Yeah, what happened to this list. In the heyday I was getting about 40-60 emails a day. Sharkey is still out there somewhere too. Courtney
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones who mind, don't matter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Quarter" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] A day at Firebird Raceway > Larry - thanks for the nice write up. I can't get over how dead the > listserv is these days. I just still love the expediency of the list as > opposed to web forums. I find them slow and tedious to navigate and > really > enjoy just getting emails. It's like reading a good book. I miss the > glory > days where the list was flying with so many posts, people unsubbed because > they couldn't handle the volume. BTW: Who runs the list these days? I > can't believe it's still up and running after all these years. > > I've forgotten the names of many of the old crowd on here but a few come > to > mind. Gilbert Sy Chan, Mr. VW (Jeremy Vreenman), Rob Kuhn, Scott Yuppa > (killed in a plane crash), Bill May, and even Larry and Henry. I've been > No > Quarter or NQ for years and some of my old tech posts can still be found > online. I managed to save a few of them and have some emailed back to me. > FWIW: I've been driving Li'l Red again. I don't drive him much...wanting > to save his tired old sheet metal body for as long as I can. I've been > driving a dreaded Ford Contour I got from an impound yard but nothing > carries the same internal sense of joy as cruising around in an old VW. > Looking back on things, internet was a way to connect and get information > that wasn't readily found up until it became available. I think the > excitement of finding others who shared the same passion was what made the > list very popular. Unfortunately, I think things have become ho-hum in > many > areas because we kind of all take it for granted. I still love my good > old > email and the simpler and faster way to use the net. I'm really an > old-fashioned kind of guy and doing things the older and simpler way suits > my style. Heck, I even have an old Motorola V60 digital phone which I've > rebuilt 3 times an replaced the antenna on about 6 times. Verizon only > lets > me have it as I'm grandfathered in and they just can't figure out why my > little old phone won't die. I have a stash of about 5 of them that I pull > parts off as needed. :) > > Our annual VW Bus event is the end of the month. It's > www.bustoberfest.com > and if anyone would like to come in whatever they have, they are more than > welcome to. > > Thanks again for taking the time to post your story and photos Larry. > That > was really great of you to take the time. > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
