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I wonder what happened to this place, I joined this forum I guess in 2004 and sat and watched for a year before posting simply because i had nothing to say. Ive now got 700 posts and until recently this has been a haven, a peaceful place to come and take that 15 minutes a day and get away from the treadmill called life. You know that place you spend all day or all night at to earn the peanuts you need to bring home to feed your circus (family). Ive found clubhotrod to be the only car place on the world wide web that everyone just got along, talked cars or just laughed, whatever, but the key is everyone just meshed and there was a comrodery like a family has. Ive seen a great decline in politeness recently on this board, a few of the old timers are now gone, im sure fed up with the drama. Im no drama queen and when it becomes a chore it takes all the fun out of it, then its like work and the thrill is gone. Everyone has thier skeletons, demons and vices. most have been touched by an angel like myself and are still alive for some unknown reason. If I were a cat id have about 3 lives left in my closet to go. In my 47 years of life ive conquered a drug addiction, had an emt within a breath away of having to revive me, came within a finger tip from falling off a 90 foot bridge, held a dying best friend in my arms as he bled to death, broken 14 bones, driven a car at 185 in the 1/4 mile, jumped a motorcycle 150 feet with one hand on the handle bars, played music for a crowd of 5000 people, free climbed a 1200 foot rock face, earned my black belt in a difficult dicepline of martial arts, and have been blessed by an angel and am lucky enough to have been married to her for the last 20 years 2 months 2 days 14 hours.

Its now 2:52 A.M. its another sleepless night im up because lifes thrown another wrench in the spokes of life, our grand kids are stolen by our crack whore daughter that is now the #1 most wanted felon in our county. but the athorities know the kids are no longer running with her. she has vowed to kill us all, My altimer ridden father in law drove 70 miles away to nowhere had a heart attack in a gas station parking lot in the projects of indy, I went to retrieve the van and was offered to buy crack, when i said no thanks the thug then requested my wedding band and watch, then 2 seconds later his nose was bleeding as he laid flat on his back on the asphalt, then 4 seconds after that his 8 homies were yelling and running toward me to im sure kill me, then i was forced to draw my hand gun in my defense to get away. then to top that day off, as i drove his van 70 miles back home his radio was stuck on A.M. 107.78 and i listened to the 1985 running of the indy 500. I find out yesterday that ive got 2 bad rotator cuffs and 1 tennis elbow that will surely need surgery in the near future, So now with all this drama i cant even get 15 minutes of peace here anymore, without some moron accusing that people that cant type and use proper punctuation and capitol letters are just thieves and dishonest people, if you have not noticed i fit that profile to the T. ive now got bigtrucker up my azz accusing me of posting something to start an argument, even though hes the only one ive heard arguing about the deal. ive replied to his comment but have not read it yet, im sure it will be another precious moment in my life.

new posters are now being slammed because they only have 9 posts and some require full real names instead of nicknames now, (at one time we all only had 9 posts). im not sure what happened to him but in the last couple weeks hes been erked about something. people want advice on how to fix an old carb, or rearend, some instead of helping fix what they have, are trying to sell them new 1000.00 carbs along with with cam and head combos, or new currie 9" bolt ins ready to go. if everyone had thousands of dollars they would not need to ask a question to fix what they had, they would just go buy the thing new, not many these days have that luxury. Ive got alot of respect for a few old timers here that still remain and will watch in now and then but i think i am through here as well, i dont like what this board has become. but i know i will have a problem somewhere along the line and denny will probably be here to help me work through it, hes one of the few still here that answers the question asked without sounding like you were stupid and annoyed him for asking. i will miss coming here but sometimes its best to just walk away. group hug everyone you have to figure it out because dr. phil is not on this board yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or is he???????

Man, and I thought I had a bad day. I agree the forums have run ammuck, and I have posted stuff just to chat lately. I still come here when I get home, and when I wake up! Uncle Bob still gets me with the big Betty's, but he makes up for it with cute ones too, and has a good twisted sense of humor. Don's build was great, his son Dan's build will be great, Denny still keeps an even keel even with that nasty monkey with the stick who bops him on the head, soo hang around. It will get better, as weather permitys us to get back to our cars and away from the mindless boob tube. Steve.

Re-think things and take the good and bad day one at a time . Think of all you have been through ? Your still here . And we are glad for that :) COOL