P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/23/08 5:46 p.m.

...and everybody was out to lunch! Sorry I missed you all, but the new place looks killer!

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/23/08 6:01 p.m.

That was you? We should hand out name tags for visitors. But yeah, you showed up while the lunch bus was out.

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/23/08 7:18 p.m.

I figured an "I'm P71" nametag would give it away, but yeah that was me I might try to drop by again next week since we're so close. I'd like to meet the rest of the crew. I've been riding around in my dad's mid-life crisis DD, a Supercharged Cobalt SS (the yellow one) and it's pretty sweet. Don't tell him it's slower then the P71 though...

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/23/08 9:50 p.m.

You're supposed to be here helping me tear into that SHO, not somewhere sunny and warm, bad p71 bad. :newspaperonnose:

aussiesmg
aussiesmg HalfDork
12/23/08 10:09 p.m.

I stopped by a few months ago met Greg (RX7 guy) and Per, nobody else was there then either, I guess these guys must be out testing cars or something

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/24/08 6:01 a.m.
aussiesmg wrote: I stopped by a few months ago met Greg (RX7 guy) and Per, nobody else was there then either, I guess these guys must be out testing baconators or something

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P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/24/08 7:35 a.m.

My neighbor said there's 18" of snow and the only way to tell the difference between the P71 and the RX-7 is the size of the snow drift. Meanwhile I'm sitting on the beach getting a tan. This vacation was worth EVERY penny!

I did try to yoink the sweet Spark Yellow SA RX-7 that was there but my key didn't work. I drooled on it a little though.

The funniest part was we were driving down the road looking for it and the first thing I saw was the infamous BMW. That thing is SHARP!

I'm definitely going to have to go back next week. I never got my schwag for returning the Anthrax

MiatarPowar
MiatarPowar HalfDork
12/24/08 7:41 a.m.
P71 wrote: I did try to yoink the sweet Spark Yellow SA RX-7 that was there but my key didn't work. I drooled on it a little though.

Greg may be slightly upset about that...

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/24/08 7:50 a.m.

I would have brought it back! Ok, maybe replaced it with my FB, but Greg likes those too.

Debbie Brozyna
Debbie Brozyna Assistant to the Publisher
12/24/08 8:15 a.m.

Nancy and I are always here during lunch. Now, I know that we don't rate anywhere near as high as the "guys," but we'd still like to meet "our board members." Next time any one of you stop in, please let us know who you are!

Wowak
Wowak Dork
12/24/08 8:21 a.m.

It was a pleasure to stop in back in July and hear the various mis-pronounciations of Wowak.. but damn near everybody on staff knew my name! (Perhaps it had something to do with the "Top ten most reviled forum users" list on Margie's door. shrug)

BTW its WOE-whack. If we were still in Poland it'd be VUH-vach.

fastEddie
fastEddie Dork
12/24/08 9:24 a.m.
Wowak wrote: (Perhaps it had something to do with the "Top ten most reviled forum users" list on Margie's door. *shrug*)

This needs to be posted here immediately!! Inquiring minds want to know.

Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter Online Editor
12/24/08 9:25 a.m.

It's Top Secret. If you knew, Margie would have to make a new patio. Wowak got lucky

Tom Heath
Tom Heath Production Editor
12/24/08 9:30 a.m.
aussiesmg wrote: I stopped by a few months ago met Greg (RX7 guy) and Per, nobody else was there then either, I guess these guys must be out testing cars or something

I should have introduced myself. I'm chopped liver. You'd think being the only guy in the company with an arm full of tattoos would help folks remember...

fastEddie
fastEddie Dork
12/24/08 9:47 a.m.
Tim Baxter wrote: It's Top Secret. If you knew, Margie would have to make a new patio. Wowak got lucky

I think some/most of us would consider it a badge of honor! Of course I'm a safe (I think) distance from Florida....

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/24/08 9:51 a.m.

I'll try to sneek a spy shot next week!

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
12/24/08 10:03 a.m.
Tom Heath wrote:
aussiesmg wrote: I stopped by a few months ago met Greg (RX7 guy) and Per, nobody else was there then either, I guess these guys must be out testing cars or something
I should have introduced myself. I'm chopped liver. You'd think being the only guy in the company with an arm full of tattoos would help folks remember...

He probably thought you were a bum who had snuck in. :)

Wowak
Wowak Dork
12/25/08 2:31 a.m.

I was unemployed and practically living in my car when I stopped by. Per gave me beer. Overall it was strange and wonderful.

fastclown
fastclown New Reader
12/25/08 8:14 a.m.

I stopped by a few weeks ago and when I got close to the door I heard a click. It tuned out that they must have been closed that day, nobody would answer the door!?! You would think that around 3:30 on a week day somebody would have been there...

Wowak
Wowak Dork
12/25/08 11:19 a.m.
fastclown wrote: I stopped by a few weeks ago and when I got close to the door I heard a click. It tuned out that they must have been closed that day, nobody would answer the door!?! You would think that around 3:30 on a week day somebody would have been there...

There was a whole separate poster on Margie's door dealing with you, clown.

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/25/08 11:35 a.m.

i'm heading down that way tomorrow morning but i'll be on the wrong side of the state.

if any of you see a black P71 with ohio plates tooling around the tampa/clearwater area flag me down.

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/27/08 6:51 a.m.

Swing by Edgewater on your way back!

minimac
minimac Dork
12/27/08 7:24 a.m.
Wowak wrote: I was unemployed and practically living in my car when I stopped by. Per gave me beer. Overall it was strange and wonderful.

Now you did it...Free Beer?! With every one that will be 'dropping' by, I'll never get my next issue.

DeadHorse
DeadHorse New Reader
12/28/08 10:09 p.m.
Tom Heath wrote: I should have introduced myself. I'm chopped liver. You'd think being the only guy in the company with an arm full of tattoos would help folks remember...

Your scary. I would have run too.

Xceler8x
Xceler8x GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/29/08 8:19 a.m.
fastEddie wrote:
Wowak wrote: (Perhaps it had something to do with the "Top ten most reviled forum users" list on Margie's door. *shrug*)
This needs to be posted here immediately!! Inquiring minds want to know.

My last Sam Adams Holiday Sampler to the guy who posts that. Pencil my name on the bottom and I'll make it my profile picture.

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