unlikely fans in unlikely places

[Robert Myers]

At 05:09 PM 7/12/02, steinbru at vnet.ibm.com wrote:

>Ref:  Your note of Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:53:39 -0400 (attached)
>
>Hi Brett, you said:
> >I'm in farm country, where everything either has a bowtie or a blue
> >oval on the grille, driving one a maybe-1,500-of-its-kind German
> >car...and two highschool kids know EXACTLY what it is?  Wild :-)
>
>Completely unlike our pause in Hayes KS as we travelled to the first
>Pike's Peak gathering:
>We had stopped for some lunch after an invigorating series of top speed
>passes through our own convoy, led by Dave Head equipped with a
>Valentine One and all spread out and connected by CB.
>
>We were lined up en'masse on the Arby's parking lot, mostly nose out.
>(Much more to this story some will recall, right down to swimming in
>anti-freeze).  A couple of mini-vans of high school cheerleaders pulled
>up and emptied onto the sidewalk.
>
>The exclamation was heard:
>"...Wow, who's that, it must be the Olympic Committee...."
>
>And we look back at the Arby's to see twenty noses pressed against the
>glass, looking out in awe and amazement....  --G.

While they watched Brendan Rudack prone underneath _my_  pearl white '89
200tq jerry rigging a replacement turbo coolant hose to replace the one
which had apparently ruptured as we exited I-70 at Hayes.  I want the whole
world to know how great it is to have friends who are willing and able to
pitch in and help with emergency repairs.

Uh...  Just imagine how likely it would have been to find an OEM hose in
Hayes, Kansas.  For those who do not know Hayes, well, it's about 150 miles
in any direction before you reach another even moderately sized small
town.  Owdee?  Whut's an Owdee?

Also, imagine the likelihood of the exact same part failure happening at
the exact same location at the exact same Arbys' parking lot exactly one
year later to Gary's car.  It did.  Uh, it wasn't the exact same part, I
guess.  My lower turbo coolant hose burst.  Gary's upper hose burst.

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Bob
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