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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: thebaileylee on February 04, 2016, 06:51:01 PM
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ive been away. why is Pete a "guest"? what all transpired...
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Pete is just taking a break .
Dusty
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There were a couple of guys in particular, but I'm not naming names. :cool:
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Maybe he's at a double secret rally with Lannis? :boozing:
He was certainly getting shirty and short in his responses so probably best to power down for a while rather than let the insta-net aggravate him. Too bad about the info-font going too.
Wasn't there someone a while back that was very informative as well and in a fit petulance, erased all his old posts on the way out?
Todd.
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I know.
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(https://fotoguzzi.smugmug.com/Guzzi/i-mzCXtmj/1/XL/Duck-XL.jpg)
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im sure the board is better off with pete being gone, and the unnamed instigators still present... :rolleyes: :boozing:
Where have you been? And, why have you decided to re-register?
Why do you think the "instigators" are still present? If there were any...
Why don't you just email Pete and get it from the horse's mouth?
As Dusty said, Pete is all well and is just taking a break. He's one of the few around here who still actually work for a living...
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Wasn't there someone a while back that was very informative as well and in a fit petulance, erased all his old posts on the way out?
Todd.
Yes.
Funny how some people flame-out on the interwebs.
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Oh, Pete doesn't suffer fools gracefully and told me it was time to take a break before he said something he wouldn't regret, but would probably get him banned. :smiley: He's fine. Nothing to see here.. move along.
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im sure the board is better off with pete being gone, and the unnamed instigators still present... :rolleyes: :boozing:
Better off without Pete??? What rock have you been living under?
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Better off without Pete??? What rock have you been living under?
You're likely misreading the emoticons here. Probably should be a "tongue in cheek" version.
Todd.
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Guzzi drama... :undecided: :rolleyes: :afro: :boxing:
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Most on here are what I call hobyist, not to many dealers post on here or current Guzzi certified wrenches, you know, techs that have access to servicemotoguzzi.co m. AND STAY CURRENT.
They let their ego's and crap screw shit up for all.
Said my peace,
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I do miss his humor. But he can be an asshat too. But he knows that!
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one of my great disappointments in life was not being able to meet Pete on the night he passed through Minneapolis..
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one of my great disappointments in life was not being able to meet Pete on the night he passed through Minneapolis..
I met him in Pittsburg, Ks. It was a blast, but don't loose any sleep :wink:
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I met him in Pittsburg, Ks. It was a blast, but don't loose any sleep :wink:
don't worry I sleep well..
and guests do too..
one of the great pleasures in life was meeting Klause and Tormud (NGC) from Norway via around the world the long way on 1937 Nimbus bikes.. they stayed 2 nights with us..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDChHCMQxEQ
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don't worry I sleep well..
and guests do too..
one of the great pleasures in life was meeting Klause and Tormud (NGC) from Norway via around the world the long way on 1937 Nimbus bikes.. they stayed 2 nights with us..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDChHCMQxEQ
Please don't take me serious, I rarely ever am. Pete was OK :grin:, Jude was a sweetheart!
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Please don't take me serious, I rarely ever am.
Especially when you're drinkin' !!! :boozing:
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one of my great disappointments in life was not being able to meet Pete on the night he passed through Minneapolis..
You missed him both times then. :sad:
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Most on here are what I call hobyist, not to many dealers post on here or current Guzzi certified wrenches, you know, techs that have access to servicemotoguzzi.co m. AND STAY CURRENT.
They let their ego's and crap screw shit up for all.
Said my peace,
Not much happening at servicemotoguzzi these days, easy to stay current. Waiting until they put v9 docs & parts on it. to see what is changed.
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I'm looking forward to his return...
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It's summer in Australia. He's busy riding, and wrenching.
He'll be back.
I too regret having not met him when he passed through my area.
Hopefully, next time.
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I totally understand needing a break from the needy. Sooner or later we all need to give up being spoon fed. It must be exhausting for Pete to be constantly putting out fires for Piaggio. Many thanks for all he's done for all of us weekend warriors. My Griso would not be grisoing it it weren't for him. Hope you really enjoy your time away Pete , you are missed from this corner. :boozing:
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I do miss his eloquently worded posts. :laugh:
He is definitely a word smith, must be an Aussie thing.
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Also it takes a group of time to post, with clearly thought out instructions and pictures like Pete does. So we are left without adult supervision, let's try to not screw up too much stuff. I am greatfull that he has done so much to mitigate some of the problems that would have otherwise put more than a few machines in the scrap pile.
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Up to now if you want to meet Pete the odds are better if you go to a Guzzi National Rally to do it. He's made quite a few of them so far. :boozing: Don't know if he still has a hankering to roam around the USA any more.............
