"I'm not sure I'd want to belong to a club that would have me as a member."
Groucho Marx
Geoff Branch
-----Original Message-----
From: Lancer7676@aol.com <Lancer7676@aol.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: Jilted!
>Hey gang!
>
>Many of you know I am in East Tennessee. I run a 1979 Midget (Taz) and am
>restoring a 1967 Sprite (Vicky), and have a 1973 restorable Midget parts
car
>(Shambles). I recently joined the Smoky Mountain Austin Healey Club and
have
>been attempting to be very active in the club. There are some neat people
in
>the club.
>
>Next weekend is a British Car Show in Townsend, Tennessee, apparently
>sponsored by the Sevier County British Car Club (I think that is the name
of
>the club), which I am interested in attending, although the information
>regarding said Show is scarce indeed. A friend who owns a Tr***ph and I
are
>talking about attending the show together, he driving his Tr***ph and I my
>Midget, considering perhaps entering my Midget.
>
>I discovered by word of mouth that there is to be a Pig Roast Saturday
>evening and talked with my buddy about taking part, spending the night, and
>socializing with the British Car people. I found out the name of the
person
>to contact was Carolyn Henrickson of the sponsoring club. So I e-mailed
Ms.
>Henrickson that I would like her to add two more persons to the Pig Roast
>List. Her response was a curt, cold, unfriendly response that the pig
roast
>was "only for those showing their cars. Maybe next year." I am really
upset
>about that reply. I replied to her: "Hmmm--Very curt but to the point.
>Have been considering entering my Midget--perhaps I will reconsider.
Thanks."
>
>As you can tell, I am wholly unimpressed with this person and this club.
>Wouldn't it have been a lot more tactful and helpful to invite me to show
my
>car and to then enjoy the pig roast? Seems to me that would have been
>supportive of the Townsend, TN show, instead of destructive, as it is.
>
>Anyone else had to deal with this "holier than thou" attitude among British
>car people? I KNOW she does not own a Spridget! Spridget guys and gals
are
>not like that.
>
>---David Campbell
>
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