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  • rangerron7rangerron7 Member Posts: 317
    ...it's good to hear that your safe.
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    mike, I'm really relieved to here you're ok (thanks Ed for reporting early of mike's status via i Club).

    Patti, my family was going to the Rendezvous, so thanks for letting us know it was cancelled.

    I wanted to be with my children yesterday so we went to the Baltimore Aquarium, which was lightly attended. (many local schools were closed yesterday). Kids had a wonderful time. Wife had to work but she drove the GT so I didn't feel too sorry for her. ;)

    ..Mike

    ..Mike

  • 1subydown1togo1subydown1togo Member Posts: 348
    From the Imperial Palace Hotel Collection: Studebaker Daytona convertible

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  • 1subydown1togo1subydown1togo Member Posts: 348
    We are glad that all here are accounted for; but the heaviness in our hearts will also remain for a long time...for Susan andI, both originally from NYC, we have lost a part of our youth, for others their loss is much greater.
    Remember them with help, blood and monetary donations, and above all, with prayers.
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    I'm so relieved that you and family are okay. Personally, I finally got news of my nephew, who attends NYU, is safe. Still haven't heard from a few NYC friends...still praying...hoping...

    KarenS
    Host
    Owner's Clubs
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    many of us will never meet in person, we certainly have developed strong bonds with one another.

    I think that's pretty neat.

    Bob
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    It seems harder now that we are hearing the more "personalized" stories from family and survivors. The feeling of being helpless is horrible.

    My children and I have come up with a plan that we are sharing with area schools and with other folks here at Subaru. Maybe we can spread the word here?

    We are asking the children and adults to write a note of thanks to the police and fire personnel in New York and Washington. My children are making boxes to gather up the notes and I'm going to send them to the main headquarters in both areas.

    The thinking is that it would be good to share our support and love to these folks for what they are doing for us. Also, it might be beneficial for us to write (especially the children).

    Sorry for the ramble - I'm just trying to find a way to help other than blood and money (we've done both and feel the need to do more).

    Patti
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I agree, Bob. Sorry I did not post earlier, in fact. I guess I could have mentioned I was leaving work, but I didn't feel like I was completely safe yet.

    The Pentagon is across the river from us, so we're only (directly) affected by the Humvees and military police in the streets. World Bank security were inspecting car trunks and double-checking IDs to let us in the building, too.

    paisan: I heard the damage was spread as far as 10 blocks in NYC. Don't be surprised if your building was affected.

    Let's share some positive stories. I was touched to hear a shoe store was literally handing out shoes to women in high heels since they had to walk away from the WTC. Anyone know which store?

    Starbucks was handing out free coffee to the heroes. Good for them.

    The lines for blood donations are heart warming.

    I saw crowds cheering on the rescue workers at the shift changes.

    The flag at the Pentagon to welcome the President was a class act.

    Any more? Please share the ones you've heard of.

    -juice
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    That's a great idea. Kids want to help too, but sometimes feel powerless that it will make any difference. Expressing their gratitude and admiration to the heroes of this tragedy will be encouraging for the kids as well as the adults.

    I've heard that their is a nation-wide effort to have all Americans to step outside their home, office, car, etc., at exactly 7 pm/est tomorrow (Friday/914), and light a candle to show we are strong and united. It may not necessarily be dark at that time wherever you are, but I plan to keep my little flame of hope burning throughout the evening.

    KarenS
    Host
    Owner's Clubs
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I'll share it here at work!

    Patti
  • originalbitmanoriginalbitman Member Posts: 920
    There was one on NPR of the guys who carried a person in a wheel chair down something like 60 floors of one of the WTC buildings. They made it out.

    bit
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Over here in the Bay Area, I've seen several vehicles driving around with flags attached to their cars. This morning, there was a flag draped over a freeway pedestrian overpass for the morning commute to see. It gave me a sense of pride as I drove under it.

    Lines for blood banks are out the door here as well. Collections and donations are being coordinated everywhere. Memorial services open to everyone are being held at churches, temples and mosques around the area.

    Just my two cents worth to let everyone know that the west coast is very much in tune with the events and is rallying around America.