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I appreciate Pete for his frank and straightforward thoughts. His pictures of service operations go way beyond what is helpful. Some people are a legend in there own minds but I never ever thought of Pete in that way.
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I appreciate Pete for his frank and straightforward thoughts. His pictures of service operations go way beyond what is helpful. Some people are a legend in there own minds but I never ever thought of Pete in that way.
It was a marvel (based especially upon my own poor computer abilities) to me how much time must have gone into photographing and posting those lengthy reports. I try from time to time to photo document work on firearms, motorcycles and other vehicles and never seem to be able to hold continuity.
I usually find an easy accommodation in accepting strangely behaving people by assuming the behavior is somewhat driven by meds. These days they are so prevalent and watching the conduct by life-long-known family members change while under prescription meds is an easily transferrable excuse.
Todd.
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don't fix blame, fix it. - old japanese proverb
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don't fix blame, fix it. - old japanese proverb
Good advice .
Dusty
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one of my great disappointments in life was not being able to meet Pete on the night he passed through Minneapolis..
Pete passed through Michigan on the 1400 by taking the Milwaukee-Muskegon Ferry. Two of us met him there and took the back way into Grand Rapids. It was bike night in GR and a bunch of Guzzi owners met up with him and fed him beers. It was a good time that I hope to do again someday.
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You all better get on a plane and come and visit him ! We have motoguzzi here to
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Don't know if he still has a hankering to roam around the USA any more......
Oh, yeah he "Loves this Shit.." Australia is pretty barren compared to our mountain ranges and strange geologic formations. We've talked about it a fair amount. He knows US history better than I do, and enjoys that, too. He'll be back.
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Yep - We're desert to the shoreline and there's only 3
corners in the whole place.
:bow: :whip2: :rolleyes: :thumb:
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The last time Pete was gone, there was a big void on the forum and it seems there is one starting again. Pete you are missed, but most on this board are waiting to welcome you back.
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The last time Pete was gone, there was a big void on the forum and it seems there is one starting again. Pete you are missed, but most on this board are waiting to welcome you back.
THIS!
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Maybe it is time to get the ignore button back, if it is not too much bother. I know I self ignore some people's posts as I suppose some do mine.
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Maybe it is time to get the ignore button back, if it is not too much bother. I know I self ignore some people's posts as I suppose some do mine.
Luap has decided the ignore button created more issues than it solved . The basic idea that WG operates on is the lack of sub groups and cliques . Now , certainly there are people that interact more with each other based on familiarity , or common interests , not a bad thing . However , the campfire nature seems to work best for the greatest number of members .
Dusty
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Maybe it is time to get the ignore button back, if it is not too much bother. I know I self ignore some people's posts as I suppose some do mine.
Ignore button?
There's an ap for that:
Apathy... apathize...
Re: "who ran Roper off?
Of course, Roper ran Roper off... He's a free willed creature after all.
Todd.
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Ignore button?
There's an ap for that:
Apathy... apathize...
Re: "who ran Roper off?
Of course, Roper ran Roper off... He's a free willed creature after all.
Todd.
I vote this as the understatement of the year. Well said (as usual) Todd!
Terry
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The ignore function is still there. I have a couple people on my list and it works well. Click on "Profile", Modify Profile, then Edit buddies/ignore list. I have no idea what the buddies list is for, but ignore works.
Cool, Thanks for the heads up pokeyjoe, I'll give it a whirl.
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Did the whole 8 valve saga get too much for him?
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No, it was a couple of trolls on this forum.
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Just a couple of my thoughts on this topic...
All people are different, and we should embrace that.
Pete gave much more to this board than he took, I imagine that is a personal trait of his.
Pete shared his passion for life and could communicate in a unique, very entertaining way.
Some people have an "asshole" tendency/trait, sucks to be them. Really.
If you are one of those persons that likes to attack and rag on people beyond normal bantering, you need to get a life and/or therapy. Seriously, life's too short for that stuff.
I will miss Pete's posts on this board, until he comes back, hopefully.
I personally try to make it very, very difficult for anyone to offend me, but it has happened, just not here.
Life is too short to ride slow.
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Interesting, As mentioned . Pete comes up as a guest? If a person doesn't post why would his screen name come up as "guest" ? Wouldn't the "guest" indicate he has officially withdrawn from this site....What happens on here at times is just too many clashing egos... :boxing:
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Hopefully i will see Pete in Mandello
in September. Then maybe he will follow me
back to Germany and I can repay his hospitality. I love his wit and humor.
Tom
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I haven't been here long enough to know Pete well, we've
only traded a few posts, but his backlog of shared knowledge
is a large part of what I've learned about Guzzis so far.
