Lengthy if not permanent leave

After much, much thought and consideration----I am thinking very strong about following the lead of several other CHR members and leaving this site---it has turned into being hard and too time consuming to work with to share my love for hot rods and race cars along with occasional side trips into aviation or military stuff.


I presently have Robin's 33 ford 3 window, a cabrilet, two roadsters and a Everett-Morrison Cobra (Bonneville project) to work on plus doing some refresh on the old Firebird Pro-Stocker which I want to take to the salt flats for some of the preliminary stuff about going fast. I know (think) that I can go over 200 mph with it so should be acceptable for the rookie stuff!!!!


I've (seemingly with lots of others) gotten tired of bickering with people who ask questions about things but don't want answers, people who want pics, but don't want to support maybe getting the site changed enough to easily post them, etc, etc


I like photography, and along with cars, airplanes and road trips would love to post pics of mine and other peoples work but the dozen or so active members here are more interested in the 3 work thread or supporting Rogers Photobucket slant than changing this site to a hot rod site with photos utilizing todays digital tech-------


So with this, I am probably saying Good Bye altho I may check back as I wean myself away from here and get back into the shop ----------


Jerry
GMClaytonRacing@MSN.com

While I can't / won't say you won't be missed.. obviously you will, it is your decision to make.

If this is because of pictures and your difficulty with re-sizing, I must say I'm amazed that someone bright enough to fly airliners, build / operate / maintain dragsters and funny cars / pro stocks but then struggles with the concepts of making a picture digitally smaller.!.!.! And then blames the site for a "failure"..:confused:

Every site on the web has some restriction on picture sizes. There is only so much bandwidth and again, if you were to load huge pictures, I would have to stop opening any thread that I knew you posted pictures in as my internet isn't that fast and I could grow a beard waiting for your huge pictures to load.:mad:

SO with that... SO long!:HMMM::HMMM:

Sorry to hear your leaving. You post some interesting info and sometimes a guy has to let it simmer a little until it soaks in. You are a car guy and it isn't hard to figure that out. It is easy on forums to misunderstand a guys intent. Good luck man maybe run into you at the digs sometime.

Hank

I must admit I don't spend as much time here as I would like to, mainly because I find the site much slower and difficult to get around than the others I frequent (all which also use V8 Bulletin :confused:), but the people here seem great, maybe i'm missing something ???

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Darn, I was wanting your advice on a new motor for my 40. I respect what you and others have to offer on this site. Wish you were not signig off.

i'm on several sites that automatically resize pics . no big deal. but i too get tired of resizing my pictures just to help someone . it's a pia just like loading all onto some other site.
fair winds and following seas jerry . all the best.
will be waiting for that 200 :)

I'm dang near computer illiterate, but don't have problems resizing pictures to put on here.... Heck, I don't even understand why larger pictures would be an advantage.....

I do have to agree on some of the other stuff..... Posts are down, but put-downs are up!!! This used to be a forum where people posted their ideas and opinions on Hot Rod related issues, now it seems that people want to be an "expert" on things and if others have a differing opinion then the arguments start! I've expressed my opinion on "experts" before but if you missed it, Experts built the Titanic, Amateurs built the arc! Experience is great, tell us about it but on some posts it seems to come down to "If you don't do it my way, you're an idiot". Personally I don't feel that's a good way to handle questions, especially from newbies! Not everyone wants (or needs) pieces built to race specs, some are happy with good enough to get by on and don't appreciate the insinuations that if you don't get these parts and don't build it to these specs then you're an idiot. If you're building an all out race car, or going for the Riddler award all that stuff is great but the majority of folks on this forum are just putting together a driver that they can enjoy! It's also my opinion that others get the idea that if they're not some self-proclaimed expert, then their opinion isn't worth posting so they just read what others have written and sit on the sidelines and avoid doing any posts!

It would seem to me that if there were more posts saying "I'd suggest......" or "I had this work for me....." that this forum could go back to being a fun place to hang out and post and less some sort of contest to determine the best debater... JMHO

We'll miss you Jerry! Others have taken a break and came back, hope you're on that list.

Jerry, I hope your self imposed vacation is no longer than it needs to be for you to feel comfortable and happy coming back.

I just returned from a self induced hiatus of about a year. Like everything it's good to get away for awhile and recharge the battery's. I have a forum of my own and have had a few others over the years. There are a lot of factors that make up a forums activity level. Things like the economy, if its not so good the forums tend to follow in the activity level. If folks don't have the money to play with and buy new toys they tend not to ask questions and post up pic's like they do in the better times. While I do understand your desire to load up quantities of high quality pic's on the forums they just aren't made to do that. I look at the forum as a replacement for the news paper. The goal is to get the point across with an occasional pic to help us visual types understand what the story line is, then move on to the next story. It is not intended to be a Coffee table book with lots of high quality glossy pics. I to dislike the process of down sizing pics. For me its a major pain in the ass as my computer is ultra slow at the shop. For some reason Photobucket hates me at work! :LOL: All this to say hang tough and do what you must but I for one enjoy your virtual company here, pictures or not... If you must, take a brake and hurry back my friend! Don't forget "Change is Opportunity" Hope to hear a lot more from you in the future. Maybe down size just one trailer Pic? ;)

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i'm on several sites that automatically resize pics . no big deal. but i too get tired of resizing my pictures just to help someone . it's a pia just like loading all onto some other site.
fair winds and following seas jerry . all the best.
will be waiting for that 200 :)

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Why don't this forum auto resize pics, the others seem to :confused:

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Why don't this forum auto resize pics, the others seem to :confused:

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One thing that Brent mentioned in his explanation,

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.....(a lot of places will process big images down to something manageable, but it can affect quality)

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Jerry i hate to see you go even though i've not been on this site long enough to really get to know you... Sorry about the head banging on the wall when you can't post pictures but i want to post some on here but found they were too big, but found out that i just had to change the setting on the camera.. now that does not help the ones i've already taken that i can't post or resize..
And as for sharing info and people not listening, like my dad use to say "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" If someone ask a question and you have a good answer or something that's worked for you put it down.. it may not work for that guy but who knows how many hundreds of guys who read this site and just one of those guys might be looking for that quote from you to make his day...
You do have a lot of irons in the fire, and it's not always easy to get them all done as fast as you like...