    Ken
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Subaru should sponsor a bakery to hand out rally bread. :-)

    -juice
  • russ9406russ9406 Member Posts: 30
    I was at a Dinner last night here in Bethpage Long Island NY on Hempstead Turnpike with my red 01 forester s+ and in the parking lot was a Silver 01/02 forester s+ heavily modified:
    Lowered (maybe 4" lower);new rims; rear spoiler; and exhaust. This is the 1st lowered Forester I have seen, quite a different look.

    Russ
  • armac13armac13 Member Posts: 1,129
    I think we all need a little levity at this time.

    Ross
  • hammersleyhammersley Member Posts: 684
    Patti: I have the address for FDNY Local 94 if you need it... it's at home, but that's easily resolved.

    Blood donors: We've been advised here in Spokane to perhaps wait a week or two - transporting blood will be a problem until the air traffic system is back to normal, especially the further away you are from NYC. Some blood products have a short, defined shelf life, and that which has already been donated & sent will need to be replenished, so that more can be sent & local supplies remain sufficient.

    As a firefighter, I thank you for your care & concerns for my brethren, especially for those who can no longer speak for themselves.

    Peace,
    Paul
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    I can get the address of his "house" from my brother in-law who is seeing his share at WTC. There are tons of stories of NYers buying lunch, making dinner, giving these heroes everything that they can. Flags are flying over the overpasses, on cars, trucks, mailboxes. Metal workers, electicians, etc are showing up to help at the site and are being turned away because there are too many volunteers! We have become one. The heartbeat of New York is still here and growing.

    Greg
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
    This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
    America: The Good Neighbor.
    Widespread but only partial news coverage was given
    recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from
    Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
    Commentator. What follows is the full text of his
    trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional
    Record:

    "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the
    Americans as the most generous and possibly the
    least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany,
    Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy
    were lifted out of the debris of war by the
    Americans who poured in billions of dollars and
    forgave other billions in debts.

    None of these countries is today paying even the
    interest on its remaining debts to the United
    States. When France was in danger of collapsing in
    1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and
    their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
    streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

    When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the
    United States that hurries in to help. This spring,
    59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.
    Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman
    Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged
    countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
    writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

    I'd like to see just one of those countries that is
    gloating over the erosion of the United States
    dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
    country in the world have a plane to equal the
    Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the
    Douglas DC10?

    If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the
    International lines except Russia fly American
    Planes? Why does no other land on earth even
    consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You
    talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.
    You talk about German technocracy, and you get
    automobiles. You talk about American technocracy,
    and you find men on the moon - not once, but several
    times - and safely home again.

    You talk about scandals, and the Americans put
    theirs right in the store window for everybody to
    look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
    and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most
    of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are
    getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to
    spend here.

    When the railways of France, Germany and India were
    breaking down through age, it was the Americans who
    rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
    New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an
    old caboose. Both are still broke.

    I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced
    to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name
    me even one time when someone else raced to the
    Americans in trouble? I don't think there was
    outside help even during the San Francisco
    earthquake.


    Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one
    Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get
    kicked around. They will come out of this thing
    with their flag high. And when they do, they are
    entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are
    gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada
    is not one of those."

    Stand proud, America! Wear it proudly!!
  • armac13armac13 Member Posts: 1,129
    Gordon Sinclair died on 17 May 1984 FWIW. Canadians have always been very split between seeing only the good and only the bad in the Neighbor-to-the-South. This famous editorial was written more than 20 years ago.

    Ross
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    At work it was more or less business as usual today. Not that the events are not in our thoughts, but just that operations are more or less back in gear.

    If the intention was to disrupt business, I'm glad to say that at least in our case they failed.

    -juice
  • pattim3pattim3 Member Posts: 533
    It really does help to have a community like this. Any addresses that you have would be appreciated - it might speed up the process. I shared that idea with some friends (including some overseas) and some children in Sweden are going to send notes. It's incredible how touched the world has been by our hero's.

    Subaru held a blood drive yesterday and really collected a lot of donations. They also made a significant financial donation to the Red Cross. One of our Team Leaders is a local EMT. He went back to NY for the second day today to help.

    Thanks for the pick-me-up, folks!
  • yellowbikedonyellowbikedon Member Posts: 228
    It really makes me proud to be part of a group that cares and shares. This is what the "American Spirit" is all about. Helping others, be it with words of advice about Subarus or ideas of how to express appreciation to those who, in times of need, are there for us, makes the Subaru Owner's Club so unique.

