Are moderators taking a harder line----

To set the record straight the cl***ic VW "BUG" has been around since the '30s in Nazi Germany as the People's(Volks) Car(Wagen) and was first commercially imported to the US in 1948-49.
Now, I don't consider them as Trad hotrods at all but they are a part of the era.

 

A section for garage related topics could help things out some too.

 

Valid points cuznbrucie,
One of the nicest and most respectful recent additions I've seen to the HAMB is the addition of the link to the HAMB Chapel.
We're all wired differently religiously and spiritually and I think the availibility of that place for our fellow members to post and reflect on those they've lost or are concerned about is great.
Not all of us know the concerns of others and if someone wants to show their respect for their concerned or lost,the HAMB Chapel would be an excellent place?

 

obviously you dont ! ! ! keep on diluting the hobby ! ! will need to dig up a time capsule to find out what a real hot rod is , future.

THANK GOD some still do get it...........go kiss a duck marblehead ! !

 

i try to give good advice if i can , as Brian suggested. and as crusingbrucie said , there are some threads i get tired of. i think only maybe 2-3 threads of mine have been closed?

the some old POS body swap on a S-10 ch***is really gets me going..sometimes i respond with a ****ty answer, most times i hold my tongue..unless i'm drunk and then you never what i will say

but i always try to keep in mind the fact i'm not a moderator and this site doesn't belong to me....i'm just a guest ,so it's not up to me and i don't get to decide

 

once in a while I'll go through and look for closed threads just to see what it was. the main theme seems to be drama.

one thing I'd like to see if the mods are watching is to delete cl***ified threads for sold items rather than just closing them. I get PM's for stuff I listed that's been gone for a year even though the thread is closed since they still come up in search.

 

MY kind of guy...We've got to stick together CB


HellRaiser

 

And THAT, kids, is the **** that gets a thread closed 9 times out of 10

 

I've had threads locked and deleted and while I accept this as part of this forum, it would be nice to know why thess decisions was made.

It seems sometimes, that it is not the actual thread that is the issue, but the comments or posts.

So why **** can a thread for comments made by others as it seems the person posting needs to be given a time out or similar.

Then there was the thread about defining Traditional which got shut down, well to me that smells especially since this is a traditional forum and you are not prepared for your members to have a say on how they see things.

I say you can't have it both ways.
The other side of the coin is that healthy discussion never hurt anybody and I am sure that the Traditional guys way back then would not have been happy holding back, after all that is how we have gotten to this point surely.
Back in the old days Traditional was being out there!!!
Not being stiffled!

And as for the O/T stuff on here if we are such purist how does that all get by?

Long live the HAMB.

 

This forum belongs to Ryan & moderators, they set the rules!! Don't like it leave!! My interests lie in many different style, I try to stick with the topic at hand or maybe what I think is a funny remark. If I think it fits OK. Comming here with off topic posts is like an atheist going to church and trying to tell them to chuck their beliefs!! As someone said I come for the cars and info, not the obits, pets, or aniversaries!!

 

I agree with you to a point.

I'm sick of the "laying frame" ****. The pickups with wheels about to pop out of the hood and other lowrider / minitruck **** done with an old truck so therefore it is "traditional"

On the other hand.. I don't want to be on a board where I can only use flathead screws and rivets, cause phllips heads are not trad enough. Have to take all my photos in black and white and can't use any repop parts cause of metallurgy differences that aren't trad enough.

Moderators have to pick and choose. It is too hard to define exactly what is or isn't kosher, so it is just something you have to overlook to enjoy the rest of the board.

 

When I first saw this thread I thought it was a new Carburetor or A bubble top car or
never mind I see it's just another OT ******** post....................

 

Opinions are like auctions,sometimes you see something to bid on,sometimes you go for a hot dog and avoid the item...

 

Von Franco I don't think its "off topic" and its not intended as "********". Its the people who post, and the subjects they post about that make the HAMB. My intention is to figure out how to do good technical posts that help the average rodder accomplish something to make his car better/quicker/safer/nicer.--And not get flamed and have the posts closed.

 

Well said Fiftyv8. My complaint is that certain persons on here think that it is their responsibility to police postings. That should strictly be the job of the Mods, not self appointed individuals who enjoy the forum like everyone else does. I too notice that certain people get away with things others don't. Also, traditional needs to be defined by the Mods, since that is such an issue. I think that this form is a good opportunity to gain knowlege and friendship, so if someone goes slightly off-topic, I can live with that.

 

Thin post something technical,or about fixing cars ,but your just asking for opinions
and that was mine..........................

 

Franco for President!

 

I like Ryan cause he doesn't kiss Jesse James ***. My 64 El Camino isn't exactly what most guys here call traditional.But old car bodies on S10 frames is accepted,many page thread on it.
Read what ya like,don't read what ya don't like,let the site owner and his moderators do what they do.

 

I don't think they delete enough.

 

bugs are hot rods in potsdam e germany

 

now that's funny ..... and true. too much drama.

 

I must be delusional - I thought Joe Milan's and Kinmont's disc brakes were Holy Grail ultra traditional - obviously I'm wrong.... So if I post a thread on this subject it will get deleted, no????

 

I wouldn't want to pay the bandwidth bill for it...

 

here a good example of one to bounce out of here
sheesh....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364887

 

Check out the "Free Parking" section of the Garage Journal...everything there.

 

oops i just resopned to that one

this thread should go too..its stupid

****...i just posted on this one too..im going back out in the shop this internet thing just isnt for me today

 

Can't be taking THAT hard of a line...this thread's been up for 3 1/2 hours & hasn't been moved to the "Questions & Suggestions forum" as of 6:01pm....which is probably where it's supposed to be, I think...

 

I agree with High Cl*** Rat, let the mods do there job everybody else should just enjoy the site....

 

http://www.garagejournal.com/



I smell a tech week coming