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There's a BIG difference between you and this guitless maggot and the difference I think is obvious

I don't have a problem with someone using a proxy for whatever reason. I'd think maybe (?) law enforcement might have a use for such things as well.

But to use one simply to go somewhere and insult and assault the people and the site out of spite and mouth off without having the guts to back it up, thats just pussified.

Anyone that has to hide behind a cloak in order to "express themselves" is useless IMO.

Why not just come in, say what you have to say and wait for the ban? 'Cause you have no balls, thats why;)

If any of us were to do the same thing on Brand X (or just about anywhere else for that matter) the thread would have been gone (along with the OP) long ago.

Hum? I wonder if he has a white hood in his closet too?

You didn't start anything. You voiced your opinion in an open and free manner. Whats wrong with that? Obviously this numbnuts feels it necessary to stalk the other sites for "information." (lol).

As far as people talking about being banned on here, it's simply because one can not bring the subject over at Brand X at all

ANY mention of moderator actions or of a person whose been banned will almost immediately get you the same attention. It truly is a sad place to be. Too many paranoid control freaks in power.

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That sounds about right;)

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The same one that begged for our supporting $$$ then when they got a few of thier own, tossed out the old timers like so much dirty laundry. I see corporate Amerika at work

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Wow, so we're an all grown up detective now are we? It was really more of a rhetorical type question. Didn't really care how "they" did it. The fact that they have the time to do it speaks volumes;)

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Funny, but for a group of knuckleheads that don't care, you sure seem to pop up a lot :sad3: If the other sites are truly no competition for them, then why are they scared sh!tless about having other sites mentioned? Doesn't seem to have any effect the other sites that you mentioned. Everyone seems very happy on the Florida site and I don't see any real problems (other than you) here.

If "they" really don't care, then why all the drama? Anything said or done here should be a non-issue for you guys? Aparently that's not the case when people like you have to run around to different sites, trying to defend Brand X and belitteling others
BTW, you guys still reading PRIVATE MESSAGES?

Talk about petty and little.....never mind.....as to the "cry babies" geez, give it a rest little dude. Who is it that doesn't have the sack to TELL people WHY they've been banned or approach them about it in public? Huuummm????

Come on now, grow some balls;) Fill out your profile so we'll all be able to understand a little better, where you're coming from. I'd love to venture a guess as to your identity, but I won't. I have an aussumption based upon your writing style (or lack thereof) and your persistant name calling and defense of brand X.

If it's who I think it is, they can't defend themselves for crap without name callling and belitteling others Very :sad3: indeed

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As far as "what we're trying to do" you shouldn't make ass-u-mptions. It makes you look even more foolish.

But hey, do what ever you think you need to do big man

It could be too that no one really gives a rats butt;) Traffic is traffic. More means more hits. More hits means higher ranking. Go for it genius

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That the best you can do? Geez!

Don't you have someone to ban for mentioning a site name or not kissing the admins arse? Or are you just wasting the time you'd normally be or is JW out of town?

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Uh, ok.

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See little guy, there you go again:sad3:
Can't seem to carry on a conversation without trying to demean others. Indicative of a lower IQ, socio-economiclly underdeveloped type

This same "type" comment was made on one of the other sites just after the exodus from Brand X, downplaying the other sites and demeaning thier moderation/administration style simply because it didn't fit the style (or lack thereof) at Brand - X.

You might want to look at the numbers and names. Since you obviously have the time to come here and other places, follow people around, and make a feeble attempt at starting trouble, (must really be getting slow over at Brand X ) you obviously have the time to do a little research. Many of the members from Brand X are already at these other sites and posting away. Go to Digital Corvetts for example (it must have slipped your feeble mind to mention them;)) They've kicked Brand X's butts in posts and people on line. Didn't used to be that way.

This site although not as large as some of the others, has QUALITY over QUANTITY. I'll take that any day!!!

Same with the FLORIDA site to which you seem so adamantly opposed.

