Hi Rich
My dad is from Pottstown, Pennsylvania
My family live in Dover, Delaware for like 15 years
Well enough of this boring stuff
It has been quiet on the list today
Charles Ackerman 70TR6 North Bend WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Rikrock@aol.com <Rikrock@aol.com>
To: Triumphs@autox.team.net <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 7:47 PM
Subject: TRF Summer Party--Confession
>
>Listers,
>
>I think I may have sinned.
>
>I have spent the past week in Pittsburgh, PA (hold on now, it gets worse).
>
>Today, I left Pittsburgh, and drove to my home in Pottstown, PA . I could
>have swung by Armagh, and checked out the Party, but I didn't. I did call
TRF
>this morning, hoping to get a discount on some parts. At 10:30am, I was
told
>there were around 500 people already there, and the only way I could get a
>discount on parts was to show up, pay $20 for a one day grounds pass, and
buy
>my parts on site. Since I didn't need much in the way of parts, the
discount
>would not have covered the price of admission.
>
>That wasn't the deciding factor though. I was towing my boat with my Buick
>station wagon, (the Three Rivers Regatta was in Pittsburgh last weekend)
and
>it just seemed like too much trouble. Had I been towing one of my cars, I
>probably would have felt differently. I figured life is long, there is
always
>next year, and I really wanted to get back home to make sure the TVR was
ready
>for an autocross on Sunday.
>
>I've been thinking about all the people who travel long distances for these
>types of events, how relatively easy it would have been for me to be there,
>and how many people would be sure to take advantage of such an opportunity.
>
>So, I feel a little bit ashamed, and wanted to tell those of you who didn't
>make trip that your excuse is most likely way better than mine!
>
>See you there next year.
>
>Rich Rock
>64 TR4
>65 TR4A-IRS
>67 TR4A....parts for sale
>70 TVR VIXEN
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