In the "good ol' days" of about four years ago, you could pay $20 at a Pro
Solo and not have to work at all - Wendover in August was well worth that...
Kevin McCormick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Monday [mailto:boysrus_racing@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 9:15 AM
> To: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com; autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Mercinaries (was "pro" cone chasers)
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> A couple of years ago I was planning on spending the whole week at
> Nationals. Super Solo on Friday, and didn't run again until Thu/Fri. I
> posted to team.net that I'd work Tue/Wed slots for folks for a paltry
> (but unstated) sum. There was a lot of talk on the net at that time
> about "who is watching the kids while I work..", etc. Besides that, I
> happen to like being on course and watching, close up. May as
> well make
> a buck and let someone else off the hook who doesn't share my
> pleasure,
> huh?
>
> I got a grand total of ONE inquiry, to which I responded, and that was
> the end of that. I ended up volunteering for something like 5 run
> groups over those two days, plus my own on Thu/Fri. Got a nice tan.
>
> Pro Cone Chasers is much ado about nothing. Face it: we're a cheap
> bunch of folks. If we can save $10 and work it ourselves, we will,
> regardless of the comments on team.net. ;-)
>
> Bob Monday
> Boys-R-Us Racing
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