What a find!!

[ekneasel97]

Originally Posted by Tom B

Damn.....would you guys PLEASE put this thing to REST !! YES the guy is a JERK...OK, OK !!

Why this has been my entertainment for the past week.

[Wiegert]

This is the first time I have seen this thread.

On one hand its comical to read some of the posts, but at the same time its very sad. If I had ever acted like this at 14 or what ever this guys age, my father would have made me a fixture of a wall in the house I grew up in. Id probably still be imbedded on the wall almost 30 years later.

Good thing my parents didn't catch some of the crazy stuff I did. A few times I have paid the price, two broken wrists at the same time was definitely a bodily payment I learned from. I also think my fight with cancer twice is more of a payment for the stuff I did as a kid.

Karma will catch up with who ever it needs to catch up with.

I think some one needs to take that young man under their wing and straighten the young man up!

As for Major 'rip off' Snyder. A Major? Why does the man have captain bars on his jacket? If you are a true / real life veteran you tend to always display the highest rank you achieve. I know with me personally, I have various 2nd Class petty officers rank badges. It was the last rank I achieved before I got out of the navy. I wouldn't dare wear any rank higher then I was, while wearing a lesser rank then what I was, I wouldn't do. Granted I achieved that lower rank, but why would I wear it? I achieved a higher rank that I am proud of.

1) Me in my dress blues during the holidays

2) Me on the pier waiting for my ship to come in on a rainy sunday. My last few years I was a dock master at Naval Station Everett, before getting moved to the Base Operations Department on the base command floor. Yes, that is a Arliegh Burke Class Destroyer behind me. It is the USS Shoup, I was the dock master for the Arliegh Burke Class Destroyer named the USS Momsen.

[muzrub]

Originally Posted by Wiegert

This is the first time I have seen this thread.

On one hand its comical to read some of the posts, but at the same time its very sad. If I had ever acted like this at 14 or what ever this guys age, my father would have made me a fixture of a wall in the house I grew up in. Id probably still be imbedded on the wall almost 30 years later.

Good thing my parents didn't catch some of the crazy stuff I did. A few times I have paid the price, two broken wrists at the same time was definitely a bodily payment I learned from. I also think my fight with cancer twice is more of a payment for the stuff I did as a kid.

Karma will catch up with who ever it needs to catch up with.

I think some one needs to take that young man under their wing and straighten the young man up!

As for Major 'rip off' Snyder. A Major? Why does the man have captain bars on his jacket? If you are a true / real life veteran you tend to always display the highest rank you achieve. I know with me personally, I have various 2nd Class petty officers rank badges. It was the last rank I achieved before I got out of the navy. I wouldn't dare wear any rank higher then I was, while wearing a lesser rank then what I was, I wouldn't do. Granted I achieved that lower rank, but why would I wear it? I achieved a higher rank that I am proud of.

1) Me in my dress blues during the holidays

2) Me on the pier waiting for my ship to come in on a rainy sunday. My last few years I was a dock master at Naval Station Everett, before getting moved to the Base Operations Department on the base command floor. Yes, that is a Arliegh Burke Class Destroyer behind me. It is the USS Shoup, I was the dock master for the Arliegh Burke Class Destroyer named the USS Momsen.

The kid is a drifting teenager, prone to doing stupid things.
The best we could do is have him/community explain to his parents about his behaviour. He enjoys making videos, let him make one explaining to his parents about what he did...
Then again what does that mean?
Most people frown upon TR collecting, many would defend him- gotta hate them Nazi lovers.

The fact is, the kid is a kid- they do stupid things.

And soon he'll be an adult and he'll pay for them- big time

To many collectors worry about the young kids who will pick up the torch- will the love of TR collecting die? We need the kids to carry on etc, etc.
Lets help the kids- all this is BS Many of us non baby boomers were brought up on a steady diet of WW2 films, every Saturday something would be on- The longest day, Bridge too far etc etc - today the kids don't have that.
WW2 doesn't figure in their mindset.

If you want a kid to learn- take something away or expose their actions for what they are.
Placing him under your wing wont do anything. Under the spotlight, maybe something?

Choices define people, not age or experience.

Cheers,

Jamie

[Tobysauer]

I agree with Brian, If I had pulled a stunt like this, my father would have knocked the crap out of me! These days in this namby pamby society a father is more likely to say "you have made a wrong life choice" and that would be it !!!!!!
No respect,no values, no honesty, no shame, no boundary's, that is what is being instilled in the youth of today, Hell, at my daughters school the teachers are not even allowed to correct bad spelling in case it has a negative effect on the child
I am afraid mankind is doomed

[ROBB]

Is all down to portion control . Rob

[norman]

There's a lot of talk about taking this kid "under the wing" and teaching him.
I think the best form of education he could receive should be "under the wing" on the buckle of a Luftwaffe belt!

Respect should dictate that you don't come into ANY collecting community whatever it is, and treat people the way he's treated them. I think the door should be kept firmly closed until he is more mature to be dealing with others and even then received back if at all on a probationary period of a year or so.

