USMC_DS1

Dear RL members... Thank you for your kind offers. Sadly I've just heard from my Aunt that the drive may prove too much for Uncle Tom. I had feared as much but was hoping for the best. His cardiologist warned against it and he suffered some bruising injuries during an ingress/egress from their Merc stationwagon the other day... so we're now considering a meet n greet for him as a plan B. Perhaps assemble a few 911's in the parking lot at Palermo or their home if he cannot travel. I have a note to my Aunt to see if he's up to that. Perhaps we could award him with an Honorary membership to RennList. I'll get him registered and have a certificate generated. Does anyone know of some historical facts re RL that I could share with him. I'll continue to add those interested to a list and forward the logistics once we lock down date/time/location with my Aunt. I hope we're not too late...

BTW, if we can make something happen... all forms of 911's are welcome. He's followed them thru the ages.

Kika

Yes,

Rennlist actually began as Porschephiles back in the early 90s, perhaps even late 80s by Stan Hanks. It was strictly email back then, via individual mails or daily digests. In the late 90s, Porsche went on a law suit rampage to protect their name, and sent a cease and desist to everything that had the name Porsche on it, or they would be sued.
John Dunkle started Rennlist with a number of others that were granted lifetime memberships to maintain the community. A few years ago IB purchased the whole thing, and now we are "corporate" owned.

I think JD provided most of the coding as well as the location to house the servers. Those that contributed to the cost were granted lifetime memberships, and others were appointed as moderators.

It truly began as a "family", we even had our own village idiot back then, as well as a variety of other characters.

We were not allowed to mention T*d by his real name as using his real name would cause emails to bounce since the coding was such that any emails with his name would be thrown on the floor (shows how crude our spam programming skills were back in those days)

We had Bazza, Der Mayor of Christmas, and and owner of a DP935, can't recall his name, but there were many "adventures" about that car as well. Even Steve Beddor (Ruf) would chime in once in a while.

Porsche PhD, Over210mph relayed numerous stories and shared their vast knowledge.

Overall, the atmosphere has generally remained, in that Rennlisters tend to be good people, willing to share their knowledge and experiences about their cars, and more recently beyond cars.

USMC_DS1

Good news... Looks like we're on for a meet n greet at Palermo Restaurant this Sunday, 27JAN, @ 11am provided the weather is good. http://www.palermorestaurant.net/

So please come by to join us for brunch and to meet Uncle Tom and Aunt Harriet. Brunch is on me and we will have Palermo reserve some parking spaces in back for our mini parade of Porsche. Tom cannot see but I believe he'll enjoy meeting our Enthusiast and hearing the distinctive sounds the boxer 6 engines. BTW, I'll need a proper head count. Please confirm if you're coming. So far I believe the following RL members are interested in attending. And please LMK if anyone else would like to join us.

List of Drivers
1. daberlin
2. FGL28
3. Andrew Ward
4. Techbod
5. Kika

daberlin, please bring the photograph equipment... I think this is a special moment to capture and share with the other members of our fine forum.

Pic of my last brunch with Uncle Tom and Aunt Harriet @ Palermo many months ago.


Again, thanks to all for your support. I look forward to meeting in person those who can attend. BTW, Aunt Harriet would like surprise Uncle Tom at Palermo with what we have planned for him.

Zero Cool

Wish I could be there for this. Alway an honor to meet Vets.... especially from this era.

TommyV44

What a cool surprise......wish I could be there!

Tom

PHX 911

This is just....awesome.
wish you weren't 6 hours away

zirrah

Wow that's truly awesome. Since Tom cannot see, when you take him out to the cars you guys should start them all up at the same time so he can really hear the magic.

nota_troll

cameronl

USMC_DS1 You guys have fun...

My Grandfather was in WWII 101st Airborne 506th A-Able company, D-Day, Bastone & ETC.. He will be 91 in March..

daberlin

I'll have cameras capable of both still and video. Looking forward to it. Fingers crossed on the weather front.

NC 997

Tremendous respect, guys.. 'nuff said.

De Oppresso Liber!

Spokane5150

Incredible! Total respect for you entire family USMC. You've been blessed.

Techbod

Would have loved to contribute, but I've got a 10am flight to catch that day and won't be there. Good luck for good weather and a big crowd!

Medic

I've registered and paid for a 1 year subscription to RL for Tom... call sign "Medic" to reflect his billet in the Army during his service in WWII. These guys hold a special place amongst armed services members. Although he never got around to buying his dream car, the 911, I figure we can surprise him with an Honorary Certificate/Membership to RL. I'll generate something at Kinko's. I've PM'd Bob Rouleau to see if there is a letterhead or logo we could use. Aunt Harriet is very excited about the prospects of surprising Uncle Tom with a Porsche Day amongst enthusiast. Short of a heavy down pour she wants to make this happen. Only a heavy rain will prevent us from using their outside railed chair system to transfer Tom from their front door down to the driveway. Again, thank you all for your support and especially to those who can attend.

Semper Fi,

USMC_DS1

Andrew Ward

Weather not looking good