rockcrawler69
Shared on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 10:56You know, I should really know better. As I get Older I like people less. I guess, I mean, I like people in groups less. I know this. I know that I hate crowds. I know that people in huge social groups (football game, races, movies, hell, resteraunts) are rude, loud, annoying and just plain UNSOCIAL, and in my current state of mind, no patience, lots of pain and discomfort, my patience is even less then normal.
So as many of you know, I am a gear head. I love cars. I love mechanical stuff. It is the way I am built. I dig hotrods, lowriders, big trucks, deisels, buldozers...well you get the point. I like good Tv shows about the,....Overhaulin....Extreme Machines......Monster Garage, Manoster House ETC. Their is a show called PINKS that I have started TiVoing and watch. I like it, it takes Drag Racers and puts them in a best out of five series of races for Pink Slips....Lose the Race, Lose your ride. Last night they were Taping an episode of PINKS out at the Texas Motorplex, one of the fastest 1/4 mile tracks in the country. I watch the show, and typically the crowd is not very big, so last night...I went to the races.
Now, I have three kids, a two year old and twins that are 15 weeks old. Getting out of the houseis a near imposiibility. But last night I had the only family member that I trust came over and stayed at the house and watched the kiddos. The wife and I hadour first night out in well, about 18 weeks. Christie is my clone in that she loves cars like me so going to the races sounded great. So my wife and I and some friends decided to head out. GOD I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
I am trully confused, this is one of the TOP tracks in the country and they have no parking. I mean, the parking was a huge fricken field, an unmarked huge fricken FIELD. Ok, that is cool, the mini van can get in but there was know one watching..organizing...overseeing...ANYTHING in this field. Now, the crowd was big, I mean BIG. So just imagine, here is this field with no one organizing the parking, cars blocked in, rows coming together, just a mess. The first 3 parking spots we find have people staniding in the "saving" them for people. Now I can see that, but when they see that you are trying to park their, they either ignore you or were just jerks about how the responded. BUT, no big deal, we found a spot. Already this has kind of pissed me off, but I realize that I am short tempered and I let it all go.
As I am walking in, I start thinking to myslef as people walk in front of me, slamming into me, cutting in line, and being loud...well, I start thinking to myslef the surrounding people seem to be VERY trashy. Now I am not trying to be judgemental, I have lots of tattoos, I had long hair, I can be greasy, so that is not what I am judging by. It was just the trashy feeling and mentality I was witnessing. I will give an example: As we are walking in, this dude with three teeth STINKING OF BEER, points to a couple about 5 feet away from him and loudly says "Now that B!t$* there would look good in a wet T!tt* contest!" The guy walking with her just kind of looked in a little of anger and little awe at the LOUD comment, and the drunk redneck proclaimed, "WHAT!" Everyone walked away, but I mean, I don't know, just wrong.
So we are walking into the stands to grab a seat as the announcer states that a previously closed seating section is now open and they would like some people to come over and sit to be behind the Stage for the TV show they are shooting. So as we are heading IN there is a bum rush OUT. I have broken ribs and have for a while, I am sore. As this dude is running out to get on TV, we come face to face in opposite directions. OUR EYES LOCKED. I twisted to the left to give him room to get by, you know, like civilized people do when walking. OH NO, he did not twist, he apperantly felt that it was MY responsibility to get out of his way and he put his shoulder down and put it squarein my chest and moved me. I couldn't react. It happened so fast and he hit me HARD and he kept going. HOLY COW it hurt. Everyone with me sawwhat happened and were just shocked. Take away my broken ribs and it was still an UNBELEIVABLE thing for him to do. I mean he knocked me back three or four steps.
We walked into the stands and found a spot at the 330ft mark on the track and sat to watch the races. What a bummer. The races started at 8pm and here we go. Well, at 8 their was 1 race, at 8:15 a second and by 9pm their had only been 4 races. It was so unorganized. I was astounded that a facility this large held an event and let it be this bad. They were taping and I realize that, but it was just so slow. This is the Drag races......you know FAST. Every event I have been to has a race...about 2 minutes...a race....2 minutes a race. No not here, it was the street races, only more disorganized and with less class. How bad is the corwd when the announcer has to repeat to everyone to act like good boys and girls. Act like ladies and gentlemen. represent Texas well.
OK, so the races themselves were good races, but the wait, the corwd, my pain, the seats, the heat. was just not good. My freinds realize that I am hurting and ask me if I want some water to takea pain med. I say yes, and Jason and Roy go to get us all drinks. 30 minutes later they come back empty handed. They told us about the line where they only moved 5 feet the whole time. Apparantly it was the ONLY concession stand open with food, it was undermanned and was SLOW. We could see the line from the top of the stand if we looked over the back and we timed that it took the guy in front of Jason a full 2 hours to get his food. 2 hours... 2 hours....2 fricken hours. I cant imagine standing in line to get some nachos at a concession stand for 2 hours...uh...the races are going on, you know, the reason you are here...Oh wait...in that two hours they only ran like 8 races. You didnt miss much.
I am stopping here, I am not going to talk about the people in front of us that had thier 5 kids , age raging from like 8months old to 5 years or so , sitting and smoking and drinking and putting the baby on the stand and grrr....
I wont talk about the kids sitting around us with their pants falling off their underware hanging out, acting like thugs.
I should have known better. I should Have known not to put myself their. What a disappointment. Am I just getting crochetty?? Am I just getting old?? I feel like we blew it, the wife and I had a night out and we spent it in misery.
