Dukenukeplukefluke…
Ah, I give up.
tac
Yeah… same here… not real reliable… I thought my $200 lifetime membership helped pay for a new server?
Greg
I hear ya tac.
Greg,
I debated earlier this year about “re-enlisting”. Should have gone with my gut on that one.
Gee, I thought someone was going to sing Duke of Earl!
Greg Elmassian said:
Yeah... same here... not real reliable... I thought my $200 lifetime membership helped pay for a new server?Greg
Hmmm And $200 buys you squat. Now I know how much squat is worth !!!
TOF
Well, now apparently the problem is the software…
sigh…
Greg
Glad I dropped my first class membership!
Right there with ya Greg… I guess we have a lifetime membership to dotnetduke… sigh…
(I wonder if some of that time spent trying to “win” a cab ride had been spent on supporting our investment, and we wouldn’t be seeing Mr. Nuke every week?!)
Hey guys, its back on line.
Chuck
Meh.
Back, schmack.
Enough already.
tac
Jerry Barnes said:Duke of Earl Earl Earl ,Duke of Earl Earl Earl, Duke of Earl Earl Earl ,Duke of Earl
Gee, I thought someone was going to sing Duke of Earl!
Andy thats not the Duke they want to hear
This is the Duke of Earl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PoUsRibtE
He is still good ,but I like the younger recording best.
I guess it’s what I am use to hearing when I was younger.
They are both great.
David
I thought this thread would be John Wayne related…
Ya know …Between the problems Shad is having with the forum and all the be’hitching going on …it wouldn’t surprise me if one day he just up and says “the hell with it” and pulls the plug, which would be very bad no matter whether your active or not on the site. So don’t gripe too loudly least another good site goes away. This is a small enough nitch hobby as it is and does nobody anything good if it too does the GSM kamakazi dive…
And here I thought we were talking about Hunter S. Thompson/Raoul Duke?
Victor Smith said:
I thought this thread would be John Wayne related....;)Ya know …Between the problems Shad is having with the forum and all the be’hitching going on …it wouldn’t surprise me if one day he just up and says “the hell with it” and pulls the plug, which would be very bad no matter whether your active or not on the site. So don’t gripe too loudly least another good site goes away. This is a small enough nitch hobby as it is and does nobody anything good if it too does the GSM kamakazi dive…
Victor:
I only half agree: I do believe it could be somewhat detrimental to the hobby to see a site like MLS go away.
–But–
The demise of a website run by a computer ‘expert’ who continuously makes poor choices and decisions about the forum software, who alienates paying folks by telling them they “. . . have the wrong computer . . .,” and just doesn’t seem to be bothered by all the problems and outages that his choices cause, might have the effect of reinforcing the other LS websites that are run by folks with somewhat less computer expertise, and who are living and operating in the current century.
Just ask yourself how many websites you go to that are fraught with problems like occur on a regular basis at the site under discussion. A website that is run like that might deserve to go away in favor of websites that are more competently run. That might actually have the effect of better serving the hobby.
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Jerry Bowers said:You mean kinda like how Farcebook does?
...a website run by a computer 'expert' who continuously makes poor choices and decisions about the forum software,
Jerry Bowers said:Partially true. When JdK threw a rod and decided to pull LSOL, the world didn't end, and other sites sprung up literally overnight to take its place. Same thing would happen if MLS or LSC went away. The niche would be filled. Here we have all our archived posts back to 2002, so the information lost would be fairly large; other sites don't deem archives valuable, so its already gone.
I only half agree: I do believe it could be somewhat detrimental to the hobby to see a site like MLS go away.
YMMV
Bob McCown said:Jerry Bowers said:Partially true. When JdK threw a rod and decided to pull LSOL, the world didn't end, and other sites sprung up literally overnight to take its place. Same thing would happen if MLS or LSC went away. The niche would be filled. Here we have all our archived posts back to 2002, so the information lost would be fairly large; other sites don't deem archives valuable, so its already gone.
I only half agree: I do believe it could be somewhat detrimental to the hobby to see a site like MLS go away.YMMV
So true, but none of us have allowed or will allow ourselves to be put in that position again. Now, I agree that a lot of this is just the advancement of communication with technology of the times. But like other things that have happened in the last 15 years, many we will never forget.
It seems like things in life always change as back when Jon stripped a gear and dropped the train website without warning anyone, I felt lost. Most did I am sure. Then along came MLS to the rescue with put many of us back in touch. Grin… Big grin… The bigger MLS became, the bigger problems. I think it is out of hand now and sure glad I jumped ship er train to LSC long ago. Without moderators this site does much better to maintain an even balance without the nasty that occurs frequently over there. Attitude and egos are rampant too. I hope that LSC outlasts them all but I hope they last a long time before their end.
Would I host a model train website ? Not on your life not even if it meant big $$$. I appreciate those that do this for us.
My usual two cents is only in my mind and of course yours might be different.
Off to my new hobby, metal detecting on the beaches of the Big Island Hawaii. Good exercise and little pay but the weather is great.
TOF