That's why there are courts and judges - to interpret the laws written and
the vagaries contained in contracts. Lawyers, I am not one, are often made
fun of because of the verboseness of their contracts and the language they
use to couch ideas (among other things). Language is imprecise and can be
taken different ways by different people and depending on their mood. And to
be honest I was not in the best of moods the night I read the thread.
That morning I had my life go before my eyes when a woman pushed my Miata
into oncoming traffic simply because she didn't bother to turn her head
before turning into the very lane and spot where I was. Another 150 feet or
so and there would have been another Roadster for sale.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Ofarrell, Fergus <Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com>
To: 'roadster.netlist' <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:15 PM
Subject: Roadster Info Wanted, Again, Please
> (sorry, this is a long one)
>
> Hey friends, folks, fellow roadster family, (ref. Roadster Shopping Rage)
> We have all recently evidenced a graphic case of how the printed word can
be
> very powerful. The things that we say in jest, with smiles or grins or a
> 'yah,right' look on our face can come across very differently when being
> read. The first 'flameout' I witnessed after joining the list involved
the
> PO of the car I had just bought, so I sat by (yes, lurked) and saw how
> things developed, realizing that I could easily have responded and been
> sucked up into the madness, given an irrelevant opinion, possibly been
> chastised as biased, but realizing (from my own personal experience) that
> the "Send" button is powerful and irrevocable.
>
> The list, as we all know, is very helpful and inspiring of cameraderie
> (sp?).
> At times, the word 'thread' is very appropriate, as the tangents are many
> and varied.
> Let's not continue this un-constructive madness, as by doing so we are
> getting in the way of some pretty constructive items and knowledge being
> passed, and that is what this is all about. Today's Evidence: Craig's
> article on suspension safety, Pat and Kyle's exchange about temp sender
> wiring polarity, the list of things to do when considering valve seat
> replacement, these are constructive and further the group as a whole.
> While I personally can confess before the group that I found the
cataloging
> of what little diagram (griffin, gnome, grinch, etc) was on top of their
> shift knob a bit tedious, after the 18th or 20th posting I was rolling
> laughing at myself for not realizing it for what it was. I enjoy Dan
> Neumann's occasional hour by hour postings of mechanically induced rage
(to
> which I can relate), followed by sadness at potentially missing Shasta,
> followed by unsuppresed joy at his rolling stock (and beer-fetcher) being
> back in order. (I especially relate to that "beer-fetcher" part)
>
> The devotion ("rabid-ity", I know, is not a word) astounds me, and I'm
proud
> to say has infected me.
>
> But in all honesty, I'd rather read about "Shiftknobs of the World" than
> feel the collective consciousness get all spun up because someone, whether
> new or old, has come across in a manner they didn't mean to, or in a
manner
> they DID intend, but is not appreciated by some/most/all (circle one).
>
> Let's re-run that picture of Hayden Lake, (or where ever that setting was
> early this week) take a few deep breaths, (insert HAVE A BEVERAGE HERE for
> whom it is appropriate) and go on.
> We have more productive knowledge to spread, and we, in our madness, all
> seem to have missed some thing really groundbreaking.....
>
> Pat Horne finished a message with
> "Good Luck Pat ".
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I felt a pang of confusion and concern until I read down to another
posting
> on the digest version of the day, which ended in
> "Peace, Pat", and then I knew the world had not all gone awry.
> (now Pat, having never met me, may or may not understand that I can seldom
> resist inserting a humorous twist in things I write or say, and I really
> like the spirit of adding "Peace" to the end of every message sent. So I
> hope he smiles at this, or just mumbles "what an a#$" and reads on to
> something constructive)
>
> Enough hot air outta me,
> Fergus O'Farrell
> 69 2000
> in a van down by the river
> ((completely accepting of being flamed because I put too many parentheses
in
> my writing))
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