REAL MAN TRUCKWORKS & SURVIVAL
RULES/WELCOMES => Site Rules & Introductions => Topic started by: brains on October 03, 2015, 04:48:24 PM
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Hi there. Like probably a lot of others here, I joined after going through the 12v survival build over at duramaxforum. However, it wasn't just that thread that made me decide to join here, but something that I read in that thread. I don't remember exactly which post it was or what Don said exactly, but it was something about him talking about how people nowadays have lost their sense of how to build things without proper directions and no longer having the ingenuity to improvise their own solutions/creations. It really struck me as something I've noticed around where I live. When anything goes wrong/breaks, no one tries to fix it themselves first, the first thing they do is hop on their phone and look up the number of a professional to come repair it for them. The concept of buying something pre-made is much preferred to building something yourself.
For example, when I was young my parents were looking for a sturdy shed to put in our backyard for storage. They were about to buy one for around a thousand dollars from Home Depot, when my grand father came and said he could build us one for much cheaper. One weekend later and he had built us a complete sturdy shed complete with shingles, siding, two windows, and a lockable door that matched our house and looked awesome (he may have went a little overkill for just a plain storage shed, however if you're going to do something, you may as well do it right). Fast foward about 14 years later worth of Canadian winters, and the shed still looks as good as it did when he build it. This type of do-it-yourself attitude my grandfather has is something I love and want to continue, and this place seems like a cool place for me to foster that attitude.
Quick things about me:
-19 years old
-I'm a college student studying economics, looking to transfer into environmental economics
-Diesel trucks have been a passion of mine since I was a youngin' riding in my grandfathers truck, and after saving cash for awhile now I'm looking to buy one soon
-My name is Nick
-I'm from western Canada
That's about it. Nice to meet you all.
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Nick, welcometo the forum. This is indeed all that you state and more. Society no longer fears God and technology has raised a generation of kids that can't think. I too learned a great deal from my father and grandfather and hope to pass that on to my girls. I want the best for them. And even though they may never have to, I want them to know how if they need to. Welcome and howdy from Texas.
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welcome nick,
if there is anything that you needs assistance with, please feel free to let us know and well see what we can do for yah.
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Welcome Nick. I'm in northern Manitoba, build all my stuff out of necessity mainly, but is how I've rolled all my life. I'm the generation older, so had stuff passed from my father, same as you've learned from your grandfather. Lots of good people here, and a well rounded lot of knowledge we well.
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Welcome Nick,
I like it that you have picked up on that "Teach a man to fish and cure his hunger for a lifetime" thing. Learning to be crafty and handing in a wide variety of areas will trump a PhD in the long run. Having both, smarts and "Fix-it" smarts will make you rare among your peers.
Aligning yourself with positive men who'd rather dive in and get things done rather than sit back and complain or wonder if anyone is going to do anything, certainly can't help. This site is full of the right kind of men to fellowship with and learn from.
The fact that God is here sure won't hurt either!
Welcome to our site!
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Welcome Nick. Glad to have you!!
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Welcome Nick! I haven't seen any Canadians on here, but I'm also a newbie too. Glad to have you aboard and hope to learn some things from you along the way.
Jeff
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Welcome Nick!
Glad to have more of my children's generation here to share and learn- dive in and enjoy your time here!
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Welcome Nick! I haven't seen any Canadians on here, but I'm also a newbie too. Glad to have you aboard and hope to learn some things from you along the way.
Jeff
We are well represented by our friends in Canada
Sam in up in the Artic somewhere...already freezing in!
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It's nice to have more Canadians, welcome Nick, I'm on the east coast of Canada.
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Welcome Nick.
I like the intro and seeing your views based on your schooling should prove interesting.
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Welcome
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Glad you are here.
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Welcome, If there is anything we can assist with on the site please let one of us staff know.
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Welcome Nick. Jump right in!
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Welcome aboard Nick. I've got family in Cardston AB, how far west are you?
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Welcome Nick! I, like you, learned a lot from my father, and enjoy fixing (or attempting to fix) all that I can, and when I build something I typically over-engineer it and don't take shortcuts. :)