Someone needs to send a letter

[EX#996]

Nice post, Gordy!

[catman]

yea wegman I gotta say that that says it all very well- I always like puttin my bike back in the trailer towards home,in 1 piece, and myself included- I know a mistake could happen but i try hard to avoid incidents- at 51 , I appreciate risk recognitions' benefits , I would understand the wife pulling the plug on a long list of replacement parts, hospital bill( have insurance) work time off problems - stickin with my "own" learning curve for now- now next weekend at the 200 i expect the exact opposite mentality, because its their bread and butter........ John

[r1owner]

If you're more worried about winning a club race than going to work on Monday, racing may not be for you............

I have to agree with this statement.

[Jeff]

The other thing Marshall, which I am slowly coming to learn, is that no matter how much you explain yourself or rephrase what you say, sometimes people do not understand what you intend, or have issues which you (or they) cannot see...

Written text (and sometimes spoken text) can be very miserable/misleading when the audience gets large...

[funsizeracing]

Cant' we all just get along?

[Sobottka]

The other thing Marshall, which I am slowly coming to learn, is that no matter how much you explain yourself or rephrase what you say, sometimes people do not understand what you intend, or have issues which you (or they) cannot see...

Written text (and sometimes spoken text) can be very miserable/misleading when the audience gets large...

its the same thing as when 2 different people witness the same accident and have different  accounts of what happened... sometimes people read/hear what they want based on their own experience

[Jeff]

and intention/emotion is entirely up to the reader...

[Super Dave]

its the same thing as when 2 different people witness the same accident and have different  accounts of what happened... sometimes people read/hear what they want based on their own experience

Totally agree...

I was involved in a huge crash that was basically two incidents that piled up on top of each other at Loudon in 1993.  I was able to ride my bike back from the scene, but the forks were bent so bad, the exhaust was crushed.  I made it back to the pits, and it was one of those things where everyone had a quiet look on their face.  My crew guy saw my feet from the pits...I crashed on the other side of the track going up the hill out of Three.  "Speedy", a guy from the AMA, who some might remember, came down to talk because he had a live feed of the whole thing.  We knew that someday we'd see it on video.  I think three years later during the Orange bowl, my guy called and left a message saying, "I saw the commercial, and you are in it.  I order it."  Anyway, the perception that I had of everything hardly resembled the actual events. 

What you say and how it's perceived...yeah, they can be very different.

[r1owner]

I think three years later during the Orange bowl, my guy called and left a message saying, "I saw the commercial, and you are in it.  I order it."

Girls Gone Wild?

[tstruyk]

More like Gum Gone Wild.... 

[Super Dave]

 

[G 97]

Hey Dave, I have two letters for you.