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How ya'll is? Hard to believe it, but 3 months have just come and gone...me oh my, where does the time go? This month, I'm going to skip my usual BS session and pontificate on something that is very important to me, clubs. Most people who are members of a club think of these people as their extended family, I know that I do. There is nothing more gratifying than knowing that when you need a hand doing something to your truck, you have a band of freaks always willing to bend over backwards to help you out, not to mention ALWAYS having someone to hang with at shows! These people, brothers and sisters if you will, have the same sense of pride and of ownership that you do...when you win a trophy, they yell the loudest, when you don't they always tell you "next time bro, you'll get 'em next time!" Sometimes things happen within your club that are beyond anyone's control. Sometimes these things will lead one or more people to leave and seek membership in another club or even go independent. This is all fine and dandy, but you've got to remember that these people probably helped you get where you are, they offered you help when things were going bass ackwards. These are your friends and in some cases, literally your family. Recently a group of guys I know decided that the club they were members of, was, as they put it, "going no where fast" and they decided to leave the club. This in and of itself was not a bad thing, although, the WAY they left was just, well, wrong! Instead of stating that they were going to leave their club in search of greener pastures, they decided to start some crap with other club members. Now, I will give these guys credit, some of them have nice rides, but they should have acted with decorum instead of downing other members because their rides weren't coming along in a timely fashion. Some people can't afford to do a lot of things to their rides at one time, some people can't have their rides off the road for more than a day.
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This is going to sound odd, but if you are fortunate enough to be in a position in life where you don't have to worry about money and can afford 2 vehicles so you can hack one up, then more power to ya! Most of the minitruckers I know are 20-somethings with bills, families and all the other joys of life, so it makes it a little harder for these poor souls to scrape up the money to buy parts and get things done. Nothing will put a truck project on hold faster than a mortgage and a family! I guess my whole point is, if you're going to leave your club, for whatever reason, do it in a mature fashion. This may mean biting your tongue when you don't really want to, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Don't burn your bridges, you never know when you'll need an old friend's help! To the guys, I wish ya'll nothing but the best. Also, to the family, friends and fans of Dale Earnhardt take solace in the fact that he left this earth doing what he loved...Dale, you will be missed. And for everyone...keep your wheels spinnin' and the beavers grinnin'! Jeff Miller www.explicitconcepts.com - I'm sorry, was she with you? ExplicitS10@Hotmail.com
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