[Wichita-SCCA] What a delightful day!

["-(©¿©)-Dave G"]

Greg,
Thanks for having us over to the house, good beer, good food, good 
company.  I just wanted take moment to point out that Your "Me wall" in 
the garage has some meaning to me.
 First, the red Vega. I remember it from My introduction to all things 
SCCA. There I was in a parking lot on the second block of north main 
sitting on My '66 Ford watching the action at the riverfest solo and 
thinking "Man if I ever get a car worthy of this stuff I gada give this 
a try". I think the year was 1981.
Second, the "other red car" I remember this one from My first solo. 
Riverfest solo @ WSU in My almost new, Boulevard cruiser Corvette. 
Finally I had a car worthy ,so I thought, to participate. That was about 
'95.
Thanks for the memories.
Dave, can't drive a Miata to save My life...Gird


Greg Laws wrote:
> My wife says that I get very mellow when I've had a few.  That seems 
> to be the case right now so please bear with me.  I must tell you that 
> having the party at one's house is a real advantage in that regard!  
> Especially in this case as I had bought some Guinness to share with my 
> good friend Bill Preheim but he didn't come to the event today.  Can't 
> let it just go to waste...
>  
> Anyway, the course was both easy to follow and yet a real challenge to 
> drive.  Congratulations to the event chair, a first time event 
> chair from the WSU team FSAE:  Nick Denault   There were tight spots 
> that would jump out at you if you didn't think and plan ahead.  The 
> Phrog did well in spite of the power steering pump announcing that it 
> wasn't going to take the s**t anymore.  It hung in there to complete 
> the day however.  Ditto with the muffler as its happy journey at the 
> rear of the car must have been interrupted by impact with a cone 
> because it was almost torn off the exhaust pipe.
>  
> Beautiful weather, seven runs, and a lovely group of folks who came 
> over to my house for food and refreshments after the event.   It was 
> great fun.  The event was over at about 2:30 or so I think and 15 
> people or more came to my house.  The last didn't leave until after 
> 5.  I must apologize to all because I'm afraid that I got carried away 
> with telling too many old stories.  Boorish, I know, but it's seldom 
> that I have an audience with the discriminating taste to appreciate 
> the fine art of bench racing. 
>   :-)
>  
> What a wonderful day.  Only one thing could top it and that was that 
> apparently I finished with the top PAX for the first time ever in my 
> career.  Icing on the cake!
>  
> Some twenty years ago I was asked to define my relationship with the 
> people of the Wichita Region SCCA and I replied, "More than friends, 
> less than family."  Today was the first time in a very long time that 
> I felt like I was back in that same club.  Getting together with 
> like-minded people is what a club should be all about but we've let 
> that slip.
>  
> <pause while I pour another Guinness.  Sorry, Bill, but you're the one 
> who clued me in on the proper way to drink this stuff and I must say 
> that it's a bit addictive when done correctly.> <thank goodness for 
> spell checker because it's a bit beyond me right now>
>  
> Where was I?  Oh yeah.  My view is that membership meeting should be 
> held at member's homes.  We don't really get to know each other when 
> held at arm's-length at events because we're so busy or at membership 
> meetings because there we have to sit in booths or other isolated 
> small groups.  The only way ... repeat: the ONLY way to know someone 
> is to break bread with them at your house and theirs. 
>  
> I'm in favor of membership meetings to be held at member's homes.  I'd 
> make it a pot-luck deal were everyone would bring a dish of food -- 
> one dish for every person attending.  This could be a casserole, or a 
> cake, or hamburgers, or vegetables, or salad, fried chicken or 
> whatever but one dish brought for each person attending.  Most of you 
> have been to church socials so you know exactly what I'm talking about.
>  
> So what do you think of that idea?  Let everyone know by replying here 
> on the list. 
>  
> Dang, did that Guinness go empty already? 
>  
> I'd better sign off...
>  
> Enjoy,
> Greg Laws
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