I decided to write an update to my last blog.  Reason being I'm not feeling to good about my situation now. I guess I wrote  that blog out of frustration. The frustration of being so Limited in how I communicate via this site. I threw myself on the block and let everyone see how I was surviving  in the 'Stone Age'.  I made it sound kinda Bad and kinda funny with a Positive Twist to it. A Good side and a Bad side. Like Yeng & Yang  ( Yeah Right!!!)         
       Well and good. I recieved a lot of positive feedback and made some new friends. Which I'm very greatful for, I truely am !  I had some members offer some sound advise and many helping  hands ! It was a really Great Feeling !  I was feeling more like a member, like I could contribute regardless of my handicap.  That of coarse opened my eyes to so much more. And the more you interact the more you See and Understand !  Thus the more you want to Communicate and Contribute !            
     So, Like I said in my last post--Good Thing ! ??? Right ! ???----No ! Not Good !!!  Now that I have so much more than I had before , I'm even more frustrated ! In order to really Communicate and Contribute on this site, I need to change !  To evolve out of the 'Stone Age', To at least what is, somewhat present day !  You Know--be able to watch video, post up video. Or maybe just to post up  some pictures !  You have know idea how many times I've had requests for pictures and felt helpless ! I've even had members offer to post up pictures for me and couldn't !  That is So So Laim !!!   I've gotten to the point where I just can't accept it anymore ! It was somewhat easy before to just pass it off as being Novel or Old School . Or I would weigh the cost and time vs. how much I utalize the computer, and that made it OK !  Well it's not OK anymore !  I have always been one that resisted change. DieHard to the point it cost me a job ! (another story). So now that I have a reason to change---This site, You people-- I have to try !  I don't know the first thing to do yet ? But I'll figure it out !  Guess I'm going to have to find /hire someone to help me !
        So until I am able to Make It Happen, I don't feel much like contributing as it leads to more frustration and this Laim Feeling !  I'll be around, just not as much. Consider me Under Construction.    Sincerely, Mark 

I recently had some conversations with some members. It  got me to thinking. I like to call them conversations, even though we were conversing via this site. It makes me feel like it's no different than talking to someone on the phone or face to face. You see-- That's the thing ,or one of the things I was thinking about. The way we communicate ( the physical parameters) has a lot of bearing on What we know about somebody and How we know somebody. Take Me for example . I am a real cripple when it comes to computer skills, internet skills and the PC I use !  I have a 15 yr old desk top and I'm still on dial up ! On top of that I don't type, I hunt and peck ! All of these things are Not Good when it comes to making friends and getting to know people on the web. As a matter of fact they're about as Good as having a stick in a boomarang contest !  Anyway these limitations cause me to shorten the things I say , which effects the way I say them. This can lead to mis-communication and mis-understandings-Not Good ! It also causes me to shorten conversations and not ask as many questions. Therefore I get a lot less information about something, or someone--Not Good ! And in turn, I shorten the answers and information I give about something or myself--Not Good ! (Well maybe Good ! About myself ?) So you see how crippling these limitations can be !       Hell, That's why I don't have an Avatar!  On the other hand, In defense of my laim situation. It makes me think about what I'm going to say. To choose my words a little more carefully--not in a manipulating/plotting way or anything! In a more efficient,caring  manner ! ( Yeah Right !--Seriously !) -- Good Thing ! It's also taught me Patience ! (that comes from all the benefits of dial-up)-- Good Thing ! (Yeah Right !)  It also makes me re-read what I've written, because my hunting & pecking is full of mistakes. So sometimes I realize that's not what I was trying to say, or the right thing to say-- Good Thing !  There's a lot about communicating on this site both Good & Bad  It affects What We Don't Know and Who We Don't Know --On this site !    To Make A Long Story Short--I've been lucky ! With all my communication problems I've managed to make some friends (they know who they are--I hope). I've gained a lot of knowledge,   and I have enjoyed every minute doing it !   Thank You-- StarVMax.com and all who contribute !   Mark                                                                

"If It's Too Good To Be True ?"

Well I had an experience yesterday, Reminded me of one of the many things my Dad use to tell me. I was getting ready to wash the Cobra. Had the bucket full of car wash stuff and all the things required for the elaborate wash process I put myself and My Cobra thru ! That's why I'd been putting it off for a week !!! Anyhow I decided to put it off a while longer,It was kinda hot out. So I thought I'd go on line and check my email. Well to my surprize there was this reply to a craigslist advertisment I had half-heartedly replied to the day before. I saw this craigslist ad for a 2009 Yamaha VMax,340 miles, Vin#,Da,da,Da,da and so on. Then I saw $2800 ! Must be a misprint ? Well could'nt  be $28000 ? What the hell, So I replied.  Well today I get this reply from Karen ? Alias ? I don't know ?,maybe Bruno ? Well at the time I don't realize this is Bruno Rippoff. I think     she 's Karen 33Murry, with this low milage 09 VMax for only $2800 !!! She thanks me for the reply and apologizes for her late reply because she's had trouble with her laptop. You see, She's currently away on a trip for UNICEF. She verifies the $2800.00 price,  340 miles, perfect condition etc. Now my hearts racing. Is this right ? Well she states she's not selling this bike for profit or lack of money. All she can say is some recent events in her life has changed her perception of things she considered important in the past ! She's going to donate the money to charity after she sells the bike ! Holy Crap, How lucky can I get ? Better hurry reply back, tell her to consider it sold, call me--at this phone #. Better leave another #!!! My hearts racing faster,I'm walking around in circles thinking I'll drive there tonite it's not to far. Better get to the bank before it closes. Hope she calls right away!

Well it sure is funny how greed can easily manipulate us, Especially when it's something that we really desire--Like a Max !  I didn't tell all the other stuff in her/his reply that initally made it very believable.  Very Professional Con Artist At Work, And working  on Me-Help !  That's when my Dad's advise kicked in !  If It's Too Good To Be True, It Probly Isn't ! So I stopped, took a deep breath,  took two steps back, and did a little more research which made realize I was being scammed !  Thanks Dad. Hope he's lookin down on me , say'n Atta Boy !