[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Tom,
Thanks for getting a hold of Don.

When Don called Jim Mattison to get Franz's phone number, Jim told him to say something to Franz so he would know it came from him. Don did say those words. Good thing Franz has a good sense of humor.

Being around the industry so long most of us here don't even think about contacting magazine writers. It's a job or a personal project. We gather weekly from 7:45am'ish until 10am'ish at Pasteiner's. When we leave Pastiener's about 20 (most of the time a different 20 depending on who is in town (at LeMans, Daytona, FL, AZ, CA, Europe, etc. on business or not busy) of us head to breakfast where the restaurant, which is owned by childhood friend of mine, has a reserved area awaiting us with several hot crafts of coffee. The waitress knows us so well she just asks' "Usual?". We talk for a few more hours then head out by noonish - 1pm.

Most of the time we hear the theory's about things in the magazines and on cable and just shake our heads and talk current projects. LOL

Heck, Barry Kluszyck, past editor of some magazines and contributor to others does stop in at Pastiener's for a moment on his way taking his young daughter to an event. We exchange pleasantries and complement him on a currently released article. The Pasteiner's regular's just never think about saying, "you should go talk to ... about his project."LOL

Now how did Deigo get Franz's number?