Brian Mitchell

This pissyness in the OBRA clubhouse almost makes me glad I moved away.
Lots of public posts were and continue to be rude and opininated as
well, including yours.
To borrow a phrase, it seems this list has jumped the shark.
I'll be unsubscribing now; I'm sick of the toxicity.

On Apr 28, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Cheryl Willson wrote:

> Really you mean majority of people that chose to email you
> personally. That's a self-selected group of OBRA members.
>
> I've sent out an email or two that rubbed a few people the wrong way
> and I had a pile of very opinionated messages (some insanely rude)
> but I think there are many people sitting at home feeling
> dispassionate and hitting the delete button. Many of us would love
> for you to know that your junior should wear wool socks (or whatever
> preparation seems appropriate).
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Like toPedal wrote:
>
>> yesterday i wrote a kind e-mail asking promoters to just e-mail the
>> group about "extraordinary" conditions that they know about on
>> their courses before we show up to race. the overwhelming response
>> i got was to stop whining. hell, i didn't even whine about
>> anything! i wrote back to a few people explaining that i wrote the
>> e-mail because i want to be able to have my 10 year old son as
>> prepared (that means safe) for the races as possible. the
>> overwhelming response to that was "maybe you shouldn't bring your
>> kids to the races". i had 3 promoters tell me NOT to bring my kids
>> to the races at all.
>>
>> i never said the course was too hard.
>> i never said Bear Springs shouldn't have been put on.
>> i never said degrading comments about anyone personally.
>> i never said i want money back.
>> i never said to make the courses easier.
>> i didn't ask the promoters to do anything except send an e-mail
>> pointing out any special elements of a race.
>>
>> ..and the majority of OBRA says "leave your kid racer at home"
>>
>> today, don't email me. at all.
>>
>> to those of you that have this anti-junior racer attitude, you make
>> me sick.
>>
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