Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 11:58:00 -0700
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
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Yup RF, this sort of thought was just running through My head as My previous
EM was making Its journey to the list ~
This List is Very Much Like the reason the List came to be,,, It may be an Old
Vehicle that has been somewhat obsoleted in some aspects but for those of Us that
know what it is Really Good @ & so therefore Keep It Running, there are Things that
more modern Rides just Can’t Do As Well ~
ORR ~ DeanB
> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 11:39 AM, Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE> wrote:
>
> This list, the Vanagon itself, the owners, are retro.
> I like a non-tracking, non-cookie, non-intelligent email list just like I love old IRC chats or 8/16-bit homecomputers.
> It´s just a warm, fuzzy feeling that I don´t get from latest facebook/whatsapp/dingadong.
>
> Keep it or leave it, I won´t move over to blinki-blinki groups.
> And if you´ve got a photo to share: post a link!
>
> Not meaning to offend anyone, I just want my opinion expressed clear and doubtless.
> BTW: Most forums and groups survived not as half as long as this list. I myself saw at least three german forums come and go. The other lurking around with not much traffic
>
> Raimund
>
>
> Am 05.03.2023 um 19:16 schrieb Edward Maglott:
>> Yeah this topic comes up every couple years. I've been one to lobby for
>> it. Convert the list to a google group or some other modern free platform
>> like I have done with the tiny email list of friends that I have run since
>> we moved from GEnie to "the internet." Those who run this list are/were not
>> interested, and it's theirs to decide so that's fine. This list runs on
>> antique software on a single server in someone's house. The number of
>> users/messages continue to decline. I suppose one day it will go poof and
>> be gone
>> Edward
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 1:04 PM Jim Felder<jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Funny how this all comes around. Ten years ago, I was lobbying for the
>>> ability to post photos as that was an option at the time, during one of our
>>> major switchovers. I argued that it would make us more effective at
>>> communication which part, where, how, etc. The purists would hear none of
>>> it. Where are they now? Did they die off? I think they all migrated to
>>> Facebook when they got the chance and this list suffered for it. But here
>>> we have a real discussion, not the morass-like structure of FB which is
>>> like a river--anything put into it floats downstream to never be seen
>>> again, the one-upsmanship, the smartassery of of internet anonimity. Just
>>> wish we could have both.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM Richard Koerner<rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes Dean....you are on to something good. Google Photos is an excellent
>>>> passageway. OK....next step is to have all of this happen. Seamlessly.
>>>> Hardly a thought. That is why Facebook is so successful and popular.
>>> Not
>>>> us Vanagon Folks....but in general, people are lazy.
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:25:45 AM PST, OlRivrRat <
>>>> olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 9:50 AM, Richard Koerner<rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Yes Dean, that thing works! Could absolutely see all of the detail.
>>> So
>>>> marvelous. Now...we have got to find a way to transmit this knowledge to
>>>> the rest of the gang. So that this stuff can become a common occurrence.
>>>> Doing so, will absolutely transform this List....in a good way.
>>>> Maybe if all of us have access to Google Photos, a GerryVanagon
>>> account
>>>> could be established & SignIn info made available to All Interested ~
>>>>
>>>> Albums can be created within the Account, if need be, for various
>>>> subject
>>>>
>>>> matters like Parts, Maint’, Accessories, Trips ~
>>>>
>>>> Flickr is also another option & I suspect there are many others ~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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