Well, Richard, I have likely learned as much from this group as anybody.
While everyone here has been helpful and supportive, and I have learned
many things that made vanagon life better and easier, there are a handful
of people who have absolutely saved my butt a number of times and are the
prime reason that I still own and drive a Vanagon. That's irreplaceable. I
am eternally grateful for and loyal to this list. I am a member of other
things, but this list is the one I would never be without as long as it
exists.

Thanks,

Jim

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:38 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Yes Jim, your words speak loud and clear.  Over and over for decades, you
> have humbly provided key knowledge.  I know this for a fact.
>
> And you are spot-on about the One-Upmanship, smart-asseassry, and general
> Internet anonymity.  This is the way of our Modern World.  Prolific on
> Facebook....I know that for a fact too.  A lot of nonsense....but
> interspersed are some genuine nuggets of knowledge.
>
> What to do?
>
> In general, it's mostly like any Vanagon problem.
>
> You settle down, you get down to basics.
>
> On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 10:04:22 AM PST, 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
>
>
>