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Or the Viagra forum! I just got the History of the Swiss Grand Prix book and I'm brushing up on my German.

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Regards,

Dennis David
Yahoo = dennis_a_david

Life is racing, the rest is waiting

Grand Prix History
www.ddavid.com/formula1/

What a wonderful idea! Although I do prefer to think of it as heritage rather than nostalgia...
Guess I'll have to dust off the leather helmet and stringback gloves.

P.S. Viagra? Speak for yourself, DD!

[This message has been edited by Uncle Davy (edited 11-12-1999).]

"Don and the Dribblers" was also a nominee

(credits: Rich)

As I take my shoes off and step in the door, I chuckle at that one

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"If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face."
-Zack de la Rocha

Don - It's by Cimarosti and is considered his mangnum opus. 600+ beautifully produced pages on this famous race.

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Regards,

Dennis David
Yahoo = dennis_a_david

Life is racing, the rest is waiting

Grand Prix History
www.ddavid.com/formula1/

I remamber seeing Emerson, Lake & Palmer when I was in Germany, though I'm afraid I drank too much swartze kat!

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Regards,

Dennis David
Yahoo = dennis_a_david

Life is racing, the rest is waiting

Grand Prix History
www.ddavid.com/formula1/

Congrats on your own forum Don Capps.

Wow, nice idea Don! Also it's nice to have you around.

Nikolas, you're next on my "must have forum" list. F1 humour perhaps?

Keep me laughing, boy

Bira

Yeah, Nik, especially if you'll treat us to more revisionist history lessons, ala "The Treu History of Canada" by Frans Bijkerk. Still brings a smile to this Cdns face!

Glad to see you didn't abandon ship completely, Don, after the juvenile swill you were subjected to a few weeks(?) ago...I genuinely appreciate the broad-minded perspective you and others who have been closely following GP/F1 for many more years than I bring to the table.

Being a historian by trade, I also like the fact that many posters are interested in REAL discussion and debate, rather than trying to outflame each other. Hopefully they've found a home here.


Best,

Andy

But is it true that 'Nostalgia's not what it used to be...'

From what I've read so far it seems like I might just make this my entry point to Atlas, rather than the 'kindergarten'.

Keep up the good work - with or without the assistance of Viagra.

'I can remember the days when Sex was Safe and Motor Racing was Dangereous'

Andy--"Treu History of Canada"... I must've missed that one unless you were just joking
I consider this whole forum to just be a giant learning experience for me--specifically, learning about the 40+ years of racing that I missed as a result of not being born yet I expect this little corner of AF1 to be the only section free from insults for longer than a month Biedaway, Don, the headline in my head reads "Senna and Prost Push Each Other Off Banking at Brooklands"

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"If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face."
-Zack de la Rocha

So you want to put Senna and Prost on the track together! Identical McLaren M8A's (except for setup per driver's instructions) over 24 hours at Le Mans - scored at 2 hour intervals. Identical - again except for setup - Lotus 49 on the Nordschliefe. Today's F1 drivers are super specialists. No support races, no sports cars, no prototypes!

I wonder what the merchandisers would have made of J. Cannon. Shooting his car to put it out of its misery!

So another year of TNF has passed...

Faces and names have changed, but the basic spirit is still there.

Long may it continue.

Amen to that!

The passage of time and TNf is still with us . Cheers DON.

Nicely done Ray, in capturing the spirit of nostalgia!

Does anyone know if that Z represents the first ever post on TNF ?

Either way thanks 2 Don Capps for a wealth of knowledge and good virtual company

As a relatively new member, I'm also wondering. Can someone explain?

Jack

This was the first-ever thread on TNF...

But at one time Don was very cheesed off about things and he edited that initial post. Which is a shame.

IIRC Don attempted to remove all of his posts from the forum. I was never too sure exactly what his specific issues were or quite how long his reign as moderator was, and I'm not sure I really want to know as I fear his views are carried by a certain band of contemporary TNFers.......
I only met Don on one occasion, at the 2009 Silverstone Classic. Somewhat enigmatic and withdrawn, he seemed a pleasant enough chap, although I did fear he had gone somewhat 'bushy' after far too long in the deserts of Arabia in his strategic role as Major in the US Army.

I find that very offensive. I hope Don doesn't.

Up until about three or four years ago, I was certain that a computer was of no use to me whatsoever. My son, David would do all those 'computer things' for me, anyhow, my faithful fax machine was all I needed.

One day, David turned up with this thin plastic box, with a picture of an apple on it, and said "Here, use this". I felt that there was a silent "and stop bothering me" there somewhere! After a while, I got the hang of it, and discovered a whole new world.

Stumbling onto TNF, recently, has meant a great deal to me, finding 'old' and 'new' friends along the way.

Cheers,

Greg

I didn't get to know Don very well, but having shared our Arabian experiences, I'd guess he would be amused as he has a sense of humour....... Roger.......

Don't know if he'd be too happy about your busting him down to Major, though