Well gee, you guys sure are attached to this "newbie" thing. I come here, I make a little mistake, and you guys harp on it, give me the little flip-off icons. Hoorah. You guys sure know how to make someone feel welcomed. I have met lots of Zuk guys out on trails, and its always been like finding a kindred spirit. For some reason I expected to find that here. Guess I was wrong.

I aint thin-skinned, I can take a joke. But I get enough shit from the friggin Jeep and toyota snobs out there for driving a "Tonka Truck", asking me where the hamster wheel is under the hood, how many AA's it takes, and just general disrespect for both my choice of 4x4, and my devotion to building up a damned fine little vehicle.

I go places and do things in my zuk that my friends with lockers, 33's, chevy small blocks and jeepeaters dont think I can make. And i do it with open diffs, a lousy lift, stock gears, and street tires. They always whip out thier winches and ask me if I want a hand, or if my hamsters have died. The jokes were old about 10 minutes later.

Maybe I'm overreacting. Maybe you guys were just ribbing me. I admit, the link to the classified section being just a couple inches down on the main page there and my blatant stupidity for not finding it does tend to make me look like an idiot. I got the flu, works been sucking, and I guess I just plain screwed up.

So you're right, I am a newbie, I make newbie mistakes. If this is how you treat new guys, I have to wonder how you swell your ranks, as I dont feel too inclined to stay here or get to know any of you folks. I hoped to find other zuk enthusiasts who shared my passion for the Samurai, people who would not berate and ridicule my dreams of engine swaps and mods, people who actually saw the Suzuki Samurai as a viable alternative to Jeeps and Toys.

Guess I dont fit in with your crowd, either. See ya around.

I think you have gotten the wrong impresion of people here. It is just the way of saying welcome here. Kind of our own culture. I think you will find the people in general on the board to be a great group of guys. I haven't met any of the Sami guys yet (they are all web wheelers :flipoff2: ) but of the 40-50 others from this board I have meet have been great guys. Every single one of them would have stopped and given me a hand just like I would for them if broken down. Most of my best wheeling friends have come from people on this site. So sit back learn a little from others help others learn from you and have some fun.


Matt

You have to lurk alittle more. This is how things are done here.
It always looks bad, but its a Pirate thing. They are always giving each other the finger. At least it a smiley finger:D

You only have to take offence if you get one of these:mad: :mad3:

Stick around, fresh blood is always needed.

Take everything as a joke, and you will do fine.:D

:flipoff2: Welcome Ya fawking Newbie:flipoff2:

Wooohh hang on man,
Its all in good fun..I still get crap from people. heck even guys like Phatty.. the all might mod-er-tater gets ribbed..it really is all in good fun, I got all pissy on one post.. and was giving the rateing of :crybaby:...I learned to :laughing: it off. and enjoy the as you putt it fellowship of fellow zukers...and toyers...and Jeepers...and Dodgers...and Chevy..er, you get the picture..:D..
the whole :flipoff2: is all done in fun.. we've all gotten the newbie salute, heck we stil get it...;)..oh well..enough rambling from me..
its back to work..:zzz:....

"Maybe I'm overreacting. Maybe you guys were just ribbing me."

Ya think ?
















Oh yea :flipoff2:

well, look at it this way, we've all been there, i'v been there twice, i became a wheeler and had a total of 14? well say 140 posts and typed in the wrong e-mail while updating my profile and lost everything........now i'm starting over again, and when you become a wheeler you'll treat the newbies the same way your treated.........beleave me...... its all in good fun.....:flipoff2:

:crybaby: :flipoff2: :crybaby: :flipoff2: :crybaby:

Dude,
Relax....read....learn.....teach.....enjoy have a :beer: it's all good

This is where I am supposed to say "it's alright", it's o'k', and "they didn't mean it". Ya right, These lil guys mean it, they're all mean little people! Get out while you can!:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Ok...............

How come I didnt get all the attention when I was a newbie??

I missed out on all the nice fuzzy welcomes????????


Jim
:eek:

LOL

Thought I had enough posts that I wasnt still a newbie, but I see that I am still a newbie ....

So I still want a few :flipoff2: :p

Originally posted by Toywagon
Ok...............

How come I didnt get all the attention when I was a newbie??

I missed out on all the nice fuzzy welcomes????????


Jim
:eek:

Ok you asked for it..
WELCOME :flipoff2:...:laughing:...;)

Here is to all the newbies that we missed!!:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Dude, calm down. All the newbies (and everyone ese, really) get the :flipoff2: treatment. The little dude in the :flipoff2: is smiling because the guy who posted that to you is not mad... He's just welcoming you in our own way.

The way the treated you has nothing to do with you missing the link and positng in the wrong section for the most part. They're just messing with you. Although a couple of guys did heckle you for screwin' that up - but I think you'd have to expect that.

They're right though, you should have lurked more. The guys who just jump right in an post before looking around are the one's who get their panties in a wad. This is because they're not expecting :flipoff2: and they don't realize they're getting treated just like everyone else.

Calm down and read around. You'll realize that our constant ragging on each other is just the way we interact on here. If you want a dry, tech-only place where you won't laugh while you learn how to do your rear wheel bearings, Allow me to recommend a place like off-road.com's board.

take it like the rest of us.......sit back, relax, laugh it up........:D

Well he is either doing just that...............or we scared him away.

" Look what ya made me do now Alice!!!!!!!!"


:rolleyes:

yeah, i think hes scard of ya john.........lol......