Well, because... that's a fact. There's no explanation I have for my disproportionate blessing I have in Kim. Some things in life, you simply accept and look up to the big guy and say "thanks"

But you hit the nail on the head Mark.

We are a very close-knit group of ****-talkers. But the right to "dish out" must be earned. No painless way around that. When someone cries to a moderator and has them threaten a ban, that's a quick way to be seen as a crybaby instead of "one of the guys".

Nick has very limited mechanical ability -- hell, he even put used oil into a green radiator pan. But, he's the son Steve never wanted and he's bloody hilarious in person.

I'm no master tech when it comes to wrenching, but I'm willing to get my hands dirty and soak up knowledge like a sponge. Steve has the $$$ to play with, so I can let him blaze a trail and then I can carefully shop my next mod from the few that actually worked for him .