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- From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:36:08 -0600
Re: AMC Forum--What happened??---Say it ain't so, Joe.I've been getting a barrage of emails and calls about this today, and put together this 'form letter' reply which was supposed to go to one fellow but then I just started mailing it out to anyone who wrote asking where is the forum:
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I thought the amc forum was a yabb site which is free? He might be playing a
joke, but my website for instance costs me about $20 a month to host, and it
is huge, about 250gigs if I remember right, in other words, rather large.
compared to the forum site. I really don't see how the sale of some window
stickers would affect the website either, as think about it, if it is a paid
website for say, $20 a month, that is $240 a year, and that is well, chicken
feed, vut I also understand fully how one might have to alter their
priorities in a economy like this, like I was in jail recently for something
really miniscule, but it still costed me so had to juggle finances being
unemployed.
I was originally going to write thi sletter only to fl-javelin, but then got
hit with a shitload of other emails from people who obviously were concerned
(like I am) that Fran had went the way of AMC. I hope that is not the case
either, as he provided a awesome service to the hobby, and as many of you
know the forum had become the place to be for amc on the internet, swelling
towards 1500 members, not a easy feat. And no, fl-javelin, you don't look
like a fool for panicing about this, I think your, mine, and everyone's else
concerns are valid, and we all enjoy the forum and what it brings to the
hobby.
If Fran was having trouble financing it, sales of window stickers would not
do it, as while it is easy for people to email or post 'count me in!' it is
another thing altogether for those to back up words with deeds and send in
their money! Sort of like some of the cyber bench racing we saw on there,
everyone has a 4 second Gremlin, but come race day, uh, we forgot to bring
it to the track! So if it was financial, all Fran would have had to do is
simply ask for donations. It would be the same thing that Colin did on the
amxfiles when it switched servers over a year ago, suddenly it went from a
free server/host at University of Texas NW of me in Austin, to another host
and that would incur costs. So he simpyl asked for donations, of which
people sent in money. I sent in $20 myself, and Colin mentioned that he had
received enough money to host the site for 2-3 years, nice feat. I left in
July 2003 however, so no mo money from me! But if Fran needed money for the
site, all he had to do was ask, as people would step up to the plate, as the
forum has about 800-900 more people than the files did/does, and my guess
is, that many of you who have barraged me this morning with emails asking
about the site shut down would chip in the costs of a few burritos or big
gulps to keep the site up.
Knowing Fran, he is being Fran and is probably just fucking with us all on
April Fools Day. Speaking of April Fools Day, did you know that the
Gremlin's birthday was 34 years ago today? That will make you feel really
old......
So you might want to email Fran directly with your concerns, this caught me
off guard myself this morning, as I had some forwards to post for fellow
AMCers, and only saw that annoying white screen. So hoping it ain't so, but
if it is, chances are we can get another forum cranked up somewhere, but it
is is just a April Fools Joke, and Fran is a joker, then looks like he might
have gotten a number of ya'll judging by the response ya'll have flooded me
with! Here is to hoping it is all a April Fools Joke, but if not, you can
quickly email Fran at
amcforum@xxxx also.
And as fl-javelin said:
"Keep me posted and hope to see you on the forum soon."
If I hear of anything will let ya'll all know.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
www.planethoustonamx.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Onree
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:59 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: AMC Forum--What happened??---Say it ain't so, Joe.
I got an email this morning that there was a reply to one of my posts on the AMC Forum---and just like Eddie says, when I tried to go there--nothing.
Onree
on 4/1/04 2:01 PM, Eddie Stakes at eddiestakes@xxxx did write:
. . . There is awhole file on this under "kill the mesenger" thread onthe www.amcforum.net website, which is well, not there today. The whole forum ain't there. . . .
