Jon, I have just the cure for you. Come to a vintage race in the USA where
Team Thicko is in full swing.
The Healey pit crew was called Thickos by one of their managers, and Wm.
Severin Thompson III, the penultimate Healey freak, has applied this name
to a gang of vintage racers in the midwestern part of the USA, No rules, no
membership, no nothing except decals and regalia available and the ability
to have a good time. The highlight of a Thicko event is a really smashing
party at the track, smoking and drinking and carousing all expected, lots
of free booze, everybody brings food and there are at least three outdoor
grilles going. The highlight of the evening is when the Thicktones fire up
the amplifiers and start wailing on the guitars, drums, saxophone and
harmonica -- unbelievably good for a gang who never practices but who are
all former professional musicians.
Let's see -- smoking, drinking, driving fast, pretty ladies, too much food,
great music. Does that fill your requirements?
Is it too late for you to get a ticket into Chicago for this weekend? We'd
even pick you up at the airport and take you to the races at Blackhawk
Farms Raceway........
At 10:04 PM 6/9/03 +0100, jonmac wrote:
>This country has gone completely batty. Is there anywhere in the world
>where the ordinary pleasures of life - driving a car, smoking a
>cigarette, drinking the odd glass of wine, or eating a packet of crisps
>- - are not seen as viciously anti-social behaviour, and are not subject
>to ridiculous legislation or swingeing taxation?
>
>I couldn't agree more. Over the last 30 years, I've had a good poke around
>lookng for an alternatve - but haven't found anywhere yet, except cemetries
>where the occupants seem a fairly contented bunch.
>
>Jonmac
uncle jack
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