Good Afternoon Nascar.com community. How the heck are ya? I got a little time to kill today and just wanted to jot down a few thoughts of mine.
Do people really use the private messaging system to try to influence members against other members? Seriously? I’m so glad the people I talk to don’t act like that. I would have to wonder about anyone who did. What are their motivations? Probably different from the reason they give.
I know it happens,because I’ve had it happen to me. I didn’t even ask who it was that had said it about me,because it’s all just stupid bullcrap and ego’s run amuck.
If you ever want to know if I’ve said something,ask me. I can and do speak for myself.
I try to be an honest person and my spouse says “no one can be hard on you because your so darn hard on yourself”. I will admit to my mistakes and try to learn from them. I do not try to place the blame anywhere else when it’s on me.
Maybe my standards are to too high but someone around here once said “stick to your principles” and I do try to live by my morals and stick to my principles.
If any of my freinds wants to call me out please feel free to do so. I can think of maybe 3 times I have said something to someone about another member,and then in vague way.
Time will tell. Time spent interacting with each other and watching the interaction between the other members will show whose character is what. I don’t need someone to tell me how so and so is when I can see and think for myself.
We’re mostly all adults here. I don’t even tell my kids who they should like or run around with. Although “they” are my responsability and I do try to influence them to make the right choices.
I’m not perfect and have many,many faults one of which is opening my mouth and inserting foot.
I had to laugh at a recent blog. Someone had posted a blog about another member that apparently got deleted. So they posted another blog about it being deleted. The part I found ironic was when they stated they weren’t “into” drama. LMAO. What was the whole point of the 2 blogs then? Sounded like personal drama to me.
Another 1 that had me shaking my head was a private message I got recently. Someone I’ve never talked to before,telling me totally unrelevant things about someone else I’ve never talked to before. All over a comment I left on a picture,probably a year ago.
I still say it was an awesome grill. Why try to ruin the guys reputation? Even if it’s true. Who cares? It’s between him and God and ain’t none of my bussiness or concern.
I’m here to talk Nascar and hang out. One of my motto’s in life is do no harm. If your running around gossiping maliciously,chances are we’re not going to be friends.
Here’s a news flash-we’re not all going to like each other. With 50,000 members we should all be able to find someone like minded to hang out with.
I get aggravated when new members get ran off for being ‘different" from the status quo. I’m pretty darn different myself and I need some of them members to entertain me while everyone else is off doing their own thing.
I’m not talking about anyone in paricular just making general observations so please nobody get your panties in a bunch.
Any new members who read this,please don’t let the drama run you off. There are people here who don’t participate in it. You just have to look harder to find them.
Live,Love,Let’s go racing,and be Happy folks! Life is short.
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19 Comments
Dvd2112
Aug 28 2008 18:35
Nice Thought
Enjoyed your blog. What can you do, some people have no lives and to prop themselves up they have to tear other people down. Like my dad always said opinons are like a?(*%les, everybody’s got one. I enjoy coming here to have good intelligent conversation and share thoughts with other bloggers. Your right you will never get everybody to agree but we can at least have good friendly banter in discussing our differences. I was involved in a chat not to long ago and everybody was bashing Kyle (nothing new there) and I stated that I did not care for him but you could not take away from what he has accomplished this year, the boy can wheel a car. I was met with a few scoffs except for one person who said I was the first person all night who had made a statement like that all night and he stated that it was good to hear someone express such a honest opinion. Those are the kind of people who keep me coming back…..
See ya in cyberspace.
Pawleys
Aug 27 2008 23:55
Bomb ~ Great blog!!
I’m with you, never got a PM about someone, other than the one about the dude. I think it was the same one. And those were my thoughts as well. I have enough drama here at home to look for it on here. Hell you guys are who gets me through it, just coming on here and chatting or reading blogs, checking out pics and hanging with my buds. I don’t like the drama, never have and I won’t be part of it. It’s so good to know that you were one of my 1st 3 friends on here and you still are. Hugs hun.
JulieBork
Aug 27 2008 02:48
Love it
Nicely organized thoughts are what makes reading these blogs so interesting. Thank you for that. On a side note I’d like to mention the “Add Tags” issue. One of my blogs was hit with an anonymous person who added some vulgar tags because (I’m assuming) they did not like my opinions. Personally I think that adding tags should only be done by the original blogger, but I’ll leave that to NASCAR.COM to work out. I just think it is a rude and cowardly way to express your disagreement. Drop a comment, yes, or give it a one flag rating, but don’t be a punk and tag someone’s blog with a string of four letter words.
gomez41766
Aug 25 2008 17:51
disturbing remarks
DISTURBING REMARKS
Monday August 25, 2008 @ 05:27 PM EDT
Carl Edwards, somewhere in his post-race comments, stated that all that counts now is wins (and the bonus points that come with them) and that the Chase is all about “staying out of trouble.” Yep, that is just what “the playoffs” should be, staying out of trouble. Afterall, that is obviously the same mentality that the Red Sox, Celtics, Red Wings, and Giants had this past year en route to championships in their respective sports. It is always Tiger’s motto, isn’t it? Yes, minimizing mistakes is crucial in the playoffs, but the eventual champion typically needs to do a little more than that. If “staying out of trouble” is the philosophy of all the Chase drivers, then it promises to be a pretty boring 10 races. NASCAR placed more importance on winning during the race to the Chase this year with the awarding of 10 bonus points for each win (Whippee), but winning needs to be emphasized even more in the Chase. Major points for winning, significant points for top five finishes, and slightly less significant points for top tens needs to be part of the Chase. I would also like for more drivers to be allowed in the Chase and a then systematically eliminated over the course of the ten races, so, by Homestead, perhaps there are 4-6 drivers instead of the original Chase field. In any case, make winning the priority; make winning what allows a driver to advance in the Chase.
zany4racin
Aug 23 2008 17:36
29thebomb
I’m fine! How the heck are YOU?!
I don’t blog much but I came across your commentary and I agree 100%
I’m a firm believer in sandbox etiquette.
Frwyguy
Aug 17 2008 18:58
WOW
Sounds like Day’s of our Lives! It’s all good, people like to create drama where there is none. I think it’s funny. Bring’s to mind one of my Granddad’s best quotes….“don’t sweat the small @%”
18packAbs
Aug 15 2008 12:08
I would tell them
a penny for your thoughts, but I can’t split a penny into eighths…..LMFAO!!!!
29dntc9
Aug 15 2008 01:31
Dang Perkins
WELL DONE! Truly, I cannot think of a thing about it that I could debate you on….
And Harvick won’t be bald til he’s at LEAST 37….
josieloves24
Aug 14 2008 18:13
THIS
was the BEST blog I’ve read in quite some time!
Amen brother! The other thing that bugs me is when a person will say “if you want to be friends with them, you can’t be friends with me!”….OK, if you’re really that immature guess you don’t need to be my friend. EXCELLENT job!!!!! 
29thebomb
Aug 13 2008 17:58
another motto of mine
Actions speak louder then words.
Doesn’t matter what we say,it’s how we act that shows our character.