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Kuan 11-19-2024 09:34 AM

Does anyone here care about anybody?
 
What I mean is, have you made friends with some of the personalities on the ‘shop?

Well there are some of you I would miss if you died. Seriously.

t walgamuth 11-19-2024 10:33 AM

yes sure. I have a few that I pm from time to time. I have met up with folks from timt to time for a beer or coffee. I have bought cars from and sold cars to members. I have
a couple who have sort of fallen off the board and I wonder if they are deceased.

tbomachines 11-19-2024 11:56 AM

I have met some great people through here. Most no longer post though.

engatwork 11-19-2024 01:05 PM

I've met a hand full of ppl in person.

Tony H 11-19-2024 11:19 PM

I live in a somewhat isolated area so have not met anyone in person. I check in here most every day and buy/sell to members. Hope it lasts for a while.

Kuan 11-21-2024 06:33 AM

Good to hear there are a few humans left. :)

INSIDIOUS 11-22-2024 06:13 AM

Not me, Ima bot :)

But you are correct, it would be serious if I died :(

To the best of my knowledge I have never met anyone bricks and mortar that I have chatted with here.

Idle 11-24-2024 05:45 PM

Due to the nature of my work I cannot meet people outside of my industry. If someone mentions a story line and eventually that gets used in a project I am on the hook for royalties.

And when you steal as much material as I do any casual conversation can lead to a lawsuit.

So no, while I enjoy talking to people here I can't meet anyone in person.

savas 11-24-2024 06:13 PM

I’ve also met three people from here but it was several years ago when I still had my 300E and was buying a few parts.

tbomachines 11-24-2024 07:14 PM

I still run into a couple folks at radwood and am connected on social media. The best opportunities were when one of our members hosted an annual bbq in PA -- struggling to think who is still on here. I remember meeting Martureo but most others are long gone from this site.

Sugar Bear 11-24-2024 10:25 PM

Was it Chad300tdt you're trying to recall?

tbomachines 11-25-2024 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sugar Bear (Post 4338199)
Was it Chad300tdt you're trying to recall?

Yes Chad hosted us - ended up being quite a production on the later years. That was when this site was at its prime.

cmac2012 12-01-2024 10:30 PM

What's up Kuan!

There have been times I felt like this place was a massive waste of time, and it can be if you post too often (raises hand) but I do feel like it has genuine value. I miss some of the guys I met here who no longer come around, some of them might be deceased.

Carlton Hughes was a real character, I think he was getting on in years 10 years ago. I was sorry to see Botnst depart. I PMed him a few months later through Benzworld suggesting that I thought we could probably get his ban lifted if he was interested. He said something like "thanks all the same, but I've broken my addiction to the place." He said that he hadn't even come around to read what the scuttlebutt, the fallout from it was. I thought his thread title was a stupid joke, but I didn't think it was highly racist, more of a national thing.

Brian Carlton contacted me about five or six years ago when he was going to be working at SFO We went out and had dinner. Great guy. Years ago I had a meet up with the JimB and dee8go in SF. Jim drove us around in his 560S coupe, scared the holy hell out of us zooming down narrow streets. Also, Jim and I did a meet up with BenzLGB in Sacramento of all places. LGB And I had been feuding, we sort of buried the hatchet.

I also met up with Alec300SD who at one time had two very well-maintained and rebuilt 116 300SD specimens. The better one was totaled while parked on the street by some hit-and-run ass hole. He later told me that in the interest of marital bliss his MB hobby was slated for retirement. Pretty sure he has sold the other one by now. Or disposed of it anyway.

I miss some of the guys who used to come around, like H2O/Zeitgeist/Auspumpen, MedMech, KerryEdwards, John Doe and others whose names I can't recall. Sometimes on regurgitated years' old threads, I'll see names that remind me of who used to be here.

engatwork 12-02-2024 07:33 AM

I stopped in and met MedMan when I was in his area one time.

You reminded me of quite a few cmac that I remember. Brian Carlton had a gift for putting words together.

t walgamuth 12-02-2024 09:55 AM

The Mrs. and I spent a day with Jimb in frisco. He was a great guy!


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