Uvah runs away really fast....................................................................then comes back for more. I may get clobbered but......Vamps is cute so no biggie.

oh good grief JC I did not state you was stealing

now get your butt back here ... ok...

Please

AWWW  no don't do it bud, stay here with us you are among friends here.  and like Po said

-What Po said.

JC. I do not think DC,ment the way it was read by yourself and was taken out of  content, so show it was water of the ducks back, and  come back to your friends here. Have a beer and think about it please.

Drama always unfolds while I'm asleep

I remember when I was in my late teens. I was troubled. I don't even remember now what bothered me. I went to my Father and poured my heart out. He was silent. After a bit he looked at me and in a very serious voice said, "Don't worry Charlie, it's only going to get worse."

what Chasbo said 

lol@Charlie.. good one.

still no gallery....

I can't believe there are about 4 and half million people in this community....dozens of us in the forums and active in the galleries who are friends and admirers of your work....sharing good times and bad.... and you let ONE comment chuck it all away.... 

I don't know what kind of bad day you were having to let it touch a nerve like that.... but... it's time to untwist those knickers and get jafo working on reinstating that gallery and getting your arse back here.... pronto... 

soon even....  

Yeah...I read that comment and it seems it was taken the wrong way. I didn't think he was suggesting JC pirated anything...but it could have been worded better or not said at all...didn't really see the point of the comment...and to put it in red at that.

 I would suggest writing in notepad first before actually posting anything...once something is out there it's hard to take it back.

Me thinks someone needs to toughen up and get a thicker skin. it's only the internet, which is after all a bunch of images and words on your screen. Chill out bro

OK, I suspect this will not go over well but I will say it anyway. I have read your comments and I agree that I need a thicker skin but more then that I need to learn to not make decissions when i am pissed off. I acted to quickly when I should have cooled off first and realized it was just one comment from one person. As far as I am concerned its over with and I hold no hard feelings towards DC. I am sure I just took his comment out of context.

This is where its going to get ugly. Many of you are telling me that I need to get a thicker skin which I already stated that I agree.Yes it will sound like I am trying to justify my actions but sometimes there is more to the story and there are reasons why someone might display a thin skin. Have you not heard the saying "do not judge a man until you walked a mile in his shoes."

The last thing I will say is I don't quite get why me removing my gallery is ruining anyone's life. Quite frankly my skins were not all that great and I seriously doubt many people use them on a continual basis. Furthermore some one made the comment (in a private message) that I am hurting my friends by removing them. Oh really, What friends? Are you really my friend? Though there are internet acquaintances on this site that I respect and appreciate I have no true friends here. Do I have a beer with you? no. Do we spend time together sharing intimate times of joy and sorrow? no. Your all Internet buddies and not real friends. Now you might disagree and be pissed at my statement and I am sure I will hear about it but that's how I see it.

So if my removing my skins offends you then I say you need to get a thicker skin too. They are only skins and your life is not going to be destroyed ( or even bettrer) because someone removes them.

     I'll give you a different perspective. You say internet buddies. Fine. A buddy is just another way of saying friend. In fact, my POV, a buddy is a bit more intimate. A buddy you pal around with and we do ... pal around, here on the WC. As I'm typing this I'm thinking of ways to put words that, even taken out of context, cannot be misconstrued as any but what they are, say and mean. True ... the comment was ill-conceived and true, should not have been posted. That said think on this. Junior Crooks ...... your work, whether or not you think so, is above par and I do not say this lightly. There is a knack that someone 'must' have in order to capture the essence of a piece, your gauges for the cars for example. Had you not been in possession of this 'knack' per se, I doubt they would've gotten past moderation.

     Now listen up. The WC is a home away from home to some of us, especially me. Out here in the real world I can count my friends on two fingers, most are only there if you have what they want, if not its see ya later dude. Here there are dozens who not only want what you create but encourage you to take that one step further and do more. Philly0381 did it for me when he said quote ... then you'd better get to it ... unquote, when I hinted at getting into doing Sysmetrix. Master RnD said more or less the same thing when he said ... we need more DX builders and I'm looking into that too. Suffice to say that, in light of past comments, take that one by DC and chuck it! Put it where it belongs out in limbo someplace and forget about it.