Good, stand up, quality people on both sites. Many are on several sites,...and yes Virginia, even on Brand X;)

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I have an idea. Why not log in properly instead of hiding in the Shadows (no pun intended), fill in your profile and post like a man, instead of resorting to these childish, girlie, pussified hit and run tactics?

Act like a man for once!

Oh, and interestingly enough since I too am banned from Bradn X, I don't know why this guy was banned (again) nor do I really GAS.

What I do know is that I didn't break any of your prescious rules, yet "I" too was perma-banned, without cause or comment. Talk about little bitches....have a nice day....

Gordon

Not that you'll care, but I don't see you lasting that long around here...either...

Look forward to meeting you some day so we can air these differences in person

"living well is the best revenge" *(authour unkown)*

That said, some well placed civil actions will rattle thier cages and make them spend some time and $$ for several months (lol).

As I mentioned before, there's plenty you "can" do. If you were here in the states I'd probably suggest doing it, but...Is it worth the time and effort? Probably not...from Australia....

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Don't forget the FART as you pass by your "guests"

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How so? Same radiator installation, different facia...

Anyone I give a damn about is either here, CorvetteFlorida or DC. The rest can kiss my arse;)

As far as screwing with Brand X, consider them in the same category as WALMART

A huge commercial conglomerate of "do boys" (and girls) that could really care less about the customer. Thier only concerns are thier tiny egos and the $$$ the site brings to IB

I too wrote a letter or 2 after being banned. I did get a response or 2 from IB. The 1st was a reasonable type guy who I actually spoke with on the phone.

The second was an oriental fawk with an attitude All he would say was that they "stand behind the decisions of thier admin and mod staff."

There are several ways to make thier life miserable. Civil litigation is one as is continuing to log in under alternative screen names.

How did they find out it was you?

As far as sticking with one site goes, one thing they have failed to learn over the years is there is room for everyone on the net and we all "travel." We all have a place or 2 to call home, but most of us again, travel.

They're so concerned about someone "stealing" thier members that they run more people off than not. If that idiot Willis were to make one more analogy regarding a store and it's customers, I'll puke!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

You guys are really special for adopting She's very lucky to have you and vise versa

I think what he sees is the same thing I see. The shoulder, lap and side belts are running over the seat instead of through it.

A standard 3 point belt will generally hold you in place on a road course. I've driven all kinds of courses including police pursuit courses (which I taught) with standard belts and they worked fine.

The problem happens when you crash

The forces exerted are far greater than the simple forces resisted on the course.

The shoulder belts have nothing to keep them in place and on your shoulders. Once you start to dive or move laterally, it's easy enough to slip out.

The crotch belt is coming over the top of the seat cushion. It will allow too much forward movement causing the lap belt to be the only thing really trying to hold you in place.

It's probably going to get ugly real fast brother

Please take his advise.

Right at 124k on the 87.

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Really? And you base this on what may I ask?

I happen to have 2 of them. An 89 S70 and an 01 S80. Both of them are great cars to own.
A little on the expensive side to repair, but otherwise, great cars and very stable at speed

Yes and I had an impacted one surgically removed...piece o' cake

So,......... (or just go back in an edit and erase Like I just did

I assume this "edit" function is only good for a limited time before the post becomes a permanent record, is that correct?

You knuckleheads all think you're special

Ha ha ha mofo! I got one too, so there! :tongue5: I'm taking my % and buying and Island. Gonna call it Zee Oh Six Isle...everyone;s invited

Soon as I'm through here, I'm sending her my banking information AND my SSN so she can make suer she and the little one are well taken care of

Not difficult at all to ban an IP address if you have the administrative capabilities.

Damn! Just when I thought I was gonna score a cool 8 mil!

Definately a deal!

Check the edges and such and make sure it's the right year for you car.

Howdy Bob

Not really.

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Do you mean the techs or the site itself? If the company hasn't been responsive, then I'd find one that would be!

Why pay to be ignored?

That looks great bro

Couldn't tell you?

All I know is he and his kids lost what wasn't with them at the time

PayPal link if anyone would like to help out:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr? ... nationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8

Thanks!


