times the # of >posts from him there compared to here. Indeed, but in a RAS post another ng was mentioned, something with 2000 in it. BTW, your first posts are classic too :D Andre

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:11:18 GMT, "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote: >The entire Monty Python series on DVD is a must buy. :-) > >David G Fisher The whole series is on dvd in the states? Not here in Europe afaik, not in holland at least. In the beginning I ordered a couple of dvd's from amazing US, but I forgot US dvd's use another region code :-/ How many dvd's is the total MP collection btw? Andre

I checked bbc europe's web site and they don't sell it, but they do at bbc america's for $199. 14 discs. http://www.bbcamericashop.com/default.asp?cpa=search&rpa=2&mdm=All&mfs= I know of a web site here where I can get it for $170. David G Fisher "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:11:18 GMT, "David G Fisher" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >The entire Monty Python series on DVD is a must buy. :-) > > > >David G Fisher > > The whole series is on dvd in the states? Not here in Europe afaik, > not in holland at least. In the beginning I ordered a couple of dvd's > from amazing US, but I forgot US dvd's use another region code :-/ > How many dvd's is the total MP collection btw? > > Andre

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:25:23 GMT, "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I checked bbc europe's web site and they don't sell it, but they do at bbc >america's for $199. 14 discs. >http://www.bbcamericashop.com/default.asp?cpa=search&rpa=2&mdm=All&mfs= > >I know of a web site here where I can get it for $170. > >David G Fisher

Thanks but my dvd player can only read European region dvd's.. damn, would LOVE to have this.. I can't wait to show the 14 dvd's to my g/f, she HATES Monty Python :D Andre

Look up ymenard... the mentally retarded poster of RAS. =) Or how Frank was a founder of RAS. Those were "fun" discussions. ;) Scott PA-Scott "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:29:31 -0500, "ymenard" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Actually, r.a.s. had almost NO content about Y2Rick compared to the"other" > >newsgroup, which at that time was I think Jacob's News server (the TEN > >newsgroup had closed back then no?). There was at least 10 times the #of

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Andre, most DVD players can be converted to play region 1 encoded discs for very little outlay. Try http://www.vcdhelp.com go to the DVD player compatibilty page and see if theres a hack for your model. If you're lucky, you may have a model that can be converted with a remote control code. For example, this is how to convert my player http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayershack.php?select=Philips%20DVD722 -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:25:23 GMT, "David G Fisher" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I checked bbc europe's web site and they don't sell it, but they do at bbc > >america's for $199. 14 discs. > >http://www.bbcamericashop.com/default.asp?cpa=search&rpa=2&mdm=All&mfs= > > > >I know of a web site here where I can get it for $170. > > > >David G Fisher > > Thanks but my dvd player can only read European region dvd's.. > damn, would LOVE to have this.. I can't wait to show the 14 dvd's to > my g/f, she HATES Monty Python :D > > Andre

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:40:09 -0000, "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Andre, most DVD players can be converted to play region 1 encoded discs for >very little outlay. Try http://www.vcdhelp.com go to the DVD player >compatibilty page and see if theres a hack for your model. If you're lucky, >you may have a model that can be converted with a remote control code. Too bad, mine has a chip inside with the region code so I can't change region with my remote. I heard that it is possible to put a new chip in my dvd (Sony DVP-S725D) but I still haven't found someone able to do so. Great site though, thanks. If you're interested in dvd's, check out this site, one of my favs: www.dvdreview.com Andre

>"Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote > Look up ymenard... the mentally retarded poster of RAS. =) > > Or how Frank was a founder of RAS. Those were "fun" discussions. ;) /ymenard slowly x-ref's his old posts out of google -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

Or how Frank got run over by a big ol bus he somehow didn't see while riding his bicycle and spent his time in the hospital bed racing on his laptop with a wheel attached! ROFLMAO ;) Scott PA-Scott "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z8xd8.26271$[email hidden]...

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"Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > Or how Frank got run over by a big ol bus he somehow didn't see while riding > his bicycle and spent his time in the hospital bed racing on his laptop with > a wheel attached! ROFLMAO ;) Actually, it was the guy "rick" hired to see to it that Frank had an "accident" who drove that bus....."Dickie Kamschapt" or something :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

LOL! Scott PA-Scott "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > > > Or how Frank got run over by a big ol bus he somehow didn't see whileriding > > his bicycle and spent his time in the hospital bed racing on his laptopwith

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>"Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote > Or how Frank got run over by a big ol bus he somehow didn't see whileriding > his bicycle and spent his time in the hospital bed racing on his laptopwith > a wheel attached! ROFLMAO ;) That was true Scott. I really got hit by a public bus while doing some bicycle (looking back at the thing it was my fault). I did log in on the NROS with a portable PC there. I had the GP1 wheel for Thrustmaster just for that (you know it had analogy paddles behind it). I still have the wheel sitting on top of one of my shelves because it looks darn cool with the paddles and the little cord, with the wheel itself all squishy and with a large diameter. Looks like a real wheel. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...