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I saw a sign in Texas
Posted by Paul Plutae on July 4, 2010 at 12:38 amIt said
Don’t mess with Texas
I guess it could also be said Don’t mess with Surveyors
Wendell made that one very clear for each and every one of us. I loved the timing Wendell, right on the Midnight Hour.
What you did is something I will remember until the day I die
Noodles replied 14 years, 2 months ago 10 Members · 15 Replies -
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You guys seem to be having a fine time here, and I agree it looks pretty cool when and if I get my computer-bogging issues taken care of, but the timing is the thing that makes me a little queasy. I know, I know, the beta-testers told Kristi they wanted something simpler and POB didn’t deliver. A shot across the bow about a month ago telling POB that if they didn’t deliver an alternative to what they were proposing to eliminate, an alternative would emerge might have been better than a surprise attack. Of course, I don’t know what I’m talking about behind the scenes, maybe that discussion took place.
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How many have thought of it like this…?
>… I loved the timing Wendell, right on the Midnight Hour.
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> What you did is something I will remember until the day I dieDo you remember back in the day when old country stores were the gathering spots for the locals to “network”? In the summer it was out on the porch. In the winter it was inside around the pot belly heater. For me rpls.com was that old country store for surveyors when I got involved late in 2004. The fact that Paul will remember this current event until he dies speaks volumes. We all need a “ventilator”, or an old country store to hang out at every now and then.
Thanks again, Wendell. And y’all take care.
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It was, in no way, shape or form, something that was planned, as far as I know.
It started as musings on Wednesday night on facebook.
The way we understood it was that rpls.com would be switching to the new format on June 30th, and their new site is less then desirable to many.
The fact of the matter is that Wendell has a lot of experience in this kind of thing and had it not been for a meltdown among the top three, his former site bobplumb.com would still be running.
This time he has no partners, other than his wife, to deal with.
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Steve, it was no sneak attack
For months, Kristi was told that we did not like the site. First she tried to hide the beta site. Then when it came out the location, at first she tried to delete threads with the address. When that did not work, she would let people make suggestions, but would not allow any posting there without being personally approved by her. She wanted that site, she did not like RPLS the way it was. Cool enough, she is editor of the mag that owns the site. But she asked for suggestions and then chose to ignore them. She did what she wanted to do. She left us, we did not leave her. She chose to have the board the way SHE wanted it and if we did not like it, then where would we go. Well, someone, Wendell and some others, decided to start somewhere else for us to go. And for that I am thankful. Even though the guys who make up RPLS can be a major pain in the posterior and tick you off from time to time, they are like family and you never fully leave family. Sooner or later you hunt them down and want to hang out with them again.
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Steven
The first hint I had of Beerleg was when I received an email from Andy Nold with a simple link in it. That was on July 1, 2010
I do not see why you would be queasy over anything, except too much bacon in a BLT. I also do not see any reason why Wendell should have sent any pre launch message to anyone connected to BNP. If he did, do you honestly believe that they would do more than give it a once over glance and then simply delete it?
This was no suprise attack..Read Dan’s post..he told what happened that got the board started.
Kristi was repeatedly warned that what she was planning would not sit well with the majority of the user base. Many spoke up, yourself included. Kristi did not give a flying F#$% about the community. She does not care for you or anyone else, all she wanted was to have her own way..
Well…she has it.
Another FYI.. The beta email I recieved from Kristi said NOTHING about keeping the testing on the hush hush. What I saw was a torpedo headed straight for RPLS.COM with an impact date still unknown to me but still being launched at the entire RPLS Community.
I felt that was a stab in the back to everyone and was not going to let it slide..So I broke the news back in March.
There is no reason for you to feel queasy or to give notice to a company that will do things like destroying a community for a few dollars more..No reason at all
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For the Record
> It was, in no way, shape or form, something that was planned, as far as I know.
> It started as musings on Wednesday night on facebook.As a first-hand account of some of the events leading up to the start-up of this excellent venue, the facts are that on June 29, Dan McCabe posted a Hank Williams song on facebook, Robby Christopher commented 1hr 18min thereafter, and things carried on from there, to wit:
Daniel S. McCabe : So long RPLS.com old format.
There’s a tear in my beer – Hank Sr
http://www.youtube.com
June 29 at 8:43pm[…]
Robby Christopher : I don’t know, Andy. They’ve killed one of my favorite things. Gonna’ give me a better one. I don’t like it. I’ll get over it, but I’ll probably piss and moan about it for a day or two longer.
June 29 at 10:01pm[…]
Kent McMillan: Robby, I definitely agree. It’s too bad that we haven’t talked Wendell Harness into getting something up and running. The POB folks seem to be mainly clueless about making something that actually works.
June 29 at 10:46pmWendell Harness: Well, to be perfectly honest, it is something I have contemplated and even a few people asked me if I would do it… I guess if I could somehow cover the costs, maybe with advertising or something, I’d probably go for it.
