Re: "1/2A"

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:51:42 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler@...> wrote:
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> Event configuration issues (expert vs newcomer) have little to do with "the death of Indoor" if thats what you're again implying. In worrying about this issue--we are shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

That's right, Indoor FF is like the Titanic sinking - except only if the Titanic continued to make trans-Atlantic trips for another 30 years and people stood around saying, "remember when it twenty more feet out of the water? That was a great time. It will never be like that again"

I just finished putting together the next MA article, an insider view of the WC. One thing that struck me was how non-old-fogey-ish the participants were. Maybe it's just me not wanting to admit I'm getting old, but from the French, Czech, Romanian, and US kids, all the way up through the Senior competitors, there were a bunch of spry dudes and dudettes walking around.

For amusement, here's a breakdown of F1D WC competitors since the start. The only thing that jumps out at me is that the numbers are more correlated with the site than with a general decline (people seem to like Cardington).

Count Year Site
14 61 Cardington
16 62 Cardington
22 66 Debrecen, Hungary
24 68 Rome
29 70 Slanic
34 72 Cardington
33 74 Lakehurst
41 76 Cardington
40 78 Cardington
34 80 West Baden
39 82 Slanic
32 84 Nagoya
51 86 Cardington
33 88 Johnson City
-- 90
36 92 Poland
37 94 Slanic
34 96 Kibbie Dome
27 98 Slanic
24 00 Slanic
31 02 Slanic
36 04 Slanic
31 06 Slanic
38 08 Belgrade
35 10 Belgrade
Received on Fri Oct 08 2010 - 06:20:25 CEST