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I have an idea
Aredub, perhaps you can help here. I know that Chris is off vacationing this weekend.
Ya know what I hate about any internet site? People that insist that all the threads have to stay "ON topic". I enjoy seeing puns flung about, and hearing about other folks personal lives. Apparently it isn't the case with some of these (better not) people. So how's about we set up an area where these folks can go, post a message...and wait for an eternity for someone to have a completely "ON topic" message? That way they're satisfied, albeit not part of the group when we're trying to have some fun, they'll never have to hear about my big dumb yella cat, your zebra striped panties, or Larry's elongated forehead. We could call it *Totally *ON* Topic*, of course I'd never venture there, but what the hey...who'd care, I might not have an "ON topic" post. Of all the *TOOPID* freaking things to gripe about in a club setting. I've never been to a meet with you guys, tell me...do you just sit around and talk about your SVX and when someone says something that isn't *ON topic" you slap him or something? Some people just have way too much time on their hands to pi$$ and moan about things, (much like me).
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Heh...
What *would* we call such a forum? I agree - I probably wouldn't venture there often. And if I did, I'd put something off-topic in my sig just to be irritating.
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<sarcasm>I don't know, maybe we could call it babble or something...</sarcasm>
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If they don't want to be part of the fun direct them onto the oohay site
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First of all, I can't create new forums. I haven't been granted that ability. That would be a sith thing.
Second of all, if it comes to that, I don't want to be a part of it, nor, do I want to know about it. But, to tell you the truth, I don't think it's possible to have a completely on topic discussion. Besides, that's what e-groups is for. We've gone to great lengths to create a site where people have their separate spaces for mods, babble, geographic locations, technical questions, talk to a "real tech" -- damn, we've segmented this thing enough. If people wanna piss and moan about "on topic" let 'em go back to Yahoo! Let 'em start their own forum, let 'em . . . well, let 'em do something else. You can please some of the people some of the time . . . At SVX meets, we kind of "filter" car talk into our B.S. sessions. I've made some great acquaintances both at meets and here. You can't do that kinda stuff by staying "on topic." Steve Wasion, Nick Owens, Bill Moore and I are not getting together at Autofest to be "On Topic" --- Don Addington, Larry Singer, Olu Davis, John Hoffman, Jerry Jenkins, Ron Mummert, Harry Newman . . . and whomever else (these are all I can remember at the moment) are not coming together at "Snowshoe II" to be "On Topic." The point I'm making here is, we have NAMES! We have LIVES! We like to SHARE them . . . here, there and everywhere (is this a copyright infringement on the Beatles?). For Cripes sake, there's only so many times you can talk about your tranny or your cloudy headlights and your paint chips and your door dings and your condensation in your tail lights and your . . . before you get to, "and what do you do for a living?" Or, on a return visit, you can ask, "how's your son . . . your daughter . . . why didn't your wife come with you this time . . . tell Amber we missed her . . . tell Gene if she doesn't make a meet soon, I'm going to doubt her existence . . . hi Roni, how did the fund drive go . . . I mean, since this is a post about "off topic" I guess I'm on topic by talking about disliking pissers and moaners of off topic --- grrr. I believe that's enough said. And the short answer is NO, I will not create such a forum -- not even if I could. And, if your "idea" is in response to a particular post, please point me in the direction of it -- I'll delete it -- I actually CAN do that. >Aredub steps off of soap box, slowly bends down and picks it up. Turning sharply away from the crowd, he walks slowly to the window . . . and throws the soap box through it -- then, exits right.<
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<cocacola08's jaw drops in astonishment>
wahoo!!! applaud, cheer cheer |
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what is this topic about??
well.....just asking......
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Tin horns. I like tin horns. Tin horns are funny.
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Eddy and Aredub..
Eddy...<they'll never have to hear about my big dumb yella cat, your zebra striped panties, or Larry's elongated forehead>
I laughed so hard, I woke Jean up in the next room My ribs are hurting... Aredub.....<Aredub steps off of soap box, slowly bends down and picks it up. Turning sharply away from the crowd, he walks slowly to the window . . . and throws the soap box through it -- then, exits right.> Amen brother...testify! Golly gee I love this place.... Don
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Re: Eddy and Aredub..
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And what can fire up a controversy? Well, look at the post I made about the advice one member made about poking holes in a perfectly good part on your car. There's something about crappy advice that sets me off like I wuz a killer bee. I'm still fuming over that crap, and believe me, I'd muchly like to use stronger language here.
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Re: Re: Re: Eddy and Aredub..
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Some people *think* they can fix cars, and mechanics tend to make a pretty good living off of those folks. That's why it infuriates me so badly when I see bad advice...I've spent a good deal of my time working on cars fixing things that weren't busted before someone decided they knew more about the car than the engineers.
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Anyway, I can relate to both sides of this one. I've often thought that I was smart enough to figure something out and repair it. Sometimes I am. Sometimes, as is the case with my '85 GL, it takes me weeks to remedy the stoopid stuff I do along the way. Luckily my mistakes can be solved with a 50-cent roll pin this time, but what about the next time I take something apart and can't figure out how it goes back together? My inexperience with repairing a car has got me *paranoid* that I'm going to knock the slightest adjustment loose and my car will not run as well as it did before I fiddled with it. Luckily enough for me, the symptoms were bad enough that no interference on my part was probably worse. There are some real con artists out there working in repair shops. Being a little informed can help you avoid them, but it can't replace the ones who know what they're doing. Seeing a parts diagram can help you see how something goes together, but it doesn't replace the experience gained from doing it over and over again. That experience may be necessary to avoid damage to the car or personal injury. Don't get me started on modifying the car. Mine runs great as is and I have no aspirations of turning it into a top-fuel drag car, so I don't know that I can even understand the attempt to make the SVX into something it's not. That gets filed under 'stupid' in my cabinet, but that's just me. (Don't go and get all whiney about me calling the modification of the SVX 'stupid.' It's my opinion, so deal with it.) Hey, look - I got 'started' without anyone's help. Learn how the car works, sure. That'll help you tell the guy with the overalls what to look for. Do I follow my own advice? Of course not - I'm as dumb as the rest of you. I think I can figure it out, too. In which case I bug the crap out of Eddy because he *does* know what he's doing. Anyway, go ahead and take the car apart, but understand (as I do) the risks involved. Understand that you may not be able to repair things correctly and you may very well be risking yourself and anyone elese who gets in the car or happens to be on the road with you.
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