Hhhmmm . .. support for the list and creating more camaraderie is
great!
However, give a hard think about putting stickers on your rigs calling
attention to what is inside. Dragging my livelihood around for three
years on 2 1/2 inch ball made us keenly aware of the benefits of being
"invisible" at times. The unadorned trailer made sleeping in strange,
quirky towns, or grabbing a bite to eat in busy, but obstructed
parking lot view eateries a lot easier on the brain than if we
advertised that a race car with plenty of tools and easily pawnable
items were inside . . .
You can keep the rig close, but just like kids, you can't keep tabs on
them 24/7 -- unless there is a sentry, or one heck of a great alarm
system, its "plain Jane" for me.
Just a thought from someone who spent a few years living out of a
suitcase while seeing the USA a quarter-mile at a time . . .
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: List products to support the list
> Keith, Dick J, List,
>
> Interesting concept, the sunscreen/sticker thing. Maybe even a
bumper
> sticker for our trailers/tow vehicles. (Some folks might either
prefer no
> stickers on their car, or have no room left for any more) I think
with a
> few exceptions, most of us drag some sort of trailer for hundreds or
> thousands of miles to get to events. Imagine how much exposure a
catchy
> sticker could get in that distance from the gawkers that pass us.
> This internet thing must not just be a fad. WWW's seem to be
everywhere.
> I've even got a plug for www.roadsters.com (home of ECTA's site) on
the USS
> Wankel. A little bit of exposure in print can go a long way toward
sparking
> BIG interest in something. It wasn't too long ago that Keith and I
were
> pretty much talking to each other on this list, and doing all we
could to
> spread the word. Then Wendy Jeffries gave it a little bit of ink in
BRN and
> things really started to happen FAST. (Just the way we like it!
Thanks Wendy!)
>
> My next thought was right along the same line as Keith's, how
about
> selling the things and donating a portion of the profit to help
support the
> list. That'd sure help out the occasional list fund drive for new
hardware.
> (Though I understand that went well, thanks to all the willing
contributors
> who want to see this list grow) OK, how about some list T-shirts or
hats?
> That'd identify us when we're away from our rigs. Might help Keith
keep the
> sun off his neck if he had three hats to wear at the same time!
Perhaps a
> button or pin to attach to our own special hat. I pick up stuff at
every
> event to support something or other, and this list is certainly a
worthy
> cause.
>
> Kinda like my old rabbit dog, Dinky, I'm a "jump dog." When I
see a
> rabbit (In this case a Great Idea) and give it a nudge, then I sit
back and
> see what happens next. I think Dick J has hit on a real winner
here. We
> can all have fun with it, raise a little money to support the list,
and get
> the word out to a wider audience if someone can now just grab onto
the idea
> and make it happen. With the level of creativity on this list we
oughto
> have a contest for best list t-shirt design. I'll just sit here and
listen
> for the BANG!
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> LSR #510
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:41 PM 9/1/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Nice Site John.... obviously Professional Work....
> >
> >What we are talking about is a semi Standardized list Sticker that
those of
> >us that Chose to could put on our cars....
> >
> >I am sure each of us would be happy to pay a reasonable price for
them...
> >and some folks like me would even be happy to buy extra's to pass
out or
> >sell...
> >
> >as a Thought... we might even do something like have the Electrical
shut off
> >Sticker ..Sponsored by the List.... you know where we could put out
the
> >stickers that show the ON/OFF and in fine Print the Majordomo thing
or the
> >Landspeed list entry or maybe Jon's site.... what do you all
think?
> >
> >Keith ( hey it's a thought... might help us identify each other...)
>
>
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