Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:00:15 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Wallaced?
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Yup. I've lived long enough to see the changes in attitudes that come
with age and experience. Numbers never lie ....people do.... with the
numbers.......a bit of a paradox.
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> That would make you an 'age-ist' ..........bit like a racist.
> Preconceived notions based on a number, rather than your actual experience
> with the person .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> John Rodgers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Wallaced?
>
> You got it.
>
> It would be interesting to know the average and the median age of the
> list membership. With that, one could understand where some of the
> attitudes and ideas come from! <grin>
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
>> I'd say the nature of our charming, old fashioned Vanagon Listserv is just
>> about a perfect match for our charming, old fashioned Vanagons, not to
>> mention the charming, old fashioned Listers. :)
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2008 2:11 PM, robert feller <syncro.carboncow@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> If you want living memory with most forums you simply tell the setup that
>>> you want and email for ALL posts! Better yet I currently belong to a few
>>> for
>>> my Porsche and boats that have RSS. So when I check my reader each day I
>>> get
>>> all the same content w/o having to have a separate email address or clog
>>> up
>>> my main on. Plus you'd never get "wallaced"...
>>>
>>> I know there are many many old timers on here that hate change (I see
>>> their
>>> distane regularly!) but at some point it sure would be nice to get such a
>>> valuable list more manageable and modernized. This would allow better
>>> searching and client management, plus those of us who are not really
>>> thrilled with Friday political rants can opt out of off time forums.
>>>
>>> Yes there are other sites to join but vanagon.com is the place all know
>>>
> to
>
>>> go and love. The Yahoo! syncro is very respectable and I'll guess most
>>> here
>>> below but even Yahoo! groups is limited.
>>>
>>> Will I continue to use it in this format? Yes. Do I have the time and
>>> resources to help upgrade the site? No.
>>>
>>> But it would be nice to get this list in the 21st century...
>>>
>>> Shawn
>>>
>>> On Jan 29, 2008 3:08 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Right now, on another newsgroup to which I subscribe, there is a great
>>>> debate going on about whether to change to a forum format or not.
>>>> Apparently, for Moderators, it makes life easier, especial if the list
>>>> is huge, as in the case of this other group - not large by some
>>>> standards, but big enough - some 5000 active members.For the moment,
>>>> it's about 50-50 about changing format or not. That one half feels like
>>>> I do. - the classic newsgroup listing allows for "living memory" to be
>>>> more active, and allows for closer personal connection. Other formats
>>>> appear not to do this.
>>>>
>>>> Again, I like our "Living Memory", which typically is made of of some
>>>> Guru's, some regulars, some not so regulars, and a few Curmudgeons. All
>>>> of to whom you can make a post, and get an almost immediate response. I
>>>> wouldn't want it any other way.
>>>>
>>>> John Rodgers
>>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Rodgers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I kinda like "living memory". Keeps a better people to people
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> connetion
>>>
>>>
>>>>> - and I think that is as much the lifeblood of this list as the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> interest
>>>
>>>
>>>>> in our beloved Vans. If that disappears, so goes the list. IMHO.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Rodgers
>>>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>>>
>>>>> Sudhir Desai wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the wiki is already here~
>>>>>> just hasn't been updated in a few months :D
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2008 9:12 AM, robert feller <syncro.carboncow@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> another good reason to figure out how to get this board into the
>>>>>>> modern era
>>>>>>> with forums and rss!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> here it comes...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2008 6:26 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yup, ain't "living memory" wonderful?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Makes it possible to call up such wonderful detritus as "being
>>>>>>>> Wallaced!" in a heartbeat.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John Rodgers
>>>>>>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Michael Elliott wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 1/28/2008 4:44 PM Richard Golen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and for a
>>>>>>>>>> week or more the traffic on this list effectively doubled...for
>>>>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>>>>> message sent to the list, all of us received a "on vacation/out
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> office" message from Mr. Wallace.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Aye, t'was a dark and troubled time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>>>>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>>>>>>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>>>>>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>>>>>>>> KG6RCR
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Shawn Feller
>>>>>>> Ohio
>>>>>>> www.carboncow.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> --
>>> Shawn Feller
>>> Ohio
>>> www.carboncow.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>>
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