To the select few

[Andy C]

Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few.

Churchill said that about the good few - I think I may be saying that about the bad few.

I used to enjoy this site - good people after good times - enjoying their vehicles - wanting to be part of a like minded group.

Times change - people change - attitudes change.

The negativity here these days has driven many of us away I think.

I see that many of the regulars that I used to enjoy reading posts from do not post anymore.

There is never anyone in the chat room.

It is impossible to say anything here these days without someone ripping it apart.

Newbies are treated like an unpleasant odour - they are considerd to be idiots because they ask questions that you "knowledgable" guys know the answers to.

Be careful - do not create an elitism in your pastime - that makes you look stupid - many of us were the first buyers of these vehicles - that make some of us think we are "Better" than the new guys.

I've got news for you that makes us look like *******s to the new guys.

Say what you like - this is only my opinion.

[HUMMERDOGG]

I like going to the chat... Problem is, my computer/internet service provider doesn't always like Java Applets and staying connected online.

Welcome Back MAC



"It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts - John Wooden

[Frank Hewitt]

alecw,
just replying to the post, but thanks.
Glad to see you are back, Mac, but I was more interested in hearing about what your gardener was doing while you were on your honeymoon w/ alecw in amsterdam. I here it's pretty kinky there. We all have different needs.
Self-inflation has never been at such all-time high as when we can have Mr. blather in town... some things never change. Glad you are back-- otherwise there would only be chat from folks talking about putting an H2 to use in the element it was made for- offroad. I only hope you can get wood over increasing your post numbers by talking some trash on me, which is an improvment over what we've come to expect from your billions of irrelevant posts. You guys should buy a prius and sell your hummer!

gasman

[argonaut]

There were never any people in the chat room. As for the negativity, it is hard not be be negative for a lot of people that live with negative reactions to their truck everyday. Add to that a New Troll every week, sometimes in huge onslaughts, and you have a lot of pissed off guys that are very worried about negative images of the Hummer.

I assume you are mostly talking about DRTYFN and his posts about the NYC thingy. I still think it is just a regional perspective issue. To us NW guys, it just seems ostentatious. I know that that is how NY is, so it didn't bug me, but it bugged DRTY and he posted his opinion of it. I tried to explain to people where he was coming from.

I really don't see anything wrong with pissing on Trolls, as they are only here to piss on us. I don't agree with crapping on newbies, but sometimes it is hard as some Trolls pretend they are newbies.

[argonaut]

What really turned my against Detonate is when he started crapping on Buckeye and making him look like a bad guy. Buckeye only stomped on Trolls, that is it. IMO Detonate is a POS

[Arizona Hummerboy]

Andy C,
Very well put!!! My hat goes off to you.

[TJ]

Very well said Andy C...

[RasterMaster]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Andy C:
I see that many of the regulars that I used to enjoy reading posts from do not post anymore.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hell, tell me when regulars are in the chat and I'm there! Mostly I see newbies online...where did the "regulars" go, anyway?

Check out the OkC Chapter Page!

[DennisAJC]

Andy,

Everone here is very friendly and helpful including DRTY. Sometimes opinions differ and garbage is thrown. Most of the time it just for ****s and giggles.

You have rattle, we'll find the post.
You have a joke, we all laugh.
You dissagree, I'll dissagree.
IN THE END, it turns out OK. This Forum is quite a family.

Other than anomilies like Detonate who can't figure out which woody to grab. It's all good.

[KenP]

Glad to have you back, Mac. Wanna be a playa' in the waz game, gee?

Black Lingenfelter Lux

[DRTYFN]

Frank,
You're such a naughty boy talking about the Messiah like that. Shame on you.

[CO Hummer]

Why isn't this thread about the H2?

[argonaut]

Welcome back Mac, hope you had an eventful trip.

[Zing]

It's one thing to tease and rattle that cages of fellow members on this forum. This is funny and makes the site interesting. If no one picks on anyone and we just talk about Hummers what fun is that.

However I have noticed that there has been more of a streak towards being offensive over the past few months. Maybe it's because some of the knowledgable people are getting increasingly bored. But you guys are illustrating the point right here by pissing on Detonate and MAC (Alec I'm not referring to your post) when they have nothing to do with this conversation. I think Andy makes a valid observation. Whatever, just my 2c.

[DRTYFN]

It's interesting to see that you've been out travelling the world and yet still were able to maintain your over-inflated sense of selfworth.

[argonaut]

I think if we just talked about issues with our H2s and left it at that we would be as lively as those other forums. We have a real community here and a place for friends to connect from all over the country. So we like to bull**** about stuff vaguely related to the H2, but at least we are having fun doing it. I like to hear about offroading adventures and cool new trails, people finding creative ways to deflect hippie reactions, how many times Steve dresses in women's boots and puts his legs out the window of his H2, etc. I agree that recently Trolls have made things go nutty here, but that they are just trolls and they are fun to piss on. Until detonate I have never really personally attacked any member here.

[Patriot]

You are right.....

[MAC]

Last time I checked the H2 forum I was 10,000 miles away with 5 hours to kill in an airport, that was weeks ago, seemed like another world which it was. I haven't been around simply because I haven't been in this country in Oct. Good to be back driving the Hummer, I am sick and tired of riding in the back seat.

Andy, people here are no better and no worse than before. They were always rude and mean from the start. Who was it that took pride in proclaiming he never read newspaper nor books, wasn't it the gasman? That sure turned the history of human civilization upside down. One place on earth where people took pride in being stupid. There were times I could tell if certain gentlemen had a bit too much to drink, again. It is unanimous and without dispute that I am the nicest guy on this forum, but this place is always bullies galore, plus folks eager to kiss bully ass, and largely lower class uneducated folks, they don't like it but rednecks is pretty accurate description. Lie me down on your couch and I'll confess that could be the main attraction to me. All things considered, an excellent forum.

Now, boys and girls, did I manage to make some new enemies?

[Frank Hewitt]

Messiah? ya, that's what I was thinking.

gasman