Not everyone likes change. Seems like the older one gets the harder it
becomes. The first words are usually, Why, What fore, nothing wrong with the
way it is. I know for one when the internet was in its infancy and son
Ryan was still in college I could not see why he needed a computer to do his
work.... after all for 100's of years people graduated without one. Ryan is
smarter than most and showed me just how I could better my business and keep
all my parts and ordering on computer. Well, at first I was a bit reluctant but
with an open mind I said OK. We started with a small Mac that he could use in
school and also use in my shop to do the bookwork. The secretary hated it... in
fact she quit because of it. We are still good friends and she is currently
doing the bookwork for the school..... I have talked to her about it and we
laugh together of the times we had figuring things out. I talk to a lot of
people my age....not sure if I am a old duffer, old coot, or old fart as I
could not reach Randy Robinette to find out the correct category that I am in
because he is the official on this matter. What I find is most people my
age don't want anything to do with computers and are not willing to
learn. Like it or not they are here to stay. Another good example of
change is the cell phone..... Which so far I have avoided mainly because I am
around a phone all day and some days it gets in the way of doing my work. I
would love to talk on the phone all day but I get paid on what goes out the
door not what comes in but you have to talk to the customer. I use to route it
to the Secretary but everyone wanted to talk to Stan and training her was more
work than talking to the customer. Don't mistake me here; I think cell phones
can be a good thing. For instance in a emergency they can save lives and a lot
of business use them regularly and could not function without them...... on the
other hand I see people yakking while driving and text messaging and just
wonder how much is actually needed. One thing I have to acknowledge that the
cell phone like the computer is here to stay and if you think "MA
Bell" is going to be burring lines underground forever..... You are badly
mistaken.
Anyway, some change can be good and I hope you will look at our new
site in this way. We will be making some changes and adding things which will
be much easier for us and hopefully will benefit you. If there is
something you want changed drop me an email and let’s talk about it. On the old
site, I would post once a year usually around the first of the year and ask
what people wanted...... very few times did I get a response. I can remember
that Reed would respond on occasion and was very helpful and we do
appreciate. I do hope you will bear with us as we switch over and give us
the benefit of the doubt as some things may not work properly. I did
appreciate the messages we would get when the chat on the old board was
down or there was a problem. Our policy of using your full name will
still apply to chat and so far the guests have been policing
the chat line very well.Thanks to all especially Francis Becigneul
and Dick Grosbier who are on almost every night and make sure
everyone logs in correctly. This makes my work a lot easier.
In closing, we hope you like it and be sure to lets know your feelings.