Thread: What the heck!

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By the way. After a good night sleep and lots more thought have I decided that there is probably a lot a knowledge and experience to be gained here, so I will continue on. I have too many questions to ignore the advice of those who have “been here and done that”.

Originally Posted by mprevo

I have only been here a very short time. I have never met any of you. I have never really spoken to any of you. I don’t know anything about anyone on this forum. I don’t know if you are truly an expert in your field or just a blow hard. I don’t know the amount of experience you have. I don’t know really anything about you or your knowledge. I am a Newbie remember.

I have selected the above paragraph from your entire post for a specific reason, that being that it may be the singular most important comment. Which is not to demean any of the rest of your post.....it's a gem in it's entirety. For the existing members, regardless of their length of tenure, there's a valuable lesson or two in there. We are not a known entity to a newb and must earn our stripes regardless of what we or others know of us from our past here. That being said, the newb has to demonstrate a willingness to learn from the advice they claim they seek. As you can tell from the bulk of the commentary above, that's seemingly not the norm. Personally, I'm sanguine with that as it's human nature as I've come to know it in my near 70 years.

If I were to play Uncle to you my advice would be that you're experiencing life here just as you do in the face to face world. You're always going to encounter people who don't agree with you, what you've come to believe, and what you have heard from those you trust and know better. That doesn't mean their opinion is invalid, but it does put the onus on you to establish context if you want to continue to participate (which I would add here I would encourage you to do as you show promise as a valued contributor..........I mean that, it's not just gratuitous.....I don't do insipid flattery well). Some of the folks who have "come on strong" on your build log are folks I've known and respect for a good number of years. Only the moderator Bill has been an active poster on this forum longer than me as we both signed on the first week Brent started it. That gives me no special privilege, just a statement to stipulate that I've seen a lot come and go here, for what that's worth. Of those others who've expressed their opinion, perhaps stronger than you feel comfortable with, I disagree on some aspects of build choices, while agreeing on others. That doesn't affect our friendship on this forum as I've come to know where they fall, usually, on either side of any given line. It's what we all do with folks in our lives, we make allowances if there's enough else of value in the relationship.

So........please, if you wish, give it a bit more time, learn who's who in our zoo, figure out who you can communicate with, and who you can't, or can less so. You've probably got enough life experience to recognize that you'll very likely run into the same experience elsewhere. Your signature line reflects on your ability to gain wisdom...........and a positive reflection on your sense of humor. We can always benefit from that.

EDIT: I see you added a post as I was uploading my commentary...............never mind.

Welcome to the club, some of us have general experience, some more specific or technical. I too joined the club with similar background to you. There will be a lot of opinions as to what to do when you ask a question here. What you have to do is decide a budget first. Then plan a build withing that budget. Once you do that, then things you decide to do will be dictated by what is affordable and what isn't. My truck is a home built project that has many do it myself things that make it my own, but reduce it's value, and that's o.k. My approach is learn what I need to do, or shop it out if it's above my skill set. These guys have tons of experience when it comes to taking parts off a 1000 different vehicles and assembling a custom built rod. Pay particular attention to things like suspension, steering, engine and transmission choices offered because down the line what might have been suggested as a more expensive option, was based on experience as to avoiding serious issues later.
I have learned a lot here these past 9 years or so. My back ground is similar to yours, I took auto engines, auto chassis, auto electrics in high school shop, rebuilt a 68 Mustang as my first car, then went on to do a BMW 1800, In every project before this a good car manual had all the info I needed, because they were stock, once I started with the truck, things changed radically!
I look forward to seeing your build, and learning from it, as I do from everyone's projects here. Again, Welcome to ClubHotRod, Steve.

I'm glad you decided to stick around mprevo. Every day brings something new to the plate be it a challenge or obstacle. This place and the folks here definitely mean to help you, save you head aches, money, and keep you safe. Sometimes it just doesn't come across like that, and things can be read out of context too. I'm also a novice compared to most of the knowledgeable posters here. I have learned a lot and will continue to ask questions because you can't learn if you don't ask and interact IMO.

There are many different ways to come to the same conclusion. Edward.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Get off my lawn.......................................................

Turn your sprinklers on...that'll shift them...

This is a rhetorical, not trying to lecture, just my point of view.

I have been on a self imposed sabbatical since April. During this time, I have been on several other sites, with only an occasional retort (nasty reply), when I poke my head in here it is constant? Other sites have hundreds of members logged in daily, here anymore there is less than a dozen at any given time?

I can understand people having different opinions and strong feelings on certain subjects thinking they’re trying to help. Lord knows I have tried to impose my will and most likely the one considered the bully here, maybe I am the catalyst, one of the reasons for my 6 month sabbatical. Yet while gone it continues?

And now, with so few active members left. It’s a shame, cause to me this was a great site, at one time……

There's a difference between OPINION and KNOWLEDGE------------

Do I look fat?

the universal question no man should ever answer ..... " honey do these pants make my butt look big ? "

Now that depends on what skirt you have on too Robot, but a picture or two may help after I have finished my morning coffee though please.

Never mind, I wont like your opinion regardless of what it is......(it's a joke folks)

Unfortunately the "upgrades" to the software Brent implemented a couple or so years ago drove away a good number of people most of which were an asset and the site has never recovered. This site is a bit more laid back than others and not as cliquish or as vain as other sites which can be a good or bad thing depending on one's point of view
This is mostly an old school site, and for the most part, we don't play well with "ricers" and computers which probably turns off a lot of the current generation. I don't see whole sale change in the future so it is what it is. I think Brent will keep this site going as long as it pays for itself and if you can put up with the anal attitude of the Canucks and the abrasiveness of the stuck in the 50's crowd, go for it.

Originally Posted by shine

the universal question no man should ever answer ..... " honey do these pants make my butt look big ? "

Nope. Your butt makes the pants look tight.

Originally Posted by robot

Do I look fat?

Only in day light...............or at night........but fortunately you look the same indoors or out.........