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/uploadphoto.php

Jerry there's not much that I am sure of at my age but I am sure of this one thing.
YOU WILL BE MISSED !
Good Luck in whatever you do,
Em/meller

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Login - Club Hot Rod Photo Gallery

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Thats odd, when I click on that link it says I don't have permission to post pictures :confused:

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Thats odd, when I click on that link it says I don't have permission to post pictures :confused:

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Don't feel all alone, I get the same message

Yep me too.. Good luck in the future Jerry If it ain't fun you won't do it long

I was going to post up some pic's the other day and got that message... Figured because I didn't have permission that it meant I didn't have enough posts or there was a secrete club or something? Didn't think too much about it though.

I will be sorry to find you have decided to stop posting too. We have lost two very good communicators ( probably more that I can't remember ) of both excellent builders and straight fun guys to have around, Don , Itoldyouso, and Ken Thurm which to this day still I miss having around. I can only repeat what already has been mentioned, hope it is only a short break away from us.

On another totally separate note, no sign of MA370 as yet, I don't know if that is a blessing or what yet...

On the photographs, I find it a pain also and don't both posting photos anymore.

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Thats odd, when I click on that link it says I don't have permission to post pictures :confused:

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Don't feel all alone, I get the same message

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Yep me too..

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Not much of a loss, IMO, as it's just a link to the Gallery upload interface and I find the Gallery to be about like picking up a random stack of photo's and trying to find that one that you thought you'd seen before, like hunting a needle in a haystack. If someone says, "Go look in my gallery...." I feel like saying, "No, YOU go find it in your gallery, save it and upload it to the thread.";)

well jerry keep in contact.please let me know what your going to do. always enjoy talking to you on the phone . i find myself with less time so i will not be on here much

I hate to see you go, Jerry, but you do have a life other than this, that is quite obvious. For my part, I appreciate your insight, experience, and the contributions you make to the general community here, and will miss having the benefit of your broad range of expertise. Take good care, and if you decide to say "hey" once in a while, I am sure it will be welcomed by us all.

EEK! Those of you who did not have access to post pics....can you now? I found a setting which may have been affecting you.

Jerry, its too bad that you wish to leave...Honestly, if I could make things perfect I would, but as you know, the last time I tried to make changes, which I saw as just the beginning to bring this place closer to current technologies, all hell broke loose.....I am to say the least, nearly petrified to do anything anymore.

I hope the site stays about Hot Rods!!!! If I want all the latest gizmos and gadgets with digital photography I suppose I'd probably join a site dedicated to photography!!!

Back when Brent started this whole deal, don't think there was more then a dozen guys with digital cameras and we managed to have a very lively and interesting forum. Silly me, I still enjoy just looking through the gallery to see what others have built! Pictures are neat, but after-all, isn't this place about Hot Rods???? We did manage to build them before the advent of digital photography!!!!

Well guys,,I too have been a bit slack on here for a while,,and for some reason,,still haven't got a working ''like'' button.. :( But,,I am trying to get back on here more often,,as time allows.. Will endeavour to get more pix up,of various things in the near future myself,,as the progress warrants it.I don't like seeing people leave this site,as I feel we are all connected one way or another,to each other..This site is the only one I spend any decent amount of time on,now,,for a couple of good reasons.. There is almost no bitching,,hair splitting,moaning,etc,as I have encountered elsewhere,,and all you guys on this site have got a different outlook on life,than another place I frequent.. I suppose we all need a break,,and come back as we feel the need.. Go play with your toys Jerry,,and stick ya head in now and then..and stick in your 2cents worth.. ;)

i'm still a beginner so i won't comment on personalities and reactions to advice, as i don't know too many people on here very well except some of my fellow kiwi's.
i will listen to advice from anyone and then probably go and do my own thing anyway if i don't agree with it.
i really like this forum and will continue to post about my stuff with pictures cause that what i like seeing from other forumites.
i use photobucket and have no problems but accept it takes alot of time, something i've got plenty of at the moment, hence the deluge of different things i've done in the last year or so.
i belong to the hamb as well, and have never posted anything there, but i certainly soak up the knowledge that floats around in amongst the
nonsense that seems to punctuate alot of threads there and that stuff has been noticeably absent from here.
i'm sorry to see a very knowledgable person (jerry-i've read alot of your smallblock chev posts)thinking about leaving, but you got to do what you got to do.
i hope you don't!!

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Then I'll take this opportunity to thank you for all you've provided, and I hope to see you again.

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EEK! Those of you who did not have access to post pics....can you now? I found a setting which may have been affecting you.

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Its working for me now Brent. Thanks

jerry
I have learned from you. I aporeciate you sharing knowledge & experience.
As said earlier,
Thank You for your posts.
I look forward to you dropping in whenevet you decide to.
God Bless

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Its working for me now Brent. Thanks

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Its also working for me now although I prefer to use Photobucket

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Jerry, good luck in your endeavors. I've always enjoyed reading your posts and stories. I'm sure with all you have going on computer time isn't right up there. It's hard enough for me to get on here sometimes as well. Good luck hitting 200 and if I get into Illinois I'll try to look you up.