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In This Issue
Cell phones and Driving
Superbowl XLII
Members Need Help
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Cell phones and Driving
I know a lot of you are going to be upset with me on this, but I think Cell phones are OK while driving. Should everybody be talking on the phone while driving? Hell no! People are getting in wrecks all over the country because they were talking on the phone. Is it really the phones fault? No. It's a distraction. It's exactly the same when they installed radios in the cars back in the day. People were getting in wrecks all over the place...and they blamed the radios. It's not the radios, it's not the phones, it's the people who get easily distracted. My friends and I got in to a great argument about this and one of them, while driving, tried to place a call. He realized how dangerous it was and immediately hung up. He was smart and conscience enough to know to stop dialing. Plus, he drives like a bat out of hell and shouldn't be doing that stuff anyway. J/K Jeff. "What are you trying to say Joseph?" I am saying...know your limits. Know if you should be driving on the highway... Know if you should be driving a car that is faster than you can handle... KNOW IF YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ON THE PHONE WHILE DRIVING! In a nutshell, if a naked women is walking down the street and I get distracted and plow in to the car in front of me...should I blame the girl, or was it my fault? And somebody get me that lady's phone number!!!
Superbowl XLII
I hope by now everybody knows that I live in Arizona and that the Superbowl is here this weekend at The University of Phoenix Stadium. What you may not know is that everybody and their mother came to town. There are so many celebrities and parties going, I lost count. Every single restaurant is packed, every hotel is packed, the streets are packed and the airport is slammed. The reason I am writing about this is because I was watching the local news and some smart economist came out and proclaimed that the SuperBowl was bad for Arizona (or any town for that matter). Now, I have been know to kick back on grampa's old cough medicine from time to time, but this guy who said that has got to be completely smashed. He said that the money that is pouring in to the event and the strain it puts on the city far out ways the revenue. "Joseph, what the hell are you talking about?" Basically the money coming in is less than the money going out. We are losing money hosting the Superbowl.
This is my response to that economist...your calculator must be broken. I graduated with a major in Economics and even I know that he is completely wrong. Let's take a simple hotel that has 50 rooms. The normal rate for a room is $100. The rate for the room during the super bowl is $300. That's a difference of $10,000 per night. 7 nights and that's $70,000, give or take. Now, I don't know about you, but if I was the owner of that little hotel and I made $70,000 extra in one week, I would be dancing the tarantella in the streets! (Tarantella is an Italian dance where.....oh never mind). So, if you multiply that by all the shops, all the hotels, all the restaurants, all the bars and all the malls....dats'a lota dough. I will tell you this, I would love to have every event hosted in Arizona! It's simple economics, more people, more money. Why do think Manhattan is loaded?
Member Help!
Bill Guentzler needs our help. He is restoring a 1933 Nash and is looking for a left or right taillight with red glass Stimsonite lens. If anyone can help him, send an email to guentzle@mail.sdsu.edu. Thanks.
Paul Hosking aka "the ozzy" just purchased a 1979 Camaro and is asking how he can find the factory options on the car and what are considered add ons. At least that's what I think he is asking...I didn't know accents also come through in writing. Read his question here and please help!
And finally, Dale Krehbiel stumped me. He asks "Recently the announcer at BJ stated that (relative to the 67 Camaro RS/SS hood) the 4 stack insert indicated a big block car, while the grill shaped the hood insert indicated a small block car. I was given to believe that the 4 stack was a 68 Camaro option." Do you know the answer? Click here.
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We at Classic Car Community believe that the most important part of a community is its members. We ask that you join us in our quest to provide a state-of-the-art community for classic car enthusiasts
Sincerely,
Joseph Montenegrino
President
Classic Car Community
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