    Don
  • amishraamishra Member Posts: 367
    Dear All,

    I am sure the recent events have taken a very heavy emotional toll -- I know it has affected many many people all over the World not just in America.

    I personally have this feeling of not being able to help - like things are beyond my control, and the inability to comprehend this truly staggering horrid act.

    God bless all that act valiantly and justly in the face of terror. And god forgive those who commited these acts; your time will come.

    America, you are not alone. Many countries around the world will stand by you shoulder to shoulder to ensure that freedom is never challenged.
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    1subydown - that Daytona has the same color combo as my sedan - that dark silver with red interior - except that my interior is solid red vinyl w/o the optional white inserts. Thanks for the pic; it helped me get my mind off of current events for a moment.

    I don't know whether there is anything I can say that hasn't already been said. I too am proud of the national and international response; I intend to give blood either tonight or on Monday morning. My mind has been preoccupied with the potential ripple effect the events will have and are having on what we in the US have come to consider our everyday way of life. Many personal freedoms may be challenged, and we may accept a little less freedom for a little more peace of mind in the form of personal security. What is important is that we strive to return to our normal everyday routines as soon as possible; to do otherwise is to give the perpetrators belief that they have succeeded in their mission.

    Ed
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Our Subaru-Isuzu tour of the Pine Barrens is still on. Any last-minute folks that want to join, please find details in the Events topic.

    I hope to get some fun pix that may help lift spirits of the Crew a bit. We are even more determined to have a good time. Hope to see a few of you there.

    -juice
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    Ash, Ross, Graham: It helps a great deal to hear our friends around the world express their support. Thank you.

    For more of Gordon Sinclair's commentary, see the text beginning "Origins:"
    http://www.snopes.com/quotes/sinclair.htm

    Thanks for sharing it, Greg. It's an uplifting, timeless piece.

    Cheers,

    ..Mike

    PS - I'll be registering "rally bread" to protect my trademark. :D

    ..Mike

  • 1subydown1togo1subydown1togo Member Posts: 348
    I received this article yesterday...long, interesting and somewhat more on the agressive side :
    From the Seattle Times, Wednesday, September 12, 2001

    The barbarians will learn what America's all about

    By Leonard Pitts Jr.
    Syndicated columnist

    They pay me to tease shades of meaning from social and
    cultural issues, to provide words that help make sense of that which
    troubles the American soul. But in this moment of airless shock when hot
    tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the
    only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of
    this suffering.

    You monster. You beast. You unspeakable [non-permissible content removed].

    What lesson did you hope to teach us by your coward's
    attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? What was it you hoped
    we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you failed.

    Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your
    cause.
    Did you want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.

    Did you want to tear us apart? You just brought us
    together.

    Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and
    quarrelsome family; a family rent by racial, cultural, political and class
    division, but a family nonetheless. We're frivolous, yes, capable of
    expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural minutiae, a
    singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a cartoon mouse.

    We're wealthy too, spoiled by the ready availability of
    trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk through
    life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement. We are fundamentally
    decent, though - peace-loving and compassionate. We struggle to know the
    right thing and to do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us,
    people of faith, believers in a just and loving God.

    Some people - you, perhaps - think that any or all of this
    makes us weak. You're mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we are
    strong in ways that cannot be measured by arsenals.

    Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in
    shock. We're still grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you
    did, still working to make ourselves understand that this isn't a
    special effect from some Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development
    from a Tom Clancy novel.

    Both in terms of the awful scope of its ambition and the
    probable final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst
    acts of terrorism in the history of the United States and, indeed,
    the history of the world. You've bloodied us as we have never been
    bloodied before.

    But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody
    and making us fall. This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter
    sorrow the last time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought
    us such abrupt and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous
    in our outrage, terrible in our force. When provoked by this level
    of barbarism, we will bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to
    any length, in the pursuit of justice.

    I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my
    people, as you, I think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes
    me to tremble with dread of the future.

    In days to come, there will be recrimination and
    accusation; fingers pointing to determine whose failure allowed this to happen
    and what can be done to prevent it from happening again. There will be
    heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic freedoms. We'll
    go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But determined,
    too. Unimaginably determined.

    You see, there is steel beneath this velvet. That aspect of
    our character is seldom understood by people who don't know us
    well. On this day, the family's bickering is put on hold. As Americans we
    will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise
    in defense of all that we cherish.