I retired from this agency and have known Ray for several years. He's a top notch-total pro-Deputy, and an all around good guy. You seriously coudn't ask for a more personable, professional and straight up cop!

He's helped me out on many occasions and more recently, with my daughter when she attended his school. He's never hesitated to take the time to help a friend.

It's time to return the favor!It's time to return the favor!

I'm posting this on any site that will allow it. If you want to repost it elsewhere, please feel free.

If you'd like to coordinate with me: you can e-mail me @ gordon@brainerdandassociates.com

or you can contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office directly @ (813) 247-8000 and ask for School Resource. They have a fund, the Lynn Sowers fund set up to assist officers in need.
Otherwise, anything you can do will be appreciated

Thanks.

Here's the link and story:



http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/apr...one-home-fire/

Published: April 4, 2008
Updated: 04/04/2008 04:49 pm
KEYSTONE -- A piece of Keystone history, the yellow wood-frame at Peterson Road Park that was the home of a Hillsborough County deputy and his family, was destroyed by fire Thursday night.

No one was home when the fire broke out, officials said. Deputy Ray Rembert, a school resource officer at Ben Hill Middle School, lived in the house with his children and his fiancée, Debra Turner.

The house and its contents were a complete loss, Yeakley said. No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Rembert visited the site today and said he was told by an official with the fire marshal's office that the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical.

Rembert, 38, has been with the sheriff's office since 1996.

The house, which sits on 4.3 acres of land, was built by the late Charlie Walker, who pushed Hillsborough County to build a school for black children in 1924. Walker's contributions were recognized in 1996 when the Hillsborough County School Board named a middle school in Citrus Park in his honor.

The Rev. Barron Madison, who leads the First Missionary Baptist Church of Keystone across the street from the house, said a community meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday night to discuss the fire and discuss ways they can help Rembert and his family.
The church is at 8202 Peterson Road.
The loss of the house is a blow to the community's heritage, Madison said.
"The memory of this place is just incredible," he said.
It's a huge loss on another front, too, Madison said. Area residents want to help Rembert.

"He means so much to this community," Madison said. "This community wants to give back to him. Whenever there are any problems out here, we go to Ray. Ray gets to the bottom of it if there is any kind of dispute.

"We know we've got a good officer in this neighborhood that we can go to and we're going to get the response that we need."

Madison watched the firefighters at the scene and criticized what he considered a slow response time and no sense of urgency on the part of the crews.

"They were just real, real slow," he said. "When the first truck arrived, the fire was on the porch. There [were] fire trucks lined up from the park to Gunn Highway and there was one hose on this fire."

Rembert said he didn't have any information about the response time.

His fiancée said she was disturbed at the area's lack of fire hydrants. "There's no hydrants out here at all," Turner said. "That's unacceptable."

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews responded to the call about 8:30 p.m. and found the home about 50 percent in flames, spokesman Ray Yeakley said. The fire was under control in about 45 minutes, but about half the deputy's home was burned.

Yeakley said firefighters arrived about seven minutes after getting the call, which is within the average response time.

"Since the house was so far gone, and we knew that nobody was inside, we weren't going to put firefighters at risk for what we considered a lost structure," he said.

The fire department sent more than enough fire engines and tankers to handle the blaze, and there was never any shortage of water, Yeakley said.

The sheriff's office is accepting donations for the family, sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. Checks can be sent to the sheriff's office's Lynn Sowers Foundation, a nonprofit group that helps sheriff's employees, with a note on the check that the donation is for Rembert's family.

Another deputy has offered the family the use of a fully furnished apartment and the agency's peer support group is assisting to meet their immediate needs, Callaway said.

It is not uncommon for law enforcement officers or other county employees to live on county-owned land rent free, said Parks and Recreation spokesman John Brill.

"That provides a security presence at those sites," Brill said. "In return for living at the park, we often provide either utilities or a fenced-in area for a yard."

The occupants must patrol the property twice daily, open and close any gates and keep a daily log, he said.

