(OT-ish) Musing on the state of affairs

[SequoiaGLX at twcny.rr.com (SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com)]

Yah, I actually have all of the digests since somewhere around 1995/1996 when I joined and began years of lurking.  It's a great resource, I think it's somewhere around 1/2 GB on my server though.

John K. Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: GTG <NavySEAL2B@insightbb.com>
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2004 10:42 am
Subject: Re: (OT-ish) Musing on the state of affairs

> There's also so much in the archives at this point that lurkers 
> like myself 
> rarely need to ask repetitive questions, just search and i've got 
> more than 
> I could ever hope to read on most subjects.
> 
> -Grant-
> Annapolis, MD/Louisville, KY
> 1980 in storage :(
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> To: "Larry Fry" <rocco16@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: (OT-ish) Musing on the state of affairs
> 
> 
> Yep, and I probably count as "the old" now, though I'm still 
> learning. I
> think part of the change has been in the (lack of) input from the 
> new, or
> the less experienced new folks. There had been some rather harsh posts
> which may have discouraged the new from posting their problems, 
> and for
> me, reading those posts was very helpful. Of course you all know I've
> never been afraid to ask something really basic, or to post about dumb
> things that have happened to me. Perhaps my gender has made that 
> easier.The flavour has changed, but it may have been different 
> before I got here
> too. Change can be good though. So long as we're all enjoying 
> these quirky
> old cars, it's all good.
> 
> Cathy
> 1987 16V
> 1979 8V
> 
> > The new replace the old.  They then become established, bringing 
> their own
> > brand of personality.  In several years, they will be the base"old
> > ones"....nurturing the next generation of new listers.
> >  Change is the only thing that stays the same.
> > Larry
> > sandiego16v
> >
> >
> >> Hmmmm. Seems like the list is in a state of flux and change. People
> > leaving,
> >> lives changing, feelings changing... so many different things 
> happening,> and
> >> all I can think of is how it was a few years ago. Not sure what 
> to make
> >> of
> >> it all. Patrick, Brett Cooke, Dave Ewing, now Brian Wagner... 
> among all
> > the
> >> others that have left, as of late and the past year... somehow 
> it feels
> > like
> >> the Scirocco fanbase is weakening, cracking under pressure somehow.
> > Probably
> >> just me over-thinking, but... somehow, I don't like the changes
> >> happening,
> >> as of late.
> >>
> >> Don't mind me, I'll go back to lurking now...
> >>
> >> ~Matt/RJ
> >> 1985 Audi Coupe GT - The Evil Car
> >> "I know God loves me. He gave me an Audi!"
> >> http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=rjtremor
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
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