Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Content - Please

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Ken,
    re: your comment <<these people, who could not spell 'cat' if you spotted 
them the 'c' and the 'a', manage to earn enough money to buy a damn BMW in the 
first place. >>  IMO, it's the widespread use of Leases.  Relatively low down 
with reduced payments gets their butt in a car they couldn't normally afford.  
Perhaps it gets repo'd after a few months or a year but for that short while 
they owned a Bimmer - or the worst shortened name IMO, a "Benz".   

    Speaking of Mercedes, I participate on a MB list and there are always a 
huge number of posts - I believe that's because of the number of owners.  Also, 
I see questions from people who are looking for help on one specific problem 
then are never heard from before or since.  

    One thing about Dennis - I guess some of us must have irritated him before 
he decided to leave, but he used to send the "Google it before posting to this 
list!" note to some of us (me, that I know of) when a question was asked that 
possibly had an answer on the net somewhere.  I never argued with him about it, 
but IMO doing a Google is nothing like asking the community of people on this 
(and some other) lists.  You guys (and a few females) are someone I kinda know 
- I have see some of your posts for over 10 years so I have formed an opinion 
of who I take seriously and who are using bandwidth - thankfully there are few 
of the latter here.

    Perhaps that was part of Dennis' frustration?  Maybe he wanted specific 
Ferrari chat that couldnt be found elsewhere?

    Oh well, it's *his* loss.  ;-)

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Rentiers 
  To: LarryT 
  Cc: ken rentiers ; ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari Content - Please




  On Jan 18, 2008, at 7:02 AM, LarryT wrote:


        I think John has made a excellent point when he says <<the list seems 
    to have exhausted itself in Ferrari content >>
    and I believe it is happening in other specality lists also.  The Porsche 
    list which has a very large membership somedays only has 1, 2 or 3 posts 
    while other days there will be 20. 




  Larry:  I agree completely, but this is where the FList shines imho. When a 
newbie logs on and asks something that has been chewed over many times before, 
at least on the FList he gets a polite answer. On some of the other lists he 
will get eviscerated by jaded regulars yelling "FAQ" or "Search the archives". 
I think that speaks to the character and compassion of the average list member. 
We have all been brought to our knees by the frustration of fixing Ferraris at 
one time or another. 


  Second point: this list is blessedly free of the semi-literate morlocks that 
post such arcana as : " Pics of my new 22s" on places like bimmerfest. 


  Whats the fastest you have gone?
  What color should I buy?
  How old are you?
  Killed a Camry yesterday.


  Kinda makes you weep for America doesn't it? The really scary thing is how 
these people, who could not spell 'cat' if you spotted them the 'c' and the 
'a', manage to earn enough money to buy a damn BMW in the first place. 


  Like a lot of other listers I often hit the delete button, but then I am also 
happy to have 200 channels on my cable TV even if I only watch about 5 of them. 
Just because I have no personal interest in sourcing a fuel pump gasket for a 
Colombo V-17 doesn't mean others are not fascinated. I like the unmoderated 
aspect - I am capable of filtering out the stuff I personally find irrelevant, 
but one man's effluvia is another guy's passion. Or something. We get moderated 
way too much out there in life it's ownself as it is. 


  Finally, this creaky old list is almost unique in being populated by and 
large with real people. I like talking to Larry or Steve J or the legendary 
cLyDe rather than some bozo labelled "laidback" or "Ninja333". My age may be 
showing: first punctuation and now proper names. 




  Flower Belle Lee: Mmm, they call me Flower Belle. 

  Cuthbert J. Twillie: Flower Belle, what a euphonious appellation 





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