Wednesday at 12:59amWendell Harness: I even discovered a forum script that behaves a lot like the old rpls.com, but with modern code. 🙂
Wednesday at 12:59amWendell Harness: The questions are: Would anyone visit? If so, would there be enough visitors to sustain it? If so, would they be of high quality and willing to keep it active for the long term? What do ya’ll think?
Wednesday at 1:02amKent McMillan: Wendell, based upon what I’ve seen of the bizarre misadventure in illegibility that is the new RPLS.com, I’d think that you’d have a winning formula. The obvious enhancements are photo and file hosting, but those and some better administrative tools are really mostly what’s needed.
The rest would come later.
Wednesday at 1:08amKent McMillan: To be more concrete, I’d post to a site you develop, You wouldn’t even need to add the category “Texas Surveying”, but it wouldn’t hurt. :>
Wednesday at 1:16amDaniel S. McCabe : I go wherever Wendell goes, always have, always will.
It is a good opportunity for a POB competitor to pick it up and run with it.
Wednesday at 7:25amWendell Harness : Check this out… http://harntech.com/forum/index.php
It’s only a basic setup. It’s similar to the old RPLS.com, but not the same. I’m on the fence about whether or not I like it. What do you guys think? Feel free to play around with the settings (particularly the view settings, table and thread).
Wednesday at 11:34amWendell Harness : Note that I may be able to change the layout as it does seem very customizeable. This is the out-of-the-box setup for now.
Wednesday at 11:36amKent McMillan : Wendell, that is actually pretty good. I like to be able to change the view settings. It’s more than moderately efficient as a reading format.
Wednesday at 11:54amWendell Harness : The only thing I don’t like about it is how you have to navigate the tree once you are viewing a post. You have to either click the link to view the entire thread, or you have to individually click on each post title in the bottom tree… Plus it’s not quite like the old rpls.com. However, I do think it is extremely similar to the old old rpls.com, from before the POB acquisition.
Wednesday at 11:57amKent McMillan : And “Texas surveying”, as a category? It doesn’t get any better than that.
Wednesday at 11:57amWendell Harness : 😉
Wednesday at 12:00pm · LikeDaniel S. McCabe : Texas surveying and left a tenth?
You are setting Kent up for a happy July. 🙂
Wednesday at 1:36pmWendell Harness : http://beerleg.com/
Wednesday at 8:22pm · LikeKent McMillan : Wendell has done a very nice job putting BeerLeg.com together in short order. Highly recommended for ease of use and high Coefficient of Fun.
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Steven
Some folks might be being a bit harsh on Kristi, she is just an employee of a much larger than POB publication company.
I doubt this was all her “plan”.
She was given a job to do, and not a pleasant one I am sure.I layed out a movie theater once, 24’3″ over from where it was supposed to be.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
I won’t even pick up a pebble.;-)
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Steven
I guess if you want to blame it on somebody, blame it on Hank Williams, Sr.
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For the Record
I like it – what a surprise!
Is Ted DD allowed over here???:cat:
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For the Record
Thanks for the explanations, fellers. I don’t know the inside scoop on BNP and POB mag and Kristi and all that. It seemed to me that they had made the investment in the Small World Social Networking platform long before they asked any of the board users their opinion and all the beta testers were really there for was for minor tweaks to the format like the colors of text and whether we had “Friends” or “Associates”. The option of a simple message board like this was never on the table.
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Steven
<---The Wife. :angel:
Some of you might remember me…Don’t worry, I’m nice and I don’t bite…hard. J/K!! I won’t be posting a lot because this is YOUR place to post. YOUR home. I’ll just stand at the door with the free food and beer to welcome you in. 🙂
I am here to help and support Wendell 100% in anything he does. He’s worked Non-Stop on this site for the past few days and if he wants to keep doing this for the next few YEARS I will still stand behind him 100%. I am so proud of him; he is such a talented Surveyor, Web Designer, Cartoonist, Artist, Father, Husband, Cook, Wife-Tolerator, etc… with the highest morals and ethics I have ever seen in a human being and to finally see all of his talents come together, here, is the best thing EVER!
I can only put so much in words what this has done for him. I wish you all could see his face light up like I do when he is discussing all of you and this endeavor. Priceless.
So, thank you guys for also supporting him and being here and enjoy the site. WE appreciate it more than words on here can ever say.
~Angel :angel:
“Noodles”
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Noodles
Good Morning Noodles…and so nice to see that handle again!!!:-)
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Noodles
It is so nice to see all of you fine surveying fellows again too!! 🙂
I feel like I went on a long trip away from home and came back years later to a warm home with familiar friendly faces, bread and brownies baking, sports blaring on the big screen, pool table game going, darts a throwing, etc… Ahhh…
*puts feet on top of the coffee table and has a :drink: with you all*
Admins Wife
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