Thread: Lots of silent members on here.

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Originally Posted by 53 Willys

I'm just responding cause you shamed me into it

Ditto. If I have something constructive to post, I will, otherwise I look and read.

well i should of taken this post serious .ok so i will.i post on here maybe way way to much .as for a hog well if thats what someone thinks about me that fine .many in my life have been there when i neede help .i am just trying to pay some of it back .help others some things i may post on. this is the stuff i doing in my life now .not what i did. much like painting or body work for many years. i am not a strong speller .so i not going to get in depth post and pull and past a bunch of stuff off other spots from me . i am not that hot with the computer. there have been some on hear that cry about the spelling deal.. one guy did call me out on my very poor spelling. maybe he needed to feel better then me. so he had to take a poke fine ok .as for the click never have never will be .if i post some thing you like it fine if not fine . as for posting on that i did on any of my cars or builds for others . i may never. as my stuff are about as far has i am ever going on them . now i am building/machine engines day in day out as long as i can stand on a cement floor for others and machine parts this takes all my time now. so i may post on a engine build . as for how i post? i try to think about how it may come off .. but what you read is about how i talk with better spelling so if you do not like me on here .you may not care much for me in the flesh and that fine with me

Wow, I never expected this thread to bring out so many folks we don't hear from very often...........thank you all for taking the time to respond.

Mooneye, you bring out some very good points. Sorry if some things have not set well with you in the past, I think if you would have mentioned them at the time those issues could have been put to bed right then and there. You are right about no one should criticize anyone else for their grammar or writing skills. This site is about cars and is not an English class. I was busy reading the little books hidden in my school books and missed a lot of the skills I could really use today.

You also bring out another good point about how a newbe can be ignored some times. I have seen this myself and try to post something so the thread will go back to the top where others will see it and hopefully respond. Some of the problems are also the fault of the newbe. We see so many times where a new poster will ask for help with a problem, but he/she provides so little info that any suggestions we might have are going to be pure guesswork. Another problem is that some newbes post a question and then never come back or respond to what we have said. We see this all the time where someone posts once and then disappears.

Give the forum another chance Mooneye, and if something happens that you don't care for, just speak up and let us know. We're all big boys here (well, except for Barb ) so we can take it and maybe need to hear it.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Wow, I never expected this thread to bring out so many folks we don't hear from very often...........thank you all for taking the time to respond.............
Don

Hi all....I've been lurking on most of the forums I belong to, but just havent been posting much. Got a new chopper, a bike for the GF and a toy hauler. So we've been pretty busy with that hobby. I still have the 27 T coupe project...finally got it running, but thats about all new to report. I bet I havnt put 15 hours in it this year! The 60 Olds bubble top is also on the back burners. Its also partly because of the unusually hot summer here in Mempit and no AC in the shop. Ive also been elected Constable in my county and that is taking up WAY to much time! I really do enjoy this particular forum. It is THE most friendly and at home feeling group of all the rest! Ill just have to tell the girlfriend I cant spend as much time with her because I need to get my post count up!!!....

that should go over real well T

If you can time just when she has a headache, there shouldn't be a problem

Ken

About the spelling and punctuation

I was sick during the 7th grade and missed a lot with English and never seemed to catch up. I have a problem with punctuation and grammar but I do the best I can. I can spot mistakes in the news media so we are not perfect. Say it the best you can and let it go. If people do not understand they can ask how you meant it or figure it out.

I went into the Army when I was 17 years old some of the smart guys found ways to stay out. I don’t judge them.

I have a big college dictionary next to my computer and sometimes I will look up the correct spelling, sometimes not. I’m a talker in person and can talk for hours about nothing (like Jerry Seinfeld’s show about nothing). If I feel comfortable with a person I don’t have to worry if they are grading me. I have been keeping a daily journal for almost ten years. My daughter the English major wanted me to write so the grandkids would know a little about me when they get older and I’m gone. Even writing every day still does not make up for what I lost in School. I wish I had tried harder because you are judged by the way you speak.

I like this site and the way people have the same interest.
I don’t feel like I’m being judged even though there are some very smart people on here. If a person has the brains they are very fortunate but if they use them to put other people down then they have a lot more to learn in life then they think.

