Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari crash (-ed by brainless, spoiled-brat athlete)

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Larry,
     Don't feel guilty.  I know when I was retired I had days when I felt
guilty because I was relaxing while others had to work.  Guess what?  I
wouldn't feel guilty now!  Spend it like a drunken sailor.  More individuals
spending is what the economy needs.  Then we can make more golden
parachutes...
:)
TominTulsa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash (-ed by brainless, spoiled-brat
athlete)


> Rick wrote <<if someone offered me $45mm a year >>
>     On a similar note - I am on full disability - paid for ostensibly by
my
> years of input into SS.  Rec';d my letter stating what I'd get starting
with
> my next check - a Cost of Living increase of 5.8%!
>
>     But 5.8 freakin %?? - I never had a raise like that when I actually
> worked for it!  (Well maybe once) - but while I'll take it - in line with
> our recent conversation - and spend it - especially when I think of the
100s
> of Billions $$ Congress throw's away - at least my paltry check will buy
> food and shelter, along with some Premium Unleaded (with 10% ethanol) for
my
> baby - at least I buy something useful!
>
>     Sending money to CEO's who ran their company ground and walked away
with
> $10s or $100s of millions just seems questionable though.
>
>     While I'm still uneasy with my  5.8% increase - doesn't seem right -
> until you consider Freddie/Fannie, Barnie F & Chucky S. - and all the
> others - maybe my few $$s are ok after all.
>
> ;-)  Have a nice weekend --
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash (-ed by brainless, spoiled-brat
> athlete)
>
>
> > Larry wrote,
> >
> >> Sounds like the telephone pole is at fault - if it
> >> hadn't been there, he wouldn't have hit it!
> >
> > It wouldn't surprise me one bit if his fans and the media didn't take up
> > that exact argument.  We raise our sports heroes to god-like levels and
> > then ignore their indiscretions when they don't live up to the image.
> > Just look at how many football players have criminal convictions - which
> > were down-played or forgiven!  Any of us try that and we'd be sitting in
> > jail, not earning millions from adoring fans.  (Same holds true for most
> > politicians, BTW.)
> >
> > Even our own Michael Schumacher is held on high and described as a
> > fantastic engineer.  Is he an engineer?  Does he hold an earned college
> > education?  No doubt he is incredibly talented, is good at communicating
> > what a race car is doing to his engineers, and is a good tactician - but
> > somehow I don't think he studied partial differential equations and
fluid
> > dynamics.  Is he really an engineer?
> >
> > And it is not the player's fault that they are treated the way they are.
> > It is the fans and the media that turn these people into gods.  The same
> > might be said of the salaries that these people command.  They don't pay
> > themselves.  It is us, the fans who elevate their importance to the
level
> > where competition generates the salaries.  Given that, if someone
offered
> > me $45mm a year to do what I already do, would I take it?  You bet your
> > ass I would.  And it wouldn't be MY fault for doing so.  And I wouldn't
be
> > a god just because I can do my job well.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > rick
>
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