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Originally Posted by Cole
And everything you suggested is great providing you have the time, motivation, space and funds to allow for that.
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It is unrealistic as fuck to expect everyone to be able to undertake any single project you can. What a hilariously narrow viewpoint. Good for you that you have time, space, tools and money. Not everyone has those things. I'm happy for you that you're able to rub that fact in other people's faces, kinda speaks to the kind of person you are.
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Oh I told myself over and over to avoid getting in arguments on the Internet for this reason.
I didn't attack you in my post, I didn't accuse you of being a bad person, I didn't say you were an idiot. Don't be a d*ck.
I offered an alternative viewpoint, that is all.
Let's address the time money tools argument. Thank for that,
you know nothing about me. I was a normal lower middle class kid like anone else. One working parent who was a schoolteacher. Yeah, lots of money there.
Yes, I did reasonably well and I have a little money now and part of that is lucky breaks, but I worked f*cing hard for what I have. I worked three jobs while I was at a cheap state college to avoid going into debt.
I made mistakes too, I lost money on dumb stuff, like ratty motorbikes. My first bike was the rattiest ex500 in the world, but I didn't have my parents garage to work in or store it in... I bought the thing without consent, hell, without a license. I hid the thing at a friend's house.
More alternative views,
remembering that hindsight is 20/20 and we all have room to improve on our decisions. Sure, perhaps you couldn't find a replacement engine for less than 3k, but you could have bought a factory service manual, cracked open the engine you had, and rebuilt it for a few hundred bucks, tops. Bought parts from eBay or the local Yamaha dealer for full-face retail. Rented tools from auto zone or borrowed them from the parents garage you said you had available, and consulted the Internet when you got stuck. Space?? I rebuilt my first motorcycle engine on a desk.... which I totally trashed mounting a vise on...
Anybody else can do anything I do. I'm no genius and I'm no millionaire. I don't even have a garage. I rent space from a friend at full market price, after asking literally dozens of shops to rent bay space and being turned down every time.