Running the group and Larry

[gremlintime@xxxx]

Geez,
You guys have no idea the work that I have to do to run this group 
sometimes. It's growing like crazy!!! We now have 80 members and I 
don't see an end in sight. It would not surprise me if this group hits 
100 by 2002! Tonight I spent about half an hour getting all of you set 
up to post without moderation because I haven't been doing simple 
maintenance. If this keeps up I might have to appoint someone to help 
me out moderating the group!!

Well, enough of my whining. Time for a little Gable soap box. I just 
received the latest edition of AMXtra, the club publication for AMCWC. 
Larry Mitchell never fails to amaze me. First he turned his back on 
the AMCs he supposedly loved by buying two new Jeep Wranglers. He 
justified his decision by saying how the engine is an AMC. So this 
month he spent almost four or five paragraphs saying how Chrysler was 
such a bad bunch of guys destroying all of AMC's history!! SO why did 
he give around 40 grand to the evil AMC killer. I got nothing against 
Chrysler as everybody knows if pentastar hadn't buried AMC, somebody 
would have. Anyway, as far as I'm concerned the first nail was in the 
AMC coffin when Renault took over in the early '80s. What an irony, 
American Motors owned by the French!!

To top it off, Larry spent a whole page talking about how he needed 
the club members to buy him a new computer as his P100 just wasn't 
cutting the mustard anymore. Guess what he supposedly needs to run the 
club publication and roster. You guessed it, he needs a 1.3 GHZ AMD 
Athlon. Gimme a break here Larry. I hate to break it to you but there 
is no way your desktop publishing and database require a computer of 
this power. Geez. He wants about 1900 bucks for this system!! Why 
doesn't he sell one of those Wranglers?

Surely he has a friend that could upgrade his computer to a 500 MHZ 
for about 200 bucks. Oh by the way, the aforementioned system he needs 
has a 80 Gig hard drive. He must really be planning for some 
outstanding growth in his club. He could probably handle about a 
million members with that drive. The sad fact is that even though I 
support AMC clubs, all of these types of clubs are destined for 
failure as more and more people realize they can get the fellowship 
and help they need off the internet for FREE. Look at this Gremlintime 
list. We all help each other out and we spend nothing. I really think 
this is the future of car clubs. As long as there are people that 
respect the hobby enough to spend the time to keep it going like me 
and others, AMC will be alive and well. Well that's enough for me for 
now.
Happy Gremlining
Paul