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#22 ·
I thought MLS came about because of the bad stuff.
Not as I remember it. LSOL went away, so MLS and LSC (and one other, whose name escapes me,) started up.

The bad stuff came later, when Jon started selling our user profiles (incl emal addresses,) in violation of our privacy expectations. Then he came back with a $$ price tag. Sheesh.
 
#23 ·
Posted By Pete Thornton on 01 Dec 2013 04:18 PM
my hundreds of web pictures that they hosted for free
I thought you had to pay to get on the site? So how is picture hosting 'free' ?

P.S. If you get your internet from a cable company or a competing telco with DSL, they probably give you 2-3MB of 'free' storage along with your internet service. I've hosted pages of "for sale" items, my daughter's website, a blog and lots of other stuff on the 'free' service.
Pete,
How much can I store and do with 10MB? You made me look at mine!
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Lysol (cute, I borrowed from above):
I was a paying member for a year or so, where I used my real name, after reading comments here I wonder about that..
I left when every newsletter became a pitch to buy their latest great savings for us the modelers, I see now it wasn't as altruistic as I thought... I wanted ideas and G-knowledge, found all that and more here.
I do wonder about one guy, he was battling a bad disease, I hope he made it. It's funny sad how casual friends come and go on the net....

John
 
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Posted By Pete Thornton on 03 Dec 2013 09:32 AM
I thought MLS came about because of the bad stuff.
Not as I remember it. LSOL went away, so MLS and LSC (and one other, whose name escapes me,) started up.

The bad stuff came later, when Jon started selling our user profiles (incl emal addresses,) in violation of our privacy expectations. Then he came back with a $$ price tag. Sheesh.
The bad stuff started with control. He wanted to be in complete control, always. So, he made up rules on the fly.
Seriously.
I got to where I would keep track, what the "rules" were, time and date (he never published the "rules").
So, after bouncing someone, and stating what the rule of the day was, next time someone did something, and he threatened to bounce them, even though they followed his last rule pronouncement to the letter, I would post what he said, time and date.
You had to ride him all the time.
I was really glad to see him go the first time, never bothered with him when he came back...because I had just enough experience with him to avoid him at all costs.
The selling of personal data was after he shut it down....and told me the forums were worthless. What was worth a LOT of money was your personal information...like the IGRD.
Hopefully you guys fixed that....never delete, just change the numbers and letters to something nonsensical.
 
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Posted By Totalwrecker on 03 Dec 2013 10:34 AM
Posted By Pete Thornton on 01 Dec 2013 04:18 PM
my hundreds of web pictures that they hosted for free
I thought you had to pay to get on the site? So how is picture hosting 'free' ?

P.S. If you get your internet from a cable company or a competing telco with DSL, they probably give you 2-3MB of 'free' storage along with your internet service. I've hosted pages of "for sale" items, my daughter's website, a blog and lots of other stuff on the 'free' service.
Pete,
How much can I store and do with 10MB? You made me look at mine!
Image


Lysol (cute, I borrowed from above):
I was a paying member for a year or so, where I used my real name, after reading comments here I wonder about that..
I left when every newsletter became a pitch to buy their latest great savings for us the modelers, I see now it wasn't as altruistic as I thought... I wanted ideas and G-knowledge, found all that and more here.
I do wonder about one guy, he was battling a bad disease, I hope he made it. It's funny sad how casual friends come and go on the net....

John

LySOL was coined by Mac McCullough in Huntington Beach area.
Specifically as the owner scrubbed everything clean to his liking.
We found out years later, after we had all been using LySOL, that He had bots searching the internet for any reference to his name, LSOL, or any of it.
When he found out we'd been using LySOL for YEARS and talking about him...and his bots weren't set to see LySOL, be went ballistic.
Makes it all the funnier.
 
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Posted By Totalwrecker on 03 Dec 2013 10:34 AM
How much can I store and do with 10MB? You made me look at mine!
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the average pic in forum size (800x600 pixels) in .jpg format will have about 120KB (kilobyte). 10MB is about 10,000Kb.
so you can load up about 80 to 90 pics to that space.

i have rented a 500MB space, that costs me about 70.-$ a year. (about 125MB are actually full by the pics of 6 or 7 years.)
 
#32 ·
Thanks Kormsen,
I appreciate your time. Good to see you too.

Thanks to TOC for the history, helps me understand politiks experienced...

John
 
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#34 ·
Once upon a time I was a member of lsol. That ended when I asked a question and waited a couple days and got ne responce asked it again and got the same result. I left a nasty message and never returned .Glad to see what goes around comes around.
 
#35 ·
Nothing much worse in the business world than being ignored. I'm amazed at how many internet businesses have (Contact Buttons) on their sites but don't reply to questions regarding their products they want me to buy. If you're looking, you're a potential customer. If you've bought something, you're a returning customer. Before the internet, companies relied on return customers. When I sold Overhead Bridge Cranes, 80% of our business was to returning customers. Too many businesses today have forgotten the value of repeat customers. To me, whether you have paid to be a first class member on this site or not, you're still a customer. The advertisers are paying advertising dollars so you might buy from them.
 
#36 ·
I'm actually quite surprised that it lasted as long as it did as a pay site. I got one of those lifetime memberships when the site was restored and shortly after JDK started posting cryptic insults about this website and its owner. I told him I was none too impressed with the way he was carrying on. We exchanged semi-unpleasantries and I asked him to rescind my lifetime membership and take me off his roles.

That was like, ten years ago?

Again, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.
 
#37 ·
Markperr wrote, "I'm actually quite surprised that it lasted as long as it did as a pay site. I got one of those lifetime memberships when the site was restored and shortly after JDK started posting cryptic insults about this website and its owner. I told him I was none too impressed with the way he was carrying on. We exchanged semi-unpleasantries and I asked him to rescind my lifetime membership and take me off his roles.
That was like, ten years ago?
Again, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. "


Me too!
 
#38 ·
So, in addition to my question concerning the Eggliner cars (whether or not any were ever produced) which has not been answered (guess that means "NO."), I have another question. I have reread the first post, and noticed that the announcement is signed by Jo Anne DeKeles. I thought Jon was the site administrator. Has something happened to Jon? Anybody know?

I was pretty active there before the first "Wave Goodby from the back of a caboose."

Thanks,
David Meashey
 
#39 ·
BUMP!

Hey, don't mean to be disruptive, but I can't believe that nobody knows the answers to my questions below. Anybody? Chime in now. My inquiring mind wants to know.

So, in addition to my question concerning the Eggliner cars (whether or not any were ever produced) which has not been answered (guess that means "NO."), I have another question. I have reread the first post, and noticed that the announcement is signed by Jo Anne DeKeles. I thought Jon was the site administrator. Has something happened to Jon? Anybody know?

I was pretty active there before the first "Wave Goodby from the back of a caboose."

Thanks,
David Meashey
 
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