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Visited the SVX Club on Yahoo tonight - I think it's about as bad as I've seen it. Maybe it's the holiday weekend, who knows?
Thing is, in the past it's been over stuff like CARS - you know, Audi vs. SVX and the like. Lately, personal attacks are becoming the norm. Mostly "new" people doing the attacking, but still - when it's your friends on the receving end - not a lot of fun. Don't know what else to say about it, but at the moment this site feels like a refuge from that BS. Lord knows I love a good spirited argument as much as anybody, but . . . geez!
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And thank you very much for calling me a friend. I've made many on this and the other club and I appreciate it when you guys back me up. |
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<<I appreciate it when you guys back me up.>>
Ever since I won the revered "Big Booty" award a few months ago (I'd like to thank the Academy . . . ), I have attempted to stay out of conflicts - but sometimes you just have to say something. It's like this: You can fight and scrap with your brother 24 hrs. a day, no problem. But let a stranger try to take a swing at him, and it's like "back off". BTW, what I'd really like to see a pic of is the legendary Eddycat in the green bathrobe, now that's . . . ummm, no - on second thought . . . where's the edit button . . .
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On a lighter note, one of the persons I was sparring with over there apologized, and the other didn't but he had very little to say after I uploaded that scan of my credentials. It amuses the heck out of me when I can produce the documentation that they say I can't (or won't), and they can't. That's what really gets them, ask for some proof and that's when the flames begin. Instead of backing up a BS claim, they turn to insults and name calling. |
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Ah, well, I guess I assume they have more sense than they actually do. Cheer up, Eddy. Everyone feels the same way when a stranger starts off with the nasties. We all want them to go away. I have found that ignoring them is very effective. Hard to do, but effective. |
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Ignore them? Hardly! Idiots have been ignored far too often for me. If you don't call their bluff, then you run the risk of some member here actually buying that sack of goods and screwing up their car. And I couldn't sleep at night if I let some self professed *technical wizard* spew misinformation without correcting them. It's like the kid that came into one dealership where I worked saying his "massive air flow meter" was bad. I asked him where he'd heard massive air flow meter...He said "his buddy, *thee mechanic* and technical genius had told him it was bad. I could have been a real jerk and replaced his "massive air flow meter", instead I asked if he'd like a real diagnosis. He finally agreed and it cost him the diagnostic time and a 25 dollar temp sensor. |
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very true
Point taken on that. I agree that we have to nip the myths in the bud before they spread like wildfire and lead to other mistakes. "Massive air flow meter" - heh, heh, sounds like the guy was given a massive load of you-know-what by his so called friend.
P.S.: I've finally graduated to full-fledged member with this post! Can I have my handy-dandy souvenir temporary SVX tattoo now? Last edited by Jaylinb; 04-18-2001 at 07:19 AM. |
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I once had a mechanic that worked out of his dilapidated garage outside his dilapidated house. He had lost his license due to too many DWI's so, he couldn't get a "regular" job. He had some select people he would do work for. I just happened to be one of them. He was a great mechanic and had "reformed" his drinking habits, but, alas, the damage was done -- a lifetime suspension. He was the absolute master of mis-stating words. In one morning, I had to bite my lip 'til it bled. He was not very well educated and had learned his craft at the University of Hard Knocks. In about a three hour period, he told me that he would send in his card to get me a free "prescription" to JC Whitney . . . that it may be a while before he could get to my car because he had to go visit his mother-in-law who had "Anheiser's" disease, and . . . my car was "firing erotically." Bless his heart, he tried hard and did great work. He had very few teeth and was somewhat comical looking to begin with, so, the energy exerted to restrain laughter was twice as much as normal. I really did like him, though. Oh, his name? Charlie McCarthy (really!).
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I knew these were sexy vehicles....
but I never considered the possibility that they could fire erotically.
And, isn't Anheiser's disease what you get from drinking too much Budweiser?
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hooo, boy!
LOL! Reminds me of that old Mad TV skit with Chris Rock, where he says, "Umm, this is malicious!"
I also remember speaking to a guy that swore up and down that all the Chevy Z71 Off-Roads had the exact same engine as the Corvette in them. He would recount wild tales of how he took it to the track all the time and beat drag cars with it. "Ya see, it's because it has more weight, and it can go down the track more powerfully than them light cars." Sure, buddy. Just step over here and speak to these nice guys in the white coats.... |
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