Re: "BOBBIE" the '63 Beetle - aka BB / Rosie
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:40 am
We all know Bobby is going to be an award winning car, that's for sure! 
Understandably you have ad lib to sell the parts to whomever you want. That is a given. I wasn't implying that they had to go to the first person asking, I was shocked at the belittling comment on the amount of posts Jozi had and the direct implication that he didn't "qualify" to be considered. Let's put it this way, at some stage long, long ago you were also on only 21 posts. How well would you receive a comment paralleling what's been written to Jozi from some big-wig who happens to have 1 x Bus restoration splashed across the pages of this forum in vivid color, together with another one-of-a-kind Beetle resto on the go? It's quite intimidating and would most certainly be off-putting to me. I'd like to think of this forum as a place of encouragement and enlightenment - a breath of fresh air, if you like.
New guys (like myself) are also incredibly ambitious and eager and dream of the day where a bumper-to-bumper restoration can be at our finger tips. On the other hand, some of us think our car's are perfect just as they are (like mine!!
) and don't need to aspire to such great heights. It's all relative. I picked up some animosity in the writings - forgive me. If every newbie were to leave, there would be only the big-gun restorers and multiple-car-owners left... not many left to write to if you think about it.
Encourage the newbie's, they are often not as fortunate as others a lot of the time but are here for a reason; to share in a group interest.
Hi-jack over, I promise!!
Understandably you have ad lib to sell the parts to whomever you want. That is a given. I wasn't implying that they had to go to the first person asking, I was shocked at the belittling comment on the amount of posts Jozi had and the direct implication that he didn't "qualify" to be considered. Let's put it this way, at some stage long, long ago you were also on only 21 posts. How well would you receive a comment paralleling what's been written to Jozi from some big-wig who happens to have 1 x Bus restoration splashed across the pages of this forum in vivid color, together with another one-of-a-kind Beetle resto on the go? It's quite intimidating and would most certainly be off-putting to me. I'd like to think of this forum as a place of encouragement and enlightenment - a breath of fresh air, if you like.
New guys (like myself) are also incredibly ambitious and eager and dream of the day where a bumper-to-bumper restoration can be at our finger tips. On the other hand, some of us think our car's are perfect just as they are (like mine!!
) and don't need to aspire to such great heights. It's all relative. I picked up some animosity in the writings - forgive me. If every newbie were to leave, there would be only the big-gun restorers and multiple-car-owners left... not many left to write to if you think about it.Encourage the newbie's, they are often not as fortunate as others a lot of the time but are here for a reason; to share in a group interest.
Hi-jack over, I promise!!
and then let out a deep sigh of relief, almost thought Frank had some explaining to do when he got back 
week. Seen 26 schools and still no clearer. I hate the English school system as no one can give any clarity as all has to go through the local authority. Before they will talk to you, you need an address in the UK near the school...... 
