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10-11-2016, 09:02 AM | #51 | |
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10-11-2016, 09:14 AM | #52 | |
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10-11-2016, 09:17 AM | #53 |
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either way, you have been missed Larry. Glad you are back
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10-11-2016, 10:37 AM | #54 |
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I have been on the forum for some years now, mostly all for info and parts.
Until i discovered the general discussion section. I love checking in on the general discussion, gives you a chance to talk with some of the folks on multiple topics. There are a lot of really good people on this site,with an incredible amount of knowledge. Always willing to help. I have been on multiple forums, and none really compare. You ask a question, get about 20 non-sense replies or the keyboard warrior that wants to insult you over the internet. A lot of forum sites, if you dont already have a great knowledge on the subject you are talking about, or have bookoo bucks and the high dollar toys, you are seen as not as good. Atleast on this site, most people get a kick out of the rusty truck drug out of a field, even if it doesnt have a 15,000$ ls engine and custom frame and state of the art suspension. I am only 22, but i get more enjoyment out of socializing with people on this forum, then i do on facebook and all that junk. Hey Liz, a good idea may be to get a link to general discussion on the homepage, to grab more eyes. I dont believe there is one.
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10-11-2016, 12:15 PM | #55 |
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I was thinking about starting up a thread on safe cracking. then I thought , nah..... It probably wouldn't get much response.
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10-11-2016, 01:17 PM | #56 | |
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10-11-2016, 01:29 PM | #57 | |
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Yes I did, clearly nothing has come of that. I don't have record of it though because PM storage is limited to 100 messages...
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10-11-2016, 02:15 PM | #58 |
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I think it has more to do with other maybe more advance forms of soical media sites that maybe reach out to other people then just our trucks. I can't blame them for wanting to advance. some have built trucks that maybe boosted their notoriety or character of being notorious or widely known form either shows or SEMI. some have new products some are stepping up their game and building other things. I'm sure Instagram has sucked in a few that has become popular. either way. this is a informative site, to learn and grow on your mechanical skills. think about what more you can contribute then that you cant get from it....
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10-11-2016, 02:45 PM | #59 |
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The 25.00 doesn't bother me as I have saved so much more than that in parts I have purchased well under retail value. Plus I have made a decent amount of return selling things I didn't need.
Also the information I have been taught on this sight is above what I would ever expect from a site. I spent time at the truck nats this year with some board members I had never met, you would have thought we knew each other for years.
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10-11-2016, 03:48 PM | #60 |
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10-11-2016, 07:59 PM | #61 |
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Well,, thank ya Liz ..want a short story about chicken ? lol
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10-11-2016, 09:29 PM | #62 |
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I think we have a healthy classifieds board. I see more 67-72 specific parts on here than Ebay. I see parts that were bought here being sold there. I've sold everything I've posted. I've spent crazy money here. I find what I need, which is why I don't need to look elsewhere. I could never list it all. I've been to SW VA for a high hump cab light A/C cab, to FL for a rebuild lowered rolling chassis, to AL for another cab, to MA for an HO52 No-Spin then down to NJ for a high nickle large journal 327 w/TH400 and buddy buckets, and soon I will go the the MD Eastern Shore for a Cheyenne Super seat. I feel I got all these at fair prices, too.
I bought a set of 37" Super Swampers from a member in VT and a louvered 67/68 hood from NH. I also bought a '71 SWB K/10 from NJ and a radio delete cowl cover from another member in NJ. The member in VT offered to bring the tires down and pay a visit. On his way down he swung by and got my hood in NH, then down to NJ for the K/10. Another member just north of me in PA had bought a full set of '68 Suburban seats w/buddy buckets from the guy I bought my truck from, so those went in the bed. The three of us got together at my place, as well as the other NJ member who brought the cowl cover down along with his little girl, Cheyenne. Another member in WVA caught wind of this and came with his wife. The seven of us had a cook out here and went to the local cruise-in together. I put the member from VT up for the night and we went out for breakfast at the breakfast buffet our local diner. It just came together and was a great time. Some of my best friends now are members who live within an hour or so from me. We do things together all the time, together or one on one. If I threw my computer away this site would still be part of my life. I just can't find any fault in that. Next weekend is Jalopyrama not far from here and I am meeting some members for breakfast and checking the show out together. A member near me I have not yet met face to face, but talked to on the phone for a year, is coming with his young family. He's been having financial strains and needs a TH350 for his truck. I have a good one that's been laying around since '04 and I will be giving it to him Saturday to help him out. I live by "the world is what we make it". Maybe the only thing wrong with this site has something to do with that. Maybe that's why I like it so much.
