Just had to say....

[oneday1]

So I'm not really a "new" member (although definitely not a veteran) but I never formally introduced myself so I figured now's the time.

I am much more of a lurker than a poster but I have been reading as much of the posts on this site as time, and my wife, will allow for a year now and I just wanted to say a few things.

This is possibly the greatest site on the internet. The amount of useful, and otherwise very difficult to find, information here is staggering. Like I said, I've been reading for a year and each time I do a search I learn more. Which is part of the reason I don't post that much...don't need to. But far more impressive to me than even the wealth of knowledge is the civility and kindness. I'm a member of a few other forums (mostly unrelated to trucks) and often find myself appalled at the way people treat each other. I have (almost) never seen a thread on this site devolve into a sh*t throwing contest and that amazes me. This site has so many members from drastically different nations, cultures, ages and socio-economic levels and yet nearly everyone treats each other kindly. I have seen so many "stupid" questions asked (some of them mine!) that were answered in a kind and truly helpful manner with what seemed like a sincere desire to educate and assist. That behavior seems to be harder and harder to come by these days. So I would just like to give a very heartfelt thank you to the admins and all the members of this site who make it great!

Me:
Hailing from SE Portland (by way of central Maine, by way of central Florida) I am a 30 something construction worker. My perfect first date would be....oh wait wrong site!
I have a wonderful 78 Heavy Half who isn't the prettiest but hasn't left me stranded yet. A few pictures below of course.
Contemplating starting a build thread but since my "build" basically consists of "oh crap {insert part here} broke, guess I have to fix it" I don't think many folks would be too interested. You will never see rims, a lift, a drop, new upholstery, or probably even new paint on my truck. Not that there is anything wrong with any of those things but I don't have the time, money or shop space to seriously consider them. I have two priorities: keep it rust free and keep it running. I would be ecstatic to have my children drive it.

Anyway, enough about me. A huge thanks again to all who make this site great!

[vectorit]

Welcome to the forum!
Glad you are comfortable asking any question you may have about your truck here.

[70LonghornCST]

Hello oneday1, and WELCOME to the forum! I enjoyed reading your introduction and, like all who contributes to making this place the great place that it is, appreciate your kind words. And get that build thread going. We're here to cheer you on...no matter what stage of your build you are in or how long it is going to take. I'll be looking for it
-Richard

[1ATony]

welcome to the site.

Tony