Donations of clothing for the children can be left at the District 3 office at 7202 Gunn Highway, Callaway said.

The children's ages and clothing sizes are as follows:

A 15-year-old son who wears adult size extra large shirts, 36x34 pants and size 15 to 16 shoes.

A 13-year-old son who wears adult size extra large shirts, 38x30 pants and size 12 shoes.

An 11-year-old son who wears adult size small shirts, boys size 16 pants and size 10 shoes.

A 12-year-old daughter who wears adult size large shirts and size 10 shoes.

Reporter B.C. Manion can be reached at (813) 865-1507 or bmanion@tamptrib.com. Mike Wells can be reached at (813) 259-7839 or mwells@tampatrib.com.

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Hey son!


We can fix at least one of those problems for you quick, fast and in a hurry

Get with me. I've got some SC's I'll give you.

Yes, I know several of the mods there and at least one admin. Does me alot of good though, I'm "Permabanned"

Talking to Willis? I'd rather stick my pecker in a fan! I wouldn't waste my time! Besides, he wants you to kiss his arse to get anything done.

I know Jesse personally as I do Robert (Pewter99). Both at the moment are persona-non-grata with me however. JEsse for his lame assed stand on the forum in general and Robert for not having the sack to meet face to face. He'd rather shoot off his mouth is smart assed retorts and quick quips on the internet than try to have a fact filled discussion.

If you want e-mail addresses though, I can give them to you or hell, I'll give ya Roberts phone number !
That ought to just about piss him off.

I can still access the forum if I want to...but I don't wanna!

And you know how to reach me...you have my number. I'll likely be at Andrehs (Insty Tune) in saturday afternoon with the rest of the group. Come on by and pick up your clingys!

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That or you might want to consider mounting it further down and a bit forward. Too much interior, not enough exterior...and the mirror

But very cool vids

Discuss untill you're hearts content. Agree, disagree, or agree to disagree...it's all good. If we were all of the same mindset:
A) Nothing would get done
B) Nothing would change
C) This would be one boring freakin' world!

Discuss, debate, support your positions and move on. Simple as that. Facts are facts and everything else isn't.


However...

My opinion, for the all < $.02 it may be worth?

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There's your answer...

Case,

I too live in America and happen to be damned proud of it.

I've stood ready to defend our country in it's military and have served a total of 30 years as a law enforcement officer.

The fact that you disagree with DaleD is your opinion. And the fact that he disagrees with you is his.

That said, why can't we keep the debates to a professional level and leave the CHILDISH, WHINEY ASSED NAME CALLING to Brand-X (CF)!!

This is starting to sound more and more like one of thier pissing contests by the moment

But to categorize all Americans with such a comment:
Quote:...is not only invalid and insulting to all Americans, but offending to me as personally!
Maybe that makes ME a "pussy" in your book as well? If so, then so be it! I'm sure we can find a better time and place to discuss such issues.

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I really don't get offended easily nor do I fly off the handle at the drop of a hat. People that know me here and from my many years at Brand X know that about me.

Patience and a sense of humor have gotten me a long way in life and kept me alive more than once.
After 51 years, it's easy to laugh at things I once took offense to.

But this little pissing contest between the 3 of you is non-pro IMHO.

I've heard great things about both of you and read a lot of CC's stuff on brand X before the exodus and my banning

I'm hoping that you're just having a bad day at the moderators table and will eventually get your chit back together.

Lets leave the name calling to the "other forum" and act like civilized, adult men and women here. Lets keep the debates friendly and on point shall we?

I'm going to leave for now and I'll check back in later. Maybe the old C4Guru will resurface

Gordon

Holy shit! This has gone to hell in a handbasket!

We have gone from an advertisement to moderators and members tossing spears at each other.....no thanks guys.....

Both of you need to get a grip!

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Whoo hoo...another Parrot head!!!

Stop making me log back in every time i visit!!!

I jump in and out several times throughout the day be it in the car, on the road, or in the office doing paperwork. These sites are sort of a brain break for me.