I should have known better.
Sorry for the rant.
Rockcrawler69
Old Man Mafia
So as many of you know, I am a gear head. I love cars. I love mechanical stuff. It is the way I am built. I dig hotrods, lowriders, big trucks, deisels, buldozers...well you get the point. I like good Tv shows about the,....Overhaulin....Extreme Machines......Monster Garage, Manoster House ETC. Their is a show called PINKS that I have started TiVoing and watch. I like it, it takes Drag Racers and puts them in a best out of five series of races for Pink Slips....Lose the Race, Lose your ride. Last night they were Taping an episode of PINKS out at the Texas Motorplex, one of the fastest 1/4 mile tracks in the country. I watch the show, and typically the crowd is not very big, so last night...I went to the races.
Now, I have three kids, a two year old and twins that are 15 weeks old. Getting out of the houseis a near imposiibility. But last night I had the only family member that I trust came over and stayed at the house and watched the kiddos. The wife and I hadour first night out in well, about 18 weeks. Christie is my clone in that she loves cars like me so going to the races sounded great. So my wife and I and some friends decided to head out. GOD I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
I am trully confused, this is one of the TOP tracks in the country and they have no parking. I mean, the parking was a huge fricken field, an unmarked huge fricken FIELD. Ok, that is cool, the mini van can get in but there was know one watching..organizing...overseeing...ANYTHING in this field. Now, the crowd was big, I mean BIG. So just imagine, here is this field with no one organizing the parking, cars blocked in, rows coming together, just a mess. The first 3 parking spots we find have people staniding in the "saving" them for people. Now I can see that, but when they see that you are trying to park their, they either ignore you or were just jerks about how the responded. BUT, no big deal, we found a spot. Already this has kind of pissed me off, but I realize that I am short tempered and I let it all go.
As I am walking in, I start thinking to myslef as people walk in front of me, slamming into me, cutting in line, and being loud...well, I start thinking to myslef the surrounding people seem to be VERY trashy. Now I am not trying to be judgemental, I have lots of tattoos, I had long hair, I can be greasy, so that is not what I am judging by. It was just the trashy feeling and mentality I was witnessing. I will give an example: As we are walking in, this dude with three teeth STINKING OF BEER, points to a couple about 5 feet away from him and loudly says "Now that B!t$* there would look good in a wet T!tt* contest!" The guy walking with her just kind of looked in a little of anger and little awe at the LOUD comment, and the drunk redneck proclaimed, "WHAT!" Everyone walked away, but I mean, I don't know, just wrong.
So we are walking into the stands to grab a seat as the announcer states that a previously closed seating section is now open and they would like some people to come over and sit to be behind the Stage for the TV show they are shooting. So as we are heading IN there is a bum rush OUT. I have broken ribs and have for a while, I am sore. As this dude is running out to get on TV, we come face to face in opposite directions. OUR EYES LOCKED. I twisted to the left to give him room to get by, you know, like civilized people do when walking. OH NO, he did not twist, he apperantly felt that it was MY responsibility to get out of his way and he put his shoulder down and put it squarein my chest and moved me. I couldn't react. It happened so fast and he hit me HARD and he kept going. HOLY COW it hurt. Everyone with me sawwhat happened and were just shocked. Take away my broken ribs and it was still an UNBELEIVABLE thing for him to do. I mean he knocked me back three or four steps.
We walked into the stands and found a spot at the 330ft mark on the track and sat to watch the races. What a bummer. The races started at 8pm and here we go. Well, at 8 their was 1 race, at 8:15 a second and by 9pm their had only been 4 races. It was so unorganized. I was astounded that a facility this large held an event and let it be this bad. They were taping and I realize that, but it was just so slow. This is the Drag races......you know FAST. Every event I have been to has a race...about 2 minutes...a race....2 minutes a race. No not here, it was the street races, only more disorganized and with less class. How bad is the corwd when the announcer has to repeat to everyone to act like good boys and girls. Act like ladies and gentlemen. represent Texas well.
OK, so the races themselves were good races, but the wait, the corwd, my pain, the seats, the heat. was just not good. My freinds realize that I am hurting and ask me if I want some water to takea pain med. I say yes, and Jason and Roy go to get us all drinks. 30 minutes later they come back empty handed. They told us about the line where they only moved 5 feet the whole time. Apparantly it was the ONLY concession stand open with food, it was undermanned and was SLOW. We could see the line from the top of the stand if we looked over the back and we timed that it took the guy in front of Jason a full 2 hours to get his food. 2 hours... 2 hours....2 fricken hours. I cant imagine standing in line to get some nachos at a concession stand for 2 hours...uh...the races are going on, you know, the reason you are here...Oh wait...in that two hours they only ran like 8 races. You didnt miss much.
I am stopping here, I am not going to talk about the people in front of us that had thier 5 kids , age raging from like 8months old to 5 years or so , sitting and smoking and drinking and putting the baby on the stand and grrr....
I wont talk about the kids sitting around us with their pants falling off their underware hanging out, acting like thugs.
I should have known better. I should Have known not to put myself their. What a disappointment. Am I just getting crochetty?? Am I just getting old?? I feel like we blew it, the wife and I had a night out and we spent it in misery.
I should have known better.
Sorry for the rant.
Rockcrawler69
Old Man Mafia
- rockcrawler69's blog
- Log in or register to post comments
Comments