sam's post (below) is right on the mark. one man's ceiling is another man's floor. in recent months the quality of the topics on the list haven't interested me that much. the personal differences between listmembers are interesting because i consider my list-time 'entertainment', rather than real life. and what are any of of us except fodder for our neighbor's gossip?
everybody is either looking for information, opining on a subject, adding some anecdotes, or some/all of these. the problems here mirror our daily lives. the only difference is that this is dale's gig. he's paying the freight on all this. we are here because he has set up the forum.
if people want to lurk, fine. if they participate, fine. disagreeing on the compatibility of say, a cassette wheel going on a 60s cinelli will spark a debate. but there's no right or wrong. same goes for some of the issues posted in the last 3-4 days. leave the personal stuff 'at the door'. e-RICHIE http://www.richardsachs.com
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 18:29:01 EDT Wornoutguy@aol.com writes:
> I spent today with a friend who is into model cars -- we went to a
> show. I
> wanted to related how I felt about the people I met and their hobby
> and how
> it relates to us. The people were fanatical about what was
> collectable and
> why. They also spent countless hours working on their creations to
> show
> them. To me they were children's toys and in my mind not a one was
> worth
> more than $5.00. I think all of us on this list need to remember
> that the
> population on the whole would feel the same way about us and our
> bikes. The
> population as a whole can accept a Rembrant as art but won't want to
> hang a
> Masi in a climate controlled room for viewing. I am going to call
> the
> Smithsonian and see if they have any Confente bikes and if they
> don't I am
> going to tell them they need to get one and have it on display.
>
> Sam D.