Saw this late- my apologies. --- On Sun, 2/26/12, Michael Griese <mike.griese@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michael Griese <mike.griese@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [DML] Open Question for Marc, Harold, Kevin, Kayo, David, et al > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 5:43 PM > This has nothing to do with the car, > the man or the company. Stop. Now. > > -- > Mike > > > > > ________________________________ > From: content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sun, February 26, 2012 4:10:19 PM > Subject: Re: [DML] Open Question for Marc, Harold, Kevin, > Kayo, David, et al > > > Bullshit -- I am all for what Charles did. > > I grow weary of DMA old heads giving me a hard time for > doing the exact same > thing. *THAT'S* the shameful part. > > > Double standards don't become anyone. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > Kevin Abato <delorean@...> wrote: > > > > You should be ashamed of yourself for trying to mare > the memory of a > > deceased person to defend your insecurities. > > > > Kevin Abato > > On Feb 26, 2012 4:43 PM, "content22207" > <brobertson@...> wrote: > > > > > Either give Charles the same shit you give me > (carbs are backwards, carbs > > > create excess pollution, carb installations are > Rube Goldberg hack jobs, > > > etc) posthumously, or stop giving that shit to > me. > > > > > > You can't have it both ways. Both of us did the > exact same thing. Either: > > > a) both of us were wrong > > > b) both of us were right > > > Take your pick. You have a 50/50 chance of a > correct response. > > > > > > Bill Robertson > > > #5939 > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > Kevin Abato <delorean@> wrote: > > > > > > > > As I mentioned, the award was created by DMA > officers to honor a person > > > who > > > > was taken from us to early. > > > > > > > > You started this thread intentionally knowing > the answer to your > > > question. > > > > > > > > As I have already stated, I did not > personally know Charles, nor was I > > > > active in the DMA when the award was created, > but I personally feel that > > > > for you to continue to use Charles' name to > further your personal > > > > agendas/views/insecurity is quite > inappropriate and disrespectful. > > > > On Feb 26, 2012 2:32 PM, "content22207" > <brobertson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I wonder if DMA members of the time gave > Charles a bunch of crap about > > > > > going technologically backwards, about > increasing pollution, about > > > creating > > > > > a "Rube Goldberg" installation, etc? > > > > > > > > > > Bill Robertson > > > > > #5939 > > > > > > > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > Kevin Abato <delorean@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, the award was specially > designed to remember Charles > > > himself > > > > > > since he passed at an untimely > age. > > > > > > So, i will take your bait and > answer the question that you already > > > know > > > > > the > > > > > > answer to > Bill. Charles put a carb on his car. > > > > > > Does this help to validate your car > in some way? Charles converted > > > his > > > > > > car long before you did yours, and > while i never personally met him, > > > i > > > > > > always heard very nice things about > him, and have never heard of him > > > > > > preaching non stop about what he > did to prove a point. > > > > > > Again, the award was created to > remember Charles by his friends in > > > the > > > > > DMA, > > > > > > and not specifically because he put > a carb on a car. > > > > > > > > > > > > No offense Bill, but you are your > own worst enemy here... Yes, you > > > put a > > > > > > carb in your car. You were > not the first, you won't be the last. > > > Its > > > > > your > > > > > > car, do what you want to it, but > please "stop talking smack" to keep > > > > > > yourself at the center of > attention. It's getting old. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Abato > > > > > > On Feb 26, 2012 8:54 AM, > "content22207" <brobertson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > For nearly a decade the > DeLorean Mid Atlantic club recognized > > > > > "engineering > > > > > > > excellence" with a semi-annual > award named after Charles Muffley. > > > This > > > > > was > > > > > > > not an award for being a good > club member, or for being a good club > > > > > officer > > > > > > > -- the Charles Muffley Award > for Engineering Excellence was > > > > > specifically > > > > > > > designed to recognize people > who deviated from the factory design > > > and > > > > > > > modified their DeLoreans. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How exactly did Charles > Muffley modify his own car that was so > > > notable > > > > > in > > > > > > > the first place? 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