12-10-2010, 01:49 AM
Thank you, Kevin. I lost sight of the overall picture ... I needed to be reminded that mine is not the only way!! Thank you!
Sometimes, if you live by yourself and, for whatever reason, have limited contact with other people, actual face-to-face contact where you look at, speak with and maybe even have casual physical contact with other human beings, you lose sight of the fact that, as individuals, we each have our own approach to doing things. The concept of "wrong" is a personal one, and should really never be used as a yardstick to measure others.
I will not try to excuse my latent intolerence for the lack of initiative in others to come to the forefront and allowing it to color my comments on this forum. There is no excuse.
On the other hand, the basis for my feelings of distain for those who never seem to want to take initiative, to lift a finger to do anything for themselves, stems from a long held belief that by "doing," valuable life lessons are learned. Until you have tried to accomplish something and walked that fine line between success and failure, and experienced them both, you are a hollow personality; experiencing failures along the road of searching for success is the stuff that makes a person who they are. Those who never actually "do" but "wear the trappings" of having "done" or "been there" are those that I was referring to earlier as "Posers."
I'm just a little sensitive about that topic right now, as the "man" (I use that word charitably) that my daughter has/had been seeing for the past four plus years, who I never had very good feelings about (you know how sometimes you meet someone and somethings strikes you as peculiar, but you can't quite put your finger on it?) had my daughter convinced that he had been a Navy Seal. Well, Dad did his due diligence ... the clown not only was never a Navy Seal, he was never even in the military and the closest he ever came to the military is the camoflauge T-shirt and dirty camo ball cap with a big fish hook in that he wears all the time! THAT is what I mean by a POSER ... he never put forth the effort to do what it takes, but he wants the glory that comes from having "done" it! And the same holds true for those who like to "talk" the hot rod game, but don't have any idea how to even hold a wrench. Posers, all.
I apologize for coming off as intolerant of those in the hobby who buy everything RTR ... I just think they are missing out on a major part of the fun that the feeling of accomplishment one gets when completing a build can give you in this great hobby.
I apologize to you all for my bad behavior. :oops:
Sometimes, if you live by yourself and, for whatever reason, have limited contact with other people, actual face-to-face contact where you look at, speak with and maybe even have casual physical contact with other human beings, you lose sight of the fact that, as individuals, we each have our own approach to doing things. The concept of "wrong" is a personal one, and should really never be used as a yardstick to measure others.
I will not try to excuse my latent intolerence for the lack of initiative in others to come to the forefront and allowing it to color my comments on this forum. There is no excuse.
On the other hand, the basis for my feelings of distain for those who never seem to want to take initiative, to lift a finger to do anything for themselves, stems from a long held belief that by "doing," valuable life lessons are learned. Until you have tried to accomplish something and walked that fine line between success and failure, and experienced them both, you are a hollow personality; experiencing failures along the road of searching for success is the stuff that makes a person who they are. Those who never actually "do" but "wear the trappings" of having "done" or "been there" are those that I was referring to earlier as "Posers."
I'm just a little sensitive about that topic right now, as the "man" (I use that word charitably) that my daughter has/had been seeing for the past four plus years, who I never had very good feelings about (you know how sometimes you meet someone and somethings strikes you as peculiar, but you can't quite put your finger on it?) had my daughter convinced that he had been a Navy Seal. Well, Dad did his due diligence ... the clown not only was never a Navy Seal, he was never even in the military and the closest he ever came to the military is the camoflauge T-shirt and dirty camo ball cap with a big fish hook in that he wears all the time! THAT is what I mean by a POSER ... he never put forth the effort to do what it takes, but he wants the glory that comes from having "done" it! And the same holds true for those who like to "talk" the hot rod game, but don't have any idea how to even hold a wrench. Posers, all.
I apologize for coming off as intolerant of those in the hobby who buy everything RTR ... I just think they are missing out on a major part of the fun that the feeling of accomplishment one gets when completing a build can give you in this great hobby.
I apologize to you all for my bad behavior. :oops:
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln