Happy Holidays 2020
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:48 am
It's pretty hard to believe it's been 15 years since DieselDuck said, email me, on his old forum.
(I can't even describe the old forum, it was basically a scrolling line of text with pictures interspersed, but it was pretty busy. I was introduced to it by a coworker when I was musing about writing my 1st class about 5 years earlier and I quickly became addicted to it. After all, I had a complete tech library at my fingertips that I could refer to in rapid order!)
I emailed him back and that's how I got the magic wand of forum cat management. At the beginning, that was how it was, managing cats, spammers and parts salespeople. Martin tighten the security, the bots were eliminated and some very good topics were discussed and some catastrophic accidents dissected with help from very knowledgeable contributors.
Over the years, some very professional people have come in, stayed awhile and contributed their hard gained experience and expertise, then went their way as they retired or moved on. I was always sorry to see them disappear, but with Facebook and the ability to Google, forums seem to be drying up and I commend Martin in resisting the evil empires.
2020 is drawing to a close. When I was sailing for a living, I used to watch co-workers grumble incessantly about there still being 2 months in a trip and I always thought, man you are wishing your life away. Well, I'll be pretty glad to see the year end, and move on through to next summer when hopefully we can shake off the ugliness.
I wish everyone who visits the forum a very Happy Holiday season and New Year!
(I can't even describe the old forum, it was basically a scrolling line of text with pictures interspersed, but it was pretty busy. I was introduced to it by a coworker when I was musing about writing my 1st class about 5 years earlier and I quickly became addicted to it. After all, I had a complete tech library at my fingertips that I could refer to in rapid order!)
I emailed him back and that's how I got the magic wand of forum cat management. At the beginning, that was how it was, managing cats, spammers and parts salespeople. Martin tighten the security, the bots were eliminated and some very good topics were discussed and some catastrophic accidents dissected with help from very knowledgeable contributors.
Over the years, some very professional people have come in, stayed awhile and contributed their hard gained experience and expertise, then went their way as they retired or moved on. I was always sorry to see them disappear, but with Facebook and the ability to Google, forums seem to be drying up and I commend Martin in resisting the evil empires.
2020 is drawing to a close. When I was sailing for a living, I used to watch co-workers grumble incessantly about there still being 2 months in a trip and I always thought, man you are wishing your life away. Well, I'll be pretty glad to see the year end, and move on through to next summer when hopefully we can shake off the ugliness.
I wish everyone who visits the forum a very Happy Holiday season and New Year!