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http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I glad I got my truck fixed this weekend. MadDAWG

Could be worse, you could be spending your life playing darts in the pub every night! "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 : : Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I glad : I got my truck fixed this weekend. : : MadDAWG : :

Reminds me of my daughter, when asked in 1st grade what her daddy did for a living ... 'He sits and plays a computer all day' I haven't been able to explain her the joys of programming ... yet ;-) On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:02:15 -0500, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 > >Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I glad >I got my truck fixed this weekend. > >MadDAWG >

"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> writes: > http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 > > Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I glad > I got my truck fixed this weekend. Good article. But it's not playing, it's a sport :) I told some friends that I had to be late to a get together since I had a league race until 8 pm, and got huge question marks in return. "You put priority on a computer game and virtual friends ?". Arguments like "No, I put priority on my hobby and sport" was not tolarated... Specially funny since this was from a guy who put working out on top of everything. -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

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>"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> writes: > >> http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 >> >> Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I >glad >> I got my truck fixed this weekend. > >Good article. But it's not playing, it's a sport :) I told some >friends that I had to be late to a get together since I had a league >race until 8 pm, and got huge question marks in return. "You put >priority on a computer game and virtual friends ?". Arguments like >"No, I put priority on my hobby and sport" was not >tolarated... Specially funny since this was from a guy who put working >out on top of everything.

Hehe... There's a guy in one of my racing leagues that skipped a friend's 40th birthday party because we had a league race on the same night... There are also several people who have had 'discussions' with their wives because they didn't want to go to their christmas party that conflicted with a race.<g> I guess I should be *glad* I'm not married...? :-) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]: <snip> > There's a guy in one of my racing leagues that skipped a friend's 40th > birthday party because we had a league race on the same night... ThereHow can anybody seriously consider missing the league race because of some party?? <g> > are also several people who have had 'discussions' with their wives > because they didn't want to go to their christmas party that conflicted > with a race.<g> I guess I should be *glad* I'm not married...? :-)Maybe... But how do you explain why you crashed out of the race then? > > Eldred Alex.

<snip> How can anybody seriously consider missing the league race because of some party?? <g> Maybe... But how do you explain why you crashed out of the race then? Alex.

"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 > > Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am Iglad > I got my truck fixed this weekend. > > MadDAWG > > It's bad enough explaining to people that you still play "games". Just hope they don't find out about the time you spend on the usenet *discussing* the "game"! Or, in the worst case (like mine), you find more time to discuss the "game" than to actually play it... Stephen

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> "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > http://www.racingnewsonline.com/story?id=42953&category=23 > > > > Funny take on simracing. Kinda hits to close to home at times. Boy am I > glad > > I got my truck fixed this weekend. > > > > MadDAWG > > > > > > It's bad enough explaining to people that you still play "games". Just hope > they don't find out about the time you spend on the usenet *discussing* the > "game"! Or, in the worst case (like mine), you find more time to discuss > the "game" than to actually play it...

I'll second that. Quite scary indeed. -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

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>[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in >news:[email hidden]: ><snip> >> There's a guy in one of my racing leagues that skipped a friend's 40th >> birthday party because we had a league race on the same night... There >How can anybody seriously consider missing the league race because >of some party?? <g> > >> are also several people who have had 'discussions' with their wives >> because they didn't want to go to their christmas party that conflicted >> with a race.<g> I guess I should be *glad* I'm not married...? :-) >Maybe... But how do you explain why you crashed out of the race then?

Which race was that? I didn't crash out... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes:

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>> It's bad enough explaining to people that you still play "games". Just >hope >> they don't find out about the time you spend on the usenet *discussing* the >> "game"! Or, in the worst case (like mine), you find more time to discuss >> the "game" than to actually play it... > >I'll second that. Quite scary indeed.

No it isn't. How many of us are posting from work? It's a LOT easier to discuss it than PLAY it...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (alexti) writes: > >>[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in >>news:[email hidden]: >><snip> >>> There's a guy in one of my racing leagues that skipped a friend's 40th >>> birthday party because we had a league race on the same night... There >>How can anybody seriously consider missing the league race because >>of some party?? <g> >> >>> are also several people who have had 'discussions' with their wives >>> because they didn't want to go to their christmas party that conflicted >>> with a race.<g> I guess I should be *glad* I'm not married...? :-) >>Maybe... But how do you explain why you crashed out of the race then? > > Which race was that? I didn't crash out... > > Eldred

Oh no! One more alien who never crashes out ;> Alex,

> No it isn't. How many of us are posting from work? It's a LOT easier to > discuss it than PLAY it...<g> > > Eldred If i had a dollar for every time i heard "You sit in front of a computer all day, how can you do it all night?" I would be one rich S.O.B. Oh well at least I have Michigan winter to blame for the next few months. :) MadDAWG

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (alexti) writes: >> Which race was that? I didn't crash out... >> >> Eldred >Oh no! One more alien who never crashes out ;> > >Alex, I've been called a lot of things in my life - alien isn't one of them...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>> No it isn't. How many of us are posting from work? It's a LOT easier to >> discuss it than PLAY it...<g> >> >> Eldred > >If i had a dollar for every time i heard "You sit in front of a computer all >day, how can you do it all night?" I would be one rich S.O.B. Oh well at >least I have Michigan winter to blame for the next few months. :)

Yep - starting today...SNOW... Ugh. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) writes:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "MadDAWG" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > >If i had a dollar for every time i heard "You sit in front of a computer all > >day, how can you do it all night?" I would be one rich S.O.B. Oh well at > >least I have Michigan winter to blame for the next few months. :) > > Yep - starting today...SNOW... Ugh.

I know how you feel, yesterday I woke up in Singapore, 30 degrees (C) and sun, by the time I was going to bed (in Hong Kong) it was a freezing 14 degrees and waking up today was even worse.. I wanna go back! -- -asbjxrn