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
www.planethoustonamx.com
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been getting a barrage of emails and calls
about this today, and put together this 'form letter' reply which was supposed
to go to one fellow but then I just started mailing it out to anyone who wrote
asking where is the forum:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I thought the amc forum was a yabb site which is free? He might be playing
a<BR>joke, but my website for instance costs me about $20 a month to host, and
it<BR>is huge, about 250gigs if I remember right, in other words, rather
large.<BR>compared to the forum site. I really don't see how the sale of some
window<BR>stickers would affect the website either, as think about it, if it is
a paid<BR>website for say, $20 a month, that is $240 a year, and that is well,
chicken<BR>feed, vut I also understand fully how one might have to alter
their<BR>priorities in a economy like this, like I was in jail recently for
something<BR>really miniscule, but it still costed me so had to juggle finances
being<BR>unemployed.<BR><BR>I was originally going to write thi sletter only to
fl-javelin, but then got<BR>hit with a shitload of other emails from people who
obviously were concerned<BR>(like I am) that Fran had went the way of AMC. I
hope that is not the case<BR>either, as he provided a awesome service to the
hobby, and as many of you<BR>know the forum had become the place to be for amc
on the internet, swelling<BR>towards 1500 members, not a easy feat. And no,
fl-javelin, you don't look<BR>like a fool for panicing about this, I think your,
mine, and everyone's else<BR>concerns are valid, and we all enjoy the forum and
what it brings to the<BR>hobby.<BR><BR>If Fran was having trouble financing it,
sales of window stickers would not<BR>do it, as while it is easy for people to
email or post 'count me in!' it is<BR>another thing altogether for those to back
up words with deeds and send in<BR>their money! Sort of like some of the cyber
bench racing we saw on there,<BR>everyone has a 4 second Gremlin, but come race
day, uh, we forgot to bring<BR>it to the track! So if it was financial, all Fran
would have had to do is<BR>simply ask for donations. It would be the same thing
that Colin did on the<BR>amxfiles when it switched servers over a year ago,
suddenly it went from a<BR>free server/host at University of Texas NW of me in
Austin, to another host<BR>and that would incur costs. So he simpyl asked for
donations, of which<BR>people sent in money. I sent in $20 myself, and Colin
mentioned that he had<BR>received enough money to host the site for 2-3 years,
nice feat. I left in<BR>July 2003 however, so no mo money from me! But if Fran
needed money for the<BR>site, all he had to do was ask, as people would step up
to the plate, as the<BR>forum has about 800-900 more people than the files
did/does, and my guess<BR>is, that many of you who have barraged me this morning
with emails asking<BR>about the site shut down would chip in the costs of a few
burritos or big<BR>gulps to keep the site up.<BR><BR>Knowing Fran, he is being
Fran and is probably just fucking with us all on<BR>April Fools Day. Speaking of
April Fools Day, did you know that the<BR>Gremlin's birthday was 34 years ago
today? That will make you feel really<BR>old......<BR><BR>So you might want to
email Fran directly with your concerns, this caught me<BR>off guard myself this
morning, as I had some forwards to post for fellow<BR>AMCers, and only saw that
annoying white screen. So hoping it ain't so, but<BR>if it is, chances are we
can get another forum cranked up somewhere, but it<BR>is is just a April Fools
Joke, and Fran is a joker, then looks like he might<BR>have gotten a number of
ya'll judging by the response ya'll have flooded me<BR>with! Here is to hoping
it is all a April Fools Joke, but if not, you can<BR>quickly email Fran at<BR><A
href="mailto:amcforum@xxxx";>amcforum@xxxx</A> also.<BR><BR>And
as fl-javelin said:<BR>"Keep me posted and hope to see you on the forum
soon."<BR><BR>If I hear of anything will let ya'll all know.<BR>Eddie
Stakes'<BR>Planet Houston AMX<BR><A
href="http://www.planethoustonamx.com";>www.planethoustonamx.com</A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>======================================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BaadAssGremlins] Re: AMC
Forum--What happened??---Say it ain't so, Joe.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I got an email this morning that there was a reply to one of my
posts on the AMC Forum---and just like Eddie says, when I tried to go
there--nothing.<BR>Onree<BR><BR>on 4/1/04 2:01 PM, Eddie Stakes at <A
href="mailto:eddiestakes@xxxx";>eddiestakes@xxxx</A>
did write:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>. . . <TT>There is awhole file on this under "kill the
mesenger" thread on the <B><A
href="http://www.amcforum.net";>www.amcforum.net</A> website, which is well,
not there today. The whole forum ain't there</B>. . . . <BR>Eddie
Stakes'<BR>Planet Houston
AMX<BR>www.planethoustonamx.com<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><TT>
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