Greg Myers Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Thirteen years, that's a long time. Not nearly as long as I've been in this hobby. Let's see, started building with my Dad's help back around 1955. Didn't get into cars until 1962. This being my 10,000 post I thought I'd say a few things here. I taught high school auto mechanics for several years in the early eighties before they decided to eliminate the Industrial arts program, computers you know. I had a model car club for the students and thought maybe this would be something adults would like too. Four of us got together and started the Moonlight Modelers here in Phoenix about this time. Life , 3 grandchildren, this confounded covid19, have all contributed to slowing things down. I'm still building, hey 48 years building my stash, I've got a few kits to build. But here we are stuck on the internet with all of our club meetings, swap meets and shows closed down. I lived in England as a teen and learned one thing, " Stiff upper lip ol" boy, keep calm and carry on." Thank you for listening and watch for my latest build, an AMT '41 Plymouth flip front HEMI Gasser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Congratulations, and we're glad you're here. It still surprises me how time's passage catches me off guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Hey Greg, thanks for sharing some info about yourself. Are you in first place for number of posts? And when do you have time for normal human activities, like eating and sleeping? ? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) I have 10,865 posts..I'm sure there are others with more..I've been on here just over 14 years.. Edited August 5, 2020 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) I'm at 16,294 - but I know there's a couple of guys that have racked up more than that. Edited August 5, 2020 by Danno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedotwo Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Congrats Greg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I must be a hell of a blabber mouth! Been here just over 6 years and already have nearly 10,500 posts! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Well, y'all got me curious. Here are our top 25 posters: slusher 33727 Harry P. 29071 cobraman 22687 Ace-Garageguy 22642 crazyjim 19284 Snake45 17725 Danno 16294 Dr. Cranky 15374 martinfan5 14103 Tom Geiger 14082 High octane 12618 Casey 12470 Chuck Most 12118 Rob Hall 10867 Jantrix 10580 StevenGuthmiller 10459 espo 10384 Greg Myers 10000 ChrisR 9965 Foxer 9446 unclescott58 9361 MrObsessive 9120 george 53 8746 afx 8660 charlie8575 8423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave Ambrose said: Well, y'all got me curious. Here are our top 25 posters: slusher 33727 Harry P. 29071 cobraman 22687 Ace-Garageguy 22642 crazyjim 19284 Snake45 17725 Danno 16294 Dr. Cranky 15374 martinfan5 14103 Tom Geiger 14082 High octane 12618 Casey 12470 Chuck Most 12118 Rob Hall 10867 Jantrix 10580 StevenGuthmiller 10459 espo 10384 Greg Myers 10000 ChrisR 9965 Foxer 9446 unclescott58 9361 MrObsessive 9120 george 53 8746 afx 8660 charlie8575 8423 I'm honored to be in such great company! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparfarmer Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 13 hours ago, Greg Myers said: Thirteen years, that's a long time. Not nearly as long as I've been in this hobby. Let's see, started building with my Dad's help back around 1955. Didn't get into cars until 1962. This being my 10,000 post I thought I'd say a few things here. I taught high school auto mechanics for several years in the early eighties before they decided to eliminate the Industrial arts program, computers you know. I had a model car club for the students and thought maybe this would be something adults would like too. Four of us got together and started the Moonlight Modelers here in Phoenix about this time. Life , 3 grandchildren, this confounded covid19, have all contributed to slowing things down. I'm still building, hey 48 years building my stash, I've got a few kits to build. But here we are stuck on the internet with all of our club meetings, swap meets and shows closed down. I lived in England as a teen and learned one thing, " Stiff upper lip ol" boy, keep calm and carry on." Thank you for listening and watch for my latest build, an AMT '41 Plymouth flip front HEMI Gasser. Are you the Greg Meyers who worked for Mopar then Mazda and was from California and was on the Model Car List? I know that Greg had some nice builds and stories of 1:1 stuff the manufacturers did.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Gregg, where did you live in England as a teen? There were a lot of US air force bases in the UK back in the Sixties and Seventies were you over here as part of a services family at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: Gregg, where did you live in England as a teen? There were a lot of US air force bases in the UK back in the Sixties and Seventies were you over here as part of a services family at the time? There's still 13 U.S military bases left in the UK including RAF Lakenheath, RAF Croughton, RAF Digby, RAF Welford, RAF Fairford, RAF Feltwell, RAF Upwood, RAF Barford St John, RAF Fylingdales and RAF Menwith Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 RAF Sculthorpe, 1957-1961 , 5th through 8th grade. My Dad was the commissary officer. The BX had models mostly around Christmas time. I remember the AMT Trophy series.I went for the more flashy Monogram Long John dragster kit, motorized of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) Nuclear strike base, 47th Bombardment Wing, B-45 Tornado then B-66 Destoryer Edited August 6, 2020 