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[Craig Lewis]

I've also gone back and searched for the "rude" replies to 30modelA and can see nothing more than folks bending over backwards to help him in every posting.
With all due respect, 30modelA can you kindly enlighten us all as to what exactly jilted your sensitive side?
If I was to trust my gut feeling, I'd almost wonder if there's someone with a hidden agenda in the background of this forum who's putting certain people up to this silliness.
Now before the flame throwers open up, listen.
I bought my Model A at the tender age of 26 and endured a certain amount of belittlement blending in with outright rudeness but I fought back and learned stuff and challenged those who attacked me.
More than once I learned I wasn't as right as I thought I was... while also learning the respect of others.
(at least "I think" someone respects me somewhere)
FAR greater was the multitudes of people who helped me and that's why I decided to stay focused on the preservation of Model A's as they left the factory.
It's an education you can't buy...
you don't deserve it...
you take some knocks along the way and learn as you go.
Life is a big game and there's a message put forth by many in this thread that we need to lighten up and put feelings aside sometimes in the real world. I've learned if you truly want to enjoy and share in the knowledge of a past generation you might have to do something to earn it. If this means excusing someone for a few errors,bad spelling,age difference,race,creed,political standing,religion or any of the other things everybody seems to be "on" about, then so be it.
I'm here for the CAR and that's all.
I enjoy a good scrap just as well as the fellowship as long as something good comes from it, but at the end of the day everything we hold dear was earned by "scrapping it out" and if you think history doesn't repeat itself I humbly suggest you go back and rot in school for a few more years.
Speaking for myself I'm thankfull to grow up in era which reaps the benefits of my elders who gave their lives and lost personal freinds in war and bloodshed while I'm at an age that seems to have missed any wars.
The fear of a little arguement on the internet seems pretty trivial compared to the hardships of many people between now and when the cars of our affection where built.
If this continues to the point where you guys are all wearing pink T-shirts in support of your emotions & sensitive sides...then I'd suggest you're trying to modify the wrong forum.
This sense of "entitlement" I keep hearing about is disturbing.
The world owes us nothing.
For free.......the sun comes up.