Re: Replace GPLRank with EldredRank

Remember posting elsewhere about being the top of some heap, any heap? My picture isn't next to any definition in the dictionary, but ... uhhhmmm... how do I say this? Do I want my name associated in any way with a homage to mediocrity? I suppose it's not all bad. I like seeing my name in print, too. :-) Michael. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>, "cyrille vanlerberghe" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable StEldred > >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPLhandicap > >system: the EldredRank. > >The EldredRank would be the Gplrank for the GPL layman. > >Some of us cannot bother to spend hours to learn every inch of a track.We > >prefer to dash around in wild leaps, like mad colts prancing fromsandpits > >to armcos, from armcos to grass strips, from grass strips to sandpits.Yes, > >we slowpokes love to watch the scenery, and speed is not our only goal.Yes,

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> >we are slow, but we slide off the track with *style*! > > > >Enough rambling talk, let's get to practical issues. > > > >The EldredRank would be computed with a very simple mathematic formula: > > > >your EldredRank=(your GPLRank)-(Eldred's GPLRank) > > > >This way, many more GPL drivers would be able to reach a negative

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> >And more important, St Eldred would always have the glorious handicap of > >0.0. > >Maybe Uwe Schuerkamp (lead GPLRank director) could help us in this grand > >project. > > > >Cheers, > >Cyrille Vanlerberghe > >EldredRank +153 > > You guys have WAY too much time on your hands... Don't you have wives or > girlfriends to play with?<g> > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL hcp. +70.45 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St Eldred as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap system: the EldredRank. The EldredRank would be the Gplrank for the GPL layman. Some of us cannot bother to spend hours to learn every inch of a track. We prefer to dash around in wild leaps, like mad colts prancing from sandpits to armcos, from armcos to grass strips, from grass strips to sandpits. Yes, we slowpokes love to watch the scenery, and speed is not our only goal. Yes, we are slow, but we slide off the track with *style*! Enough rambling talk, let's get to practical issues. The EldredRank would be computed with a very simple mathematic formula: your EldredRank=(your GPLRank)-(Eldred's GPLRank) This way, many more GPL drivers would be able to reach a negative handicap. And more important, St Eldred would always have the glorious handicap of 0.0. Maybe Uwe Schuerkamp (lead GPLRank director) could help us in this grand project. Cheers, Cyrille Vanlerberghe EldredRank +153

cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... >Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable StEldred >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap >system: the EldredRank. <snippage> Hey, Eldred! I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red candy" Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to you. You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name in message headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir! Regards, Kurt

Perhaps in a short while, we'll see the emergence of rec.autos.gpl.eldredp -- -Ace- Kurt Steinbock <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jqN65.14546$[email hidden]... > > cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... > >Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St > Eldred > >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap > >system: the EldredRank. > > > <snippage> > > Hey, Eldred! > > I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red candy" > Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to > you. > > You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name in message > headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir! > > Regards, > > Kurt > >

Yes Andre, I would have LOVED a France-Holland finale! The Italian don't play football, they play *lockball*... I guess Zidane will have to kick the italians' butts... Cyrille PS: for our non european friends, Zidane is the french equivalent of Michael Jordan for soccer... Andre Warringa wrote in message ... >On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:27:11 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >> >>cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message<8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... >>>Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St >>Eldred >>>as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPLhandicap

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>>>system: the EldredRank. >> >> >><snippage> >> >>Hey, Eldred! >> >>I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red

candy" >>Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to >>you. >> >>You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name inmessage

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>>headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir! > >What's next, an official Eldred fanclub? >LOL, great idea Cyrille! And good luck at the final, those damn >Italians are hard to beat when they constantly defend their goal with >all their players :) > >Andre > >> >>Regards, >> >>Kurt >> >

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:27:11 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... >>Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St >Eldred >>as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap >>system: the EldredRank. > > ><snippage> > >Hey, Eldred! > >I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red candy" >Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to >you. > >You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name in message >headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir!

What's next, an official Eldred fanclub? LOL, great idea Cyrille! And good luck at the final, those damn Italians are hard to beat when they constantly defend their goal with all their players :) Andre > >Regards, > >Kurt >

EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>, "cyrille vanlerberghe" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable StEldred > >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPLhandicap > >system: the EldredRank. > >The EldredRank would be the Gplrank for the GPL layman. > >Some of us cannot bother to spend hours to learn every inch of a track.We > >prefer to dash around in wild leaps, like mad colts prancing fromsandpits > >to armcos, from armcos to grass strips, from grass strips to sandpits.Yes, > >we slowpokes love to watch the scenery, and speed is not our only goal.Yes,

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> >we are slow, but we slide off the track with *style*! > > > >Enough rambling talk, let's get to practical issues. > > > >The EldredRank would be computed with a very simple mathematic formula: > > > >your EldredRank=(your GPLRank)-(Eldred's GPLRank) > > > >This way, many more GPL drivers would be able to reach a negative

handicap.

