A few recent items to report to bring the Doughty 500 fund up to date.
Opening balance: $2786
Donation to Helping Hands in memory of J.P. Cassata -200
Renewal for Doughty My Heritage website -159
Closing balance: $2427
Monday, August 31, 2015
Saturday, August 01, 2015
By The Numbers
The 2015 Doughty 500 is complete and once again we had an interesting auction on Thursday night. Here's an update on what the books look like after the dust has settled.
Beginning account balance $3508
2015 spending (museum fees and drinks and dinner on Thursday) -$1940
Take from 2015 auction $1218
Ending account balance $2786
That is all.
Beginning account balance $3508
2015 spending (museum fees and drinks and dinner on Thursday) -$1940
Take from 2015 auction $1218
Ending account balance $2786
That is all.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Joyously Anticipated Pleasure Trips
Recently my Dad (aka "Bernie") gave me a Model T instruction book that originally came out in 1913. He purchased it in 1962 (a reprint) according to the receipt in the book.
It's actually more of a pamphlet but there are some classic quotes that may be of interest to the motoring ("Out of my way, I'm a motorist!) Doughtys of the 500.
Under the heading "Vigilance and Oil:"
The liability of trouble, with the consequent marring of pleasure trips through neglect to make adjustments promptly, increases by the square of the times they are neglected.
Kind of a complicated little sentence there but personally I've never had a pleasure trip marred by anything unexpected happening with a T.
It goes on:
If the history of all the joyously anticipated pleasure trips that have ended disastrously could be written, it would be shown that in 90 per cent of the cases the humiliation and disappointment might have been avoided by making a certain repair and adjustment, the necessity of which was known before starting, instead of trusting to luck and a crippled part.
Joyously anticipated pleasure trips…ending disastrously…humiliation and disappointment. Let's reflect on those concepts for a moment over the past four decades of T'ing.
Yeah, nothing comes to mind in the context of T's. What hyperbole those old-fashioned corporate writers engaged in! Scaring people unnecessarily just to make sure they put oil in their crankcases.
We all know that as long as you care for your T, the chances of suffering humiliation and disappointment on a T voyage are very, very…small.
It's actually more of a pamphlet but there are some classic quotes that may be of interest to the motoring ("Out of my way, I'm a motorist!) Doughtys of the 500.
Under the heading "Vigilance and Oil:"
The liability of trouble, with the consequent marring of pleasure trips through neglect to make adjustments promptly, increases by the square of the times they are neglected.
Kind of a complicated little sentence there but personally I've never had a pleasure trip marred by anything unexpected happening with a T.
It goes on:
If the history of all the joyously anticipated pleasure trips that have ended disastrously could be written, it would be shown that in 90 per cent of the cases the humiliation and disappointment might have been avoided by making a certain repair and adjustment, the necessity of which was known before starting, instead of trusting to luck and a crippled part.
Joyously anticipated pleasure trips…ending disastrously…humiliation and disappointment. Let's reflect on those concepts for a moment over the past four decades of T'ing.
Yeah, nothing comes to mind in the context of T's. What hyperbole those old-fashioned corporate writers engaged in! Scaring people unnecessarily just to make sure they put oil in their crankcases.
We all know that as long as you care for your T, the chances of suffering humiliation and disappointment on a T voyage are very, very…small.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The Only Constant Is...
A couple of updates from Mike on this year's tour (changes in red):
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down).
The block expired yesterday (May 27th) but the hotel still has some rooms left. If you want to attend please call ASAP.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) & + George Utphal (beer and wine)
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by Kathryn, Kaitlin, and some of the other cousins (whose names may or may not start with "K")
Thursday: Dinner and auction
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down).
The block expired yesterday (May 27th) but the hotel still has some rooms left. If you want to attend please call ASAP.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) & + George Utphal (beer and wine)
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by Kathryn, Kaitlin, and some of the other cousins (whose names may or may not start with "K")
Thursday: Dinner and auction
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
2015 Five Hundred Information
The 2015 Doughty 500 will be based out of scenic Spooner, (Spooner? I don't even know her.) Wisconsin. Here's the latest and greatest update on this year's tour from the man with the plan Mike Doughty:
Dates
July 27th-31st
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down). Make your reservation before May 27th.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) still need to someone to volunteer for beer & booze
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by ??? Need volunteers.
Thursday: Dinner and auction
If you have any questions hit up Mike via e-mail at mdoughty@d3aso.com
Dates
July 27th-31st
Accommodation
BEST WESTERN American Heritage Inn
(715) 635-9770
Ask for the Doughty 500 block when making your reservation. Cost is $98.59 per night (they wanted $99, but Mike craftily negotiated them down). Make your reservation before May 27th.
Entertainment
Monday: Happy hour hosted by D3 Air & Space Operations Inc. (drink up-pretty sure this going to be expensed as a tax deduction of some sort)
Tuesday: Happy hour hosted by Hasons (soda & food) still need to someone to volunteer for beer & booze
Wednesday: Happy hour hosted by ??? Need volunteers.
Thursday: Dinner and auction
If you have any questions hit up Mike via e-mail at mdoughty@d3aso.com
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