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

[rolindsay (rolindsay]

That, my friend Larry, is because you are a decent person. 

Rick
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-----Original Message-----
From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>

Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:03:23 
To: rolindsay<rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari crash (-ed by brainless, spoiled-brat athlete)


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
Test Results - http://members.rennlist.com/oil/

http://www.scamfreetop10.com/1233.html


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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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