    Still, I keep wondering what it was you hoped to teach us.
    It occurs to me that maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your
    hatred.

    If that's the case, consider the message received. And take
    this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what
    we're about. You don't know what you just started.

    But you're about to learn.
  • armac13armac13 Member Posts: 1,129
    Don't forget we now have turbo logs to bake the rally bread and fry Patti's turbot. :-)

    Ross
  • 1subydown1togo1subydown1togo Member Posts: 348
    Next week is the Jewish New Year...we traditionally eat Rally Challah dipped in honey for a sweet year.
  • armac13armac13 Member Posts: 1,129
  • hammersleyhammersley Member Posts: 684
    Patti: I e-mailed you the address you wanted. Should be there now.

    Goin' campin' this weekend... fellowship, fun & food with fellow parents from the boys' school... soaking up a bit of nature will be a welcome break. The rest of you have a good weekend too!

    Paul
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    I am glad to hear that everyone is okay. This has been a horrible act of war, but the country will get through this. Those of us in the NYC area should be proud of our friends and families. There has been isolated incidents of attempts at looting, of taking advantage of the situation. However, the police have caught most of these people. NY'ers are working together, standing together. This applies to those in the DC and PA areas hit as well. It is great to see and hear of everyone's support.

    I have to say that it was a sobering moment on Tues, when we were sent out of my building, and saw what used to be the Twin Towers. It's amazing what we take for granted. Everyday, leaving work, I would see the WTC standing tall and proud. But this past Tuesday I saw it bent and blackened. We will rebuild, and the USA will continue to be strong. God Bless and protect to all!

    Mark
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246

    ..Mike

  • pat88pat88 Member Posts: 40
    I saw Patti's note about helping the children through this difficult time. My mom has been doing something that I think would be a good way for the children and us to thank our firefighters and police officers for all of their work. She has been baking cookies for them in her town. She delivers them to the station and thanks them for all their work on our behalf. You could bake bread, cookies, muffins, etc. All would be appreciated by the people who work so hard to try to keep us safe.

    Take care!

    ~~~Pat
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    I don't think cameras on planes would be of much help. I just heard that one of the "black boxes" (voice or data, not sure) was turned off. The pilot and co-pilot should be armed. There should also be a gun in the back of the plane.

    I tried to give blood the other day but every line was over a 6 hour wait. The NY Blood service guy told me the blood needs of the victims had been met and we're just replenishing the supply now. I'll try next week.

    I stopped by a firehouse on 45th St. this morning that I saw on the news last night. I was looking at their memorial and started to get a little choked up. It's so sad.

    Can't find any flags in the area and I've called 6 stores.

    I'll see some of you guys (and gals) tomorrow.

    Dennis
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    Real-time telemetry logging to ground stations (à la space shuttle and NASA) could supplement the voice and flight data recorders; NTSB would have already have the information. Keep the existing flight recorders for backup. Not suggesting real-time monitoring but real-time collection. Bob suggested similar ideas.

    Robert X. Cringely (PBS "Triumph of the Nerds"), pen name of Mark C. Stephens, lists crashes that lead to today's Air Traffic Control system in To a Man With a Hammer. I was also a general aviation pilot, so I find his perspective interesting.

    ..Mike

    ..Mike

  • dsackmandsackman Member Posts: 145
    Some time ago someone mentioned a few problems with finding a good way to install the Garmin Streetpilot III. I found the following reference that could be of interest:

    http://www.audiworld.com/tech/misc.html

    it is for an Audi A4, but the concepts can be used.

    The aricle is about 3/4 way down the page.

    Daniel
  • pattim3pattim3 Member Posts: 533
    I've been trying to get a hold of Mike and I couldn't get on to Edmunds last night. Ugghh. I went to get a VDC for today, but it was suggested that I not attend. As you know, I was a bit unsure myself, but, because Subaru cancel their "santioned" events, it was felt that it wouldn't be right for me to attend. I recognize that it is my time and I could do it anyway, but it just doesn't feel right to me, because I'm not dealing with this situation that well. I need to see if they can save someone and I'm still too attached to the news. I'm sorry to let the folks that are going down. I hope you have a good time and I'm glad to see that you are helping us know it is important to go on. I just can't yet.

