WTG Rooks

[Shuffler]

When I was 15, I was working and saving money for my first car...my how times have changed.

When I was 15 I had my own car and had been driving for a year.    1967 Cutlass Supreme

[5PointOh]

85 Mustang GT for me.  Miss that car 

[Zoney]

1959 Corvette on my 16th birthday in 1972.  My dad paid 1400.00 for it and it was perfect.  I had it smashed up within 3 months.  Small town bodyshop I swept floors, sanded cars, cleaned the bathroom, got lunch and coffee for everyone, and learned to fiberglass with the spare time.  Had it rebuilt in 3 months and the shop owner walked me through the painting process so I got to paint it myself.  Great experience, brings back memories.  Dad then promptly sold it and replaced it with a 911 Porsche.  Never wrecked it either.  Best thing about the Porsche, Ann Mcmann, the redhead with the big knockers loved to "park" in it with me.

[Ghastly]

{snip} but why does eveyone have to be mean about every thing i post god

For myself, I apologize if you took what I said as "mean" - it wasn't meant that way. 

The reason that many people have reacted to this post as they have is that for many of us, the "war" simply provides a context for what the game is actually about to us - which is competing with other players in the role(s) that the aircraft we grew up admiring in real life performed.

The "war" itself is relatively unimportant to many of us, and the desire to "win the war" (at all costs) brings what many players feel are some significant downsides that distract from, detract from, and obstruct in many ways the portions of the game that we actually are here to participate in.

Make sense?

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[VonMessa]

When I was 15, I was working and saving money for my first car...my how times have changed.

....  and scheming on the next plan for getting laid..........

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[VonMessa]

When I was 15 I had my own car and had been driving for a year.    1967 Cutlass Supreme

It is one thing to let us think you are an old fart.

It's another thing to post, and prove it.             

[W7LPNRICK]

AH was my 15th birthday present.  I was still able to work three jobs AND stay in the top 3 of my class! 

One problem is when people are playing, teasing, and joking, on-line, it is without facial expression, voice, or body language. This makes it difficult, especially for a younger person, to understand it's just horsing around. Remember how cruel teenagers can be at school? For most of us that's been a long time. I would say to banshee, that this is the somewhat normal banter that adult men get into quite often, but mostly intended in good humor and friendly needling. Just picture these guiys with a friendly grin on their faces and you'll be less offended and understand a bit more what is, usually, intended. Yup! There are some truly Rude folks out there, but you'll figure them out pretty quick & learn to ignore them like we do. It often comes from a fragile ego, and bashing someone else makes them feel bigger. Have fun Kiddo! Keep a positive attitude!

[Shuffler]

It is one thing to let us think you are an old fart.

It's another thing to post, and prove it.             

Hehehe creak groan... owww 

[Boxboy]

Give me a break Shuff you were never 15   you have always been an   fart

It takes one to know one

PS I probably build your cutlass as I was working for Oldsmobile in 1966 

[thndregg]

I was 15 years old in 1988, worked like hell to save up for a cool red Toyota 4x4 truck. Almost had enough saved for it when it was sold. Damn.

[2ADoc]

Well MOST of us are older, and have been IN an industry of some kind where we get harassed on a regular basis.  The old farts understand this, the young guys don't, their feeling are tender, and they don't understand why we pick on them.  It is because they post things that are not the smartest things in the world.  For instance, " what is this, I would do the research, but I will just let you guys do it".  When they post things like that what do they expect.  Once they post something like that it hurts their reputations and makes the older folks put a target on the younger persons back, with a "Kick ME" right under it.  I have posted stupid thing before, and gotten flamed.  If you do, get ready to be flamed, and take it like a man, say OPPS and apologize.  Like the man with the bald head said,"life is hard, get a bit guard, and a helmet".  All the folks jumping to his defense, look at some of the OP's other posts.  He has put his own target on his own back, he has apologized, and said that he was going to change his ways.  It takes time to prove it, until he does he will have to be VERY selective about what he posts, and ask himself how can I get flamed over this?  Once you post a few things that are not the smartest, or you post things just to get your numbers up, or to insult other members you can expect to get flamed.   All that said, by the time I was 15 I had a 1943 J-3 Cub.  My dad gave me the option, a car or a plane, I took the plane not realizing that it was easier to get a girl to go parking with you than it was to get them to go flying with you.  SO yea I am an

[68ZooM]

INteresting hijack, but ill add to it    got my first truck at 12 in 1972 (with dads help) it was a 47 Ford PU 265 flathead V8, bought it from the local cemetery for 250.00 only had little under 3,000 miles sense i was only 12 and couldn't drive it legally yet so i figured i had 4 years to redo the truck, i found some old offenhauser aluminum heads and a offenhauser tri power with 3 strombergs on it, installed it the truck ran like a demon, then i went with the classic black tuck&roll interior, cragers on M50's on the back and 60's on the front , dropped it 3 inches (that's where dad came in), He had at that time a 50 merc with what he called a cigarette pack ride height Frenched headlights and taillights. i wish i would of kept all my cars when i grew up, but back then we had no clue as to what there worth today and they were cheap and all over the place to buy, cars i had  47 ford, 65 nova ss , 66 chevelle, 63 impala ss 409 4 spd, 69 Camero Z28 302 motor, 69 and 70 roadrunner, 53 Willy's wagon with a 283, 56 Chev 2Dr post, been a few others, but now i can kick myself in the Arse for getting rid them.

[dedalos]

It is one thing to let us think you are an old fart.

It's another thing to post, and prove it.             

ummmmm NO!  He is 15, the car is just very old

[Shuffler]

69 Camero Z28 302 motor

I had a 68 Camaro with 327. I always liked the small blocks. That 302 (327 with a 283 crank) was really popular for the dirt trackers. I almost snagged one that was setup for a dirt tracker with pink rods and all. Missed it by 2 days.


My second car was a 67 mustang with 289.

[IrishOne]

my first car was a dodge colt    lol paid for that baby myself!!    what a POS.....