rustystud
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First off the people on this forum don't get paid for the advice or information they give out. They do it to help the community . Most of us have jobs, and after a long day of working we come to this site to see what is going on and give a lending hand when needed. So when someone like you post this kind of stuff how do you think this makes us feel about helping you ? Most of this information is out there. I spent over 2.5 years reading the past posts before I ever posted my own. I know there is a lot of information here. I'm a "ASE" certified master truck mechanic, have been for over 35 years now and I have learned a lot about these trucks in these forums. I was even in the "Marine Corps" in the motor pool and I still learned a lot here. So when someone says "Tell Me Now ! Your suppose to tell me ! " I usually say nothing or maybe tell them a direction to take. Now if they "truly" have searched and have found nothing I usually help out as do so many others here. Now you need to consider this, it is MY time your asking me to use to help you out. MY TIME ! you understand ? I can just as well watch the TV and have a quite evening to myself and not be bothered at all. As for the guy with the child analogy know this " Your Not My Child ! " .This is exactly whi so many people hate the forums. Some not all of the more knowledgeable/ long time forum members get there heads all swollen because they answer a lot of questions. Now that these select few answer a lot of questions they get this attitude like they are better than the rest because they know more than the rest in one specific field. Then this elitist attitude starts to show when they feel inconvenienced for answering the same or similar questions more than once I personally find this attitude to be repulsive and unwanted in a environment when people are genuinely seeking help.
maybe next time you feel the impulse to poop on someone's thread because you want to look authoritative you could just answer the question or simply hit the back button.
Thank you. Have a nice day.
Now having said all that, I do enjoy helping others out and if it is within my ability to help I usually do. As do so many of the OLD guys here. I have not seen any here who have this "Swollen" head syndrome . All I have seen is just guys trying to help out when they can. Some here spend so much of there personal time here helping you would think they "work" here ( Gringletaub, gimpyrobb, jeepsinker, Welldigger, Recovery 4X4, Floridianson, jasonjc, plus all the moderators, just to name a few of so very many ! ). What I have seen is new members here get all "bent out of shape" when given (free) advice that they didn't like or want to hear, then going on a rant and attacking the one who gave the advice. This I have seen many times !
This is one of the very best Military Sites on the web today and the guys who make it so, do it for the love of the green machines. This attitude I'm seeing lately doesn't help it any at all. If you want to see this site prosper then I think an attitude adjustment is needed for those who feel "entitled" to help whenever they want it.
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