[DeTomaso] Fun Rally Chronicles, day six
Christopher Kimball
chrisvkimball at msn.com
Thu May 29 10:59:01 EDT 2014
Everyone has a name badge; you must be wearing it to access the POCA activities if you lose your badge you're in big trouble, and are forced to drive a Kia for the rest of the Fun Rally...😃
Chris
Sent from my Windows Phone
________________________________
From: John Donahue<mailto:demongusta at me.com>
Sent: 5/29/2014 7:51 AM
To: Christopher Kimball<mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com>
Cc: detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fun Rally Chronicles, day six
Hi all:
It's my first Fun Rally and I won't get there until Friday around noon (I hope) - and during the past year I have become involved in The List. In doing so, I have come to recognized a lot of names that I would hope to meet - was just wondering if people are wearing name badges.
Jack
#4348
On May 28, 2014, at 11:53 PM, Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:
> Day Six: The 2014 POCA Fun Rally officially begins!
>
>
> This morning, after a relaxing sleep-in, we returned to a wonderful
> eatery we discovered yesterday called Marys English Kitchen
> (www.marysenglishkitchen.com) for brunch. Since my mother is English,
> I loved this restaurant--it has all kinds of food I remember enjoying
> during (and after) my youth: wonderful tea (with plenty of cream and
> sugar, of course), finger sandwiches, quiche, English chocolates, lemon
> squares, pound cake, soups, chicken pie, etc. etc. etc. I had the full
> high tea menu option today, and left completely stuffed.
>
> That feeling of being overly-full is one I've become very familiar with
> over the last week or so. Something I've discovered is when one is on
> vacation, one usually doesn't think about what things cost, or whether
> or not it is prudent to continue eating. I have been spending and
> eating consistently since I left University Place, and am sure I will
> weigh 25 pounds more when I return from this trip than what I weighed
> when I left. There have been days when I've consumed up to three
> milkshakes within 12 hoursand loved every minute of it.
>
>
> Besides food, we've taken the time to see some pretty neat landmarks so
> far. Those of you on the forum won't be able to see the pictures I've
> included of several places: Old Town, the Hotel Del Coranado, the
> Cheesecake Factory (thats the picture of the milkshake), to name a
> few.
>
>
> Until a couple of days ago my car was the only Pantera in the parking
> garage, safely protected by its car cover as you can see in the
> photo. Then, a couple of days ago, another Pantera appeared, also
> under a car cover.
>
> Last weekend the entire property was infested with middle-school age
> kids involved in some sort of baseball and/or basketball tournament. I
> have a sneaking suspicion that may have something to do with the
> evidence I saw on more than one occasion indicating someone peeked
> under my car cover. Fortunately there were no pizza-sauce fingerprints
> extant on the paint, so no harm done.
>
> The same couldn't be said for our sleep.
>
> Theres something about middle-school-age kidswhat is it? Oh yes, they
> are hyperactive, loud, and dont go to sleep. Ever. I'm not kidding;
> there were laughing, crashing, and banging noises all night and again
> at six in the morning. My sons even detected a certain smell they
> recognized wafting under their door one evening. It seemed to be
> coming from the next room, so since were in California and not
> Washington or Colorado, they called Security to check it out.
>
> We never heard what happened, but not long afterward the smell
> disappeared
>
>
> After brunch, we headed back to the hotel. On the way we saw (and
> heard) a number of Panteras beginning to converge on the hotel
> property. When we arrived there were dozens of Panteras in the parking
> garage. Only 24 hours before, the spaces had been filled with normal,
> boring cars.
>
>
> Walking to the outdoor snack bar by the pool I ran into Bob Reid and
> President John Buckman. We chatted for a while, and I was surprised to
> see despite all the activities they had been planning in order to
> organize the event (along with help from others, of course), they both
> seemed to have remained quite sane.