I'm in quick, look around, then out again....

Having to log in every time is a PITA!

Thanks

If it was returned to you in good shape, then it has to be either in the reinstall or as you said, maybe you hit something hard enough to make it happen. I'd think you'd have noticed that though.

Did you look at it when you got it back? Inspect it for damage?

Just trying to find a source here.

I'm guessing that you R&R'd it to do the repairs?

When you replaced it, did you happen to overtighten it? I'm thinking that the body flex in these things is such a mother that it could have done you in.

Having no interest in cows and cattle generally other than food supply, I found the politcal implications to be funny as hell and right on spot!

Skirlin,

Don't feel alone bro. I hadn't heard it before either. I took the post as informative and missed the humor in it, but I did see the stupidity of the company in airing it

If they'd mabye explained the map to the public, it's likely the outcry would have been less.

With the country being in the mess it is today, with the regular border crossings, giving jobs to mexico and other countries that will work for pennies (for now), and such nonsense, people are getting a bit more thin skinned (or patriotic-not sure which) about certain things and tend to take more personally (at least thats been my observation).

Hanging up on callers and not reading or responding to e-mails is the quickest way in the world to go out of business!

They don't make the only or best Vodka in the world you know

Sound nice Case

That sharkfishing video was a hoot!

Welcome aboard

Hey Rich
Tampa here, northwestern part (Odessa/Citrus park)

If you're in the area on Saturday afternoon, there's always a gathering at Andreh's (Insty Tune & Lube) on Dale Mabry south of Bearss Ave.

10-20 vettes depending on what else is going on and are usually there. We get there around 5-6 pm and stay until 7-8 then go where ever from there.

Besides here of course, a lot of the Florida members can be found here:

www.corvetteflorida.com

The two sites compliment each other well IMO.

There's alot going on that can benefit both sites, and just like here, no one there cares about listing another websites link

Sent Wilcox a message last night and had this response whe I hit the computer @ 6am today:

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Once again, not bad customer service
Still trying to get them to either come over as a vendor or at least keep us in the loop when a sale is offered

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If you go to www.wilcoxcorvette.com they have the windshiehd, halo and hatch weather stripping on sale:
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Went to the site and all I got were tons of pop-ups and some "similar links" search engines

I've already gotten mine from them, but for those like myself who've been permabanned from brand X (bastards still haven't told me why! ) and can't get to the link, I'm going to e-mail Wilcox and ask them to extend or include our site in thier group purchases.

hey CF JMHO

I purchased my weatherstripping from Wilcox and have nothing but praise for them.

Welcome aboard friend. You came to the right place

Post up some pics of your car when you get a chance.

Sorry about the leak. Hope it's an easy fix.

I saw pics of the hood on DC....very nice work

I know you said it was a Greenwood, but what hood did you start with? Was it the one with the "ram air" snorkels in front?

Beautiful work.

:ace: Ok, this is driving me crazy (I know, the way points for the drive are already programmed in )!

1) Can someone please make the sign in remember me? Tired of signing in every time I come here. I pop in and out many, many, many times during the day, night and overnight, depending on my schedule and activities. Every time I have to log back in.

2) When I use or anything like that, it doens't recognize the smiley???

Help!

Thanks, now I feel better...next option...bubble wraps

Gordon

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I "can", but I won't

Got mine today

They look great! That is all...

Thank you!

Thank you for the pictures

Without a doubt, one of the best looking setups I've seen in a long while.

I plan on using a Toledo Pro (not certain yet, but thats the initial plan), and I think that would look great moulded in.

I'll have to get someone to do some photo shopping and see?

Thanks again...excellent thread!

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Damn bro! Share the details! Thats awesome

I was thinking of how it'd look matched to a mid rise Toledo Pro hood....how did you do it? Inquireing minds want to know

Could you imagine a K9 sweep? Thats not my shit man...

So sorry for the loss of a "brother."
R.I.P. :angel7:

That hood looks fantastic! Who did it?