WANTED: BUS DRIVER **** MAYBE**** Jeez

[usbusin]

Clifford, we are all happy that you have the bus, and are using it.

So, what is the story on your previous bus, John?  I thought you were selling it for parts because the frame was rusted?  Did Clifford fix it and it is now in service?

GaryD

[John316]

Gary,

The frame was rusting out. Sam Caylor said it wasn't fixable. We were pretty much done using it, and did not have the skills and the time to try to fix the rust. Otherwise, it was in top condition. We spent a lot of money on the conversion, even though it wasn't finished yet. The fit and trim hadn't been done.

Clifford said he wanted to try to fix it. We were happy that he got it, because not only is he going to fix the frame, he will be adding three slides to it. Couldn't have gone to a better person.

Cheers,

John

[usbusin]

If anybody can fix it, Clifford can!!

GaryD

[ros]

Hey, Spark,

I had a nice reply to you all typed up but somehow, it got deleted and it wasn't because it was nasty, at all.

I am going to make a general post that will describe EXACTLY what the problem is and it really should be a 'sticky' because it gets right to the root of it.  Please read it and you will see that many, many (bad grammar) that I have done just what you have suggested before, to no avail.

Thanks

Ros

Ros- What if you responded like this: Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences moving old busses. I am aware of the cost of moving a bus.  That is why I am taking the following steps.  I will try to get the seller to cover all of the cost of getting it to my doorstep. If not, I will try to get the seller to write up a warranty on the engine, drivetrain, tires, and brakes for the next 1000 miles.  I intend to use the expense and risk of moving the bus as leverage when negotiating a final price.  Also, I am looking at getting an AAA bus conversion insurance policy before the trip home that covers towing just in case it takes a dump in the middle of nowhere.

Try it out. It is just a different way of responding to people that you see as threatening or hateful. I guarantee you will make more friends and get better results.

- Spark

[RickB]

Ros,

I think we are all aware that you have felt slighted by a couple members by now so PLEASE consider us informed. For what it's worth when you say you don't want to participate in a war you actually don't participate, unless you want everyone here to think that you're doing double speak and looking for trouble. You've posted a small number of posts and an awful lot of them have turned into flame fests and it's getting kinda tiring to come to the board and hear your snipes and then hear your surprise when folks return the serve. Maybe resisting the urge to write a long diatribe about folks you feel offended by would go a long way towards the respect you are searching for.  Sticking to buses and being ready for answers if we ask questions sure works better for most of us here. I don't like all the answers I get when i ask a question here but I don't feel the need to argue my point very often. Because, after all, I was asking for opinions. 

That may differ from mine.

RB

[ros]

Thank you for your post, Rick.

However, I am curious if that post applies just to me or also to the several ones that poke the bear?
Your reply would be very interesting.  Is it just possible that 'they', too, should not post long diatribes or am I the unlucky one who stands by while everyone else can do it.
To learn more about honesty, google Diogenes.  I think that you will learn from him, perhaps not.


Also, I am not searching for respect. That is not freely given, it is earned from fair and intelligent people.

I don't feel offended except by a certain few miscreants.

Another also, I am going to make a blanket post whereby certain folks may seem arrogant but by others, they will hone in on the logic instantly.

RickB, don't you think that by your post, you are poking and agitating and very much lecturing?
Something to think about.


Thank you.


Ros

[Ace]

It appears to me that this guy wants to be the ONLY one allowed to post.
Moderators you've read the pleas from long standing posters about enough is enough.
Just when is enough?


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[muldoonman]

Ros,  Don't have a dog in this fight/discussion but I'm waiting on the general post or sticky that will describe EXACTLY what the problem is ( not that a lot of um care) and then we can all go back to bus goodies. There is a lot to learn on this board with a lot of helpful people.

[luvrbus]

Man now Boxcarokie is going to be ticked off ROS has him beat on the ignore list how we got here is beyond me

[Purplewillie]

Don is gonna have to come back and earn them iggies.
Mark

[luvrbus]

The rate ROS is going Jerry is going to be dethrone shortly Don is out of the running now

[HighTechRedneck]

This thread has wandered all over the spectrum, sometimes having posts with good insights or valid questions.  But it has spent a very large and unacceptable amount of time in a mind game of bait and attack.  Ros, I have noticed you address the word "respect".  Indeed respect is something that must be earned.  And there are members of this forum who have earned a lot of respect for their bus knowledge, benevolence, and willingness to help other members.  Another truth is that nobody can gain the respect of others by arguing, nor by baiting or starting arguments.

I have said it before, and will always say it - This forum is a group of friends helping each other, sharing knowledge, experiences, and their passion for buses/bus life.  It is provided/maintained by Bus Conversion Magazine, but it is for the most part autonomous.  The Moderating Team's sole agenda is to keep the peace and ensure the forum remains a friendly place that bus nuts with all levels of experience and from every age group can congregate and share knowledge/experience.

With that directive in mind, and considering the numerous complaints about this thread from long time members, and the appeals to the anecdotal stop button, I am locking this thread.