V8Supercoupe
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I don't know why, but I got to thinking about the way it used to be. I guess with Steve passing on(who I didnt' know) and me remembering Adam, who mind you I didn't know as well as I would have liked to, I got to thinking about the club and how some things have changed.
A few years ago I was ready to give up....I hadn't touched my car for months and months and it wasn't til Chuck emailed me that I came back into it. I wasn't really even visiting the boards too much. Why he thought of me (we never talked) I will never know, but it wasn't til then I realized someone noticed me gone and cared enough to mail me. It sounds wierd, but it meant something to me. Chuck probably never knew that, but he may know now. It's with all of these things I started to think about George O'neil. For the life of me I don't know why this guy popped into my head and I just started thinking of him. Sort of strange for me. I haven't tried to mail him, I guess it just entered my mind as to how he was and where he's been.
Anyhow, The Club:
At the time, the club was having sort of a social heart attack, but I guess people's dedication made a real impression on me. Before I even got my SC, I was coming around the boards only when there was a fraction of the members that are on here now. It seemed everyone was beating one another to death trying to get to the same place. LOL! Any day of the week there would be 10 different threads on exhaust how-to's and what- ifs. Hmmm, back when there was EZ-Board!
The information was abudant, but ironically no-one even really knew what they were doing with these cars. Everyone wanted to be fast, but didn't have much to go on as far as getting there. I MEAN.....a 13 second car was FAST! S-ports were the rage.....Nitrous was a NO, NO, and Vernon was talking in a language that only 8 years of college could help me understand. Jim D was getting banned every other week and always got the last word in,,," No longer part of board,BYE!"(or was that Manny)???
Does anyone remember the 2 Jim Demmits fiasco?
George O'neil used to have me laughing my azz off at some of the sarcastic stuff he used to say.
Micah and Russ were always on the stick with their comments.....
Phil Kuhn and I were a couple of rednecks talking about guns.......it was kind of a mess.....BUT FUNNY.
Eventually the community had 3 or 4 different clubs on there hands from people leaving.
This place was kind of a disaster , but everyone that was here then, appears to be here now, other than the ones who were smart enough to put their money elsewhere!LOL!
I guess I think back to the way it was and for some reason, even though I haven't met a lot of people here I think that......It's just pretty cool that everyone has kept somewhat of a relationship with one another over something as stupid as a car. I mean really.....It's pretty stupid if you think about it. What effect does a car have on someone's life that we would spend hours and hours on the internet every month beating ourselves to death with people we really don't know to make it go quicker and more reliable?
I don't know.....I guess I just thought it was cool to see the community pretty much come back together after all the crap that went on.
AW Well, enough of the wishy, washy crap......To resonate or not to resonate......Sometimes your better off not resonating! LOL!
Sk
A few years ago I was ready to give up....I hadn't touched my car for months and months and it wasn't til Chuck emailed me that I came back into it. I wasn't really even visiting the boards too much. Why he thought of me (we never talked) I will never know, but it wasn't til then I realized someone noticed me gone and cared enough to mail me. It sounds wierd, but it meant something to me. Chuck probably never knew that, but he may know now. It's with all of these things I started to think about George O'neil. For the life of me I don't know why this guy popped into my head and I just started thinking of him. Sort of strange for me. I haven't tried to mail him, I guess it just entered my mind as to how he was and where he's been.
Anyhow, The Club:
At the time, the club was having sort of a social heart attack, but I guess people's dedication made a real impression on me. Before I even got my SC, I was coming around the boards only when there was a fraction of the members that are on here now. It seemed everyone was beating one another to death trying to get to the same place. LOL! Any day of the week there would be 10 different threads on exhaust how-to's and what- ifs. Hmmm, back when there was EZ-Board!
The information was abudant, but ironically no-one even really knew what they were doing with these cars. Everyone wanted to be fast, but didn't have much to go on as far as getting there. I MEAN.....a 13 second car was FAST! S-ports were the rage.....Nitrous was a NO, NO, and Vernon was talking in a language that only 8 years of college could help me understand. Jim D was getting banned every other week and always got the last word in,,," No longer part of board,BYE!"(or was that Manny)???
Does anyone remember the 2 Jim Demmits fiasco?
George O'neil used to have me laughing my azz off at some of the sarcastic stuff he used to say.
Micah and Russ were always on the stick with their comments.....
Phil Kuhn and I were a couple of rednecks talking about guns.......it was kind of a mess.....BUT FUNNY.
Eventually the community had 3 or 4 different clubs on there hands from people leaving.
This place was kind of a disaster , but everyone that was here then, appears to be here now, other than the ones who were smart enough to put their money elsewhere!LOL!
I guess I think back to the way it was and for some reason, even though I haven't met a lot of people here I think that......It's just pretty cool that everyone has kept somewhat of a relationship with one another over something as stupid as a car. I mean really.....It's pretty stupid if you think about it. What effect does a car have on someone's life that we would spend hours and hours on the internet every month beating ourselves to death with people we really don't know to make it go quicker and more reliable?
I don't know.....I guess I just thought it was cool to see the community pretty much come back together after all the crap that went on.
AW Well, enough of the wishy, washy crap......To resonate or not to resonate......Sometimes your better off not resonating! LOL!
Sk