I think we can have both. at this point I think nothing will happen until this server implodes :) 

Groups.io seems to offer the best of both worlds. Photos and email. Without the running commentary of Facebook. Just planting the seed for when the time comes :)

Jeff

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> On Mar 5, 2023, at 12:04 PM, 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
> 
> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Yes Dean....you are on to something good.  Google Photos is an excellent
>> passageway.  OK....next step is to have all of this happen.  Seamlessly.
>> Hardly a thought.  That is why Facebook is so successful and popular.  Not
>> us Vanagon Folks....but in general, people are lazy.
>> 
>>    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:25:45 AM PST, OlRivrRat <
>> olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 9:50 AM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Yes Dean, that thing works!  Could absolutely see all of the detail.  So
>> marvelous.  Now...we have got to find a way to transmit this knowledge to
>> the rest of the gang.  So that this stuff can become a common occurrence.
>> Doing so, will absolutely transform this List....in a good way.
>> 
>>    Maybe if all of us have access to Google Photos, a GerryVanagon account
>> 
>> could be established & SignIn info made available to All Interested ~
>> 
>>    Albums can be created within the Account, if need be, for various
>> subject
>> 
>> matters like Parts, Maint’, Accessories, Trips ~
>> 
>>    Flickr is also another option & I suspect there are many others ~