Subj : Re: Rewire fsxnet
To : Stizzed
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 01:42 pm
-=> Stizzed wrote to Gamgee <=-
Ga> You don't check your BBS, or your email, for MONTHS at a time?
Ga> Very difficult to understand that.
St> Well, (as life sometimes is) its more complicated than that. Not that
St> I owe you an explanation but the board pretty much runs itsself except
St> when a feed goes down or hardware fails (which i do monitor). Four
St> other message platforms are humming along happily. It just 'works'...
St> Avon logged into my system to notify me of the fsx disconnect when Dan
St> dropped out but I did not see that message nor any messages from Dan
St> that he would be going down (though I was told that he sent them they
St> were purged from my system). Yeah, I didnt check messages for some
St> time.
St> I understand that it may be difficult for some to comprehend but my
St> 'problems' were an overwhelming 16 month project at work combined with
St> personal issues at home which kept me away from the board. Perhaps you
St> don't understand that but work and family are far more important to me
St> than my personal hobby. I'm not going into why I do this but lets just
St> say that boards like Rusty and Edies are long gone. Most do this for
St> the nostalgia, not the dollars it brings in.
St> I'm back and ready to re-connect. I've implemented some updates which
St> will notify me of activities on the board through personal email
St> (thanks GodFather). Ive got a list of updates and changes I want to
St> make and (now) I have the time to devote. If fsxnet does not want me
St> I'll just see my way out.
St> Hope this helps you to understand...
Not really, but thanks for taking the time to reply.
In general, I've never understood why a Sysop would start/run a BBS, but
just let it go on "AutoPilot". As you stated, BBSes are quite different
than they used to be, and we all run them as a hobby. Part of the hobby
is the care and feeding of the board, as I see it, and if one isn't
going to do that, why run a board at all? But anyway, good luck!
... There are two types of people; those who finish what they start and
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