Thanks for your efforts! Maybe we can bring Jim Anderson back
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 8:00 PM, Lazlo
<erin.lass...@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay I sent in a new request from a different email address and it says that it
requires approval from
the listmod. I also sent a message to the listmod so let's see what happens.
I haven't found John on
facebook yet since it seems Sroka is a somewhat common name. Thanks for
putting up with my test posts
while I figure out what to do with this.
NQ
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 6:49 PM Lazlo <erin.lass...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm really surprised this list is still working. It's nice to see all
the familiar names
once again! I remember Kirin and Suleman, Gilbert Sy Chan, Rachel, Thom
Fitzpatrick, Rob
Kuhn, and many other greats!
I've been chatting with Nick of vwradios.com and he isn't able to post on the
list so he will be
sending me something that I can share on his behalf.
He made the suggestion that whoever set up the list on google groups probably
has deleted their
account or lost access to it. That being the case, this is probably why the
the only way you can
post anything here is via whatever email address you're currently subscribed
with. I can't even
reply via google groups and none of the commands I've tried will work. It
seems the list is
hanging on by a thread.
Is anyone interested in doing it the old way if I can find some listserv
software and run it on a
dedicated server? If so, I'll get something figured out. I'm going to first
of all see if I can
find John Sroka and ask him what's up with this google groups thing. It seems
as if it might be
abandoned. I wouldn't care if I set up a new listserv and it didn't get used
very often. As it
stands, the last message I got with it was back in June of 2020 I think.
I'll do some research and let you all know what I find out. I'll start with
trying to track down
John and go from there.
NQ
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 6:33 PM lloyd mcclelland <lloyd...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Hi VW vintage list , I'm still here with VW projects ( hopefully waiting
) I've passed the
'57 sedan on to Kafer Dave who finished a wonderful restoration , and bought
another 87
Vanagon ..The '61 sunroof beetle still is hiding in the garage ... Nice to see
these VW names
..Lloyd in Eureka CA.
On Nov 2, 2021, at 10:03 AM, 'Ray Yoder' via VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen
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This pic left a permanent image in my brain. Always loved your stories!! How
is your wife
doing?
Anyone remember Suleman and his brother? Think Suleman moved to the US but his
brother was
in Pakistan? Any updates on them?
Ray
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 10:47 PM, Lazlo
<erin.lass...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yep I still have them in their original format. Funny how in the day, you
could view
them just fine on a P166 machine and now they are so tiny with the higher
resolutions
we run today.
https://elassleybie.incolor.com/temp/Mexibug/
I think I took these with my sister's Advantix camera and scanned them in.
When I run
across the photos, I'll rescan with a better resolution.
I'm amazed you still remembered this. It doesn't seem all that long ago, but I
was as
old then as it has been years since!
NQ
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 9:07 PM 'Scott S' via VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen
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Nice to hear from you all!Scott Sportsman
73 Thing
Please excuse my spelling, message sent from my rotary dial phone.
On Oct 31, 2021, at 7:51 PM, Kirin Jacobsen <kirinjacob...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm still kicking. Been sorting out my resto cal. Life's busy but I
still remember the glory days.
-Kirin
On Sun., Oct. 31, 2021, 5:40 p.m. 'Ray Yoder' via VintagVW - Air Cooled
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Hi NQ. do you still have the pic of you with the bug body on
the roof?
Sadly we also lost Bill May some time ago. Anyone hear from Jim
Anderson?
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 2:47 PM, Lazlo
<erin.lass...@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice to hear from you Bruce. Can't you think of better things
to think about than me? LOL! Seriously it's nice to be
remembered.
I tried to subscribe another email address to the listserv and
there is just nothing I can do. It's just locked up really
tight so I'm even wondering if any new subscribers can get on?
We might just be locked down to whomever is here at the moment,
but I'm not for sure.
