Hey man... just had to pass this along:

I'm fairly new to the lightning community (in fact, about 3 months new)... So today I'm working with a mortgage lender to finalize a loan on a house I'm about to buy here in Atlanta and he's running through all of my loans. He asked about a specific loan I have for about $30k...

"Ahh.. that's my new toy. My Ford Lightning."

I fully expect him to say... "Ford What?" as I usually hear from people who have no idea what it is.

Instead, he says "OOOOhhhh.... Yeah, I've got a buddy in California that races a Lightning. You wouldn't believe how much money he's got in it.... tens of thousands of dollars."

"Oh really? Wow! I wonder if he's on any of the message boards I read online", I ask..

"His name's Tim Skelton."

"Woah! Heck yeah, I know that guy! Well, I know OF that guy."

Anyway, I thought it was cool how this message board, and our trucks, have made the world that much smaller.

My mortgage banker: Mike Henderson.

...foop

 

Tim,

Tens of Thousands.


Are you hiding something Tim.

 

Vinnie,

You guys must be sharing saplings from those money trees in your back yards again...

 

What rate are you getting. I am a mortgage broker

 

Man, this is a small world. I read this board, and I know a mortgage broker too.


(I just got a Home Eq. loan for prime minus 1/4%. Times are good!)

 

It must be a small world

I make a house payment

 

Tim Skelton, yes, good Lightning info guy

 

Yup. Me and Mike go way back to grade school. His parents are good friends with mine.

It is indeed a small world. As part of a lawsuit I am working on, I called a dyno shop in New Jersey. When I told the shop owner who I was, he recognized my name from the boards and was quite helpful.

There are some advantages to not using a screen name.

 

Well, that's a little strong. But even tens of thousands is chump change to you. You have more money in paint and chrome than I have in my whole truck.