[DeTomaso] For the Record Re: REALBIG IS Soooo OLD SCHOOL

Sat Dec 6 14:34:45 EST 2008

I would like to say, for the record, that I think Mark McWhinney has 
done a lot in the last two years to pull POCA into the 21st century.  
The process was started a couple years before that when John Taphorn was 
President of POCA, so he deserves credit for getting the ball rolling 
and helping bird-dog the process.  Mark's tenacious attention, 
investigation, questions, and sometimes dragging others of us in the IT 
team together to noodle ideas, has resulted in the POCA site you see 
today.  Much of it is to Mark's credit.  He has done the majority of 
work in acquiring the resources, installing and configuring.  He has 
spent a lot of time responding to and implementing suggestions.  The 
really cool thing is the technology we chose for the new web site allows 
us a greater breadth of freedom -TO- do these other neat things people 
have suggested.

Yea....Mailman on realbig is pretty old school.  But you know.... I have 
a calculator that is 35 years old and it still works.  As a Pantera 
owner, I have a -car- that is 35 years old and still works (well, I -am- 
still waiting for some parts but you get the idea)

I like the new forum, though I don't find myself frequenting it, just 
like I don't frequent the PI forum.  But if somebody posts a message 
here in the email forum, that points to a good thread at PI, I'm there 
eating it up.  So for me, this email forum is a gateway to -all- the 
great content.

Larry has adopted the forum paradigm more than I have, that's cool and 
benefits all those who are more a forum junkie than me.  Don Thomas has 
great points too and I appreciate his views.

I'm just happy we seem to be moving forward and are still able to 
satisfy a lot of folks, old or new.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]

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David in Durango wrote:
> Yeah, no need to dump.
>
> and, btw, a couple of the principles in POCA have worked w/me on store 
> access and other issues.
> Many thanks to Mark and Asa for that.  In fact, they have been so nice I'm 
> tempted to join again.  Of course that would get me banned from my state 
> group . . . .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Thomas" <dtpantera at gmail.com>
> To: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>; <msm at portata.com>
> Cc: "DeTomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] REALBIG IS Soooo OLD SCHOOL
>
>
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>> Guys...
>>
>>
>>
>> What I am saying is... why do we need to dump this forum for the one on
>> POCA?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many people like this forum... including people that are not members of 
>> POCA
>> or PI.
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>>
>>
>> The cool thing about the internet is that there are many places to get
>> information on our Pantera's.
>>
>>
>>
>> This OLD SCHOOL style of forum is just one of many places to get 
>> information
>> about DeTomaso related stuff.
>>
>> I like this forum because I can get an immediate response to any question 
>> I
>> have about Pantera's.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also like the Pantera Wiki, the PI Forum, other enthusiast's websites, 
>> and
>> the new POCA website for information; but all for different reasons.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, just because the POCA Forum is shiny and new... doesn't necessarily 
>> mean
>> that it has to replace the tried and true RealBig Forum.
>>
>>
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>> This OLD SCHOOL and POCA Forums are orthogonal.  Both serve the DeTomaso
>> community, but each works differently.
>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I like the Push "OLD SCHOOL" style of forum where you get
>> e-mails pushed to you.  To me that is a big plus.
>>
>>
>>
>> That is just my preference.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, I see no reason to trash this OLD SCHOOL Forum just because there is a
>> new one available.
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>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> -dt
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh, BTW, I like carburetors too.
>>
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>>> <<<<<There seem to be some realquirks to realbig Mike.
>>> Maybe 50% of my posts disappear - and that's with no cussin' or
>>> obviously rude content.
>>> It seems to run in streaks also.
>>> dave>>>>>
>>>
>>> Wellll.....we do have an option.
>>>
>>> We can all start ditching this antique Realbig site and go the the
>>>
>>> NEW, IMPROVED, USER FRIENDLY UP-TO-DATE POCA FORUM.
>>>
>>> Gee, we can post photos, we can edit our posts, we can select the topics
>>> that interest us instead of having to suffer through all the emails, or 
>>> all
>>> the
>>> postings in the Archives.
>>>
>>> Yup, post photos - not links.  SEE what someone is talking about. Correct
>>> that bad website link instead of having all of us click on it and wonder
>>> WTF.
>>>
>>> You can find it at:
>>>
>>> http://97.74.65.60/index.php/forum
>>>
>>>
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