Just for fun . . .

Re: Just for fun . . .

In article <hkff845hk3kr39kkgsdsuq3q8dnev1phng@4ax,com >, Dillon Pyron
<invaliddmpyron@austin.rr,com > wrote:

> [Default] Thus spake Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone>:
>
> >In article <ieh784pmj08n3m0riqr5p46m7jut073m6s@4ax,com >, Dillon Pyron
> ><invaliddmpyron@austin.rr,com > wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, we're good. I think it was 2002.
> >
> >Nope, it had to have been either 2000 or 2001 since Jacque flew the coop
> >in April of 2002 and I didn't go that year.
>
> Now I'm lost. 2000 I scalped my spares to a German guy and his son.
> 2001 I went with my friend/coworker and his girlfriend. Jerry got a
> call Friday during practice and didn't call back until Monday morning.
> ISS laid him off on Friday.

Well, not for me to disturb your memory ganglia but I just verified that
Jacque and I were there with Grand Prix Tours in 2000 and then with you
in 2001. I remember you talking about Jerry and how he was unable to be
there at the last moment when we originally connected about the tickets.
I'm sure it was 2001 because I remember John Cougar Mellencamp doing his
9/11 tribute on the big screen just opposite "J" and the discussion over
whether the race should go ahead at all. Those were nervous times.

> > My current main squeeze Peg
> >and I were there in 2003, the last time I attended. We decided to go at
> >the last moment and managed to find both lodging and tickets without any
> >trouble. Since then I've had to settle for the TV. I really hope to go
> >back to Montreal some time soon, and I'd like to get to another European
> >race as well but I'm not sure which one. Having been to Spa, Monza, and
> >Silverstone (and Monaco, but not for the race), I'm not sure what's next
> >on the "must see" list. Maybe it's time to branch out and do Le Mans.
>
> Yeah, I'd love to go to Spa or get back to Le Mans. But the dollar
> sucks SOOOO bad. I'm a travel agent on the side and I haven't booked
> a European trip since January of last year. A dozen or so Med
> cruises, but nothing on the land. And with air so high, I'm not even
> seeing many requests for the Med.

Yeah, the situation is awfully dire, isn't it? Still and all, however,
you've got to get to Spa if you've never been. It is magnificent in all
respects. Jacque and I were there in '93 and walked the entire circuit
on Friday. As much as everyone loves Eau Rouge and as iconic as the La
Source hairpin is and all, Pouhon is the circuit's real scene-stealer,
an awesome natural amphitheatre. You will not believe how fast the cars
get through there until you've seen it live. And the food's incredible
(but I don't remember seeing any of Indy's trademark turkey legs ;->).

> >Good to hear from you. Keep up the good work with your schooling. Been
> >there, done that . . .
>
> Yeah, weren't you doing your postgrad at the time?

Nope, I took my Ph.D. in 1982 -- Gad, that makes me old! -- and had been
downsized by Bell Labs in 2000 so I was trying get a consulting practice
up and running at that point. Needless to say, 9/11 made that difficult
and it never really happened for me. I'm doing individual life coaching
these days and thoroughly enjoying it.

Cheers!

Mudge

--
Life is change: How it differs from the rocks!
I've seen their ways too often for my liking.
New worlds to gain: My life is to survive . . .
. . . and be alive for you.

Re: Just for fun . . .

In article <240720080659087237%leave@me.alone>, Curmudgeon
<leave@me.alone> wrote:

> In article <hkff845hk3kr39kkgsdsuq3q8dnev1phng@4ax,com >, Dillon Pyron
> <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr,com > wrote:
>
> > [Default] Thus spake Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone>:
> >
> > >In article <ieh784pmj08n3m0riqr5p46m7jut073m6s@4ax,com >, Dillon Pyron
> > ><invaliddmpyron@austin.rr,com > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yeah, we're good. I think it was 2002.
> > >
> > >Nope, it had to have been either 2000 or 2001 since Jacque flew the coop
> > >in April of 2002 and I didn't go that year.
> >
> > Now I'm lost. 2000 I scalped my spares to a German guy and his son.
> > 2001 I went with my friend/coworker and his girlfriend. Jerry got a
> > call Friday during practice and didn't call back until Monday morning.
> > ISS laid him off on Friday.
>
> Well, not for me to disturb your memory ganglia but I just verified that
> Jacque and I were there with Grand Prix Tours in 2000 and then with you
> in 2001. I remember you talking about Jerry and how he was unable to be
> there at the last moment when we originally connected about the tickets.
> I'm sure it was 2001 because I remember John Cougar Mellencamp doing his
> 9/11 tribute on the big screen just opposite "J" and the discussion over
> whether the race should go ahead at all. Those were nervous times.
>
> > > My current main squeeze Peg
> > >and I were there in 2003, the last time I attended. We decided to go at
> > >the last moment and managed to find both lodging and tickets without any
> > >trouble. Since then I've had to settle for the TV. I really hope to go
> > >back to Montreal some time soon, and I'd like to get to another European
> > >race as well but I'm not sure which one. Having been to Spa, Monza, and
> > >Silverstone (and Monaco, but not for the race), I'm not sure what's next
> > >on the "must see" list. Maybe it's time to branch out and do Le Mans.
> >
> > Yeah, I'd love to go to Spa or get back to Le Mans. But the dollar
> > sucks SOOOO bad. I'm a travel agent on the side and I haven't booked
> > a European trip since January of last year. A dozen or so Med
> > cruises, but nothing on the land. And with air so high, I'm not even
> > seeing many requests for the Med.
>
> Yeah, the situation is awfully dire, isn't it? Still and all, however,
> you've got to get to Spa if you've never been. It is magnificent in all
> respects. Jacque and I were there in '93 and walked the entire circuit
> on Friday. As much as everyone loves Eau Rouge and as iconic as the La
> Source hairpin is and all, Pouhon is the circuit's real scene-stealer,
> an awesome natural amphitheatre. You will not believe how fast the cars
> get through there until you've seen it live. And the food's incredible
> (but I don't remember seeing any of Indy's trademark turkey legs ;->).
>
> > >Good to hear from you. Keep up the good work with your schooling. Been
> > >there, done that . . .
> >
> > Yeah, weren't you doing your postgrad at the time?
>
> Nope, I took my Ph.D. in 1982 -- Gad, that makes me old! -- and had been
> downsized by Bell Labs in 2000 so I was trying get a consulting practice
> up and running at that point. Needless to say, 9/11 made that difficult
> and it never really happened for me. I'm doing individual life coaching
> these days and thoroughly enjoying it.

Boy, I'm embarrassed, but I had to put "closed" to this conversation.
My apologies, Dillon, since I didn't even remember which woman I'd been
with when we shared a race at Indy. It was indeed 2003 when Peg and I
were celebrating our honeymoon with you and your sister. Jacque and I
were indeed there in 2000 with Grand Prix Tours and then again in 2001
when she got tickets from a relative of a friend at work (which were in
"J" as I remembered), but Peggy and I were there in 2003 thanks to your
help. Your memory was a bunch more accurate than mine, and I apologize
for ever doubting you.

Cheers!

Mudge

--
Life is change: How it differs from the rocks!
I've seen their ways too often for my liking.
New worlds to gain: My life is to survive . . .
. . . and be alive for you.