As usual -- I've got a good reason to not be on the chat line tonight. At 7 this evening Nancy and I are doing a show-and-tell about our land speed racing efforts - at the local public library. We've got photos, of course (of each one of you chat regulars -- so don't worry we'll be talking about YOU!). I've got a few videos, including a couple of passes of the Burkland 411 car and one of the Speed Demon (and a few showing roadsters in their natural surroundings -- that is, spinning).
A few trophies, a bunch of wall plaques, a set of leathers and a helmet (so the folks can see the safety gear we wear), my 200 MPH Club certificates, and so on.
It's amazing how many people around here know of us and our "adventures". Remember -- I always write a story about the event we've just attended and send it to the local newspaper. By gum -- some of these folks know how to read, because we seldom walk through a store or down the street without someone stopping to ask if we're the couple they always read about. It's cool -- and will work for you if you want the public exposure. Not so good, of course, is what happens when you (as I did just this morning) walk into the insurance agent's office and ask for some kind of coverage and he asks if I'm the guy (and so on). Then he proceeds to tell me how his company would love to have my business but there might be a surcharge because of our dangerous (?) hobby.
Whatever -- tonight at 7 at the Peter White Public Library, Marquette Michigan. Free admission. Be there or be left out.