I've been lucky enough to know a few like him, know one
now, he gives so much he can't help but feel depleted every
once in a while and needs time off occasionally to
"Replenish the Reservoir".
I can only hope this is the case with Pete, and that he'll
return soon.
I like ruff diamonds.
Maurie.
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Pete gave much more to this board than he took, I imagine that is a personal trait of his.
That is my experience over the last 12 months that I've known Pete.
We met at his pub to discuss my purchase of a new V7-II.
Since then he has gone out of his way to make my Guzzi experience awesome.
He has picked me up/dropped me off at work/home on the far side of Canberra to get/leave my bike for service (some 40 mins drive from his workshop).
He lent me his Mighty Mana when the crappy map update turned my bike into a steaming turd.
He's taken the bike back to check everything every time I've made a murmur about something being odd.
All this on his own time/labour/fuel.
As I see it, treat him fairly and he'll go out of his way to help you.
Treat him shit and he'll just cut you off.
And isn't that the way it should be?!?
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I work in the boat business yet decided long ago to not hang out on boating forums. Not to come off as arrogant, but when you work in an industry for 35 years, you don't want to waste your time getting into a pissing match with some know it all enthusiast. If that is the basic gist before Pete leaving the forum, then I'm truly sorry he left, but i can't blame him. For the asshats who caused him to leave- I hope you're proud of yourselves.
Wow- Pete, Lannis, Dave (Rodekill), JohninVT- we've lost some fun and intelligent members.
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I work in the boat business yet decided long ago to not hang out on boating forums. Not to come off as arrogant, but when you work in an industry for 35 years, you don't want to waste your time getting into a pissing match with some know it all enthusiast. If that is the basic gist before Pete leaving the forum, then I'm truly sorry he left, but i can't blame him. For the asshats who caused him to leave- I hope you're proud of yourselves.
Wow- Pete, Lannis, Dave (Rodekill), JohninVT- we've lost some fun and intelligent members.
Same here. We had a firearms manufacturing concern, did quite well too. Learned early on to steer clear of the internet in a two-way environment. We eventually scrubbed our entire internet presence on forums, blogs and the like and merely had an electronically posted catalog - couldn't even order offa it.
These days, I VERY deliberately steer clear of inter-bait conversations having anything to do with our past or any of the platforms, whether rifle or pistol, which we built.
Another way to look at it, unapologetically as it WAS a profession, is this:
I turned away from ?***? for which I earn/bill x$s to take on this aggravation?!?
I'll may tell you a thing, I may even answer a question but I'm not gonna argue with you over something which I know significantly more about... Piss off.
Pete takin' a break or beaming out altogether? Yup, I get it.
This is not to say I excuse some of his more caustic responses or manner of communications sometimes - but I "get it".
Todd.
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Hopefully Pete and Jude will be in Barrea for a visit in September after his visit to the factory :thumb:
(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12573928_1090022754381408_3090118871934839969_n.jpg?oh=44698356454bdf542d3557d0c7080fb0&oe=5768E7BB)
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Hopefully Pete and Jude will be in Barrea for a visit in September after his visit to the factory :thumb:
(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12573928_1090022754381408_3090118871934839969_n.jpg?oh=44698356454bdf542d3557d0c7080fb0&oe=5768E7BB)
OH MY! What a gorgeous picture :bow: More please .
Dusty
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OH MY! What a gorgeous picture :bow: More please .
Dusty
Thanks Dusty, 4:30 in the morning out my sunroom window. I'd like to post more but the photo's aren't Guzzi related and if I get carried away, they'll use up all WG bandwidth. I'll get a couple of more interesting ones up.
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No issues with bandwidth , go for it
Dusty
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Pete's presence is as big when he's gone as when he's here.
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Yankee you are enjoying far too much the retirement. Beautiful photo.
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bump. 2700 views. with only 40 members active at any given moment. not too shabby.
Yes- but the depressing thing is that the Steel Cut Oats thread has 35,000 views and 645 replies.
I am actually guilty of posting a response on that one.
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Yes- but the depressing thing is that the Steel Cut Oats thread has 35,000 views and 645 replies.
I am actually guilty of posting a response on that one.
So, what's depressing about it? :drool: :smiley:
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As a long time Roper friend, I can assure you, he did not run off as the post states, his vestigial tail and musk glands prevent him from running.... It's only nature :grin:
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Thanks Dusty, 4:30 in the morning out my sunroom window. I'd like to post more but the photo's aren't Guzzi related and if I get carried away, they'll use up all WG bandwidth. I'll get a couple of more interesting ones up.
That's a very interesting picture. Is it Lake Como?