|
Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion. |
|
Share | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
04-18-2011, 11:14am | #141 | ||||||
Charter Member
Barn Stall Owner #5 Barn Raising I,II,III,IV NCM Supporter '11,'12,'13,'14,'16,'17,'19,'20,'21 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 18,813
Thanks: 6,105
Thanked 5,436 Times in 2,935 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2173478
|
You are more than welcome to voice your opinion. I think you'll find that most people are here and not there due to the condescending attitudes <or other issues> of the administration at the other place. Not to mention many of the people I like to visit with spend more time here than there.
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 11:44am | #142 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #10
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Florida Keys
Posts: 6,625
Thanks: 363
Thanked 1,765 Times in 758 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $8563902
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 11:51am | #143 | ||||||
VB Dad of the Year
RDBM Barn Stall Owner #9 Barn Raising I,II NCM Supporter '11,'12,'13,'14,'15,'16,'17,'19,'20,'21 Bantayan Kids '13,'14,'15,'17 GTMS ‘18
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort Myers
Posts: 36,669
Thanks: 10,239
Thanked 21,169 Times in 8,347 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $35999378
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 11:52am | #144 |
Explosive Salami
Stall Owner #1120.2520 Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Not Ceasing & Desisting on the leeward side of Anger Island
Posts: 52,411
Thanks: 21,779
Thanked 27,988 Times in 11,829 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $9018209
|
|
04-18-2011, 12:09pm | #145 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #42
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,829
Thanks: 37
Thanked 418 Times in 223 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $597957
|
Considering most of the people who were most active at CI now post here instead of there...how did you come to said conclusion?
|
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to theanswriz42 For This Useful Post: |
04-18-2011, 12:15pm | #146 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #1313
Barn Raising I,II,III NCM Supporter '11,'12,'13 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Denison, Texas
Posts: 7,751
Thanks: 1,191
Thanked 1,864 Times in 1,029 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1112489
|
Totally not true. Of course Erb can voice his opinion.
I just doubt that many of the hundreds of other folks no longer going to CF Cruise In are not doing so because they've bought a lake house and would rather be there. I very strongly suspect that it's because they are sick of the administration there and have moved on, or at least have no desire to socialize with that group. Last year, I didn't go because of my teaching schedule, we were in the middle of planning to move, and my daughter was about to graduate high school. AND some of my favorite people who were always at CI live right here in Texas, so we planned our own party. This year, the only reason I'd have to go there would be to tell Jim Willis to his face that he's a coward, fake and liar for pretending to be a friend for years, but letting Jesse Geiger railroad me out of town..er..off Corvette Forum, without even so much as a word or email. As those of you who've been on here since the start know, I considered Jim a friend, respected him and stuck up for him over and over. Not anymore. And Jesse virtually does not even participate in the forum, except to beg for St Jude's and post "prayers" when someone dies or gets sick, and obviously to issue directives and ban people who post pictures of someone he doesn't like. With no respect for either of those admins, and the numerous condescending emails I received from Jesse Geiger in the past year, you can rest assured that I am not going near there this year due to the management of the forum. At least that's the bottom line. My friends won't be there either, with one exception I can think of (lol) but again, they will not be there mainly because of the management of the forum. Oh, and.... I know the intent of the author of this article was not what the title reads, but I totally agree with the title as it stands: Cancer survivor uses Corvettes to help St. Jude Cancer survivor uses Corvettes to help St. Jude |
||||||
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to oyealiz For This Useful Post: |
04-18-2011, 12:51pm | #147 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #122
NCM Supporter '11,'13 Bantayan Kids '13,'14,'17
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Gaithersburg, MD.
