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Wednesday,
23 February 2000
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Carpe Diem. Yesterday afternoon I mowed the grass then changed the oil
in the lawnmower and cleaned the air filter. This morning was a beautiful
morning with a very heavy dew. I decided to go ahead and put out my weed
and feed and hope we get the promised rainfall for this weekend.
I came back in from my yard activities and asked Bob if he was working
on his page. He said he was. I asked him if I had time to do mine. He then
announced he had a new game plan whereby he would leave his FrontPage up
all the time to allow for updating whenever he wished. I asked him if he
had planned to tell me about this little scheme. I have been limited to
updating my page in the morning when he publishes. He said he just started
doing it, HA! He never did answer my question.
I have a slew of errands to run this morning. If Bob has his chapter
finished by this afternoon I will start reading through it for him. I
guess we will go to the library, Bob will need books for the remainder of
the week and weekend. I have a couple to take with me on my trip.
Duncan did very well at flyball last night. He went down the jump lane,
got the ball, and came back up the jup lane to me. This is the first time
he has ever completed an entire run. Malcolm jumped over his first jump.
We started him at one jump to see how he would do.
AFTERNOON 1:30 pm I e-mailed our friend Steve
Tucker to ask him if I should bother to complain to NASCAR about the
mockery they and Bill France Sr. are making of the sport of Winston Cup
auto racing. It is starting to become a sport much with World Championship
Wrestling has. Their rules and back street politics to line their pockets
and control the headlines in the newspapers in becoming quite apparent.
NASCAR can almost decide who will win the race, which "car
manufacturer" will look perform the best, and who will win the
championship. This is my post to Steve along with his reply.
Barbara F. Thompson [barbara@ttgnet.com]
wondered if it would do any good to make your opinion on the current state
of NASCAR Winston Cup racing known to the powers in Daytona Beach.
Naturally, I suggested she fire up pen and paper.\
Just a curiosity. Does it do any good to
write to Mr. France and complain that he is ruining Winston Cup racing.
I hope I am not being brainwashed <snip>, but I do feel that
NASCAR can control things to the point where they can have drivers and
manufacturers be the winners based on their darn rules.
If he controls the testing and the rules he
is controlling the ball game. Iknow Daytona is just the first race. And
every year the manufacturers that do not dominate the field cry foul.
Than as the other tracks are run and restrictor plates are not an issue
it tends to balance out. Looks to me like NASCAR and politics are
getting like leftovers in the fridge. Starting to stink up the place.
By all means, make your opinion known.
Lets not allow them to forget that we are the ones who pay the bills.
You can contact NASCAR
Online here or send a message the
old fashioned way here.
I did indeed fire off a polite but verbal piece of my mind to NASCAR
via their on-line service. In talking with some of my other friends, they
too feel NASCAR is being ruined by the almighty dollar. The
dogs are asleep in their usually places. One under my desk, on under the
other desk in my office. Hopefully with the peace and quiet, Bob will get
more work done on his chapter. If you have never been to the west coast
of California, I advise to you take a look at Marcia's
Bilbrey's web site of her and her husbands recent trip to Morro
Bay and San Simeon's Hearst Castle . The pictures are phenomenal of
the bay and the castle.
Brian has a cool picture of the original switchboard used at the
castle. I have done all the wifely duties required for me to be gone for
two days. I made a list of the medications for the dogs. A list of the
food available for Bob and his mom for dinner for two nights is on the
fridge. I am looking forward to my trip; Bob is not. I am not sure if he
will miss me or if it is because he is stuck with two dogs, a puppy, and
his mom to deal with for 48 hours. Let's not speculate. He is trying to
finish his book. But I warned him of this meeting over a month ago. I
enjoy getting away and am excited about the meeting. It should be very
productive. I also like visiting college campuses and can't wait to see
University of Georgia's.
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