Im done

[VENOM04]

Alright... Im done... Im squashing this s%^& right the f%^& now. All I have to say is that it has been a great three years with this club and all of you. I have had alot of good times, met alot of cool people and learned alot also. After three years with this club and everything I have done to help contribute to this club I am not going to just stand around and let some dousch bag (GT400SC) try and bash me. I was never even talking to the dude and he just wont let it go. So instead of me being all pissed off and writting stuff that no one wants to hear I am just simply going to scrape off my stickers and mail them to GT400SC and if I ever run into the dude there is going to be a problem. So deactivate my account or whatever you need to do. But I dont want to be the source of a problem within this club.

WICKEDSTANGS RULES!!! YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT!!!

VENOM01-OUT

 

[dope3]

dude im sure he didnt mean any thing by it talk to him i hate to see you go dont give in like that gt400 is cool tlak to him

 

[riley00gt]

idk wat happened and its none of my business but i hate to see any mustang fan be forced out of a club......sorry to see you go......just my 2 cents

 

[Gibs]

Well it isnt that serious. This is an internet forum. Your opinion is just as valuable as the next guy. Whether the other party is a Noob or not doesnt matter. Everyone is a Noob at one tme. People dont agree and will not agree. It happens. Dont leave because of this incident.

NOBODY IS BEING FORCED OUT OF THE CLUB!


Gib

 

[wickedstangs]

VENOM01 not sure what happen? Please PM me... Come on guys what is going on? Expecially when they are referring to a Moderator you guys are suppose to police not pist people off... Not blaming anyone I like to know what happen... Again Please PM me

 

[Gibs]

Call me emilio!

 

[HisPony]

or me

 

[VP_07SRT8]

just read on the MOTM

Dueces to you venom gt400 the newb didnt really do anything your over reacting and started everyting by talking about the whole MOTM thing about people being assed out yes most of us are in the military ive been on 2 deployments while in WS u still can do stuff while being away like donate money or moderate i know its hard if internet isnt readily avail which all of us know it isnt. MOTM was created after you did your outstanding things to support WS and dont get me wrong everyone in WS i greatful and thankful for what you did. but the program was started after your deeds and the people nominated and voted by the people are more then worthy of their "stupid fake" awards. just go back and read the write ups for the winner and tell me they dont deserve. but its just a stupid fake ****ing award that doesnt mean **** yet your open your mouth about it so obviously it does. then you threaten another member (who is damn near collecitng social security) grow up. most of us are military go ahead and fight some one over some stupid internet stuff and mess up yor career or or civilian criminal record real smart buddy.


ill take my moderator stuff off now for this

again dueces hopefulyl you find some maturity

 

[GT400SC]

Maybe an explanation is in order here. And a lot of this, the majority of you do NOT know about me.

I consider myself to be rather humble. Life humbled me in 1996 when I was nearly killed in the line of duty working on the border catching illegal aliens with the Border Patrol. On June 30, 1996, I was part of the ATV unit. All terrain vehicles. We rode Yamaha Warriors. That night, I hit a trench across a dirt road that wasn't there the day before. A farmer who owned the land had dug a trench across the road and didn't mark it with cones or reflective signs. And since we worked the midnight shift, we didn't know it was there and none of the six of us on this unit saw it.

Well, I hit it and it launched me into a disc plow. I hit it with my body with enough force to move the four ton plow four inches. The ATV never hit anything, just my body.

I broke all of my ribs on my left side, one of them pierced my heart and I began to bleed out on the inside. I also broke my shoulder, collar bone and suffered a partial spinal cord injury. I have very little feeling on my skin surface below my waist. This is why walking is difficult for me, why I can't stand for long periods of time and why walking on anything onther than flat hard ground is next to impossible. The simple slope of most people's driveways is impossible for me to navigate. Walking in grass or gravel is difficult and I fall a lot. I literally have to think "left foot, right foot" when I walk.

