[SEL] Insurance and safety rules

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Gene - >>I have come to accept that there is no way I can stop or change it.
<<
No offense, but Thank goodness our founding fathers didn't believe that......

We thought similar at our own club, but after about 6 years of fighting
what was happening, change has finally been put into motion. The goons are
out, new blood in, things getting back to good again. It got messy,
tempers flared, fights broke out, there was table pounding, etc. but it
worked.

Bill

> Jeff,
>
> I have been following this thread with interest.
>
> I am a very low key old engine fan.  I have a couple cheaper engines, but
> nothing really "collectible".  IH As (both sizes), a Sattley solid
> flywheel
> hit n miss.
>
> Also, I have several old(er) David Bradley walk-behind garden tractors and
> associated implements.
>
> I say all of this to point out that I am by NO means one of the
> powerhouses
> in the old engine movement.  But NOWHERE have I been able to find a more
> likeable group of folks, and I surely do enjoy their company and engines.
> My involvement with the hobby is just as (or more so) social than as a
> collector.
>
> I am also becoming an elder statesman (curmudgeon?), and there is NO WAY I
> could deal with the "PC" rules that your club has adopted.
>
> IMHO, the younger, more PC attuned folks have attained management / power
> of
> the club, and are going to take it to where THEY want to take it, not
> where
> most of the members want to take it.
>
> My solution with such truck has been simply to accept it and go my own
> way;
> I have come to accept that there is no way I can stop or change it.
>
>
> Gene
> Gene Waugh
> Elgin, Illinois USA
>
>
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