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Message: [QUOTE="biglou, post: 203980"] [b]Hook, Line and Sinker![/b] Just kidding, Ivan. I remember reading your post about not having the time to moderate anymore (or something like that). I always thought you quit because of the lousy pay!:eek: ;) For the most part, I take people at face value, even here on this site. When I started lurking here a year and a half ago, there is no way that I could have imagined the friends that I would be making here. Our local riding group that consisted of four of us last summer, has grown to probably 25 of us that are "every weekend riders" with another 15-20 in reserve. Some of these guys I now consider best of friends. I can't tell you how cool it is to realize that most of the folks here are genuine, down to earth types. My first experience with that was when selling the FMF slip-on off of the DRZ. Someone actually sent me a check in the mail and relied on me to send them the pipe. That is trust. One guy sent me $20 cash for some other small parts, also. Some of the names are familiar, and some may not be, but the folks that I've met through this place are now my Email pen-pals, my riding buddies, my confidants and even my extended family. I try to do my good deeds via PM to those that I think I can offer some help or support to. I'm not superstitious, but I do believe in Karma. What comes around, goes around. Thankfully that was good karma coming back around two nights ago when a dead battery left me stranded in town with a truck full of groceries and the stranger at the counter gave me a jump and the guys at AutoZone "broke the rules" and lent a hand installing my new battery so I could get home. Another incredible example of human kindness from this site is Spodefest/DirtWeek. Bswift and the Oklahoma spodes [i]insisted[/i] that I drink their beer and eat the last of their food before shoving off for the hotel Saturday night. No kidding! I couldn't get ot of it. Thanks to SF/DW I now am in constant contact with Brian (Bswift), Papak, CAL, Julius, and many more. This is family and this is a great place to hang out. To quote the Blue Angels (for those of you that have seen their documentary) "Happy to be here, boss". (I even imitated Ivan by breaking this post up into several small paragraghs!):debil: [/QUOTE]

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