Excessive drinking (was RE: convention)

[Thomas Reynolds]

Frank wrote:

> You act like we were partying all day!  Those of us who did choose to
party,
> did so after the events of the day.  I participated in the drag racing,
the
> picnic/BBQ, and the track event (until I got sick in Greg Vogels stock
> suspensioned car).

Heck no, not partying all day, just mostly on Saturday night of course. It's
not my bag to do that and I certainly respect others wishes to do what they
want. I don't look negatively on that all.

Unfortunately, there is not much time at the convention to talk *between*
events that engage everyone, ie track event, tours, etc. It would be nice to
somehow set aside more time to chill out and speak with people around their
cars. The picnic would seem to be this ideal time but it's not because it's
the last day and some people have already left.

In Dallas, the Friday night when we met at Courtesy and over to the meet &
greet at the holiday inn next door (and parking lot) was a good example of
this as well as in D.C. after the track event back in the Embassy lobby 2-3
hours before going out to eat together.

> If I have
> questions regarding my car or new setups, I will just write the mailing
list
> and ask them.  For me, the SERCA crew is a great bunch of friends that are
> hell of fun to hang out with!

Welllllllll..... when you have tons to ask it's much better to ask in
person. It seems monotonous/petty to ask 20-30 small email questions to say
Cadle for example, when you can just walk up and listen to an explanation
(as well as drawn illustrations) of turbo options. In just a few minutes I
heard TONS of info, c'mon were talking Cadle here :), even stuff I didn't
think of asking.

I try to keep my email questions to a minumum, because it can be cumbersome
to those being asked to answer them. At a convention, I feel members are
more receptive to answering even about small things.

BTW, whatever happened to the SERCA meeting, Saturday night?!?!? I think it
got swallowed up as well.

Thomas
'97 200SX SE-R
F-Max Stage II Turbo
Albany, GA