>
>
> I spent some time outside the pool reading, and had the opportunity to
> meet Phil Tomlinson from Texas. We talked about Panteras, health,
> retirement (his, not mine) and the fact his location makes it tough for
> him to interact with other Pantera owners. The closest tech sessions
> are a half-days drive away from where he lives.
>
>
> I went upstairs to check out the hospitality suite and to check in, and
> found the Panteras Northwest banner displayed in quite the prominent
> spot. When I sent the banner to California, I knew slipping in a $50
> bill couldn't hurt!
>
>
> Four very hardworking women helped me register (I was the first person
> to do so), and they are in the picture those of you on the forum wish
> you could see. Left to right: Judy McCartney, Cheryl (whose last name
> is Stra followed by some other letters I cant read because I wrote it
> down with a stupid sharpie and cant read my own writing. Sorry
> Cheryl!), Kathy Buckman and Christine Hall. I visited the POCA store,
> which was up and running (other clubs hadn't yet arrived with their
> wares) which was being ably staffed by (left to right) Josett Dorazio
> (the store manager), and two other folks who preferred to remain
> anonymous. They obviously havent been reading about the NSA. I bought
> a cool DeTomaso tie for the amazingly low price of $10.
>
>
> After wandering back to my room, we decided to go to Chick Filet
> (again) for dinner. I love Chick Filet. Where else can you get both
> crispy AND grilled chicken nuggets accompanied by chocolate milk AND a
> hand-spun, peach milkshake (plus a soft-ice-cream cone)? Sadly, we
> dont yet have Chick Filet restaurants in Washington. Something tells
> me theres a franchise in my future.
>
>
> Because this is a vacation, and a full stomach is no deterrent to
> eating more food (see paragraph one), we then drove to the mall next to
> the hotel and visited Wetzels Pretzels where we each ordered one of the
> cinnamon variety. Delicious. Plus, thanks to the coupon book
> thoughtfully placed in my goody bag by the Fun Rally organizers;
> because we bought the first two pretzels at normal price, the third was
> free. What a bonus!
>
>
> Once back at the hotel, I waddled back up to the hospitality suite and
> said hi to Denny and Maggie Finn, and Forest and Judy Goodhart.
>
> Denny told me he is currently working on a Pantera in his Shop in
> Oregon. He described to me the myriad layers of metal comprising the
> structure of our favorite cars. I thought about how difficult it must
> have been, and the exacting scientific methods needed, for the Italians
> to figure out how to trap moisture and encourage rust so efficiently.
>
> Later I met Eugene and Eva Boston, who, despite their last name, are
> from California. We traded stories about speeding tickets, collector
> cars, and that sort of thing until the exciting moment arrived when Bob
> Reid announced I didn't win the raffle for two, free nights at the
> hotel. Doh!
>
>
> While I was talking with the Bostons, I learned Eguene was a family
> physician who retired a couple of years ago. I wanted to ask him if he
> retired because of our Presidents crazy policies, but realized the
> medical profession probably isn't affected at all by how John Buckman
> behaves.
>
>
> Tomorrow I have to get up at the ungodly hour of 8:00 AM so I can go
> with a group of POCA members to a car museum. For those of you
> unfamiliar with collector-car owners and their idiosyncrasies; just
> because a collector-car owner is surrounded by a large amount of really
> cool, rare, classic cars, this does not mean he or she will miss an
> opportunity to go to a place to see more cars. In fact, Friday night
> there is a car cruse which Im planning on attending, and Saturday a car
> show all who are here are planning on attending.
>
>
> Think of it this way: In the same way there can never be too much ice
> cream; there can never be too many cool cars. Its just that simple.
>
>
> On final thing on a serious note: This afternoon one Pantera owner had
> to be transported from the lobby to a local hospital due to a medical
> problem. Since I dont know specific details, I wont speculate on what
> happened, nor will I divulge his name, but please remember him in your
> thoughts and prayers.
