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

[LarryT (l02turner]

10-4 Tom - when people run businesses into the ground and STILL walk away 
with $100 mil - there's no way I can feel guilty - but like you, maturity 
comes thru once in a while and the guilt comes.

Thx -
Take care --

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash (-ed by brainless, spoiled-brat 
athlete)


> 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)
> > www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
> > Porsche Posters/Weber parts
> > Test Results - http://members.rennlist.com/oil/
> >
> > http://www.scamfreetop10.com/1233.html
> >
> >
> > .
> > ----- 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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