The glory days of the list seem to be in the past since and
it's a shame, but it's clearly evident why. The mass use of
internet and the social media platforms have just completely
watered things down. It used to be that if you "on the list"
you were automatically in a close-knit group that required some
level of computer savvy to find and get on to. Admittedly
though, isn't it so much easier to just click 'Join Group' on
facebook, kick back, and let the information and pictures roll
in? Before, you had to send emails in to subscribe,
unsubscribe (how many times did we see 'unsubscribe' sent to
the list? LOL!), and all other queries done in a fashion that
was appropriate for the level of technology we had at hand .
It's a pity shame the archived posts, to my knowledge, are
gone. If John Sroka has any of them, it would be nice to get
ahold of them and spread them around.
I learned that last winter, Gerald Livingston succumbed to
heart disease. He was on here, but more so on the type2
listservs. We didn't find out until many months later, but
wondered why the Buskatiers website that he hosted had gone
off-line. I got to see him about a year before he died when my
wife and I went down to the gulf coast for a getaway trip. I
had a hunch it might have been the last time I'd see him
alive. He had a ton of VW and Commodore computer stuff laying
around plus a ton of other equipment.
I never did forget Scott Yuppa who was on the list a short time
and passed away in an airplane accident with his dad Carmine (I
think?). We've lost quite a few others and it's sad that in
our minds, we met these amazing individuals who were so giving
of their time and knowledge and if we were really fortunate, we
got to meet them in person - and with the passing of time -
they're gone. Bob Hoover is also missed.
I hate to think the list has degraded into a bunch of old
fogies sitting around thinking about the past, but with such a
large movement towards social media, perhaps we should look at
a side-gig of adding a vintagvw group to facebook. I mean, it
could really revitalize the list by sharing the wit and wisdom
of the old-timers with any new-comers who might be interested.
I always did prefer the email aspect as it was fast and like
reading a good book. Like radio was prior to TV - the pictures
in our heads were removed once we could see who was talking.
I'm on facebook, but I really limit what I share on there and
it seems that it's a very successful surveillance machine and
that fact alone makes me not like it.
Oddly enough, since I don't change easily with time, I still
carry around a 2003 Motorola V60s cell-phone which Verizon has
continued to allow to operate on their towers. It fits in my
bib pocket quite nicely and is loud enough to be heard over the
saw at work - even while doing a full rip on a board. I had a
truck driver this past week say, "Is that a cell phone?" It
struck me that is now an old term. Today it's called a
smartphone. I own several smartphones and use them when I
travel, but for the day to day monotony of life - it's what I
like. Old cars are the same way - they might not get as good
of mileage and might not have all the modern conveniences, but
there is a certain amount of freedom one gains by sticking with
the familiar, the easily repaired, and something within your
skill level to fix and maintain. My V60 has had it's
motherboard dropped into a new shell 7 to 10 times at this
point. I take the phone apart, fix it, and it keeps right on
working. Even soldering the internal antenna connector back on
is something I've gotten good at.
Anyway, concerning the listserv at present. I found this
archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com/
so that might provide some way to look for old posts. At this
point though, it seems we are invisible list not easily
accessible. That ended with the demise of the old sjsu server
of years gone by.
I fully expect that we will see some frantic messages
requesting to unsubscribe from those who forgot they were
subbed because it's been so long since they joined. It just
kind of goes with the territory when suddenly a big ol' post
comes through the email that one isn't used to seeing.
I guess that's it for now. I'll sit back and see what everyone
else has to say.
NQ
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 1:16 PM 'Bruce Howard' via VintagVW -
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I'm still here. Was thinking about you the other
day, NQ.
Still no VW but I have my eye on a field Ghia. Been
watching a lot of Mike FN Garage on YouTube. Made me miss
the community.
I'm in Massachusetts now, living in a toy hauler, sans
toy, working a Lockheed Martin g contract. Fam is still
in TX and FL.
Later,
VWguyBruce
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Subject: [vintagvw] Is the list still active?
Hi gang - just going through some old messages in my
little-used gmail account and I saw some
VintagVW messages. Are we still live or are we in the
post-mortem throws of death? TTYL!
NQ
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