I haven't been following this thread too far but I want to throw in my 1.5 cents.
It is true that in every hobby/sport you will run into unpleasant people with too much money. As a model sailplaner you can spot the type. The person shows up with the latest most expensive plane and all the other pilots slowly gravitate to the shelter. (Saves getting
a wing in the head) Rather than looking down your nose at someone like this realize that at the very least these people are trying something. Hopefully they might develop a love for the sport. At least these women weren't gabbing while holding a cell phone in one hand and a latte in the other while storming down the road in a Hummer H2 wondering what was that flash of color and what went thump.
Steve leitgen La Crosse, WI USA
On Sep 19, 2006, at 7:57 AM, gabriel l romeu wrote:
> It is amazing to me on how much some people ascertain by the way
> others look, and how important it is to them on how they also are
> regarded by others with their attire. I guess it is the perpetual
> problem of the inadequacy and inaccuracy of stereotype.
>
> In the furniture world, there is so much that happens under the
> veneer that it is usually worth the effort of looking beyond...
>
>
>> I was just downtown sitting outside eating a tub of
>> chocolate mousse frozen yogurt from a little place
>> next to Palo Alto Bicycles. Two snotty Baby Boomer
>> Generation women donning Darth Vader-esque helmets
>> (which when removed revealed Dorothy Hammill crops)
>> pulled up on their bicycles. They had modern day
>> (2006?) Merckx bicycles, wrap-around sun-glasses, the
>> Campagnolo aero water bottles (the ones that look like
>> telephones,) as well as all of the other poser bicycle
>> gear. When they dismounted, they sounded like a
>> couple of horses clomping about the sidewalk.
>> Point is: There is a major difference between the
>> vintage rider and the chartreuse green-clad, power bar
>> eating people on plastic bikes--the vintage rider was
>> "the real deal." I use to ride in my cut off jeans
>> and my old raggedy T-shirt with the big iron-on of
>> "JAWS" (the shark from the movie) on the back. I
>> always kept it un-tucked so when I went down hills it
>> filled up with air!
>
> --
> gabriel l romeu
> where all types of rides are welcome, Chesterfield, nj, USA
> ± http://studiofurniture.com Ø http://journalphoto.org ±