"DON'T TOUCH MY BRONCO!"

[stampede1]

Don't be a Darren.

Is Darren married to Karen?

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[RoLyMa27]

Well he could have replied "Hey look, I'm not touching your Bronco!" over & over while hovering over it

After reading through this thread, i'm going out of my way to touch every Bronco I see in the parking lot!

 

[broncobase1]

Hey man, saw your Bronco the other day-

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Why do people care how other people use their vehicle? So what, guy doesn’t go offroad. Maybe he thinks it’s a cool looking car so he wanted to buy it. The overwhelming majority of people that buy Broncos aren’t going to be off-roading them.

This isn't the reason for this thread, they were just talking trash like everybody does.

 

[broncobase1]

If you ask a yes/no question, expect you may get a "no" response. Accept it and move on.

Agree, but why be a dickhead about it? If he just said "no" this thread wouldn't exist!

 

[broncobase1]

Reading is fundamental.

"To my surprise as I reached for the door he says, "Yea! I mind! DON'T TOUCH MY Bronco!" And Then goes from smiling at us to looking back with a glare."

You just made my point. The reason for this thread is not because the guy didn't want his bronco touched we all get that, it is because he was a dickhead about it. Is that so hard to understand?

 

[Lilj4425]

I touched it.

 

[broncobase1]

I think this is a fair way to go about life. My Bronco cost a shit ton more than my dog and was a hell of a lot harder to get.

Can I pet your dog?

Can I touch your Bronco?

Then just say "no" and be done with it. Being snarky is a reflection on you and the Bronco community. There is a reason some vehicles have stereotypes -- and the Bronco is no exception unfortunately. They should change the Bronco logo instead of a bucking horse to a giant horses ass.

 

[broncobase1]

I’m just happy someone finally explained what a porter is. Reading through seven pages of this thread was definitely a better use of time compared to a google search

Yeah I was surprised to hear word "porter", not a common word in the USA anymore. Like so many things the ruling class determined its a racial slur of sorts -- big surprise right? I remember reading in a brochure never call the car attendant on an Amtrak train a "porter", the correct usage is "car attendant" Stupid AF! The word has nothing to do with slavery. The connection comes from the Pullman company, which owned and operated the Pullman (sleeping) cars on the railroads. The Pullman company hired exclusively blacks to be porters, seen as "racist" today. Yes the Pullman Porter assisted passengers with their bags, but they did much more than that. It was a service position, they were responsible for taking care of the passengers and the car. This was first class travel, only the wealthy could afford Pullman travel. Why did they hire only blacks? Yes the wages were low (tipping was customary and expected), but they had a reputation for providing excellent service and working hard. This is something to be celebrated, not scorned. Its the same reason the cruise industry hires Filipinos and Indonesians today -- sadly Americans need not apply! The Pullman Porter was an honorable profession in my opinion. I respect them and anybody willing to work hard more than a lot of these quacks with PhDs living behind the walls of a so called institution of higher learning. I would be proud if my grandfather or great grandfather was a Pullman Porter. I would do the job myself, a lot more appealing than seating in a cubicle under fluorescent lights staring at a computer screen all day. What does all this have to do with Broncos? How knows maybe "Bronco" is a forbidden word, if not now, maybe tomorrow?

 

[broncobase1]

Finally! After all these years we know what MC Hammer. was talking about in his hit song U Can't Touch this.

 

[userdude]

Yeah I was surprised to hear word "porter", not a common word in the USA anymore. Like so many things the ruling class determined its a racial slur of sorts -- big surprise right? I remember reading in a brochure never call the car attendant on an Amtrak train a "porter", the correct usage is "car attendant" Stupid AF! The word has nothing to do with slavery. The connection comes from the Pullman company, which owned and operated the Pullman (sleeping) cars on the railroads. The Pullman company hired exclusively blacks to be porters, seen as "racist" today. Yes the Pullman Porter assisted passengers with their bags, but they did much more than that. It was a service position, they were responsible for taking care of the passengers and the car. This was first class travel, only the wealthy could afford Pullman travel. Why did they hire only blacks? Yes the wages were low (tipping was customary and expected), but they had a reputation for providing excellent service and working hard. This is something to be celebrated, not scorned. Its the same reason the cruise industry hires Filipinos and Indonesians today -- sadly Americans need to apply! The Pullman Porter was an honorable profession in my opinion. I respect them and anybody willing to work hard more than a lot of these quacks with PhDs living behind the walls of a so called institution of higher learning. I would be proud if my grandfather or great grandfather was a Pullman Porter. I would do the job myself, a lot more appealing than seating in a cubicle under fluorescent lights staring at a computer screen all day. What does all this have to do with Broncos? How knows maybe "Bronco" is a forbidden word, if not now, maybe tomorrow?

Porter as a term to describe someone who moves goods during transport has been around for centuries. My understanding is that "porter" relates to men who worked at ports of call and would (as longshoreman do now) load and unload ships.

When trains were invented, and began being used to transport goods, porters were the manual labor to get this done before all the mechanization and so forth. When Pullman created the luxurious Pullman cars, it was a conscious decision to staff the car attendants with black men, since at the time most wealthy people were comfortable with black labor (basically stewards). The term was carried over.

However, over time being a Pullman porter came to be considered a good job comparatively, and there's a whole PBS documentary about families looking back on their grandfather's work fondly. This doesn't mean they were always treated well, and closing the "porter" era is perhaps a clean way of breaking ties with that old, problematic Jim Crow legacy.

 

[2023bronco]

This is the dumbest thread of all time. It's been fun getting a rise out of people, but OMG it is old.

 

[Roofus]

You know, I hear the porters words and I see him. I’m doing the work and I acknowledge his opinion. But I’m guessing the service tech doesn’t mind if I wash off the mud before he has to work on my ride.

 

[EvilJim1971]

I’m just happy someone finally explained what a porter is. Reading through seven pages of this thread was definitely a better use of time compared to a google search

While in high school, in the 80s, I worked at a local Dodge dealership as a porter.
I had no idea that term had fallen out of favor.

 

[userdude]

While I'm high school, in the 80s, I worked at a local Dodge dealership as a porter.
I had no idea that term had fallen out of favor.

I think it's in the passenger train world, given the history. I could be wrong. It's definitely not a word I use anyways.

 

[SierraBronco]

I think it's in the passenger train world, given the history. I could be wrong. It's definitely not a word I use anyways.

I just thought it was a tasty beer category

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