Conference 7.286::sports_90

>      Sure wouldn't mind taking one of them babies out for a spin.
    
    Princess Caroline's hubby sure took one for a "spin."
    

>>    <<< Note 378.2 by SHALOT::MEDVID "Ce n'est pas ce que j'ai command�" >>>
  
Daniel,

I've been giggling about your p-name all week.  Haven't had any strange 
incidents with uppity French waiters, have you??

rick ellis

    No, Rick. I just look for the "beouf" on the menu and point.  Then I
    pray that it doesn't  moo when I cut into it.  One of the cutomers last
    week ordered trout.  He got the whole thing...eyes, tail, scales, fish
    lips...the whole thing.
    
    Beouf please.
    
    The other day though, the one waiter just about laughed his butt off
    after I handed him my Visa card from Mellon Bank.  He ran around and
    showed all his other waiter friends too and they also got a good laugh. 
    Then they have the balls to include their own tip.  What can you do?
    
    	--dan'l

>    No, Rick. I just look for the "beouf" on the menu and point.  Then I
>    pray that it doesn't  moo when I cut into it.  One of the cutomers last
>    week ordered trout.  He got the whole thing...eyes, tail, scales, fish
>    lips...the whole thing.

It's always been my contention that the French wouldn't know a good
steak if it bit them in the a__, nor could they prepare it right if
they had it ;^)

Is was not at all pleased with their steaks.

However, beef heart and kidneys were exquisite.
    
I had trout like that in Germany.  One of the neat things about having
it that way is that there's a little piece of trout meat just up behind
the head which is considered a delicacy, and the way they serve trout
here, that's usually thrown away....

Gawd, I'm gettin' hungry....

'Saw

    	Ok, Daniel, for an uneducated person (me), how about a
    	translation on the p_name.
    
    	The coverage I saw last night showed everything: the copilot
    	swimming around, the boat (stern down) hanging in the water,
    	the other boats stopping to help.
    
    	Scott

    Stupid "sport".
    
    I've always thought both speedboat racing and auto racing were fairly
    brainless activities ..... sure there's lots of engineering put into
    the machines and it takes a skill to handle them; but c'mon now.
    
    Especially when you consider the fuel consumed in a race ..... and how
    that could be put to a much better use.
    
    
    Greg

>    Especially when you consider the fuel consumed in a race ..... and how
>    that could be put to a much better use.
    
    Yeah, like bussing around high school and college and simi-pro and
    minor league teams.
    
    	--dan'l

>>    forrmer hollywood star Grace Kelly.  Princess Grace died in a car
>>    accident over here (not hard to believe after driving with the French
>>    for a week or two) in 1982.
    
>>    	--dan'l
    
    
    Only because Teddy Kennedy taught her to drive.
    
    JaKe
    

    >especially when you consider the fuel consumed in a race .....
    
    An infinitesmal amount of the total used in all vehicles.  In fack,
    Indy cars don't even use fossil fuels, they use corn-pone.
    
    As for the implied waste, the technical advances made in internal
    combustion technology that've tripled fuel efficiency over the past
    decade ALL came out of racing applications.   Take away racing and
    the average fuel economy of cars and trucks today would be much
    worse.  Racing saves the world's fuel supply.
    
    >brainless activities
    
    To me the most brainless game in the world is basketball, especially
    pro basketball.  By contrast, driving a race car is exceptionally
    demanding mentally during a race.  Not only is it a reflexive activity,
    it requires planning ahead in real-time as situations come up (traffic,
    tire wear, suspension balance, fuel situation, performance changes,
    race strategy, etc.)
    
    No, I'd say that car racing, especially the sophisticated stuff like
    F1 and C, is the most mentally rigorous sport of all.  This is why
    so many race drivers are engineers, have pilot's licenses, etc.  By
    way of sad contrast, beyond the occasional David Robinson most NBA
    players are lucky to finish a long division problem.
    
    MrT

    We're all entitled to an opinion aren't we ...... I have a couple
    of questions T;
    
    o  What % of racing drivers have a degree in Engineering ?  I believe
       there's a greater % with >a high school diploma.
    
    o  Where do you sit at the track to get the best view ...... in the
       middle of the oval or at the end ...... doesn't your neck get
       sore from swinging your head around to catch the action ?
    
    o  Which has the more pervasive scent ..... the burning rubber or the
       chewing tobacco louies ?
    
    
    Greg
    

  re .11    
    
     Granted it takes alot of concentration to make split second decisions
    at 200 mph but let's not play fast and loose with the facts. Racing
    doesn't save the world's fuel. The early 70's oil embargo and foreign
    (Japanese) competition initiated the trend toward more fuel efficient
    automobiles.  As far as all the nonsense about real time planning
    goes I thought that was what that whole crew on the sidelines was
    for particularly the crew chief. You're not going to tell me that
    BillyJoeDonRayBob is doing algebraic equations in his head while
    he's zipping around at 200 mph are you ? Get real. Get serious.
    Get help. Most of those guys I've seen interviewed after races are
    no different than any other athletes including basketball players.
    They've just dedicated themselves to a sport and through a combination
    of hard work and talent have managed to excel they ain't no geniuses.