[DeTomaso] Hemmings

[Bill Lewis]

Ah, but when one is confronted with the "rice paper" and realizes that they are indeed still "standing in the rain" with their shirt open to their abundant gut, with the 2# gold anchor on a chain, blowing on their Ferrari-red flute; and their "dragon tattoo" on their forearms will wash off perchance - and the young nubiles are whispering, "why is the old dude saying, 'shall I wear my pants legs rolled?'" - Solomon said it best, "all is vain!"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THEN you understand!  You see the T-shirts that say, "If I have to explain, you will never understand,"  and smile as you return to your Pantera.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cain's last words would have been, "Happiness is the 'journey' to one's goal!"   ------Bill





> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:02:29 -0400
> From: michaelsavga at gmail.com
> To: hemipanter at hemipanter.se
> CC: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Hemmings
> 
> Oh master Cho, young Grasshopper humbly asks if a man where to enjoy
> driving, enjoyed the visceral sensation of power and Momentum,  the
> acquisition of driving skills AND had a keen eye for timeless design and an
> appreciation for the confluence of form and function meeting like two small
> streams into a mighty river. ..is that not when a man finds true inner peace
> and balance, and perhaps honorable master, can think...screw what everybody
> else thinks?  Like an open leaf, I await your rain of wisdom for
> nourishment.   Michael "Cain" Shortt. Wandering leadfoot of the Southeast.
> ;-)
> 
> On Apr 2, 2010 5:30 AM, <hemipanter at hemipanter.se> wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking a lot on this reasoning for the cars, and I have
> the perception that this is a rather philosophical problem. Two examples ...
> 1.t
> A sports car sends out a variety of signals that  "the owner is very
> masculine" "the owner is rich" "the owner is a boastful person" "the
> owner would like to pick women". Finally, perhaps a broad-minded person
> may be thought that the owner loves to drive, even in total isolation
> from others eyes. Whichever option it depends on the person who sees
> the sports car whiz by.
> 2.
> The owner of the sports car has the same thoughts about their environment
> and believe that his sports car ownership is seen from his own point of
> view by others.
> 
> This means that we NEWER know what the situation is like when we are out
> there driving our cars. With this in mind, I think you will find it more
> justified with a more humble attitude to the situation because the real
> situation may be the total opposite to what we believe.
> 
> Mike says...
> 
> "Not if you were objective and professional. If you drove the
> car, with an open mind".
> G
> All of us would benefit from beeing more objective.
> 
> Gary says...
> "I have never met an auto enthusiast
> not jaded by other cars or even their own car history".
> G
> That is because of we have not meet yet.
> 
> Gary says...
> These cars become revered by their followers as "Anything else
> would be worthless to own"; albeit a Ferari, VW, MG or corvette.
> G
> Well, this is the thing in a nutshell. If we are not objective,
> honest and open minded we will tell others that we love sportscar
> driving when we in fact bought the car for other reasons that we
> dont really like to admit. Then the car become an icon fo our
> missing strength in personality, rather than a tool to be driven.
> Attacking a personal icon, is like attacking the person himself
> then, which is rather dangerous. And since the icon is part of
> the owner identity, IT CAN NOT BE REPLACED. Other cars are to
> worship false images of the owner.
> Goran
> 
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