[DeTomaso] Fun Rally Chronicles, day six

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Thu May 29 15:33:22 EDT 2014


Experience.... he lost is button once.


Asa  Jay


Quoting fastgrandma <fastgrandma at aol.com>:

> And you know this for what reason????
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>    forced to drive a Kia for the rest of the Fun Rally...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
> To: John Donahue <demongusta at me.com>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Thu, May 29, 2014 8:00 am
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fun Rally Chronicles, day six
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>    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
>      __________________________________________________________________
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>    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.
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> 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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