Bob, once again you have shown us all the light... Here are a couple of additional thoughts...

I belive that it is Human Nature to have the "us against them" attitude at times, it is just our competitive nature... We often need for someone to be "them" whether it be the car show judges, guys who trailer their rides, or guys that build different styles of cars... As the issues get bigger/broader we will often include "them" into "us"... I think this is true of any hobby/interest... It seems it is very easy to include folks we don't know into the "them" crowd, and more difficult to include friends no matter how much they tastes differ from our own... Overall I have found that more times that not, car guys are just good people once you get to know them... This group is much the same, once you start to hang out here for a while you start to build relationships... It seems like even when we don't agree on things there is usually a civil tone and a scence of respect here on CHR... When there is a bit of a flair up it is usually with someone who is new to the group, and as Bob said earler they will usually weed themselves out or will quickly realize that confrontation is not common place here...

Another thought also crossed my mind as I read "Bondo Bob's" post... As an artist and a profectionist I find myself often looking at other's rides and finding flaws here and there... I am not the kind of guy who will say or do anything to make the owner feel bad, nor would I enen mention it unless it is a good friend... Maybe I am wrong, but I think we all pick up on these things to some extent... Because I know how I think, I look at those folks a bit differently... In a way it is a compliment when someone is nit-picking your car... I must mean that the majority of the car is nice enough that they have to find something to pick at... or... In some cases it might mean that the car is so nice that there has to be a flaw somewhere... or... It just might be plain and simple jelousy... Either way it definately means that your car was nice enough to attract a looker close enough to take in the details... It makes sence that the more critical the looker the more they must have liked the car in the first place to take so long looking at it... If they have to ask if it is "glass or steel" that must mean that they can't tell the difference... I guess that would also be a compliment!!!

Thanks for all your insight, BOB...

Dave Brisco