No offense intended to Tim
Wayne:
As you indicated, no offense was intended. I only meant to point out that if someone gains something from someone else's effort, it is only polite to acknowledge that, as I thought I had noticed you point out sometimes when you post pictures.
Have you been outside in the So. Texas sun with your hat off too much lately? The only person I ever act like I intend to offend is you, but it never works because you know me too well.
Hope you make it to Lake Alfred in October.
the other Dieter story by Ralph Donald
On one of the trips that Dieter made to the US in 1957, he competed in races with the South Eastern Boating Association, which as Danny Piggot has pointed out in another thread, had some of the toughest competition you could find at the time.
A BBQ dinner and party was being held for the drivers the night before the race, and Dieter evidently had never eaten BBQ before, especially the kind smothered with hot, spicy sauce. He was served and started to eat, and suddenly without saying a word, got up from the table and carrying his plate with food on it, left for a short time. When he came back all the sauce was gone from the meat. Because it was so hot and he was not used to that type of spicy food, he just excused himself and went down to the beach and proceeded to wash the sauce off his meat in the lake. He then came back to the table and continued to finish the rest of the meal, without any comment. He evidently was trying to be polite and not offend those who were his hosts in this country by letting them know that the sauce was too hot for him to eat.
I only met him a couple of times here in the US, and once in Germany, but one thing that impressed me was his politeness and courtesy to others. He evidently was that way for his whole life, because about 15/20 years passed between the event related above and the times I met him, and it would seem that was a constant in his personality, at least when I was around him.
"Did you really used to look like that?"
Above quote was from Eileen when I showed her these pictures. I did not at all remember these pictures being taken. If you could print out these for me and send them to me next time your'e printing some, it would be much appreciated. I would like to include them with the other pictures from this trip we took.
Boy, was that a sharp looking outfit or what, and how about the guy in it!! Too bad from the looks of that shirt that the pictures were not in color.