"Comrodderie" - It Starts Here

You all know the words camaraderie, or comradeship, right? Well, we just added a new word to the English language: "Comrodderie" It's like camaraderie or comradeship but is unique to rodders. Let me explain.

If you've "signed" our register (available through the registry button), you have likely received periodic, brief, newsletters from us indicating what's new at Canadian Rodder. We issued one this week. However, it didn't contain an announcement about what was new at Canadian Rodder. Its content follows:

Not About Cars

Normally, we have to spend at least some part of each day, updating the web site or at least formatting information, creating pages, cropping photos, etc,. With the horrific events that took place today in the U.S., I am barely able to get my s---t together to compile this email.

It is so unbelievable and almost impossible to comprehend what happened, why it happened and the horrible aftermath.

Hopefully this email will find you all well, if not also shaken.

These events really put things into perspective.This is one time when I hope your not surfing the web but are following the coverage of the tragedy on TV.

regards

Frank

As a result of sending out that newsletter, with that content, we received more emails back (of similar sentiment) than any single article or posting. Incredible? Yes. Surprising? No. It confirms what I've known for some time. The rodding community is full of caring, sensitive people who, admittedly, like cars but who are people first.

One of the reasons we picked the domain name canadianrodder was because it emphasized the rodder rather than the rod. That is, the people in rodding. Without the people, there simply would be no rodding. After all a car is just a car - no spirit there. So, as I mentioned at the top of this piece, we're going to use the word comrodderie in the future. I appreciate all your replys. You know who you are. For our American friends, we are deeply saddened by the events of the this past week.

Frank Colgoni
September 14, 2001