Come n’ listen to my story ‘bout a man named Scott
A poor moderator barely kept up with his flock
And then one day, he was on his keyboard
And in thru the door came the boss with the word
'Ship it by ground tomorrow 9 o’clock'
(950, that is, big box, new Outlaw crop)

Well the first thing you know, old Scott is the man
Kin folk said, ‘Yep we’ll stay in Outlaw land
Always liked hearing bout it and now its finally here,
the others left the waiting list and I don’t kear’
So they loaded up the truck and left the factory.
(Pro that is, PrePro’s,,Lots of channels, what a box)

Well, now it’s time to say goodby to Scott and all his kin
They would like to thank you folks for kindly droppin’ in
Your all invited back again to this locality
To have a heapin’ helpin’ of the 7 seventy.

(Sit a while take your shoes off.)

- Now that is classic!

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Gonk

ever see "Steel Magnolia" where she says:
'things were getting entirely too serious around here, I had to DO something'

Gonna go see 'Brotherhood of Wolves' NOW
and listen to some real howling!

Hey, Smart Little Lena, that's great! Now- how about a Limerick?

Munster, you're probably right- I do have a short memory. Getting older does that to you. I'd be willing to bet your 950 that the Outlaw's level of frustration is off the charts. I've got to believe they want the product in our hands worse than we do. One thing to keep in mind is that these guys have not been under any kind of contract to deliver a pre/pro by a certain date (not that I know of). Now if they had collected money in the form of a downpayment from all of us on the waiting list and promised delivery by such and such a date- then you might indeed be be looking at a "debacle"! So, anyway, what were we talking about here?

All of you with money burning in your pockets, please throw some my way, I guarantee I won't complain one bit - what happened to being patient? Isn't that a virtue or have many you gotten caught up in the fast pace, no wait, perfect service everytime society we all dream about?

Steve,

Trust me, you win that bet! I've called and actually talked to a couple of the Outlaws and as soon as the subject of the 950 comes out, you can just feel the stress dripping out of their voices. I'm seriously concern for their health ... while it's not confirmed yet, there have been studies showing a correlation between high stress levels and both heart attacks and strokes.

On the other hand, my house closing's been put off from Wednesday to next Friday. So I can't use my 950 until Saturday the 16th at the earliest. Gee, do you think that takes any of the rush off of them?

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pat----

email: pat@sklenar.info ---===--- home page: Grumpy's Lair

pat,

Yup, I'm sure the pressure (on the Outlaws) is off now! Really, though, sorry to hear about your delay in the closing. Now that can be really frustrating!

Hey gonk, thanks for the info(you sure you're not an outlaw?). I certainly didn't mean to trash Outlaw, as we all value what they're trying to do as a company. However, I did mean to point out that they made a lot of mistakes with the 950. No one can deny that. And while their intentions were most likely honorable, they did mislead many of us (although probably not intentionally).