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> >And more important, St Eldred would always have the glorious handicap of > >0.0. > >Maybe Uwe Schuerkamp (lead GPLRank director) could help us in this grand > >project. > > > >Cheers, > >Cyrille Vanlerberghe > >EldredRank +153 > > You guys have WAY too much time on your hands... Don't you have wives or > girlfriends to play with?<g> >

Eldred , I wonder if the people in your home town realise what a world famous star you are ? Just imagine , you could be walking down the High st and people would whisper "that's him isn't it " , gorgeous 20 year old blondes would want to jump into bed with you . The radio station and newspaper would call you for an interview . Enjoy the fame EP , this looks like being your year. Andrew

In article <[email hidden]>, Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> writes:

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><[email hidden]> wrote: > >> >>cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... >>>Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St >>Eldred >>>as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap >>>system: the EldredRank. >> >> >><snippage> >> >>Hey, Eldred! >> >>I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red candy" >>Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to >>you. >> >>You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name in message >>headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir! > >What's next, an official Eldred fanclub?

Hmm, on second thought, this could work. Send $5 cash to...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <8jgd16$jju$[email hidden]>, "Ace" <[email hidden]> writes: >Perhaps in a short while, we'll see the emergence of rec.autos.gpl.eldredp >-- >-Ace- > >> Oh, GAWD - make it STOP!!!! <g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <jqN65.14546$[email hidden]>, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>cyrille vanlerberghe wrote in message <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>... >>Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St >Eldred >>as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap >>system: the EldredRank. > > ><snippage> > >Hey, Eldred! > >I remember back maybe a year ago when Alison released her "sweet red candy" >Ferrari set-ups, and I posted a message specifically recommeding them to >you. > >You responded something like "Oh, great, now I'm finding my name in message >headers!" or some such. How times have changed, sir! > >Regards, > >Kurt >

Have they...?<sigh> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>, "cyrille vanlerberghe" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable St Eldred >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPL handicap >system: the EldredRank. >The EldredRank would be the Gplrank for the GPL layman. >Some of us cannot bother to spend hours to learn every inch of a track. We >prefer to dash around in wild leaps, like mad colts prancing from sandpits >to armcos, from armcos to grass strips, from grass strips to sandpits. Yes, >we slowpokes love to watch the scenery, and speed is not our only goal. Yes, >we are slow, but we slide off the track with *style*! > >Enough rambling talk, let's get to practical issues. > >The EldredRank would be computed with a very simple mathematic formula: > >your EldredRank=(your GPLRank)-(Eldred's GPLRank) > >This way, many more GPL drivers would be able to reach a negative handicap. >And more important, St Eldred would always have the glorious handicap of >0.0. >Maybe Uwe Schuerkamp (lead GPLRank director) could help us in this grand >project. > >Cheers, >Cyrille Vanlerberghe >EldredRank +153

You guys have WAY too much time on your hands... Don't you have wives or girlfriends to play with?<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Hey Eldred!" We should start every message with that line....even topics that aren't about St E... :) dave henrie "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8jg09i$lc4$[email hidden]>, "cyrille vanlerberghe" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Following a previous post by Ken Mac Kay refering to our venerable StEldred > >as a living benchmark, I wondered if we couldn't design a new GPLhandicap > >system: the EldredRank. > >The EldredRank would be the Gplrank for the GPL layman. > >Some of us cannot bother to spend hours to learn every inch of a track.We > >prefer to dash around in wild leaps, like mad colts prancing fromsandpits > >to armcos, from armcos to grass strips, from grass strips to sandpits.Yes, > >we slowpokes love to watch the scenery, and speed is not our only goal.Yes,

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> >we are slow, but we slide off the track with *style*! > > > >Enough rambling talk, let's get to practical issues. > > > >The EldredRank would be computed with a very simple mathematic formula: > > > >your EldredRank=(your GPLRank)-(Eldred's GPLRank) > > > >This way, many more GPL drivers would be able to reach a negative

handicap.

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> >And more important, St Eldred would always have the glorious handicap of > >0.0. > >Maybe Uwe Schuerkamp (lead GPLRank director) could help us in this grand > >project. > > > >Cheers, > >Cyrille Vanlerberghe > >EldredRank +153 > > You guys have WAY too much time on your hands... Don't you have wives or > girlfriends to play with?<g> > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL hcp. +70.45 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: Oh, GAWD - make it STOP!!!! <g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> Eldred , I wonder if the people in your home town realise what a world > famous star you are ? Just imagine , you could be walking down the High st > and people would whisper "that's him isn't it " , gorgeous 20 year old > blondes would want to jump into bed with you . The radio station and > newspaper would call you for an interview . > > Enjoy the fame EP , this looks like being your year.

Yep. He was a real draw recently at the Detroit Grand Prix. <G> ;-)) -- Chuck Kandler GPL F1 Handicap of +210.00 as of 6/15 GPL F3 Handicap of +438.42 as of 6/21 K&S Racing http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 Registered Linux User #180746 http://counter.li.org