Projects old world and new world colide and I get kicked off his land

My neighbor used to let strangers come look at his restored Jeeps. That is until one of the visitors returned one weekend and loaded up a couple of snap on tool boxes. It may not be the old car the guy is worried about, its all the ancillary equipment sitting around.

 

Farmergal,remember respect goes both ways.Calling people old hags sure isn"t the way to get it back.The guy ran him off already so taking his Dad back there might just piss the guy off more.I would say just let well enough alone.

 

Good thoughts here. May not work, but atleast you made an attempt to make things right. I'd take him the pie and not even mention the cars. Just apologize for your poor judgement and leave it at that. Be sure to be very respectful. and take the ass chewing if he decides to give it.

Even if you never see the cars again, you'll know that you did your best to fix things.

 

+2, make sure you have a pie in your hands (pecan is good) when you go back and forget about the cars, people care more about friendship than cars anyway. Guy might be a good friend to have.

 

The way I see it is the guy trusted you.

You got talking and he was showing YOU his cars that he has. Now you start taking pictures, he's thinking now he's showing his cars to EVERYONE in the damn world.

Maybe he was right, would you have posted the pictures here if you did get a some pictures?

Best you can do, if you want to buy a car that he's selling, is make amends. Go over apologize again and then go away. Don't start buggin' him about his cars.

 

Maybe he stole that shit

 

Granted if the dudes swerving nearly hitting ya while trying to take a pic I'd be pissed.But when your cars on the public road and people see it you gotta face the fact that people will take pics whether you like it or not. It's a whole different story when its on your property however!

 

As a victim of thieves [snatched my Dad's restored 30 Ford pickup after I inherited it] I'd certainly get excited if a stranger whipped out his camera when I was showing my private stash. Sounds like you've learned your lesson and it was a cheap lesson.........this time.

 

If he showed you his daughter and you took photos I guess you would get the same reaction.

 

How to make a good impression:
Be polite
ask permission
say thank you.
(yes, "always" is implied)

 

One of the best anti theft systems is not allowing anyone to know what is in your garage. Pictures of "neat" cars tend to be passed around. I side with the older gentleman unless you asked permission first.

Charlie Stephens

 

Have I told you lately that I love you?

 

Prior to moving last summer, we lived on a somewhat country road that connected with the nearby town. I worked on my truck in the attached one car garage, and would often have strangers spot me working, and pull in to chat. One night I had the garage door open way after dark while unloading some groceries. . My wife had just got out of the shower with a towel on, and came into the kitchen saying somebody is out walking around the garage. I grabbed a gun and walked out there and asked what I could help him with. He replied, "oh nothing, just thought I would stop by and see what you had in here." I told him on that note he needed to leave and not even look this direction.
DId have quite a few with manners come by that actually got invited into the shop, but that one took the cake!

 

I'm 42 - always use my manners, say, sir, ma'am, open the door for the ladies (young ones get pissed at that - any idea why?). I think the generalization that the younger generation is disrespectful is, sadly, quite accurate. When you're raised to have no fear of being held accountable for your actions you tend not to care too much. The obsession with advertising your entire lives to the rest of the world is, I think, your way of feeling "special" in a world that seems to constantly need to celebrate mediocrity.

Steve

 

do you even realize what an honor it was that he decided to show u his cars? nuff said

 

(I have my cane "corked" with a lead plug near the bottom in case I need to teach some manners).

Does it have a firing pin too??

 

You were way out of line and Well, I can tell you he wasn't Amish - He wouldn't have had any cars!

Now get off my lawn ya punk

 

Feminists regard that as demeaning for the implication that women are somehow incapable of doing things for themselves.

On the other hand, to spurn a courtesy offered sincerely is an insult; and in the spirit of gender equality the proper response to a woman who does so is to challenge her to a duel ...

 

Don't really give a shit about feminists. I was raised to open doors for ladies. On the other hand maybe feminists aren't ladies.

 

So, did you git any pix?

 

I'm 22 and my boyfriend opens the car/truck door for me first and holds doors for me, etc. I don't get pissed about it; in fact i think its a good measure of a man and his manners on the first few dates. Sometimes i purposely will beat him to the door to open it myself. Sometimes i DO feel as if i can open my own door by myself and i will do it. A lot of men dont do this for ladies these days and i think that once a young girl comes across someone who does hold the door for her; it makes her uncomfortable.

I'm not much of a feminist and i can honestly say the majority of them can go shove it but i'm also the type of gal who will stick up for myself, put up one helluva fight, and i'm pretty comfortable being self suficient if i have to. I know i dont need a guy to survive and be happy in life but that doesnt mean a guy can't and shouldnt have proper manners....he should respect a lady.

 

yes sir, i believe you have...

 

HEY GIRLIE , IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU!
Lol jk.

To the original poster:
Its too bad that this younger generation "believes " that everyone does what you did. The world will be an awful place soon. Where's your manners? You violated that man and if I need to explain it you wouldn't understand.

I suppose next week there's gonna be a thread 10 pages by someone else who knocked on that old mans door and got thrown off his property before they see his other cars.

 

Why should his father go fix something the son did? Thats 90% of the reason society has the problems it does. When you make a mistake, you man up and fix it. Yes, it IS that simple.
If you want a car this man has for sale, go apologize to him, hell maybe take a peace offering along.
Try to see it HIS way; A stranger shows up on your property. You decide to be polite and show off some of your stuff, and a TOTAL STRANGER STARTS SNAPPING PIC'S OF YOUR STUFF?
I'd have flipped too.

 

I would go back and apologize. My dad would take him a decent bottle of whiskey if he drinks at all. Dad has buttered a lot of people up that way.

 

Saints, You can come take a picture of my car anytime you want.It would
make me feel proud and I'm 67 years old !!!! LOL

 

I am with the old Gentleman......you crossed the line...
An expensive lesson learned.......

 

agreed. sometimes i think technology and all the advances have really "killed" out world. I agree that the younger generation just doesnt realize how you guys grew up...we are that far removed from it. When i was growing up we didnt really have cell phones or computers or video games etc. I remember how big of a deal it was when i got my first color-screen Gameboy.

Our video gamges consisted of the original Mario Bros, etc. I can remember the days growing up when (and this wasnt that long ago) when things were probably similar to your times in the fact that technology really wasn't where it is today.

I envy the way the older HAMB generation grew up. Believe me, i do. I think if a lot of the younger generation was aware of how it used to be; they'd probably envy those times too.

I love the internet and facebook and texting and my cell phone and most definately my camera. With the exception of giving up my camera i would envy growing up without all those other things. Maybe kids would return to playing out in the great outdoors with an IMAGINATION with dirt on their hands. imagine that?

 

Wow, I like snapping a few pictures from time to time. I took these pictures while my wife was driving us up North this past October. Can you tell where we are? Oh by the way, the gent driving was grinning like a Cheshire cat when he saw me taking a picture!

 

That was my first thought when I read this....

I would let the guy cool down for a while and then try to go apologize again, he might be fine with it once he sees that you're a decent guy. I did this once to an old-timer that I accidentally ticked off, he actually really appreciated it.