Posts: 22,561
Thanks: 6,187
Thanked 8,408 Times in 4,256 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1158963
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 12:53pm | #148 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #26
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 12:57pm | #149 | ||||||
Vette Barn Deacon
Barn Raising II
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort Knox, KY
Posts: 32,752
Thanks: 5,502
Thanked 9,190 Times in 4,542 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $21169452
|
I still deeply lament it got that way, though. What happened to us, man? We used to be beautiful. Yet, the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain. |
||||||
04-18-2011, 1:05pm | #150 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #727
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,718
Thanks: 1,496
Thanked 186 Times in 156 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $7212
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 1:05pm | #151 | |||||||
Barn Stall Owner #26
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
04-18-2011, 1:08pm | #152 | |||||||
Barn Stall Owner #3
Barn Raising I NCM Supporter '11, '12
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Texas City, TX
Posts: 12,098
Thanks: 830
Thanked 4,155 Times in 1,854 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2324642
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
04-18-2011, 1:16pm | #153 | ||||||
Vette Barn Deacon
Barn Raising II
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort Knox, KY
Posts: 32,752
Thanks: 5,502
Thanked 9,190 Times in 4,542 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $21169452
|
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to onedef92 For This Useful Post: |
04-18-2011, 1:58pm | #154 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,306
Thanks: 150
Thanked 174 Times in 123 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $14039125
|
The funny part about CI, is most of the people you look forward to seeing and hanging with are not a part of CF anymore, and that's why I won't be going to another CI.
Gotta agree with Erb tho, (which I did not know was you, what's up Mike), we just bought a boat, and I will be spending that weekend on the water. Life and priorities have just changed. I would tho, make a cameo for a couple of days if CI was the same event it was a few years ago!! The friends I have made are well worth a few days of my time, especially when you only see these folks once a year!! Oh well, hopefully, I can make it to a barn raising one day, and start a new era!!! |
||||||
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to cmb396 For This Useful Post: |
04-18-2011, 3:00pm | #155 |
Explosive Salami
Stall Owner #1120.2520 Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Not Ceasing & Desisting on the leeward side of Anger Island
Posts: 52,411
Thanks: 21,779
Thanked 27,988 Times in 11,829 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $9018209
|
Same here. Last donation I did was a T-shirt signed by my crew and Battalion Command Group in Afghanistan that got auctioned off as a thanks for the care packages. I still give to St. Judes directly, but not as much as I used to since I've become so heavily involved with the Shriners.
On that note, I refuse to give $$$ to the Combined Federal Campaign the Army hits us all up for every year. Why give somebody else the credit when all they do is guilt trip the entire unit into donating to reach their "goal" (or bragging rights the way I see it)? |
04-18-2011, 3:03pm | #156 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #81
Barn Raising II
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Nashville Tennessee
Posts: 1,368
Thanks: 105
Thanked 191 Times in 131 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $5242
|
Some things just die on their own... I remember when I got my first Corvette and started going out for weekend drives, we would get a really big group to make a run as the "Music City Vettes". Did it a lot. Drives to LBL, drives to the Jack Daniels Distillery, drives to Christmas Parades... a meal at the Gerst Haus on what turned out to be a snowy, nasty night (remember that one, Liz?)
Me, Adam Boca, Kelly, before she and Adam married; JR_VETTE; CrazyMagMan; EbonyFantasy; Rob Martin, Tv7son, RangerZR1, Ted (can't remember his forum name);even Bounty Hunter. ...but it's been a couple of years (at least; maybe longer) since we got the old group together and did anything centered on being Corvette owners, as far as I know. Family, children, work pressures, other hobbies. The general lassitude of long-time members may be more apathy-related, or "I just have other interests now"-related. Thoughts? Have you noticed a slump in participation in your local events? |
||||||
04-18-2011, 3:08pm | #157 | |
Explosive Salami
Stall Owner #1120.2520 Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Not Ceasing & Desisting on the leeward side of Anger Island
Posts: 52,411
Thanks: 21,779
Thanked 27,988 Times in 11,829 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $9018209
|
Quote:
|
|
04-18-2011, 3:13pm | #158 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #18
NCM Supporter '11 Bantayan Kids '15
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bloomingdale, IL
Posts: 7,707
Thanks: 2,568
Thanked 1,647 Times in 1,089 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $227052
|
|
||||||
04-18-2011, 3:20pm | #159 | |||||||
Barn Stall Owner #3
Barn Raising I NCM Supporter '11, '12
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Texas City, TX
Posts: 12,098
Thanks: 830
Thanked 4,155 Times in 1,854 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2324642
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to C5SilverBullet For This Useful Post: |
04-18-2011, 3:20pm | #160 | ||||||
Barn Raising III
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 7,515
Thanks: 3,105
Thanked 2,179 Times in 966 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1120967
|
Julian, if you are looking for something to do that weekend, come down to Beech Bend for the NHRA Lucas Oil Series race and come visit. It would be good to see some of my corvette friends in bowling green.
|
||||||
|
|
Support the Barn: |
Download the Mobile App; |
Follow us on Facebook: |
||