If he is genuinely interested, he will still want admittance a few years down the line.

[TigerII]

Originally Posted by norman

There's a lot of talk about taking this kid "under the wing" and teaching him.
I think the best form of education he could receive should be "under the wing" on the buckle of a Luftwaffe belt!

Respect should dictate that you don't come into ANY collecting community whatever it is, and treat people the way he's treated them. I think the door should be kept firmly closed until he is more mature to be dealing with others and even then received back if at all on a probationary period of a year or so.

If he is genuinely interested, he will still want admittance a few years down the line.

Well Said....!

[Wiegert]

Well its obvious there is no structure in his home. I don't think having his parents watch video's he has made, etc will have any effect. Thats a sad deal, not only for the kid but for the rest of us in the world that has to deal with him.

Toby, teachers are there to teach period. If the child gets something wrong, the teacher gets paid to correct the issues. If I were you I would find a different school, call the principle and say I wasn't going to pay the full tuition cause the schools teachers are not doing their jobs completely, so why should I pay the full amount.

I once had seen a copied post on face book and it was all a bunch of high school kids that thought Titanic was just a movie and they couldn't believe it was a historical event. Its extremely sad scene here in the states as far as education goes. When I was in high school they tried ramming stuff that happened 2,000 some odd years ago. Just one semester was American history, in which they tried to cover the birth of the US all the way through Viet Nam. They cared more about what happened 2 thousand years ago in Egypt, etc. I can't speak for other countries, but here in the US some of what they are teaching and not teaching is pretty sad. Im so very glad I have cats instead of children lol. I would be seriously loosing my mind with my kids teachers if I had kids.

Its a sad, sad, sad situation for the youth of today. If more people in my country cared more about learning as much as they could about the US, I think it would be a different country. I was once told by a girl I was dating that what happened in the past had NO bearing on what goes on today. One day while I was in Pearl Harbor Hawaii I was talking to her on the phone, she asked me what I was doing and I told her I was going to visit the USS Arizona memorial. Her reply was "whats that?" she didn't even know the significance of December 7 1941 was.

If kids don't have the proper attention and correction they turn out like this kid on the forum. If they don't get it at home they will seek the attention else where and have to pay the price for their actions, like what is shown in this thread.

Ok I am stepping off the soap box, enough of my rant.

Cheers
Brian

[Oscha]

When I was 16 my Father got stationed in Spangdahlem Germany. My eyes suddenly were opened to the history of WW2. I had collected since I was 9, but I was able to see the remnants of that war and more so in the veterans that I came in contact with. While I was there Ronald Reagan visited the graves of some HJ youths in Bitburg that died fighting the Americans. They were about 16 years old. That's when I realized how lucky I was to be an American kid. Medals suddenly had stories and value attached to them that was beyond what I could call value. Now I can put those medals into the hands of my boys and tell the story. General Thomas just needs to learn that most of us here take this seriously and the money we might pay for a particular piece goes beyond monetary value, and he needs to learn about respect which is something liars do not have.

[münster]

Originally Posted by Oscha

When I was 16 my Father got stationed in Spangdahlem Germany. My eyes suddenly were opened to the history of WW2. I had collected since I was 9, but I was able to see the remnants of that war and more so in the veterans that I came in contact with. While I was there Ronald Reagan visited the graves of some HJ youths in Bitburg that died fighting the Americans. They were about 16 years old. That's when I realized how lucky I was to be an American kid. Medals suddenly had stories and value attached to them that was beyond what I could call value. Now I can put those medals into the hands of my boys and tell the story. General Thomas just needs to learn that most of us here take this seriously and the money we might pay for a particular piece goes beyond monetary value, and he needs to learn about respect which is something liars do not have.

I was there at the same time except my Dad was in Bitburg,,PM me,, did you go to BHS? Maybe we know each other.

As for the thread,,,ridiculous.

[LSSAH1944]

The ridiculous part is that we all need to decide whether to ban him or not. After all his errors, he should be banned. period.

[Wiegert]

Maybe after some time goes by, give him a second chance and if he screws the pooch again. Well then you ban him for ever.

Some people just need one smack, while some need several.

Cheers
Brian

[ekneasel97]

Originally Posted by norman

There's a lot of talk about taking this kid "under the wing" and teaching him.
I think the best form of education he could receive should be "under the wing" on the buckle of a Luftwaffe belt!

Respect should dictate that you don't come into ANY collecting community whatever it is, and treat people the way he's treated them. I think the door should be kept firmly closed until he is more mature to be dealing with others and even then received back if at all on a probationary period of a year or so.

If he is genuinely interested, he will still want admittance a few years down the line.

This is what needs to be done.

[paddywhack]

at first when i was reading the thread i thought maybe under certain conditions he should be aloud back but after reading more through the thread and what he has been doing and treading other members i dont think he should be aloud back as well he really really doesn't seem to call how much grief he has caused!but and its VERY big but maybe just maybe if hes banned for a period and then let back on probation then he might be able to earn respect of the forum back but its going to be up to the mods!

[ekneasel97]

He's probraly loveing all of this attention right now.