Wow, it really is dead here! sad.

It's amazing how quickly even the good things go down hill when things in
general start to go haywire. This has been a vibrant and focused group for a
long time. The most vibrant and focused newsgroup I've ever visited. The
only one that ever seemed worth coming back to. This group's always been
mostly friendly w/o ever having the boredom of a totally PC conversation.
Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep folks on their toes and sharp,
come-backs normally intelligent, sometimes stinging but rarely rude or
demeaning. Good 'miata' community. Now it seems that everyone's decided that
with the 'empire' crumbling around us, we should quit having fun, enjoying
ourselves and such. I disagree. Here's to hope that people recognize
that,many of the good things in life (this being one of them) are free or
nearly free! We should enjoy these and use them to their fullest, not clam
up because things look gloomy.

Live a little everybody, live a little!

Sorry, I now step down off my lonely soapbox!

Chris
99BBB

On Apr 3, 5:15*pm, "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote:
> It's amazing how quickly even the good things go down hill when things in
> general start to go haywire. This has been a vibrant and focused group for a
> long time. The most vibrant and focused newsgroup I've ever visited. The
> only one that ever seemed worth coming back to. This group's always been
> mostly friendly w/o ever having the boredom of a totally PC conversation.
> Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep folks on their toes and sharp,
> come-backs normally intelligent, sometimes stinging but rarely rude or
> demeaning. Good 'miata' community. Now it seems that everyone's decided that
> with the 'empire' crumbling around us, we should quit having fun, enjoying
> ourselves and such. I disagree. Here's to hope that people recognize
> that,many of the good things in life (this being one of them) are free or
> nearly free! We should enjoy these and use them to their fullest, not clam
> up because things look gloomy.
>
> Live a little everybody, live a little!
>
> Sorry, I now step down off my lonely soapbox!
>
> Chris
> 99BBB

Well Chris there is not too much to talk about when we are still
getting snow in the AM here in Seattle. The good news is that we are
going to have sun and 60 deg's over the weekend. I washed my car two
times last week only to have it rain the next day. The trucks just
turn it into a muddy mess. So, it will be 33 deg's in the AM, but will
wash it as soon as I can stand to go wash "Bing" ( the hard top is
still on! )

Bruce Bing '03 LS

Bruce wrote:
>Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>> It's amazing how quickly even the good things go down hill
>> when things in
>> general start to go haywire. This has been a vibrant and
>> focused group for a
>> long time. The most vibrant and focused newsgroup I've ever
>> visited. The
>> only one that ever seemed worth coming back to. This group's
>> always been
>> mostly friendly w/o ever having the boredom of a totally PC
>> conversation.
>> Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep folks on their toes
>> and sharp,
>> come-backs normally intelligent, sometimes stinging but rarely
>> rude or
>> demeaning. Good 'miata' community. Now it seems that
>> everyone's decided that
>> with the 'empire' crumbling around us, we should quit having
>> fun, enjoying
>> ourselves and such. I disagree. Here's to hope that people
>> recognize
>> that,many of the good things in life (this being one of them)
>> are free or
>> nearly free! We should enjoy these and use them to their
>> fullest, not clam
>> up because things look gloomy.
>>
>> Live a little everybody, live a little!
>>
>> Sorry, I now step down off my lonely soapbox!
>>
>
>Well Chris there is not too much to talk about when we are still
>getting snow in the AM here in Seattle. The good news is that we
>are
>going to have sun and 60 deg's over the weekend. I washed my car
>two
>times last week only to have it rain the next day. The trucks
>just
>turn it into a muddy mess. So, it will be 33 deg's in the AM,
>but will
>wash it as soon as I can stand to go wash "Bing" ( the hard top
>is
>still on! )

I never got around to putting the hard top on this winter.
That's the second year in a row. Guess maybe I'll be selling it.

Our club was supposed to do a drive tomorrow but the weather
forecast had that nasty "S" word in it and most of us have
already put summer tires on our cars.

And I haven't been around this past week because I have a brand
new grandson!

