Dave's lacklustre signature updates
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:40 am
Hey guys,
I haven't spent as much time as I would have liked on Bellett.net in recent months; I say this every time I get back on there, I have to admit!
My wife Sarah continues to fight breast cancer, with her latest chemo regime finishing this coming Friday, which is great.
We've been here before an hoped that the future would be clear so I'm not holding my breath that we'll never be in this struggle again, but we've also heard of people with a similar amount of recurrences (we're up to four) who have gone on to recover and be clear going forward.
During recurrence one and two, we had a baby who is now 18 months old, so that's also added a level of complexity to our lives! She's doing well and is better behaved than her brother.
Finally, I've also been doing heaps of work for Street Machine and Unique Cars in my off time after work, with articles appearing in both magazines most months, something I'm very proud of! The recent Holden shutdown brought forth a flurry of activity; an epic A-Z of Holden for Street Machine as well as an editorial wake that they surprisingly printed in full, as well as coverage of the Holden Dream Cruise for Unique Cars, which is in the current issue that goes stale this week.
As Bellett people, you'll be happy to know I focussed on the eclectic, covering the event but featuring six participants; an FJ mail van, HQ Monaro GTS 253 sedan, VL Commodore SS Group A, VY Commodore SS built in the factory by the owner when he was a worker and my personal favourites, a one-family 1985 Holden RB Gemini assembled in Elizabeth from a CKD kit from Isuzu, as well as a 1968 Pontiac Parisienne, which of course was also assembled by Holden!
Anyway, all this just serves to distract me from the main game; Belletts and Bellett.net of course!
I'm glad people are still on it; the 'liking' and 'sharing' that Facebook's Isuzu groups bring instantly gratifies, but unlike Bellett.net, the posts don't really have any longevity. You can now search FB's posts, but I still fear there's some data loss there as time goes on.
One thing FB is great for is connecting Japanese and other non-English speaking Bellett enthusiasts with us Aussies; something I wanted to achieve with Bellett.net but could not. The site's not going anywhere and one day I'll get organised and start scanning brochures again! I've only uploaded about 10% of what I have....
So today I went looking for something on Bellett.net; cheekily I was at work, when I noticed my signature is SO out of date! How out of date? I notice that I still list my 1967 ex-Glenn Percy/ex-Dean Beazley Bellett GT in there! I sold that car in December 2011!! There's also talk of our old daily driver Lexus LS400 which I got rid of two years ago in October 2015.
So SLACK!
The update now includes my 1973 Bellett GTR, which has been in pieces since about the time my wife got crook and my 1976 Buick Opel by Isuzu, which has been my go-to classic car over the last couple of years thanks to its full array of seat belts, child safety restraints and reluctant acceptance at American car cruises!
Cheers guys stay in touch!
Dave
*edit: just realised my Unicab is not included in the signature; no worry, it's at capacity digit-wise and is a long way from the road!
I haven't spent as much time as I would have liked on Bellett.net in recent months; I say this every time I get back on there, I have to admit!
My wife Sarah continues to fight breast cancer, with her latest chemo regime finishing this coming Friday, which is great.
We've been here before an hoped that the future would be clear so I'm not holding my breath that we'll never be in this struggle again, but we've also heard of people with a similar amount of recurrences (we're up to four) who have gone on to recover and be clear going forward.
During recurrence one and two, we had a baby who is now 18 months old, so that's also added a level of complexity to our lives! She's doing well and is better behaved than her brother.
Finally, I've also been doing heaps of work for Street Machine and Unique Cars in my off time after work, with articles appearing in both magazines most months, something I'm very proud of! The recent Holden shutdown brought forth a flurry of activity; an epic A-Z of Holden for Street Machine as well as an editorial wake that they surprisingly printed in full, as well as coverage of the Holden Dream Cruise for Unique Cars, which is in the current issue that goes stale this week.
As Bellett people, you'll be happy to know I focussed on the eclectic, covering the event but featuring six participants; an FJ mail van, HQ Monaro GTS 253 sedan, VL Commodore SS Group A, VY Commodore SS built in the factory by the owner when he was a worker and my personal favourites, a one-family 1985 Holden RB Gemini assembled in Elizabeth from a CKD kit from Isuzu, as well as a 1968 Pontiac Parisienne, which of course was also assembled by Holden!
Anyway, all this just serves to distract me from the main game; Belletts and Bellett.net of course!
I'm glad people are still on it; the 'liking' and 'sharing' that Facebook's Isuzu groups bring instantly gratifies, but unlike Bellett.net, the posts don't really have any longevity. You can now search FB's posts, but I still fear there's some data loss there as time goes on.
One thing FB is great for is connecting Japanese and other non-English speaking Bellett enthusiasts with us Aussies; something I wanted to achieve with Bellett.net but could not. The site's not going anywhere and one day I'll get organised and start scanning brochures again! I've only uploaded about 10% of what I have....
So today I went looking for something on Bellett.net; cheekily I was at work, when I noticed my signature is SO out of date! How out of date? I notice that I still list my 1967 ex-Glenn Percy/ex-Dean Beazley Bellett GT in there! I sold that car in December 2011!! There's also talk of our old daily driver Lexus LS400 which I got rid of two years ago in October 2015.
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The update now includes my 1973 Bellett GTR, which has been in pieces since about the time my wife got crook and my 1976 Buick Opel by Isuzu, which has been my go-to classic car over the last couple of years thanks to its full array of seat belts, child safety restraints and reluctant acceptance at American car cruises!
Cheers guys stay in touch!
Dave
*edit: just realised my Unicab is not included in the signature; no worry, it's at capacity digit-wise and is a long way from the road!