I got a new laptop and had to go and find Ramva to put in my favorite places. When searching for it, I came across Googles stats for Ramva from day one until now. It also lists the Ramva hall of fame top posters of all time. Jan still is number one. Here is the link.
Some of those figures are curious. The number of posts in July 2000 was
7273. That number wasn't surpassed until January 2002 and never got that high again after April 2002. From what I have heard, ISP's started dropping newsgroups about then. It's been downhill for RAMVA since, as far as traffic goes.== Randall
LOL if there's a way to look up my OTHER two email addresses I used, you would find even more. I was a quiet lurker for a good while. I think I was around when the vw group was split to water and air? I can't remember. I read it from school and did not want to write anything for fear of leaving traces and getting caught :D
I just spent a brief moment reading some OLD stuff on here. Good times.
I love you guys! LOL
:D
Jan
It's interesting to be back and see some of the same names from the late 19=
90s when I first became aware of RAMVA. I got my 67 Beetle in 1998 and thos= e were interesting times in the VW hobby.I now own 3 -67 beetles and a 64 B= eetle with the crank open sunroof. My Father passed away 2 years ago and I = inherited a fully restored Zenith Blue 67 and his daily driver 64.I may hav= e to sell 2 of the cars as I don't have enough garage space. My Savannah Beige 67 is going to turn over 100,000 miles as soon as I take = it out again-I love that car! did top end rebuild and had the trans rebuilt= 2 years ago-I take it on club rides-sometimes 500 miles in 1 day! (Boston = Mass.+return to New Jersey in the same day-all at 70-75 mph-and no radio! = Just love listening to the whine of the old air cooled 1500cc back there. I want to keep the 64 Beetle as a daily driver-I look forward to being able= to drive it in our NJ Winters.Our Winters pale in comparison to Finland,bu= t this year has been extreme-more snow than we have seen in years-Gut Fahrt= !The "King" title was intended to be passed on from individual to individual, it wasn't supposed to stay in one place. This was to promote/reward participation and helping others, not selfishly keeping "the Crown" for perpetuity.
I love Jan, but c'mon.....
This is why when I had it, then got busy with "other stuff", I passed it on to another worthy member of RAMVA.
1990s when I first became aware of RAMVA. I got my 67 Beetle in 1998 and th= ose were interesting times in the VW hobby.I now own 3 -67 beetles and a 64= Beetle with the crank open sunroof. My Father passed away 2 years ago and = I inherited a fully restored Zenith Blue 67 and his daily driver 64.I may h= ave to sell 2 of the cars as I don't have enough garage space.
e it out again-I love that car! did top end rebuild and had the trans rebui= lt 2 years ago-I take it on club rides-sometimes 500 miles in 1 day! (Bosto= n Mass.+return to New Jersey in =A0the same day-all at 70-75 mph-and no rad= io! Just love listening to the whine of the old air cooled 1500cc back ther= e.
le to drive it in our NJ Winters.Our Winters pale in comparison to Finland,= but this year has been extreme-more snow than we have seen in years-Gut Fah= rt! =A0
Hey now, I never really fought to keep it, it just sort of stuck.... at one point it was largely based on post count too, which said nothing of the quality of the poster's contributions. A considerable number of my posts were very brief and to the point, such as "LOL" or "ROTFLMAO: :D
I did do my fair share of helping others with valuable contributions too, but there were easily a dozen more people just as worthy or more so of the title.
I even offered to pass it on and tried to get rid of it, but nobody wanted it! HA!
:D
It's the royal responsibilities and demands and stress that comes with the title that scared them off, I'm sure.
Jan
John C> The "King" title was intended to be passed on from individual to
1990s when I first became aware of RAMVA. I got my 67 Beetle in 1998 and those were interesting times in the VW hobby.I now own 3 -67 beetles and a 64 Beetle with the crank open sunroof. My Father passed away 2 years ago and I inherited a fully restored Zenith Blue 67 and his daily driver 64.I may have to sell 2 of the cars as I don't have enough garage space.out again-I love that car! did top end rebuild and had the trans rebuilt 2 years ago-I take it on club rides-sometimes 500 miles in 1 day! (Boston Mass.+return to New Jersey in the same day-all at 70-75 mph-and no radio! Just love listening to the whine of the old air cooled 1500cc back there.
to drive it in our NJ Winters.Our Winters pale in comparison to Finland,but this year has been extreme-more snow than we have seen in years-Gut Fahrt!
>
P.s. I love you too John, but not in 'that' way ;) I'm just not that kind of a girl.
that's not what word on the street(and written on the bathroom walls) says....
Seems the newsgroups were just a little work to find, set up your newsreader and etc, kept some of the riff-raff out.
Everything worthwhile I ever got was from RAMVA, the new forums just reguritate most of it with "know-it-all" spin.
"And the words of the prophets are written on a subway walk"?
All this talk of love makes me want to look up a "Social worker" newsgroup.!.
walls.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls"
- Bill
Your,re right, a few more dead brain cells!
There are good things about getting older. I just can't seem remember what any of them are. :)
- Bill
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