"To hell with him, and take the high road", exactly, you always do anyways, you have in the time I have known you in this forum. I try to. I do get involved though, but in things that matter, I helped save 3 peoples lives in my life, the last one was 8 years ago, holding a girls head for 20 minutes as she was bleeding out, not being able to let go because she wasn't breathing when I got there (seconds after it happened) and I was able to lift her head and clear her throat, the car was crushed into a tree, and if I let go, she would have choked, there I was, at night, in a ditch, all alone, except that God was with me, and his Angels, and they took care of the rest. I held her head for 10 minutes alone, praying, and it seemed like everyone, including the Sun, came. It was a light truck and I didn't hear a thing but the whole night turned into day. It was like an Army of ants came down that ravine. I had to finally dive into the car and lay her body into the Fireman's arms. After I got her into his arms, it took them 4 hrs. to cut her out of the car. They were going to bring me to the hospital as I was covered with so much blood, they though I was in shock, (I was but was to stupid to realize it). Since I was the first one there, I was surrounded by every other vehicle. She was in a coma for 6 months, woke up, and now, she Thanks me for saving her life. I didn't save her life. I just did what I could. Like I say to my son, "Be Here Now".
This is a hobby, you are excellent at it. It gives me joy looking at what you do. I know it does the same to others. These people suffer for what they do. They are not a part of what we do. They don't have the comradery, sharing, exchange of knowledge, and respect of their peers. Now that sucks!
I don't feel the same about companies like Halinski though, which makes people buy $5000 dollars worth of assorted models before they will talk to you. That is why nobody sells their stuff in the U.S. You get a container full of models they can't sell, instead of investing in a U.S. publisher who would publish their works and sell them at a reasonable price. That is also why all their stuff is pirated. There is a whole dirty underbelly to this hobby that disgusted me so much, I decided that I just wouldn't bother with this aspect of it anymore. It is also why I push the FREE aspect of this hobby so much. It's a Hobby. The reason I came here was to help a friend. Now, I feel as if though I have found an "ideal" forum. Everyone is courteous and generous with each other. No one told them to be that way, they just are. As for the occasional interloper, I'm the monster under their bed.
P.S. We do have some American retailers that are trying real hard, GREMIR is top on that list to me, ECardmodels is probably next though I don't mean to compare them that way, they kind of have a different agenda, both worthy. I think GREMIR sells higher quality stuff, not to say that ECardmodels doesn't, because they do.