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at poca.com
> http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
-------------- next part --------------
Everyone has a name badge; you must be wearing it to access the POCA
activities if you lose your badge you're in big trouble, and are
forced to drive a Kia for the rest of the Fun Rally...
Chris
Sent from my Windows Phone
__________________________________________________________________
From: [1]John Donahue
Sent: 5/29/2014 7:51 AM
To: [2]Christopher Kimball
Cc: [3]detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fun Rally Chronicles, day six
Hi all:
It's my first Fun Rally and I won't get there until Friday around noon
(I hope) - and during the past year I have become involved in The List.
In doing so, I have come to recognized a lot of names that I would hope
to meet - was just wondering if people are wearing name badges.
Jack
#4348
On May 28, 2014, at 11:53 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:
> Day Six: The 2014 POCA Fun Rally officially begins!
>
>
> This morning, after a relaxing sleep-in, we returned to a wonderful
> eatery we discovered yesterday called Marys English Kitchen
> ([4]www.marysenglishkitchen.com) for brunch. Since my mother is
English,
> I loved this restaurant--it has all kinds of food I remember
enjoying
> during (and after) my youth: wonderful tea (with plenty of cream
and
> sugar, of course), finger sandwiches, quiche, English chocolates,
lemon
> squares, pound cake, soups, chicken pie, etc. etc. etc. I had the
full
> high tea menu option today, and left completely stuffed.
>
> That feeling of being overly-full is one I've become very familiar
with
> over the last week or so. Something I've discovered is when one is
on
> vacation, one usually doesn't think about what things cost, or
whether
> or not it is prudent to continue eating. I have been spending and
> eating consistently since I left University Place, and am sure I
will
> weigh 25 pounds more when I return from this trip than what I
weighed
> when I left. There have been days when I've consumed up to three
> milkshakes within 12 hoursand loved every minute of it.
>
>
> Besides food, we've taken the time to see some pretty neat landmarks
so
> far. Those of you on the forum won't be able to see the pictures
I've
> included of several places: Old Town, the Hotel Del Coranado, the
> Cheesecake Factory (thats the picture of the milkshake), to name a
> few.
>
>
> Until a couple of days ago my car was the only Pantera in the
parking
> garage, safely protected by its car cover as you can see in the
> photo. Then, a couple of days ago, another Pantera appeared, also
> under a car cover.
>
> Last weekend the entire property was infested with middle-school age
> kids involved in some sort of baseball and/or basketball
tournament. I
> have a sneaking suspicion that may have something to do with the
> evidence I saw on more than one occasion indicating someone peeked
> under my car cover. Fortunately there were no pizza-sauce
fingerprints
> extant on the paint, so no harm done.
>
> The same couldn't be said for our sleep.
>
> Theres something about middle-school-age kidswhat is it? Oh yes,
they
> are hyperactive, loud, and dont go to sleep. Ever. I'm not
kidding;
> there were laughing, crashing, and banging noises all night and
again
> at six in the morning. My sons even detected a certain smell they
> recognized wafting under their door one evening. It seemed to be
> coming from the next room, so since were in California and not
> Washington or Colorado, they called Security to check it out.
>
> We never heard what happened, but not long afterward the smell
> disappeared
>
>
> After brunch, we headed back to the hotel. On the way we saw (and
> heard) a number of Panteras beginning to converge on the hotel
> property. When we arrived there were dozens of Panteras in the
parking
> garage. Only 24 hours before, the spaces had been filled with
normal,
> boring cars.
>
>
> Walking to the outdoor snack bar by the pool I ran into Bob Reid and
> President John Buckman. We chatted for a while, and I was surprised
to
> see despite all the activities they had been planning in order to
> organize the event (along with help from others, of course), they
both
> seemed to have remained quite sane.
>
>
> I spent some time outside the pool reading, and had the opportunity
to
> meet Phil Tomlinson from Texas. We talked about Panteras, health,
> retirement (his, not mine) and the fact his location makes it tough
for
> him to interact with other Pantera owners. The closest tech
sessions
> are a half-days drive away from where he lives.
