Hi Alison.
I'm still in shock over Tony,I find it hard even now to set here and write this.I have to tell you the last few days I have not been able to set here without some tears welling up in my eyes.That is the impression Tony had made on me.This may seem kind of strange coming from a guy who has never met your husband and not even seen his picture until today. (I'm not a kid,I'm 66 years old and my oldest daughter is Tony's age ).All I know is he was allways nice to me and beyond the hobby's here on the forum, from some of his replys to my posts we had a lot of other things in common.From the replys you have seen here from the members he was well liked and was considered not only a member but our friend.I hope in some small way this will help you through these troubled times knowing how we felt about Tony. Larry
I feel asured that Tony wants us to carry on and make this forum grow.He was a big,big, part of what it is today.I know me and Tony came here around the same time (around 30 members) and like a big share of us here had all known each other by member names from other forums (hobby havoc--RCU ).We all had our own reasons for making this our "home" and a lot of us still visit and even post on other forum's.
For me this is my home and although living accross the big pond and thousands of miles away,I have been made to feel at home here.I have said many times here that this forum is different from any other forum of it's type,I have not seen anything that will compare.I find a lot of pleasure seeing how this forum has started to grow and all the activity that is now starting to take place."All" the members is what makes a forum,this would not be possible with just a handfull of people.
I do look at the "stats" quite often myself,just for general knoweledge of how the forum is going.Other than that for me it don't have much meaning.We all have to THANK--Matt for what we all have to enjoy here today and allowing this forum to expand with a varity of topics that we have here today.This is the "key Factor" that will make this "unique" and different from most of the Hobby forums that you will find.All you have to do is look around at some of the forums that guys have tried to start.Try and start one specific Hobby forum--tanks or boats or airplanes or cars or helicopters-----------And you will see what happens.A few guys post and then nothing---And this has even been tried by hobby shops
and still failed.A lesson to be learned by this is simple facts--A hobby shop that deals in only one specific product or hobby item is not going to be around long.You will find more members here who have done a varity of hobby's than you will finding those with just one.(unless they are very young members)
My problem is I like them all,and like to bounce back and forth between them so I don't burn out.For me I may be working on one hobby model at a specific time(lets say a boat ) but I still like to go look through what other guys are building,and on this forum it's right here at the click of a mouse.I don't have to go into some other section and feel like I'm starting all over again.
Now the modds---Some of us have some fancy titles that if you know anything about this forum you can figure out they don't realy mean all that much realy---
Are we all proud to have those titles,if
everyone else is like me the answer is "YES".Now in my case it was awarded for one basic simple fact--
---MY LOCATION and TIME ZONE---It's not because I'm a master builder,an electrical gu-ru,or a mister trouble shooter expert.It was the time zone and I hope the fact that Matt felt he could trust me to be fair to all the members.A forum has to have helpers to keep and eye out for potential problems that will hurt the forum or offend it's members.We are all just members here like everyone else mostly doing our own thing and having fun posting what we are working on.We do have the power to instantly pull any thing that is not suitable for the forum and we can block a member if needed.I guess we can even move a post if needed.I have pulled one post (a Nasty cartoon around X-mas time)and blocked some spammers
until the extermanator could send them off into space.Really not much of a story for having the fancy title --intolerator--
Now with that said I hope Matt dosen't demote me because my head is still swelled up from having that neat title.
So for any new potential member who is looking for a friendly place,rest assured if you are a hobby guy or gal and want to post and talk about your hobby----------We will try our best to make you feel welcome and feel at home.
And we do like to say hello and welcome to the members who make their first post to help brake the ice for them when they come on board.
Just my own opinion ;D
Best reguards BIGMIG Larry
P.S. it is now 4:30 AM so I think I'll get some sleep---
