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Old March 13th 05, 09:34 PM
P.J. Berg
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Default Anyone know whats happening to The ShopTalk Forums?

Missing my daily fix of the highly addictive STF.

I know Raby was ****ed and wanted to pull the plug on his personal
forum, but this seems like an overkill, or is it technical/hacked again?

J.
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Old March 14th 05, 12:07 AM
Joey Tribiani
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"P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
news:Qu1Zd.4586$Mw3.3658@amstwist00...
> Missing my daily fix of the highly addictive STF.
>
> I know Raby was ****ed and wanted to pull the plug on his personal
> forum, but this seems like an overkill, or is it technical/hacked again?
>
> J.


Doc posted on THESamba that they were having "technical difficulties" and
some server problems....server is back online, but they can't get the
software to work and don't know why....


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Old March 14th 05, 12:53 AM
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"P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
news:Qu1Zd.4586$Mw3.3658@amstwist00...
> Missing my daily fix of the highly addictive STF.
>
> I know Raby was ****ed and wanted to pull the plug on his personal forum,
> but this seems like an overkill, or is it technical/hacked again?


What's he ****ed about this time?


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Old March 14th 05, 12:59 AM
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Probably somebody took one of his Type 4s and put hydraulic lifters in them after the fact!

"jjs" > wrote in message ...
> "P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
> news:Qu1Zd.4586$Mw3.3658@amstwist00...
> > Missing my daily fix of the highly addictive STF.
> >
> > I know Raby was ****ed and wanted to pull the plug on his personal forum,
> > but this seems like an overkill, or is it technical/hacked again?

>
> What's he ****ed about this time?
>
>



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Old March 14th 05, 01:03 AM
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"Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
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> Probably somebody took one of his Type 4s and put hydraulic lifters in
> them after the fact!


Aw man, say it ain't true! How silly is that! Or are you kidding me.


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Old March 14th 05, 01:41 AM
P.J. Berg
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jjs wrote:
> "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
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>>Probably somebody took one of his Type 4s and put hydraulic lifters in
>>them after the fact!

>
>
> Aw man, say it ain't true! How silly is that! Or are you kidding me.
>
>


Nah, some geezer critized his 3litre engine only putting out something
like 178 ponies on the rolling dyno, he had been predicting close to 300
I think.

To his defense, this is the first time the engine was run, consider it a
prototype. It was set up for F.I. but was run on carbs etc....

J.
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Old March 14th 05, 01:41 AM
Ben Boyle
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Have no clue, but I do know that based on his attitude I would personally never buy anything from him. He's way too
arrogant for just being an engine builder.
"jjs" > wrote in message ...
> "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Probably somebody took one of his Type 4s and put hydraulic lifters in
> > them after the fact!

>
> Aw man, say it ain't true! How silly is that! Or are you kidding me.
>
>



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Old March 14th 05, 03:37 AM
John Willis
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>> "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
>> ...


>> > Probably somebody took one of his Type 4s and put hydraulic lifters in
>> > them after the fact!


>"jjs" > wrote in message ...
>> Aw man, say it ain't true! How silly is that! Or are you kidding me.


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:41:48 -0500, "Ben Boyle" >
scribbled this interesting note:
>Have no clue, but I do know that based on his attitude I would personally never buy anything from him. He's way too
>arrogant for just being an engine builder.


Just an engine builder. I suppose Georgia O'Keefe was merely someone
who painted some flowers.

What is to be despised is undeserved arrogance. From what I've seen
Jake is fully entitled to his fair share of arrogance. Of course, what
you and others may see as arrogance might simply be impatience since
he already learned the hard way how these things need to be put
together. If that is the case, then I have to give him his due. In
some ways I share those characteristics when it comes to the things I
am truly expert at, but those subjects rarely come up in this forum.



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Old March 14th 05, 04:08 AM
jjs
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"Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
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> [...]> He's way too arrogant for just being an engine builder.


"Just an engine builder"? What's a person got to do to get some respect?


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Old March 14th 05, 04:59 AM
Ben Boyle
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Nothing wrong with being an engine builder. But, if you read some of his posts over the years I personally find them a
bit over the top.
"jjs" > wrote in message ...
> "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
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> > [...]> He's way too arrogant for just being an engine builder.

>
> "Just an engine builder"? What's a person got to do to get some respect?
>
>



 




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