[DML] Re: Just curious - parade participation

["Wilson Hitchings" <canon20dfan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Shane - someone actually DUCKED the chain with a cigarette and sat in 
it? Geez Louise...I cannot predict what I would've said to a person 
like that. Did you/can you get the inevitable finger prints off the 
stainless? 

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Shane Clarke" <ltshaneclarke@...> 
wrote:
>
> Oh boy do people touch it, lick it, rub it!  Well, at least they 
> touch it.  It's like a moth to a flame.  They get that glazed look 
in 
> their eyes and they just HAVE GOT to touch the stainless steel.  
The 
> first show I did 6 years ago I had so many hand prints on the car 
> that I spent the entire day wiping them off.  Very frustrating.  
So, 
> since then I invested in some stantions and chains, as well as a 
tent 
> to keep it out of the sun and the bird droppings off.  I also bring 
2 
> or more people to answer questions and of course to help out with 
any 
> other bikes or cars I show.  At my most recent show I actually had 
a 
> guy with a cigarette in hand duck the chain and get in the car.  I 
> was amazed that someone was so rude, not to mention the fact my 
> interior is perfect and I'm not a big fan of cigarette smelling 
seats 
> or burn in my interior.  But, that's how people are sometimes.  Oh, 
> and I can't count how many times you hear, "Where's the flux 
> capacitor?", and how the person is surprised that you finish their 
> sentence before they do.  They all think they're so original.  But, 
> it's all in the name of fun and like I said before.  I love to see 
> that smile on their face when they first lay eyes on it and I'll 
> never tire of them saying, "I've never seen one in real life 
before!"
> Shane Clarke
> #1991
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Wilson Hitchings" <canon20dfan@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't understand - do you mean people touch the car or actually 
> get 
> > in it? SURELY they wouldn't sit in it or lift the hood without 
> asking, 
> > right???
> > 
> > 
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Rick Heile" <rick.heile@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Regarding parades they went looking for me. One day someone 
> followed 
> > > me home and asked if I would attend. After that, I guess I am 
on 
> some 
> > > list. Car shows are a bit mixed. My first show was put 
togeather 
> by 
> > > Jason trying to get a few more Ds to show up at the exotic car 
> show 
> > > held every year. Others I mostly attend if they are close or 
> because 
> > > of the types of cars that are there. Be prepared to never leave 
> your 
> > > car at a show since you will have people all over your car for 
> the 
> > > whole time.
> > > 
> > > Rick
> > > 3290
> > >
> >
>




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