I dont completely disagree with Louise...BUT in response to: ""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.""
Doesnt mean I am going to stop bringing Aero and Kyaera to the salt, as far as
the trailer goes, for years it was the plain white 6 by 12, and you know
what??...I finally felt like we were doing an injustice to those spectators
driving by as the noname rig, and also got tired of not having run ins with as
many folks as I wanted to at the meets, you see I have not gone fast enough to
be known by all that I wish to know, so this year a fine sponsor put graphics on
the trailer indicating who we are TEAM AMO DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF SPEED.
And you know what we were much more identifiable, enabling/facilitating many
wonderful aquaintances, very much WORTH the risk to me. When we finally go
fast I cant wait to plaster the names of those who mean alot to us, whos caring
and conscientious services and products would be a BOON to racers and many
others. You see there are alot of "bad people" out there but dammit I refuse to
let them get in the way of the good people. For every one freak we drive by on
the highway, I can advertise some great stuff like FINISHLINE COATINGS to a
hundred potential good people customers.
And when the someone make me open the trailer, I will have some great info
to share with them regarding all the parts and stuff....................well ok
getting alittle sureal here......will definately look into some alarm
systems.....anybody got any input on that?..... in todays day and age cant you
secure a trailer of stuff and have an alarm system capable of beeping you if
tampered with??? How about some overlays or something to affix over the
graphics when parked at the motels???
Joe (yeah 17 bikes just got stolen in one swoop from the roadraces at Pocono,
does that mean they should quit racing, or attending racing??) Amo :) :)
Doug Anderson wrote:
> Yah I agree with Louise....you NEVER know where you will have tyo park next.
> there's just too many "not nice" people out there today.....
>
> "Dirty Doug" in New Yawk.....
>
> From: "\"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth" <lanspeed@west.net>
> Reply-To: "\"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth" <lanspeed@west.net>
> To: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: List products to support the list
> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 10:05:43 -0700
>
> 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
> ------------------------o0o--------------------------
> ----- 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
> >
> >
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