Why Did You Join This Site?

[Julian]

We are curious to know why you joined this site.....

 

[DCB-270]

2 Got booted. Free and open is always better.

 

[Glassman]

2 Got booted. Free and open is always better.

YOU got booted? unbelievable! WTF happened?

 

[txav8r]

I too got booted! Several times as a matter of fact! Seemed to be the norm. I was very resistant to joining a new forum because I didn't want to take away from the history and knowledge base over there. Well, seasoned members just continued to leave or be controlled. Time for change and a new and healthy relationship!

 

[DCB-270]

YOU got booted? unbelievable! WTF happened?

It's a long story that tensions between us built up over the years. We started friends. I drove to Dallas twice to rebuild his motors so he could take his boat out. Took them twice to Texoma on our dime for a weekend. Sent donations often and sent him cash several times.

 

[Glassman]

That will teach you! You ought to be a stingy bastard like me!

 

[DCB-270]

You always have a special way of saying things.

 

[Julian]

That will teach you! You ought to be a stingy bastard like me!

It's a long story that tensions between us built up over the years. We started friends. I drove to Dallas twice to rebuild his motors so he could take his boat out. Took them twice to Texoma on our dime for a weekend. Sent donations often and sent him cash several times.

@Glassman I'm stingy too! But I contributed both money and time....sucked into it...peer pressure...oh well..
@DCB-270 You went to great lengths to help him....and got pretty much the same treatment as me....by the sound of it even worse!

Oh well....we are off to a good start here....and I think we have a lot of fun!

 

[DCB-270]

Wow! When you get banned u feel like you are the only one because you can't keep up. Looking forward to a great new website.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Here here!! Cheers!! Looks awesome so far!

 

[maboat]

#7 all of the above

 

[Murf'n'surf]

MABOAT!!! Back from the grave!

 

[DCB-270]

Man I missed the jet heads. Good for you standing up to Hitler. I guess I was banned at the time.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Do you think there might be a back door secret subsidy paid by Yami to Brian? That would substantiate inflating member numbers and his refusal to sell the site.

I never heard of the jet heads site---guess I wasn't in that crowd to get an invite. Hehe!

 

[Julian]

I think he just let the numbers inflate on their own....enough spam bots sign up every day to easily inflate the count if you aren't religious about deleting them...

 

[Suchawittygal]

It's a long story that tensions between us built up over the years. We started friends. I drove to Dallas twice to rebuild his motors so he could take his boat out. Took them twice to Texoma on our dime for a weekend. Sent donations often and sent him cash several times.

No good deed goes unpunished.
I joined because I missed my buddy, Mel and the wealth of information that those who were booted bring.

 

[itsdgm]

I joined because I really do like helping people with their boating related issues and learning more about my boat. Several times I've been out on the water and something's happened and I knew exactly how to handle it because I read helpful advice given by my friends within this community.

I can't tell you how many times I was out on the lake and met a fellow Jetboater that owned a Yamaha. I was always eager to direct them to this group of enthusiasts. All I wanted was a simple sticker on my boat, a business card with an Internet address or god forbid a tshirt. Well needless to say that wasn't a priority on the old site. In fact, how that "Logo Contest" was handled really ended my fun over there. I really had difficulty donating money to that site after how that was handled.

I was willing to put an ASS load of money into somebody's pocket for those stickers, shirts & business cards. In turn, I would've given most of them away. Isn't that how marketing works? But every time something got brought up, things got ugly. What a shame.

So, here's to a great start. Thanks guys for putting in all of your efforts. I'm looking forward to all of the great things to come.

 

[Julian]

Well said! I'm dying to see some cool logos and get some stickers, shirts, can coolers etc!

Who were the artists on the other board we need here ASAP?

 

[txav8r]

My boat never looked so good! @Suchawittygal ...uh, you may have a measurement problem! Your boat is 24" longer than you have listed it!

 

[maboat]

My boat never looked so good! @Suchawittygal ...uh, you may have a measurement problem! Your boat is 24" longer than you have listed it!

Typical Mel. Always overstating the actual size of things