Iva & Vixen
2004 Classic Red
No more winkin' Miata

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:15:01 -0500, Chris D'Agnolo wrote:

> It's amazing how quickly even the good things go down hill when things
> in general start to go haywire. This has been a vibrant and focused
> group for a long time. The most vibrant and focused newsgroup I've
> ever visited. The only one that ever seemed worth coming back to. This
> group's always been mostly friendly w/o ever having the boredom of a
> totally PC conversation. Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep
> folks on their toes and sharp, come-backs normally intelligent,
> sometimes stinging but rarely rude or demeaning. Good 'miata'
> community. Now it seems that everyone's decided that with the 'empire'
> crumbling around us, we should quit having fun, enjoying ourselves and
> such. I disagree. Here's to hope that people recognize that,many of
> the good things in life (this being one of them) are free or nearly
> free! We should enjoy these and use them to their fullest, not clam up
> because things look gloomy.
>
> Live a little everybody, live a little!
>
> Sorry, I now step down off my lonely soapbox!
>
> Chris 99BBB

I still check in every week or so. Maybe if these cars were British we'd
be posting more with questions about how to fix stuff.

My wife and I enjoy tooling around in ours. It's just perfect in the
evenings with the top down. It's nearly paid for now, which is even
better.

"Iva" > wrote:

> And I haven't been around this past week because I have a brand
> new grandson!

Congratulations, I really enjoy grandkids! You can play with them and
when the diaper needs changing you just hand 'em back to mom and dad!
<G>



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Thanks for the reply's, obviously not everybody's gone. Glad ya'all are
still here at least. Wasn't that long ago it was pretty active. Wonder if
there's a chance to revive her? Sure would be nice.

Chris
99BBB


"Carbon" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:15:01 -0500, Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>
>> It's amazing how quickly even the good things go down hill when things
>> in general start to go haywire. This has been a vibrant and focused
>> group for a long time. The most vibrant and focused newsgroup I've
>> ever visited. The only one that ever seemed worth coming back to. This
>> group's always been mostly friendly w/o ever having the boredom of a
>> totally PC conversation. Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep
>> folks on their toes and sharp, come-backs normally intelligent,
>> sometimes stinging but rarely rude or demeaning. Good 'miata'
>> community. Now it seems that everyone's decided that with the 'empire'
>> crumbling around us, we should quit having fun, enjoying ourselves and
>> such. I disagree. Here's to hope that people recognize that,many of
>> the good things in life (this being one of them) are free or nearly
>> free! We should enjoy these and use them to their fullest, not clam up
>> because things look gloomy.
>>
>> Live a little everybody, live a little!
>>
>> Sorry, I now step down off my lonely soapbox!
>>
>> Chris 99BBB
>
> I still check in every week or so. Maybe if these cars were British we'd
> be posting more with questions about how to fix stuff.
>
> My wife and I enjoy tooling around in ours. It's just perfect in the
> evenings with the top down. It's nearly paid for now, which is even
> better.

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote:

> Glad ya'all are still here

I'm not here, I was going to reply to your earlier post but I wasn't
here then, either.



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"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote:

> Occasional jabs and barbs helped to keep folks on their toes and
> sharp, come-backs normally intelligent, sometimes stinging but
> rarely rude or demeaning.

Ha, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries,
so there!

> Now it seems that everyone's decided that with the 'empire'
> crumbling around us

I've decided no such thing, my lack of posting is in no way related to
any national or world events, only to my own personal situation.

When I first bought the car I needed information and I got it, here and
from Miata net. Now the car is as I want it and.... I rarely drive the
Miata now, I don't drive anything very much and when I do it's usually
the van because I think I'll be needing the scooter and lift. There
was a time when I thought of maybe getting a small, light trailer to
allow me to carry the scooter with the Miata if needed but that, I'm
afraid, would eliminate any enjoyment of driving the car.

I'll probably sell the Miata soon, I'm not driving it much and I'm just
now beginning to have the clutch problems as I knew would eventually
happen when I bought it. I never expected the arthritis in my knees to
get better or stay the same, I'm just happy I could enjoy the car as
long as I did.


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Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
> Thanks for the reply's, obviously not everybody's gone. Glad ya'all are
> still here at least. Wasn't that long ago it was pretty active. Wonder
> if there's a chance to revive her? Sure would be nice.
>
> Chris
> 99BBB


Still here. I went from checking the messages 2 or 3 times a day to
about once a week.

Pat

In article >,
"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote:

> Thanks for the reply's, obviously not everybody's gone. Glad ya'all are
> still here at least. Wasn't that long ago it was pretty active. Wonder if
> there's a chance to revive her?

Perhaps the problem is that everyone has found wisdom, and no longer
makes foolish generalizations.

Please feel free to write something the rest of us can ridicule. I miss
the old days, too.

--
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C