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Stecz is losing it, getting all sappy and chit :evilb:

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watch it mr wonderful, your wonderfulness today is way over the top... lets be honest here, you hang with tantrum cuz he lets you drink fruity shooters off his azz cleavage. btw i know both you and tantrum wear lifts in your shoes so you will be this tall, so you can ride scarey rides at neverland ranch :evilb: i was also told by a reliable source that you entered tantrum in the 2008 special olympics as special T... do you get a tax break for being his big brother?
p.s. stay out of the 609 area so no one steals the tires off your dually, you know how those pineys are :eek: if it ain't nailed down...

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i think stecz is taking estrogen hormones but he's still pre op...for now :evilb:

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ROFL :D :D :drink:

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Hi tweakinit and welcome to OSO!!

Like many of us I have been frustrated with new posters who come on the board with strong opinions and either pass judgement on members or tell us to act differently in their initial few posts. By using the safety of the anonymity that most web forums offer as part of their nature some of these new folks do become suspect of their motives when they cling to their secrecy and talk in general terms about events, people, transactions, etc.

Most recently we have experienced a tragic accident that prompted many new members to share their feelings and opinions alongside some long term OSO'ers and all of us are a little more sensitive to the power this forum offers to both new and old performance boaters and friends.

Being more of a lurker, I took a look at your other post before responding and if I'm not mistaken, you provided both your name AND your phone number in your first post. So although my initial reaction was to bring you up to speed on how we've handled BS transactions, and encourage you to introduce yourself to the board I'd like to remind other members that you appear to have mitigated any sense of anonymity, and eased our, or at least my caution around new posters I referenced in my opening comments.

Welcome and my 2 cents is that the boating business community has a lower focus on customer satisfaction and often OSO associated businesses can make poor and unethical decisions. It's not the norm by any means, but unfortunately I'd encourage anyone here to add several layers of protection when negotiating any transaction. Just ask Semper Fi and anyone who got caught with National Marine.

And of course, posts suck without pictures so here are some pretty colors.


SG

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See a couple of posts and now you're at the top of the board and nearly famous on here!

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You mean to tell me people on here BS ? :eek: :D

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Hey surgin is that the signature :eek:

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yo dude...did you steal those valve covers from the military :evilb:

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No, that's not the Signature. It's getting some updates. Those are just some motors I liked.

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No the ability to rant and rave without accountability is a GREAT thing. And is one of the reasons ive stayed around oso for so long.. Freedom of speech ! Its in the constitution !

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My Dad worked on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, despite being in the Pacific time zone the market opened on the Eastern schedule. So my Dad would leave the house at around 4:30 am arrive at the office slightly passed 5:00 am every morning. I noticed that the people who drove the nice cars all arrived early and stayed late, the crap cars late morning and early to leave people......

Since my Dad was head of corporate finance, mixed with my lastname, pretty good one if you know Vancouver, the brokerage firm and my last name. Teachers, classmates parents etc, notice the toys your family takes you to school in. I learned fast not to mention what companies my Dad was involved in because those people tended to attempt to tag along. One of my teachers blew his retirement on an issue the firm and my Dad was working on. Felt kind of guilty until I got older and reliazed that my teacher chose to buy the stock, all I did was mention the companies name, he invested because he thought my Dad was. My Dad's rule and I tend to agree with it, no relatives, no friends of the family could be my Dad's client. I'm thinking that in certain things that people can lose money on; boats, cars, or even investments that it is best not to sell them to people you consider your friends...........

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That's not really a fair statement, I have seen a ton of first time posters or members with low post counts welcomed here with open arms and taken serious. What myself and other regular members have a problem with, are new members that start out with posts that are meant to inflame. Unfortunately those are often made by former members that have been cut off, or members that don't have the kaunnas to post under their regular screen names. Often they come on OSO knowing alot of our business, yet are newly registerd, to me that is a red flag. After being here a while a lot of us can spot a phony from their first post, sometimes we are wrong but most times not.