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 9 hours ago, moparfarmer said: Are you the Greg Meyers who worked for Mopar then Mazda and was from California and was on the Model Car List? I know that Greg had some nice builds and stories of 1:1 stuff the manufacturers did.. No, never worked for MoPar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Posts like these show that our modeling roots run deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Casey said: Too bad there's not a way to tally based on quality, not quantity. That list might look very different if so. Let's just be happy that there are members here who actually participate. I see boards all over the place, (this one included, I'm sure) where a large percentage of their members just hang around in the shadows and never contribute a thought, or post a word. Conversation, no matter how trivial, is what keeps these boards alive. Steve Edited August 6, 2020 by StevenGuthmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky1943 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: Let's just be happy that there are members here who actually participate. I see boards all over the place, (this one included, I'm sure) where a large percentage of their members just hang around in the shadows and never contribute a thought, or post a word. Conversation, no matter how trivial, is what keeps these boards alive. Steve Well said, Steve. And conversation, no matter how banal, would explain why I'm here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 15 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said: Well, y'all got me curious. Here are our top 25 posters: slusher 33727 Harry P. 29071 cobraman 22687 Ace-Garageguy 22642 crazyjim 19284 Snake45 17725 Danno 16294 Dr. Cranky 15374 martinfan5 14103 Tom Geiger 14082 High octane 12618 Casey 12470 Chuck Most 12118 Rob Hall 10867 Jantrix 10580 StevenGuthmiller 10459 espo 10384 Greg Myers 10000 ChrisR 9965 Foxer 9446 unclescott58 9361 MrObsessive 9120 george 53 8746 afx 8660 charlie8575 8423 I'm in the top 25 - I have an opinion about everything!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Gregg, Interesting to know whereabouts you were when living in England. Nearest base to me at the same time was RAF Greenham Common. My dad used to take me and my brother for a drive around the base as there was a road that ran around it by the security fence. There was a force of B47 bombers there at the time. I can remember seeing an old B29 parked up that i think was used for fire drill practice. The USAF moved out in the late 60's and the base remained unused for a number of years. But it came to life each year for a big air tattoo that has since moved to Fairford. Back in 1972 or 1973 it was re activated temporarily and the F111's that usually flew from Upper Heyford used it for about 6 months while their own runways were being re laid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 11:14 AM, Greg Myers said: Thirteen years, that's a long time. Not nearly as long as I've been in this hobby. Let's see, started building with my Dad's help back around 1955. Didn't get into cars until 1962. This being my 10,000 post I thought I'd say a few things here. I taught high school auto mechanics for several years in the early eighties before they decided to eliminate the Industrial arts program, computers you know. I had a model car club for the students and thought maybe this would be something adults would like too. Four of us got together and started the Moonlight Modelers here in Phoenix about this time. Life , 3 grandchildren, this confounded covid19, have all contributed to slowing things down. I'm still building, hey 48 years building my stash, I've got a few kits to build. But here we are stuck on the internet with all of our club meetings, swap meets and shows closed down. I lived in England as a teen and learned one thing, " Stiff upper lip ol" boy, keep calm and carry on." Thank you for listening and watch for my latest build, an AMT '41 Plymouth flip front HEMI Gasser. Congrats and I'll be lookin' for your Plymouth Hemi gasser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I've got a bit over 14,000 posts and have been on the board since 2007, but didn't become a regular user until 2012 or so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 23 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said: Well, y'all got me curious. Here are our top 25 posters: slusher 33727 Harry P. 29071 cobraman 22687 Ace-Garageguy 22642 crazyjim 19284 Snake45 17725 Danno 16294 Dr. Cranky 15374 martinfan5 14103 Tom Geiger 14082 High octane 12618 Casey 12470 Chuck Most 12118 Rob Hall 10867 Jantrix 10580 StevenGuthmiller 10459 espo 10384 Greg Myers 10000 ChrisR 9965 Foxer 9446 unclescott58 9361 MrObsessive 9120 george 53 8746 afx 8660 charlie8575 8423 Gotta love it! I hadn’t seen this list when I posted last about my 14,000 posts! I thought it was nothing special! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 G.M. First of all congratulations on your many posts. this thread has gone weird but I will say this forum is ran very decently. There have only been a few times I disagreed with moderators deleting threads, rather than editing them. (Off topic, but on my mind). You share a love for automobiles and models. all good mate.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hear, hear, Tom! ? Scaley Otto’s forum became a ghost town largely because of heavy-handed, elitist, holier-than-thou sanctimonious moderating. Fortunately, this forum has been able to avoid that kind of community-killing strangleholding. That’s why it’s fun here and this thing continues to grow and thrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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