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Holy Blown out of Proportion,
Batman!!!
The next time i post a four sail add i'll be
shure to fix all the grammer beforehand as not to spur another conversation like
this won. Or maybe I'll change the wording so the spelling
and grammar is so horrible, nobody can understand it (the same trick I pull
with those Nigerian scam e-mails I get, yet they never fail to feign
comprehension and ask me for my personal info). I realize
I'm one of those partly guilty of responding to the grammar
conversation (or if you like to place blame, you can blame me for the whole
thing if you want to...I'll just ignore you anyway), but I want to officially
apologize if something I said offended someone somewhere for some reason.
When a for sale ad is reduced to talking about poor grammar and then reduced to
talking about how people that appreciate proper spelling apparently don't
appreciate cars or don't do any work on their own cars and have too much free
time, I think it's getting to the point of being a foolish conversation, if not
far beyond.
Now here's one that might stump some people.
I recently graduated from college (meaning I am a certifiable genius, but I
have no money for a garage or a boatload of tools (unlike all you millionaires
out there who restore your own cars) and even less money to pay people to
do stuff for me, not to mention I've had very little free time the past few
years (unlike all you rich, educated people)) AND I do most of my own work
on my car (as much as I can do with a $200 set of Craftsman tools and a floor
jack)...I certainly do more work on my car than just about all of my
friends (who often come to me for help), and I drive it every day (ok, so
it's a 95 Caprice, but I've had other, MUCH older cars as well that were daily
drivers).
So what in the world does all of this mean for
me? Does it make me Superman?
Please, if you fail to get my sense of humor and
feel some undying need to respond to this e-mail, respond to me privately to
keep all this other clutter off the FWDLK list. I was chuckling to myself
most of the time I was writing this e-mail, and there's no reason you shouldn't
be doing the same when reading it.
Garrett
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 12:55
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Educated
Thanks
Roy!
Finally one who had the guts to speak up!
In this
new times of Internet there are too many people with too much time on their
hands to sit in front of their computer critizing
people about this and that meanwhile they mail and phone their paint-guy this
and suspensionshop that who actually restores their
car. The only thing they put into it are money, and one day they drive out
somebody?s shop with a shiny ?new? car to show of at some ?club?
somewhere.
Some of
them will never have the sensation a person feel after he pulled a junker out of a yard somewhere and restored everything
himself. All the hours spent welding in new floors, or in different junkyards
looking for a better mirror or the rare missing trim you need for the
quarter-panel.
I
managed 12 years in school until I was a, a, well nothing. But I manage
anyhow, make a decent living, travel the world,
enjoying my MoPars. I could write and do math better
though.
From all
the forums and mailinglists I monitor and sometimes
tribute I have learned something. About 10% actually know something and can
help, the rest are only passing on something they heard from their buddys cousin who have read something on the net
somewhere. This list was not like this, but lately some use it as a place to
write off whatever they have on their mind for the
day.
Stig
Molteberg,
Norway
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