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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Clearlake Oaks CA
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Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Sold my 72 GMC Short bed Fleetside (RATIKLE),
yesterday. My Wife and I are packing up, to move from So Cal, back up to Nor Cal. Slower pace, not so many Car Jacking's, Killings, ect. Had to sell the 72 to facilitate the Move back North. Many Family and Friends up there, and really nobody to speak of down here, (except for "The Shop" that worked on my Truck). All in all .......not a bad deal. I got a 2011 Dodge Challenger out of it, in Toxic Orange Pearl. ![]() Thanks so much to everyone here for your help, encouragement, ideas, comments. A nicer group of guys/Gals you WONT find anywhere else. Roger "WWOTR"
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Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE" |
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Grandpa in the rustmobile...
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
you'll be back hopefully
pic of challenger
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Lebanon, Mo.
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Sucks you had to sell your truck but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Prescott, Arizona
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
I'd be happier in Northern Cali too. I have family up in Sac. We run up there quite often. Hope you get settled in for a nice holiday.
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laying low
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Location: Searcy, Ark. USA
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Hate to hear it Roger. But I understand. You may have sold the truck but you can still hang here ya know.
I used to hear of folks wanting to move out to Cali. Now all I hear is mostly of those who've left there.
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454 MAKES IT ROAR
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Essex, U.K
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
They have Trucks in Nor Cal you know....
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#7 |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Clearlake Oaks CA
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
I guess I should have added, that I wouldn't be able
to take my 72 to "The Next Level", on Retirement wages. Other factors were a Job Loss, Loosing our Health Insurance, so we needed every penny we could get. I had to do the SAME thing with my 67 C-10, back in 2005. Here's a picture of the Challenger........ Roger
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Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE" |
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454 MAKES IT ROAR
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Essex, U.K
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
That baby would help soften the blow for me...hope things improve for ya mate.
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Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Marianna Arkansas
Posts: 7,270
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
well, maybe you can find a decent driver type truck up there just to "tinker" on if that is what you want. I know you might not see the level that you last truck was but, something to make your own if you have the "want to" hope the move goes smooth for you good luck. Jim
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Location: Southern Cal
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Car jackings and killings in Palm Desert? LOL.
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Location: Mt Airy, MD
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
We,you did what you had to do. Good luck with everything and drop on in from time to time.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sheffield, ALA
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Trust me when i say i know what you mean.bank rupsy,2 heart attacks and back surgery all within 6 months stay here on the forum even though you don't have a truck and enjoy the friendships with everyone. don't just leave because you had to get rid of the truck.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Good luck to you roger.......check in you dont need a truck to hang here with us
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Clearlake Oaks CA
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
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Not Palm Desert per say... But Cathedral City, Ranch Mirage, Indio, Desert Hot Springs, pretty much all of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley. My Wife and I come from "small towns", and the "Mindset" of a lot of people (NOT EVERYONE), down here, is that they'd rather SHOOT you, than to discuss/Debate an issue. Rape, Gang Fights, Flying Colors, and being so close to the Mexican Border doesnt help it either. Roger
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Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE" |
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Man of Mini-Talents
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
I had a Hemi Orange Challenger SRT for a couple years, but I sold it to get my pickup.
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Cruzin
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: on the road
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
good luck to ya, still come around well be here i hear ya on the move i couldn't live like that. I live in a small town and it gets on my nerves sometimes
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kershaw, South Carolina
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Good luck with the move. I live in a small town and have all my life. Love it. When I went off to college, I lived in Columbia , SC and hated it. I can only imagine what it is like to live in a "big" city. You know it is a small town when you only have 4 stop lights and the closest Wal-Mart is 30 minutes away.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Southeast Missouri
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Good luck with your move. We lived in Vallejo for 26 years and still have family and friends there.
We really liked northern California, but when the job I worked at closed down we sold out and moved to my old family farm in southeast Missouri.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: san bernardino ca. everywhere
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
well that sucks you had to sell, but good luck with the move. and yah you don't have to stop coming by just because you don't have a truck. didn't you just move down her to so cal, where was it from cant remember??? or am i thinking of another member.....
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
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But I know what you mean - I'm originally from a small town, Gary IN. Oh, so maybe that's why I'm used to shootings... Anyhoo. I'm guessing the chevy dealer was all sold out of 2011 Camaros!? Hey, enjoy Norcal - it's beautiful up there and, yes, I agree, a nice and slower pace. Think I'm a little jealous, but then again Ridgecrest isn't exactly L.A. either, so I can't complain. It's nice where I am. But you'll be back. They all come back.... Best wishes and have a safe move. |
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My Carbon Footprint
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orygun
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
I don't know if it's actually written that you HAVE to own a truck to be on the board. North Cali is so much different than SoCal. Things actually grow up North. Very nice. About Sac on down is where it really starts to turn brown.
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Sorry to see you go but ones got to do what ones got to do. Best wishes.
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What?
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
Just because you sold your truck, doesn't mean you can't hang out and BS on the board with us!
Oh and moving from SoCal to NorCal is like defecting to the Yankee's from the Confederate states CA style! ![]() ![]()
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~Rest In Peace~
Join Date: May 2005
Location: CALIFORNIA NOR CAL
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Re: Stopping in to say Goodbye.....
where in nor cal you moving to?
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