     No one can force you to come back, that's something you must want to do. But keep in mind that, more than your work, your presence here with all of us makes you one of us, a buddy and that's more than just a friend because we share something 'intimate' ... a love of art, design and the pleasure it gives and brings us that mere friends can only dream about. That said .................

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP! Vamps is gonna kick mine backside with smx's ... HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!

When one removes his Gallery, it's taken by Admin as the sign he won't be back. Hence many folks who decide to 'leave' just leave their Gallery alone and give themselves a 'vacation' from something which has (for one reason or another) become a burden (or additional burden) until it, and/or the other things settle out. 

Some people who are cordial with each other and work together consider that friendship. Others classify that as an acquaintance and have a different definition of 'friend'. You would seem to be in the latter group.

Is your art of such incredible quality or quantity that it's absence would be detrimental to WC? Yes and no... Because those aren't the only considerations. They are only pixels.

You. You and your presence together with your contributions in screenshot threads, skinning Galleries, interactions with other members are entirely another matter. The more important? Your presence. So is everyone's. There are no 'extra' people.

WC is a Community of people. Like a body: Can you live without one part or another? Yes (with some exceptions). But do you want to? No. Certainly not.

I say WC wouldn't be exactly the same place without you. Whether you term them acquaintances, buddies or friends: They, would miss you, JC. That would be hurtful.

BS JC, but I'm not going to stroke you and besides whom are you actually skinning for.

If you're going to go, you'll go. I have appreciated your help and respect your efforts and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to say so.

good luck with whatever you decide.

I hope he is(/was) skinning for himself, otherwise it's for the wrong reasons.

Skinning for others is more or less like standing up in a crowded room and screaming out loud, simple for the sake of getting attention.

Holy crap, Uvah said something clearly, concisely and so well written and that I agree with almost 100%. Who'da thunk it? I agree with most of what he said with this addition. 

Most of the members here go beyond being friends. I enjoy spending my time with, have more in common with, share more of my life with you folks here at WinCustomize than I do with my own family. (Good folks, my family, but boring)

When one of us is sick, we all hurt. When one of us passes, we all mourn. When one of us is happy, we all celebrate.

When one of us goes, a part of all of us goes. A unique, special, one-of-a-kind part. JuniorCrooks, you are one of those parts.

"Buddies"?

My wife and I will be forever grateful for all the friendship we've been shown by the members here. We may never meet in person but there is a place in our hearts where you will always be.

That goes beyond "internet buddies" in my book.

I read that one...

Sorry but I finally have to interject my 2c on this subject, it's been bugging me for ages.

I think it's nonsense to think that everyone should only skin for themselves, they should skin for whatever reason they want to, this mantra of always coming back to skin for yourself is pure BS to me.

Please don't tell me that , if it is not 'just for myself' that my reasons are wrong. My reasons, our reasons are ours, and really none of anyone elses business, nor should they be judged so.

Sometimes I skin for myself, sometimes I skin because someone has requested something, sometimes I skin out of boredom, sometimes I skin because i have to, sometimes I skin because I like seeing the look on peoples faces \ words, sometimes I skin because I can't afford not to, sometimes I skin for therapy, sometimes I skin because someone else needs me to, sometimes I skin for all of the above at the same time , and sometimes for none at all. At the root of it all, Pride in accomplishment, and the enjoyment of others is the root of why I do almost everything I do, not just skinning.

I think its foolish to think that the majority of skinners, musicians, artists, do so, only for themselves.

People like other people appreciating their efforts, they like other folks taking notice, dropping their jaws, etc etc... to suggest otherwise goes against what we all know about human nature.

If your say you only skin for yourself, I say, don't bother sharing it, or at least admit u want people to look at what u have done and render their thoughts on it.

John...I think you miss the point.

You skin for yourself doesn't mean you are the only intended recipient of the skin.

You skin for yourself means you are not at others' beck-and-call .... a slave to THEIR wants.

Whatever your 'motivation'...it's YOURS, not theirs....;)

Damn right

..of course this veers off track a bit when one starts asking people to open their wallets.

Anyhoo, just felt like getting that out, no offense to anyone intended... naturally

I claim the fifth ...... I claim temporary sanity ...... I claim to sometimes know a thing or three.