    Sorry,

    Patti
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Patti,
    No problem. We understand fully. I am actually going to be late, since I have to go to work in NJ today to do a Stock Market Check/Test of the computers. I have sent Conway Lee who was on the pre-run, and has all the GPS co-ordinates to run the event in my place.

    -mike
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    We'll miss you and we understand. :-(
    I'll be sure to let Mike know.

    Dennis
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    What time do you think you'll be there? Are you in J. City?

    Dennis
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    I'm going to our woodbridge office. Hopefully be down there for the afternoon run. Don't not show-up though. It's gonna be a good day.

    -mike
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Yeah, I'm still going.
    Good luck getting outta there soon and going down.

    Dennis
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    We all understand. I feel guilty sometimes coming on this board and to even discuss "Subaru" topics at all. I do it because I need a break from all this insanity. It's just too overwhelming.

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I just got this via e-mail from another one of the "good guys" here at Edmunds—MidniteEagl:

    We don't need any more volunteers, and the blood banks are literally "topped off" and the area thanks the nation for that response. Here is what we DO need, and feel free to forward, print, fax, and otherwise distribute this list. Call the nearest Red Cross or Salvation Army office for info on where to bring any of these items. Friemds. cleanup will last well into the winter.

    Do NOT accept ANY calls from people who claim to be accepting monetary donations - NONE of the major charitable organizations are making outcalls for donations.

    Basic Medical
    -------------
    Apirin/Tylenol
    Dust masks/surgical masks
    respirator masks
    ace bandages
    saline solution
    medical tape
    gauze pads
    alcohol swabs
    antibiotic cream
    foot powder
    non-drowsy allergy medicine

    Specialized Medical
    -------------------
    23 Gauge needles
    21 Gauge needles
    D5W IV Bags
    Saline Bags
    Infusion sets
    butterfly
    IOCC syringe
    Silvadine

    Canine Supplies
    ---------------
    dog boots
    dog food
    can openers

    Basic Non-Medical
    -----------------
    high quality respirator masks
    can openers
    waterproof tubs/coolers
    multi-channel 2 way radios
    bottled water
    long sleeved shirts
    T-shirts
    steel-toed boots
    work gloves
    sanitary napkins
    flap shovels
    crowbars
    pick-axe
    tents
    handi-wipes
    sunscreen
    hard hats
    toiletries
    blankets
    towels
    high quality safety goggles
    plastic tarps
    cotton and wool socks
    packaged ice
    rope
    undergarments for men and women
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    I am truly relieved that every one is okay, this truly is an international board and the spirit of togetherness is really appreciated by yours truly.

    My daughter and her husband are both Sergeants in the US army and both have been told to have their gear packed and ready to go, the ripple effect of this horrible act will eventually touch us all in one way or another.

    We should all pray now that whoever is responsible for this act will be brought to justice with no more loss of innocent life.
    Cheers Pat.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We're back to DC and had a fun weekend. Saturday I met with Lark and followed him to the Pine Barrens (thanks!), where we had a good time driving along mostly sand "unimproved" roads. I'd say they are easy to medium trails, with bypasses at the tougher points. We had 14 vehicles once paisan arrived in his Trooper. We had a nice variety of Soobs, too, including an XT6 and a pair of BRATs, plus an older hatchback.

    I'll have photos up later today, but you'll see Sandy taking quite a bath in my 2nd water crossing. I took some of the more challenging sections, but not the deep mud puddles that were virtual suicide for even the big Mitsu with mud swamper tires.

    Still, fun stuff. The trails are loose sand, mostly, so you could really get her loose in turns and stuff. Most are narrow so no crazy "slideways" driving. There were points where trees were scratching on BOTH sides.

    I'll catch up more later.

    -juice
  • thecatthecat Member Posts: 535
    Ooooh ... sounds like fun .. ah .. in your vehicle that is.
    "trees were scratching on BOTH sides" Sandy .. he doesn't love you anymore!
    I saw the photos of the pre-run (or whatever it was called) and it was obvious that a good time was in the making.

    GET THOSE PIX UP !
    - Hutch
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sandy made a big splash. ;-)


    image


    -juice

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I couldn't take all of the bypasses and face the Crew on Monday. This one only a couple of us tried:


    image


    I stayed out of the quicksand for the most part, though.


    -juice

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