Ferrari Mailing List: glad to be back

[David Handa (dave]

Hey,  from monitoring the List, I just wanted to say it is great to see all the familiar people are still here, cLyDe, Charles, Lashdeep, bigheaded Dennis, Jim Conforti, Dr Ken, Scottie, Fellippe, Rob Garven, Doug K, Todd Walke, Erik Niesen, Robert Rehkopf and I am sure I am missing a few names….

 

Here are a few flashes down Memory Lane….

 

Dennis shouting out to me from a rental Taurus sedan back in 2001 (?), at an intersection in Bellevue, WA  “hey Dave! It’s Dennis Lui!”  Me twisting my head and thinking “man, his head IS big!...”

D, I still have a picture of you, me, Steve Jenkins and the “Lovely Jamie” on my fridge.  J

 

Meeting Erik Nielsen at the inaugural 2004 F1 race in  Shanghai for dinner….who’d a thunk you can run into a Lister in China?!  Lol

 

Long email threads and conversations on the phone with Jim Conforti as he tried to rationalize the crazy idea of actually buying a Ferrari…esp after learning all the pitfalls of ownership from this List!  I tried, but he got one anyway…

 

Enjoying many a F1 race with Todd W, either at my house or his….Todd, we need to get the gang together again, I’ll bring the “victory cake”! J

 

Charles Perry, for volunteering to fix my LED temperature controller for my 328 GTS.  He figured (rightly) that there were some bad cold solders on the circuit board.  Thanks again Charles!

 

I’ve met up with Capt Rehkopf both here in Seattle, and also in Vancouver, BC for lunch and dinner. 

 

Dr Ken and I had lunch with FBI agent Dan Ramos here in Seattle.  Ol’ Ken was passing through from British Columbia on his way back to Texas in his BMW 540M-Sport, nicknamed “black jesus”.  Lol

I have the same car in Silver, so we compared notes.  (btw, I am supposed to be having lunch with Dan later this week)  Ken I have followed your sage advice and remained SINGLE. 

 

Lashdeep calling or emailing me, and reminding me how lame I am not to come up to Montreal and tear up the city with him.  Sorry, I’m a loser, but someday, I will come, promise!  In the mean time, continue to send me the pictures of you with the umbrella girls on Peel Street, and sleeping in your clothes in bed, with barf on the pillow….those are classic!   Lol

 

That’s all for now,

 

Dave

Seattle, WA

97’ 355 Spider (and yes, it’s in the shop again…AC dead, Freon appears to have leaked out….again!)