[MRM]

I hesitate to post to this topic, but it does slightly relate to something that I've been thinking about for quite a while now. One of the nicest things about this board is the for the most part, people are free to say what they want and let their personalities show and they don't get flamed for it. About a year ago someone ripped into someone, I think it was Kurt B on the 911 board, for saying something outrageous. Jack Olsen calmed the situation down by gently telling the new poster that anyone who read the board knew Kurt was a wild man and that's why we loved having him on the board. The post immediately became more civil and I have had a better appreciation of the more flamboyant personalities on the board ever since.

Now I'll let anyone who doesn't know Obin in on the joke, although it's been pretty well explained by the original poster above.

Obin is one of our resident wild men. He is also one of the most enthusiastic 944 owners and promoters of the 1980s vintage front-engine water cooled Porsches around. He regularly posts updated Porsche sightings from TV and movies. So to people familiar with Obin it was kind of funny to read in the Off Topic Rantings (yes, that's the title of the forum) a story that combined a water cooled Porsche, a wild story, and a suggestion that Obin may have been the guy on the COPS or America's Most Wanted show.

Frankly, I was holding my breath to see how Obin was going to take it. As you can see from his posts, Obin saw the joke and took the humor in it for what it was worth.

So should the rest of us.