[MR] Endless vehicle discussion

[Joshua Thomas]

Some of my favorite car trips are to SCA events. I remember it tooks 8 hours 
to get to coronation of Robert and Denise from Hampton roads due to the 
creative use of detours by the locals, which seemed to just throw you back 
into boonies than getting you past the flooded streets and back on the 
intended path.

Lord Tristan

On 9/2/05, William Stanton <wstanton at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> 
> Discussions on long rides to events are what I consider one of the 
> blessings
> that we SCAdians get to enjoy because of our hobby. So the joke goes like
> this... "the Jew, the Christian, and the Atheist all get into a van and
> drive 18
> hours to Golf Wars" ... OK maybe more a story than a joke, but friends 
> left
> and good friends returned. Stimulating conversation with little common
> ground
> lead to deeper friendships than mire casual interaction could ever 
> achieve.
> Disagreeing with someone does not automatically disallow you from being
> good friends. Deeper understanding of how someone came to disagree with
> you does however lend itself to development of deeper friendships.
> 
> I foresee stimulating conversation in your future. To take the position 
> that
> decisions you make do not and can not effect others or society is one that
> invites disagreement. Unfortunately I will not be going to October
> University.
> I hope you find someone else to share stimulating conversation with.
> 
> Confession: I dislike SUVs, but drive a mini-van myself. Pot calling the
> kettle
> black and all that stuff. But for some reason I can't talk the wife into
> letting me
> buy a third vehicle to save on gas while commuting to work. Just because I
> want a 2 seater rag top. Go figure. :)
> 
> William the Younger
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:03:22 -0400
> From: "egeorges" <egeorges at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Endless vehicle discussion
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> 
> You know, I could comment on the fuel efficiency of various vehicles, 
> their
> size, their utility or lack thereof for the uses to which their owners put
> them. But I'm not going to.
> 
> Because what a person drives and whether he or she can afford to put gas 
> in
> it is a personal financial matter. It's none of my business, nor is it
> appropriate for me to take someone else to task for a personal financial
> choice they have made. Generally speaking, it's a bad idea to give advice
> on a personal financial matter when you haven't been asked for it. And how
> my husband and I go to work every morning is really not something that I
> feel the need to discuss publicly. Whether we ride to work in an empty C-4
> cargo jet or take the DC Metro, doesn't matter. It's not really anyone's
> business but ours.
> 
> As for the scarcity of resources and whether we as a society should 
> require
> more fuel-efficiency of our vehicles, that is a mundane matter that really
> doesn't belong on an SCA bboard.
> 
> Now, if someone want's to carpool down to University in October, we have
> something to talk about.
> 
> Luce Antony Venus
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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