>
>
> I went upstairs to check out the hospitality suite and to check in,
and
> found the Panteras Northwest banner displayed in quite the prominent
> spot. When I sent the banner to California, I knew slipping in a
$50
> bill couldn't hurt!
>
>
> Four very hardworking women helped me register (I was the first
person
> to do so), and they are in the picture those of you on the forum
wish
> you could see. Left to right: Judy McCartney, Cheryl (whose last
name
> is Stra followed by some other letters I cant read because I wrote
it
> down with a stupid sharpie and cant read my own writing. Sorry
> Cheryl!), Kathy Buckman and Christine Hall. I visited the POCA
store,
> which was up and running (other clubs hadn't yet arrived with their
> wares) which was being ably staffed by (left to right) Josett
Dorazio
> (the store manager), and two other folks who preferred to remain
> anonymous. They obviously havent been reading about the NSA. I
bought
> a cool DeTomaso tie for the amazingly low price of $10.
>
>
> After wandering back to my room, we decided to go to Chick Filet
> (again) for dinner. I love Chick Filet. Where else can you get
both
> crispy AND grilled chicken nuggets accompanied by chocolate milk AND
a
> hand-spun, peach milkshake (plus a soft-ice-cream cone)? Sadly, we
> dont yet have Chick Filet restaurants in Washington. Something
tells
> me theres a franchise in my future.
>
>
> Because this is a vacation, and a full stomach is no deterrent to
> eating more food (see paragraph one), we then drove to the mall next
to
> the hotel and visited Wetzels Pretzels where we each ordered one of
the
> cinnamon variety. Delicious. Plus, thanks to the coupon book
> thoughtfully placed in my goody bag by the Fun Rally organizers;
> because we bought the first two pretzels at normal price, the third
was
> free. What a bonus!
>
>
> Once back at the hotel, I waddled back up to the hospitality suite
and
> said hi to Denny and Maggie Finn, and Forest and Judy Goodhart.
>
> Denny told me he is currently working on a Pantera in his Shop in
> Oregon. He described to me the myriad layers of metal comprising
the
> structure of our favorite cars. I thought about how difficult it
must
> have been, and the exacting scientific methods needed, for the
Italians
> to figure out how to trap moisture and encourage rust so
efficiently.
>
> Later I met Eugene and Eva Boston, who, despite their last name, are
> from California. We traded stories about speeding tickets,
collector
> cars, and that sort of thing until the exciting moment arrived when
Bob
> Reid announced I didn't win the raffle for two, free nights at the
> hotel. Doh!
>
>
> While I was talking with the Bostons, I learned Eguene was a family
> physician who retired a couple of years ago. I wanted to ask him if
he
> retired because of our Presidents crazy policies, but realized the
> medical profession probably isn't affected at all by how John
Buckman
> behaves.
>
>
> Tomorrow I have to get up at the ungodly hour of 8:00 AM so I can go
> with a group of POCA members to a car museum. For those of you
> unfamiliar with collector-car owners and their idiosyncrasies; just
> because a collector-car owner is surrounded by a large amount of
really
> cool, rare, classic cars, this does not mean he or she will miss an
> opportunity to go to a place to see more cars. In fact, Friday
night
> there is a car cruse which Im planning on attending, and Saturday a
car
> show all who are here are planning on attending.
>
>
> Think of it this way: In the same way there can never be too much
ice
> cream; there can never be too many cool cars. Its just that simple.
>
>
> On final thing on a serious note: This afternoon one Pantera owner
had
> to be transported from the lobby to a local hospital due to a
medical
> problem. Since I dont know specific details, I wont speculate on
what
> happened, nor will I divulge his name, but please remember him in
your
> thoughts and prayers.
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at poca.com
> [5]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
References
1. mailto:demongusta at me.com
2. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
4. http://www.marysenglishkitchen.com/
5. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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