Richard

Mooneye - I'm going to direct this response to you because of you using me as an example. If I haven't responded to you when I should have I apologize, I will try and do better. As for as clicks go, maybe that is true. For me I'm closer to some people on this site than others. Only because I have had more contact with them. Don and I have discussed privately about my company opening up a satellite division in Fort Meyers, Steve (stovens) has actually visited my wife and I, Uncle Bob and Mike in Tucson and I meet at the SEMA show every year. So they know my personality, where others on here may take something wrong, so I'm careful not to offend anyone.
My days are pretty full, so when I go on here it is relaxing to me and I enjoy all the great people on this site. I have learned things on here and I try to share what I do, to help anyone that thinks I have a good idea.
I hope that explains how I post. So yes I do post to some people more often than others. But, I would never join a club that would have me as a member.
Ken

I don't think any apologies are necessary regarding why some of us may post on one member's thread versus not posting on another member's thread. It just happens. Sometimes I look at a thread and refrain from posting (even if it is someone I am personally close to on here) for a multitude of reasons. I might feel I have nothing to contribute, or I may have just got done posting on another thread and am sheepish about having posted maybe too many times that day, or whatever. It doesn't mean I am not interested in that thread, or didn't get something out of it.

I noticed too Mooneye that you posted on the question by Axed29, you said:

Good Example everyone, SEE HERE 2nd day no hits.


And you are right, it is not good that a question went 2 days without someone trying to help him. However, why didn't you or someone else jump in and try to help him earlier? I read his question, and actually had typed out an answer, but I didn't post it because I felt I jump in too often as it is on these and maybe someone else should have a chance. There are a ton of people on here who could have answered that question but the "clique" as you call us always seem to be the ones who have to do the answering.

That was the intent of me starting this thread, to bring out the fact that there are a lot of people who sign in every day on this forum, but for whatever reason the majority just read and don't post. It would have been very cool if one of those silent majority would have jumped in and offered some suggestions to Axle29. They would not have been beaten down if what they posted was a different opinion than someone else might have, and no one would have been upset because a newbe was trying to jump in and post........quite the opposite. Pat, Dave and all the others who normally field these questions would probably enjoy the break from them having to do it themselves.

It's good that some of the hard feelings came out though, I'm glad you brought them up Mooneye. Otherwise, we have no way of knowing, and we don't want any member to feel excluded in any way.

Don

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

But, I would never join a club that would have me as a member.
Ken

Yeah, but you help us meet the diversity quota.

Ok, now that makes ME, STEVE, and KEN who can team up on Bob. Watch out Ken, he has some VERY disturbing pictures and he isn't shy about using them.

Don

I have noticed that some of my post have not had many replies, but I refuse to be bitter knowing that it takes time to post replies and many just don't have time to reply to all threads that they read. If I really need help on a problem, I post with this in mind and word the post heading accordingly. I have received very valuable info from many replies that I have been very thankful to receive. I take the other post in stride, and go on. From the other side, many times I don't post replies because I feel that others are much more knowledgeable about certain things, and at times just can't take the time to reply to post that I can answer. I understand replies take time and am thankful when I get them. All are much appreciated. I reply when possible as payback for the help I receive on this forum. Several of these guys go way out of their way to answer more than their share of post.

I want to post more often but i do not know the answer to the question. I always try to welcome the newbies and to add a couple of words about whatever he is asking about. if i can some how help i will. though mostly i just read and learn from those who have far more knowledge than I. But the members here have always been very, very, kind in answering all of my questions or just letting me spout off about a percieved injustice. You guys here including mooneye have given me the courage to try things with my motors and cars that i would have never tried before. I am at the point in my schooling that i am attempting my own engine install. except for the heavy lifting this is totally my project from the modifications to the wiring. I could not be even close to doing this without the wonderfull people here. Alot of times I will offer advice to a newbie and do not get a response back. i just chalk it off to that i was wrong or that he sees a girls name and dismisses the advice. His loss. but i keep trying to help any that i can.

Barb,
You are a real asset here, keep posting!!
Ken

lol i think that it is more that i am a real ass sometimes. but i will keep posting.