Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:02:58 -0400
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
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I'm still around but my Vanagon activity has diminished. Three tanks of gas and one brief camping trip in the last couple of years. That's what I get for buying a foreclosed fixer upper in retirement.
Stephen
Mobile
> On Jun 10, 2019, at 11:36 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
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> There are currently 490 subscribers on the gerry.vanagon.com list.
>
> I suspect that your hypothesis is correct. I admin a few other lists and where there used to be ten to a hundred posts daily, there’s now one or two a week. All gone to FB no doubt as it’s more ‘immediate.’ WetWesties for example, 2008 saw an avg of 299.8 messages/month. 2018, the avg is 32.5/mo.
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> I too miss the chatter. I also miss that chatter being archived.
>
> For historical purposes, the following is the first post to the Vanagon list. (There was a vanagon-L list that preceded it, but those archives are lost to the sands of time as I’m sure this list’s archives will be eventually.)
>
> We’ve had a good run.
>
> Jim
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> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:01:54 -0600 (CST)
> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
> From: Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
> Subject: New listprocessor
>
> This is a rather trepid announcement of my installation of the
> listprocessor software.
>
> The list is still called vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu, but you can send
> help,subscribe,unsubscribe,set vanagon digest messages to
> listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu
>
> As soon as I get a welcome message together, I'll post it to the list
> so you can forward it to your friends.
>
> If there are any problems, I'll probably see them, but please send mail
> to me as gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu if you see them first or you need some
> help with something.
>
> Also, if you can spare a few seconds to quickly respond to this note so I
> know it got out there somewhere, that'd be nice (I can do that while the
> list is still small. <smile>)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Gerry
> Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379
> 1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915
>
>> On Jun 10, 2019, at 3:32 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>> I figured that this was best sent to a moderator, hence Ben T in subject line.
>> The Vanagon list seems to have shrunk to just one or two posts a day, and I'm wondering where everyone has gone. I'm thinking they have all gone to a FaceBook page, but not sure which one.
>> I don't do FaceBook, but I checked my wife's account and there is several Vanagon groups; one with 11,000 members! Is that it?
>> There was even a small Vanagon diesel group, and what really surprised me was a Central Florida Vanagon group with a couple of hundred members. I didn't know that there was that many Vanagons here in Florida.
>> I'd love to know where everyone has gone because I miss the Vanagon chatter. Especially as I am searching for a van again now.
>> Thanks, Anthony (NE FL)
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