Where did this guy come from? Granted, he DID give some
information that could be helpful to MG'ers, but that's not a
license to write garbage like this.
As long as I've been on the MG list, (two years), I've never
seen someone so rude and ignorant. I don't think the good folks
that make this list what it is will stand for someone running on
like this. Even if it's a joke, it's in very, very poor taste.
As for the drivel he scratched out, I'm not going to go into it,
but I've yet to meet a person who can drive a standard flawlessly
without practice - male or female. I think the 'women can't drive
sticks' attitude is one reason manual transmission production has
fallen off in recent years. Guys like this get it into ladies heads
that driving a standard is a 'man thing' and women should stick to
automatics. Hooey.
As for defending women, no I'm not writing this to defend women.
I'm writing this because it's a darn shame people can get on a good
list like this and create turmoil. Pierre, you fancy yourself as a
shrink. Anyone can write condescending words and act smug and call
themselves whatever they want - for all you know, I live down the
road from you and know that you're a 12 year old boy playing a
prank! If you really are a Canadian, you're doing your countrymen
on this list a great disservice.
I'd like to see this guy removed from the list. His past three
posts have been obscene, condescending, and utterly uncalled for.
Get him off here, Mark!
Michael S. Lishego
http://www.mgb.bc.ca/virtualgarage/
-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre Racine <pierreracine2@videotron.ca>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Final word neurotic mess suite...
>Chrysty Strezt wrote:
>
>Dear Mr. Racine,
>
>"I am female, and I happen to drive MG's or any other manual
transmission
>better
>than most. I don't think that women are the cause of gearbox
reliability. I
>am on the list, and lurking, also.
>Christy Stretz
>72 MGB and many other manual transmissions in my lifetime"
>
>
>Well, well, well... Hmmm, have you miss the last appointment with
your
>shrink Chrysty?
>
<merciful snip>
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