Chaz

Ok, you decide when.

It's real cold here. About 25* F. I had the S out this morning and it was exhilirating. The motor loves the cold, but the SO2s don't. Still, it was only the second time since December 27th that my S has been out of the garage and I loved every minute of it.

Unfortunately, I've been working most of the day. I'm home now, but still working. Probably will all evening too.

 

Great word, charlatan. Perfect way to describe this Phil character and a host of others on the tube. I think it was Newton Minnow who, years ago, described TV as a vast wasteland. The more channels we get, the more vast the wasteland becomes.

I don't think it's a question of the color that Dr. Phil would drive, I doubt that he'd drive an S. I think an Aztek is probably more his style.

(How's this for controversy?)

 

Great pictures. Where did all of you meet? Beach pictures.... can't wait to get there this spring!!

As for the food people.... when are people going to start taking responsibility for their own actions!!!! You know, it is really not McDonald's fault.... you bought it and ate it!!! NO one takes responsibility for their own actions in anything anymore! Boy, that hit a nerve.

 

No one forces the people to eat mass quantities of junk food. This is a free society. People make their own choices, thank God.

 

[QUOTE=OhioRacer,Jan 15 2005, 05:44 PM]

 

I guess many of us met for the first time at Fall Colors 03. At least that is where I met many of the members for the first time.

I saw Super-Size Me at the video store today, but decided to pass on it for now. That guy was crazy - he literally made himself sick. It does seem to be a fact of life that companies (or governments, for that matter) don't take responsibility until someone embarrasses them into it.

 

I think most of us met and got to know each other for the first time at Fall Colors '03.

I had gone to some regional meets, my own region NYC Metro and my neighboring region Del-Val, and met a few of the people who went on to become Vintage. Mostly, we met at the big meets.

I think our relationships were made right here in the threads, but cemeted at the meets like Fall Colors, Spring Fling and Ohio 26.

I think we all approached this forum with a great attitude, and one thing lead to another.

 

While that is true for most sane, educated adults, children are quite literally brainwashed by a deluge of advertising which targets them specifically. Kids brains are wired to assimilate information rapidly, but they don't have the ability to filter or effectively evaluate that information. That's why we adults can convince them of the existence of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc.. What chance do they have against an army of slimy ad executives.

Dean

 

Oh come on guys, this is complete . People are responsible for their own behavior. If influencing kids is what you're worried about a) teach your kids about nutrition and b) keep them away from the tube. I want to live in a free country. I don't want the government telling me what I can and can't eat. I try to eat responsibly but there are times I want to knock down 18 wings. If we had it your way I'd not be able to find them at any restaurants because the food police would be "protecting me" from myself. When it comes down to either giving me a free choice or telling me what to do I'll take free choice anytime. Isn't that what this country is all about? As an added comment, I am sooooooooo sick of hearing people blame everyone else for their woes.

 

And again, I have to mention tobacco. I'd venture to guess that an overwheming percentage of smokers started as kids. If you haven't started smoking by the time you are in your mid twenties, the chances are that you won't. Unfortunately, if you started earlier, the addiction can last a long, long time. For many, the damage is done at a young age and by the time they are adults and able to exercise their free will, the damage is done.

I will tell you first hand that the single hardest thing I did in my life was to stop smoking. It took me 25 years just to figure out that I could. Had I not started in my teens, I never would have started at all. Once I started, I was trapped.

I'm not sure that it's any different, or very much different, with food, especially fast food.