Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1

[bglarson (bglarson]

Fabulously entertaining dialogue while watching from T2. Thanks for the 
distraction.. The super up race was good. Brian

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From: LarryT<mailto:L02turner [at] comcast.net>
Sent: ‎11/‎2/‎2014 2:24 PM
To: HQ-Brian Larson<mailto:bglarson [at] transystems.com>
Cc: The FerrariList<mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1

While watching the F1 race they said "there's new limits to how much coaching 
can come from pitlane"  What possible purpose can that serve?   Mickey Mouse at 
work IMO.

LarryT

On 11/2/2014 9:20 AM, Rick Lindsay wrote:
> Easy Rick, you're starting to sound like you're promoting NASCAR...

Now you're just getting nasty!

> The sport is no longer relevant

The sport is no longer a 'sport'...as if it ever was.

> I spend enough time on the continent to tell you that there is a limited
> audience there, too.  Let it die a natural death and let's see what
> grows up to replace it.

Probably good advice. Perhaps I'm just too old and want back 'the old ways', as 
Miss Marple says.

I wonder if our parents felt this same way, or is this unique? If so, is it a 
game-changing mega-trend, as the cultural geographers say? In the '30s a 
motorcar was a luxury and one needed to be a mechanic, or rich enough to employ 
one, to operate the machine. By the '60, at least in the U.S., every family 
owned a car and corner garages kept them running. By the '80s the beasts were 
considered dirty and dangerous so multiple defenses were added. In the 21st 
century, motorcars are questionably necessary major appliances but owning one 
is an entitlement - like free government money, housing, food stamp cards and 
healthcare. Oh, and high speed internet, smart phones and tablets. Can't buy 
food or pay child support but they have a Facebook page! Now THAT is a 
mega-trend. Our parents' generation may have been poor but they prioritized 
food and child care first.

Motorsport is dangerous so lots of protection has to be added. We seem to have 
realized that civilization must be safe and our inate desire for carnage and 
competition has to be satesfied elsewhere. How about a team (tribe) of football 
players (warriers) egged on by fight songs and blood thirsty cheers, competing 
on the field of battle for breeding rights over the cheerleaders?! Yes! Natural 
Selection wins another one! Now if fantasy football could just replace the 
actual games, perhaps with computer generated decisions, everyone would be 
safer. Racers could compete on their smart phones - or if adequately wealthy, 
have someone wiggle their thumbs for them. And in the end, award double points 
for their entitled entertainment!

> YMMV,
> Erik

Indeed it does, Dr. Erik



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