[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by PettyBlue

.Nothing like being rewarded by your employer for a job well done when others can see your assets.

J.C. Watts, a former Congressman from Oklahoma who went into office promising he would serve ONLY two terms, and did, despite his constituents pleading with him to run a third term, once defined character as, "Doing the right thing when no one is looking."

I can find no fault with that definition.

[PettyBlue]

Lofty goal, but to feed my family I will do what is needed.Period!

[Quality88]

I'm in agreement with Bob on this one. If you give someone your word and handshake on it... Your word and your thoughts ain't worth the Charmin extra soft you wipe your a$$ with.

[PettyBlue]

Originally Posted by Quality88

I'm in agreement with Bob on this one. If you give someone your word and handshake on it... Your word and your thoughts ain't worth the Charmin extra soft you wipe your a$$ with.

What word or handshake?I stated that I was not there,was anyone in this forum there to see and here?Jeff may use 10's,20's,50's or 100's for the job and not Charmin because he made a correct decision for his family and himself.4 championships ain't bad,you think?

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by PettyBlue

What word or handshake?I stated that I was not there,was anyone in this forum there to see and here?Jeff may use 10's,20's,50's or 100's for the job and not Charmin because he made a correct decision for his family and himself.4 championships ain't bad,you think?

It was a publicized event. I'm not sayin you said you seen it. Did Gordon forsee 4 championships..... Now he does... MY OPINION is if Gordon gave his word in a handshake agreement he should have stayed with that and honored it.

[PettyBlue]

Originally Posted by Quality88

It was a publicized event. I'm not sayin you said you seen it. Did Gordon forsee 4 championships..... Now he does... MY OPINION is if Gordon gave his word in a handshake agreement he should have stayed with that and honored it.

I would just like a link to this publicized event as most don't do business in public.

[wingkey1]

Originally Posted by Quality88

It was a publicized event. I'm not sayin you said you seen it. Did Gordon forsee 4 championships..... Now he does... MY OPINION is if Gordon gave his word in a handshake agreement he should have stayed with that and honored it.

Meaning of course if he did not, then one would be in agreement. Fact - we flat do not know.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by wingkey1

Meaning of course if he did not, then one would be in agreement. Fact - we flat do not know.

Thank You.......

[LSC9901]

Once again I get to vent about the media. Is there a source somewhere that can show evidence that this event did in fact occur ? I'm not doubting anyone here but I do question the media who reports this stuff with no verifiable source.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

question the media who reports this stuff with no verifiable source.

Media sucks..... SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Media sucks..... SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!

Very true my friend .... very true.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by PettyBlue

I would just like a link to this publicized event as most don't do business in public.

Ask and ye shall receive. From Jeff Gordon's biography, no less. While it doesn't specifically say they had a handshake, or a verbal agreement, it does say Davis expected Gordon to drive for him in 1993.

It was also written up by Dick Berggren in a 1993 issue od Stock car Racing Magazine. I could look that up for quotes from Dr. Dick if you wish.

I don't think it's any kind of a stretch at all to believe that, at a bare minimum, Jeff and Bill Davis had a verbal agreement but knowing Bill Davis's history a bit, my bet is that, at a minimum they shook hands on the deal.

But, situational ethics bit BDR (and Ford) right in the exhaust pipe.

[tkj24]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Ask and ye shall receive. From Jeff Gordon's biography, no less. While it doesn't specifically say they had a handshake, or a verbal agreement, it does say Davis expected Gordon to drive for him in 1993.

It was also written up by Dick Berggren in a 1993 issue od Stock car Racing Magazine. I could look that up for quotes from Dr. Dick if you wish.

I don't think it's any kind of a stretch at all to believe that, at a bare minimum, Jeff and Bill Davis had a verbal agreement but knowing Bill Davis's history a bit, my bet is that, at a minimum they shook hands on the deal.

But, situational ethics bit BDR (and Ford) right in the exhaust pipe.

I do remember Bill Davis saying he was hurt that he thought of Jeff as a son.

[jks812]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

(b) Hendrick approached Jeff behind Davis' back and bribed him away from Bill and Gale with a more lucrative offer.
(c) Jeff never gave Davis nor Ford a chance to meet or better Hendrick's offer. Davis literally found out he had lost Gordon for the future on Charlotte's 6:00 news.

What's that old saying, " birds of a feather flock together".

[PettyBlue]

I still see no link,proof or anything else that states all this hearsay crap ever happened.Help me out here people or is this as Bart Simpson would say,"nobody saw it and you can't proove it".