I spent three weeks in intensive care in the trauma unit at UCSD. I spent 2 more weeks in the hospital after that before going toa rehab center for 4 months. That's where i learned to walk again. It was a living hell. And some of you wonder why i don't seem to be all that much help when working on cars....Now you know why. It's because I can't and I live my life in constant pain.

But I don't tell anyone about it because no one really cares and I don't feel like burdening anyone with my life. We all have our problems that life gives us and I deal with it the best I can without boring my friends.

I have had half a dozen surgeries since the accident. Three of them to alleviate pressure on my spinal cord to improve feeling and make walking a little easier. But none of them worked and my hamstrings are atrophied and will never work again. Climbing stairs without a handrail is impossible. Bowel functions were uncontrolled at first but returned after the first surgery. The sex life suffered tremendously. Not fair for a man of only 37, is it?

Well, now I'm 50. I have 20+ years in with the Border Patrol and I lost my position as a senior agent due to a medical retirement. I sit behind a desk as an inteligent analyst, took a huge cut in pay but I'm grateful to be alive. On the night of my accident, fellow agents went to my house to get my wife and take her to UCSD where doctors told her to prepare funeral arrangements as I was not expected to live throught the night. I had a pulse, but because my heart was punctured, I had no blood pressure. It took them hours to figure out why, and I was dying in the mean time.

Events like this will humble a man. No longer do you feel just because you wear a badge and a gun that you are bullet proof or invincible. Events like this show you jsut how easily life can be snatched away from you. It really humbles you.

This is why when I make a donation to the site, I do it quietly. I put the money in an envelope and had it to the man. I don't brag about it and I don't puff myself up for all to see. This is why I don't want a bunch of ribbons, awards or other goodies posted under my avatar. There are members here, military and otherwise who would love to be able to donate but can't afford it financially. There are members here with no awards under their avatars but would love to have one or two.

I choose to be as low-key as I can. For the past 2-3 months, I have been nominated for MOTW and each time I have asked NOT to be considered because I really don't think I do that much. There are others who are much more deserving than I am. Humility does that to a man.

In the past six months, I have had conversations with folks here who asked me to take on responsibilities in the club. I balked at first because I was too new and I didn't want to upset people who had been here much longer than I.

And guess what, when I did accept those responsibilities, people squaked, just as I had predicted. This is why I also wanted nothing to do with the MOTW selections for the past 2-3 months. I just don't feel that I have done all that much when there are those who get dirty turning wrenches teaching people how do things, organizing events or carrying the torch better than I could ever do.

So, if any of you want to meet up with me and kick my ass, go right ahead. You should feel proud you could beat up a disabled guy twice your age.

Maybe now some of you understand me a little better.

 

[Gibs]

WOW Incredible what you went through. I am stunned that you made it through all that. Thank you for your service as well with the Border Patrol. I have several acquaintances that do similar jobs down along the border. I wouldnt want that job.

I am glad you made it through.


Gib

 

[02gt]

damn that is really someting, glad to have you around.

 

[dope3]

wow +1 glad you came threw that

 

[orange395w]

Awesome story of perserverance! Sorry you have to live in pain everyday. Even I thought Venom01 over reacted.

 

[Gibs]

^^^^ that is odd that you think that Orange! LOL

J/K


Gib

 

[orange395w]

^^^^ that is odd that you think that Orange! LOL

J/K


Gib

That's why I said.......... "even I thought" LOL

 

[GT400SC]

It may be out of character for Orange but appreciated by me none the less.

If it makes you feel any better, I voted for you.

 

[orange395w]

It may be out of character for Orange but appreciated by me none the less.

Another low blow!

 

[GT400SC]

LOL, That's the Orange we all know and love!

 

[fangs99]

gt400, you do a fine job of teaching.... your documentation of you preping and painting your hood was top quality.

 

[sdsubzero4]

GT, nothing to say except my appreciation!