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sixnotfour
post May 3 2019, 05:02 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) miss that guy
Several things ...

Friday someone dropped their phone out of the window at 90 MPH and insisted I turn around to pickup the pieces. Very angled shoulder on road and ripped my fuel pump mount off ... 2 1/2 hrs in the dirt in Monument Valley and was back on the road again.

Saturday my tach started jumping and engine would momentarily quit. I was advised that the points were closing up. Someone took it upon themselves to help me reset the gap. Finding it almost impossible to do on a /6 conversion, the dizzy was pulled and the timing lost. At 1 AM we gave up and tried to get some sleep. Sunday morn early, got a timing light and shot the timing while turning the engine and finally got it back in time. Woke a few people up EARLY when I fired the engine. Put car back together and the rest is RRC history.


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post May 3 2019, 08:26 AM
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Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.

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post May 3 2019, 09:35 AM
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Recognize that (those) shots, Lancaster? Gone but not forgotten
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post May 5 2019, 07:54 PM
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One of my favorites......just standing there.

Even Ron was dumbstruck.

2005 ...IRC.


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post May 5 2019, 08:32 PM
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How much drop on the other side of berm.
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post May 5 2019, 10:56 PM
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Bout 1000 ft IIRC.
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post May 6 2019, 12:14 AM
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One of my favorites......just standing there.

Even Ron was dumbstruck.

2005 ...IRC.


very rare..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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post May 6 2019, 12:33 AM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ May 5 2019, 10:32 PM) *

How much drop on the other side of berm.

Hey Kevin, I got there just about the time that picture was taken. I was driving sweep and stopped to check on a straggler. Bobby entered the turn a little fast and broke the front aluminum cross beam. It's more than 1000 feet and about 60°. Anything going down there doesn't stop till it gets to the rocks in the creek bed.
Yeah I miss Ron, but I miss that ride and T H O M A S too.
Sweep is a very safe driving position.
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post May 6 2019, 06:42 AM
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So you save a couple of pounds on the cross member and roll the dice. The pucker factor must have been extreme. Grown men in 914s.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post May 6 2019, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 3 2019, 09:26 AM) *

Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.


He wasn't your asshole, he was our asshole so STFU!
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post May 7 2019, 06:17 AM
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Actually think about him fairly often. He was so friggen smart, waaaaaaay smarter than he looked. The epitome of kindness as well.
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post May 7 2019, 06:22 AM
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Carl, you being new and all, I think you're taking the wrong approach. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) fuching with admins will get you in a corner sitting on a stool. Just sayin'...
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post May 7 2019, 07:08 AM
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QUOTE(Carl La Fong @ May 6 2019, 09:33 PM) *

QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 3 2019, 09:26 AM) *

Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.


He wasn't your asshole, he was our asshole so STFU!


Carl,
I know you are new to 914World, and you don't know the history between people here.

I may not live on the west coast. I may not be local to where Ron lived. But he was my friend of many years. Being new, you wouldn't know about the people on this board, and how we are friends despite of the distance between us.

So please don't make comments like this one. You don't have all the facts.

If you have a desire to find out, then just use the search function.

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post May 7 2019, 07:14 AM
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Carl, you being new and all, I think you're taking the wrong approach. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) fuching with admins will get you in a corner sitting on a stool. Just sayin'...



Actually, I wouldn't do a thing. I would ask another admin who was not personally involved to mediate. Using admin rights out of spite for a comment that I didn't like would be unethical.
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post May 7 2019, 07:32 AM
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I was just trying to offer some guidense to a new guy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post May 7 2019, 08:54 AM
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 7 2019, 09:14 AM) *

QUOTE(rhodyguy @ May 7 2019, 07:22 AM) *

Carl, you being new and all, I think you're taking the wrong approach. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) fuching with admins will get you in a corner sitting on a stool. Just sayin'...



Actually, I wouldn't do a thing. I would ask another admin who was not personally involved to mediate. Using admin rights out of spite for a comment that I didn't like would be unethical.

Slits would get a laugh out of this....
we spoke quite a bit on the phone, help me out, sent me parts if I needed them, no cost.
nice, generous guy.
(although, I'm good friends with Sager, so that didn't hurt)
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post May 7 2019, 09:23 AM
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QUOTE(Carl La Fong @ May 6 2019, 08:33 PM) *

QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 3 2019, 09:26 AM) *

Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.


He wasn't your asshole, he was our asshole so STFU!

Ha! I remember the fun in the desert that night too Jeff...my first encounter with everyone. And quite the introduction to Ron. Cool dude...
I hear where you're coming from Carl but maybe we can agree to share?
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post May 7 2019, 10:11 AM
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I think ultimately life is about this:

Pay attention to what people do not what they say.

Can't do that over the internet, because you don't know what they DO.

It's the old phrase: Talk is cheap.

Ron may have said a lot of things, but if you needed a part or needed help, he'd give you the shirt off his back.


And then throw an insult or two at someone.
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post May 7 2019, 10:24 AM
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 3 2019, 06:26 AM) *

Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.


I only met him in person once, and feel lucky to have had that chance. I was impressed by Ron right off the bat, and saddened at the sudden loss. I think I may have met Carl's twin brother too. Also a privilege.
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post May 7 2019, 11:14 AM
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ May 3 2019, 06:26 AM) *

Yea.. I miss the little bastard too.

He may have been an asshole, but he was our asshole.


Ron, we miss you.


I only met him in person once, and feel lucky to have had that chance. I was impressed by Ron right off the bat, and saddened at the sudden loss. I think I may have met Carl's twin brother too. Also a privilege.


I met him in person a number of times. Always quick with the insults. He used those to hide the fact that he really cared about people. I will always count him among my friends.

And for those who remember the Atomic Ramble, I still say that Howard cheated when measuring Ron and I, and that I am definitely taller than Ron was...



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