Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari List Threads

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Dennis wrote:
  ...Then someone, quite possibly Jenkins, will say, jokingly, "hey, we need 
a watch/gun/gasoline price/dead cats" thread.

Which will cause someone else to jump in and actually post one, just to 
stir things up.  My old mom had a name for people who do things like that.
   
     Dennis, I recently rejoined this list after a few years away.  I found it 
refreshing, friendly and kinda like the List we had about a decade ago.  We 
actually discussed our cars.  At that time, we were all somewhat new to the 
breed and most of us couldn't just go out and buy a 355 F1 or whatever.  We 
struggled with the same old issues of crappy A/C and cold 2nd gear woes.  We 
discussed oil filters and sources for parts not unique to the marque.  We had 
to guard our money for we had precious little of it.  We saved and saved then 
met in Italy where we forged some life-long friendships.  We were almost 
family.  
     I hoped to regain a little of that feeling when I rejoined the List a 
month or so ago.  At first, it seemed that we actually were a group of friends 
again.  I invited Ric Rainbolt, Peter Henrys and Rui Gigante, as well as 
others, to rejoin and enjoy our passion for the Italian marque.  A few familiar 
names and faces surfaced and all seemed pretty nice ...but life is not like 
that.  
     Life is dominated by the few, the brave, the noisy.  It is dominated by 
people who enjoy introducing chaos then watching others flail.  That is EXACTLY 
what 'reality TV' is about.  Watching other people suffer.  There's always a 
few who enjoy the unhappiness of others.  And they certainly don't care who is 
unhappy.
     I guess what I am saying is that I feel that I must apologize to my 
friends whom I invited to rejoin this forum.  Albeit in naive honesty, I 
mislead them.  For that, I am sorry.  I am vividly and unhappily reminded why I 
left this list a few years ago ...and I now must leave it again - not that 
anyone would care.  The Ferrari list I remember, the Ferrari List I enjoyed, 
does not exist.  Goodbye.
   
  Rick Lindsay / Houston, TX
  '79 308GTB #28133