In a message dated 04/04/00 16:07:25 GMT Daylight Time, dterrick@home.com
writes:
<< Subj: cross-pond info flow
Date: 04/04/00 16:07:25 GMT Daylight Time
From: dterrick@home.com (Dave Terrick)
To: GuyotLeonF@aol.com, jonmac@ndirect.co.uk
To you two:
Please go to neutral corners and..... seriously.......
John,
I appreciate your position. You have a most difficult job in the present
time with all this stuff going on. Any help you can get in keeping the
flames down is likely to benefit us all. Wot would the "jerries" thing
about us not being able to keep our own troops in rank?
Leon:
I have very much appreciated reading stories of what is going on. Many, it
seems, are copies of print media commonly available. Thank you for keeping
us "informed".
To both:
Please work "together" on this one. I was surprised, for example, to learn
that TR is #3 - bad right? Not if there are 12 represented in BMHIT - a
fact I was not aware of, and I think that was one of jonmac's points. We,
across the pond, rely largely on our few "identified" UK listers to keep us
in touch. I'm sure many others appreciate the updates, but realise that
they likely view them more like I do than either of you. (and, before you
give me mine, I know that you have the same problem with "our" vendor
bashing - and I don't like this either, but at least I understand the
situation, being much closer to the USA than you are!).
Both of you are among the few reasons that I continue to subscribe to the
lists. Please play nice; I cannot help but think that if you co-ordinated
your efforts on this front that we would ALL benefit immensely.
BTW, what I fear I understand from this situation is a massive labour
unrest developing in the UK. ISTR that the "strikes" of the early 70's were
among the reasons that TR ultimately died - QC problems leading to poor
brand acceptance and thus poor sales. I am seeing this again. Sadly, if
reports of dead cats in rover upholstery are true, I don't car WHO owns
the damn company, image and sales will suffer!
Respectfully to all
Dave T
>>
Dave, I don't have any problem with John, at all, he is a real gent, and
perfectly as entiltled to his own opinion as is anyone else.
I always enjoy reading his posts and find his comments both informative and
usually entertaining.
My mails about the Rover group are posted without any predjudice whatsoever.
they are merely straightforward copies of news reports from AOL UK.
I appreciate that many Triumph listers may not have the time to look and see
what is happening over here, and have asked me to continue forwarding them.
What I have posted does not constitute my personal opinions in any way,
(unless I have said so), but I am also entitled to them...
There is room enough on this list for all of us. Am I wrong?
Regards to all
Léon
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