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10-12-2016, 04:25 PM | #63 | |
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Most people on this board are stand up people. When i first joined the forum when i was about 16 or 17, i posted a thread about the AC in my 67 chevy. Next thing i know, a week later in the mail was a complete factory AC setup a guy had sent me. Unfortunately that truck is gone, but none the less, the gesture was incredible.
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10-12-2016, 04:35 PM | #64 |
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I spend a lot more time working and reading than I do posting. I've had 4 different trucks since I joined ranging from 66-86. I don't think I'm a "social butterfly". More of an "old lazy dawg" I guess.
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10-13-2016, 02:37 PM | #65 |
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10-13-2016, 06:40 PM | #66 |
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Hi Jody. Long time.
This crackerjack fella is still unhappy with this board yet he keeps coming back. He wants changes made to suit him. I may be wrong but i think most all of us like it just the way it is or we wouldn't keep coming back ourselves. Yeah? What's the membership up to now? Something like 150,000 or so? I have visited a good many other sites out there and some are absolute filth made up of members with no self respect or any respect for others. Pics and vulgarities abound at some of those so called car enthusiast sites. Freedom of speech and all, i get that. But is that conduct really necessary? So i avoid those places and come here for the commradary and wealth of information pertaining to all models of GM trucks. I also get to see thousands of pics of trucks from all around the world that i would not have seen otherwise. Share ideas with one another. Get a little how to from very experienced members who spin wrenches for a living too. You just can't beat that. We have the whole package here. It's better than any car magazine. Josh , Liz and the staff are doing it right. No changes needed here. Thank you all. And that's all i have to say about that.
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10-13-2016, 06:48 PM | #67 |
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I need 6 foot of stove pipe, oh sorry, wrong place but a good place !
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10-13-2016, 07:37 PM | #68 | |
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- I wouldn't say I'm unhappy with the board, but rather disappointed that it's not meeting it's potential and invested enough in it to put my time into making suggestions - It seems like you think I started this thread but I did not 150k is a lot of members, but a better metric is 30-day active members. How many of those do we have and how has that trended over time?
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10-13-2016, 07:40 PM | #69 | |
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The other thing is the lack of big projects. IF you dont have a porterbuilt complete frame blow apart with twin turbos, there really isnt an interest. I dont know what that has to do with it, thats just the feeling i get. Theres also the fact you only get 6 pages when you search for something. But once again, i dont think that has to do with lack of people. Maybe if they didnt charge a subscription fee there would be more people? :shrug: No idea...
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10-13-2016, 08:30 PM | #70 | |
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Well is you or ain't you a male? So what potential does this board have and you would know that how? I know you didn't start this thread but you did post your disappointment with the board once again in this thread and I responded to that. You gave your opinion and I gave mine. That's all.
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Answer: Because the demographic percentile is plus 95. Or maybe it's because he thought your name was Jack. If you are sensitive to such an assumption why don't you set it straight so we can know you better, as if you want to be one of our friends? - Why does it seem like Boog thinks you started this thread. I don't see that at all. The person who started this thread isn't saying he's unhappy with the site or wanting it to suit him. - All you have to do is scroll to the bottom of the page and you get the exact numbers you wish to know. It's more than ever. I remember not so long ago when 1,400 members online was a record or quite a while. Right now there ate 2,082 and on the 10th was the record of over 2,900...so participation has continued to grow consistantly
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10-13-2016, 10:39 PM | #73 | |
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10-13-2016, 10:45 PM | #74 |
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Larry,
Another thing that just came to mind is all the sub forums users requested and voted in, from general discussion. 2 offhand being alternate tinkering and die cast. Both of those subjects would be in general before that. |
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All I know for sure about *this site* is that it feels so much less lively than it did when I joined in 2009. Perhaps we are at peak visitors now as you suggest, but makes the lack of feels all that much more concerning.
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