The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

Now that sheds a little light on the subject.

Tom

[administrator]

SORRY BACK-UP FILE WAS CORRUPT

[Dave K.]

Woo-hoo!!!

[S&S RR]

Tom


Look back and you will find that you lost two years the page numbers are all messed up.  The posts are from 2014. This makes no sense.

[ACL1504]

SORRY BACK-UP FILE WAS CORRUPT

Two years and 5 months are still missing. Why did the corrupt file only affect my thread. The back up should be better than this.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Oh crap.....I hope steps are being taken to rectify this unacceptable situation. 

[ACL1504]

To all and the Administrator,

I'm not angry but to say I'm extremely disappointed just doesn't seem to cover my lack of understanding on this forum's back up system.

To say,"Sorry, back-up file was corrupt", is beyond the pale and certainly unacceptable.

I'm going to wait a week and then make a final decision as to my continued contributions to the forum.

I want to thank all the followers and those that bothered to post comments to the original Atlantic and Southern RR thread.

Tom

[tct855]

To the powers that be!

      Since each visitor and each posting member doesn't PAY for being, doesn't mean more important, serious, respect or attention to detail should not be given here to the forum (i.e. the backup).

      Look: taking responsibility for running a forum or even running a server with a backup is an important responsibility.  If someone takes on a job then one should be responsible for it's outcome.  A forum is basically a photo album stored electronically.

      Photos are one of the most important historic personal accountings next to personal life or personal art, but guess what neither of the latter are stored on the forum. (hint).  ACL1504 is one of the best, one of the most popular, one of the drawls to the forum and is one of the selfless time invested to the forum members you have. (another words, without members like him are the reason for the forum to exist at all).

      I for one (and i'm sure i'm not the only) can't have a secure faith in knowing that priceless time spent photos and personal written thoughts are going to be safe here for me when I need them, then I really don't want to be a part of this forum or any like it.  If I don't like a movie- I get up and leave.  If my friends aren't being protected here- I'll interact with them privately then.

     I like this forum, I like the people running it, I like the people who contribute to it, Hell I get to where, my day here is where I visit throughout my day on a regular or (loyal) basis.  I want the pilot handling my plane to be successful: honest, hard working, sober, well trained and conscience of his modeling passengers.  If I can't fly American Hobby made, then I won't fly at all.  My time & photos are way to important for others when they need.

      I'm sorry for my posting friend from Los Florida's lost, I'm sorry for my posting breth·ren's lost, I'm sorry for my lost.  I'm not mad, but trust me... this is the last time for me.  If the administration reaction to my post here is to say good leave, then you haven't gotten the message and never will.  Remember: one gets what one builds. One reaps what one sows.  Besides, I'm too old to be packing up my out of focus pictures and boring non funny comments and moving to another forum where I possibly won't see all our supporting friends.   Thanx Thom...

[Erieman]

Thom and Tom, friends and fellow members of the forum.
This event happened once before and a lot of people are now wondering what and when it will happen next. The Admin answer was weak at best and does not leave a good feeling for the future of this forum. I wonder how many people have experienced this type of event and has there been any follow up to resolving these types of problems. Tom has shared his experiences over the past years with this forum and all of us have benefited from his generosity and knowledge. I think the admin needs to share what has happened and what they plan on doing to prevent this from happening again. Only then will we all feel like our contributions to the forum will survive. 


Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

Thom,

You are to kind and I sincerely appreciate your words of generous support.

Also, per our conversation, I'm going to continue with the original Atlantic and Southern RR layout build thread.

Thank you my friend for the encouragement for me to continue.

I love this place.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Thom and Tom, friends and fellow members of the forum.
This event happened once before and a lot of people are now wondering what and when it will happen next. The Admin answer was weak at best and does not leave a good feeling for the future of this forum. I wonder how many people have experienced this type of event and has there been any follow up to resolving these types of problems. Tom has shared his experiences over the past years with this forum and all of us have benefited from his generosity and knowledge. I think the admin needs to share what has happened and what they plan on doing to prevent this from happening again. Only then will we all feel like our contributions to the forum will survive. 


Frank / Erieman

Frank,

Thank you my friend for the support and compliment, much appreciated.

The administrator gave us an explanation of what occurred. Like it or not, I accept it and his apology.

http://modelersforum.com/general-daily-discussion/forum-missing-thread/msg65205/?topicseen#new

Let's all hope the situation is now under control and the back up system can or will be improved.

I want to suggest we all move on and get back to our love of posting and supporting each other.

I appreciate Robert, Doug and Jimmy for giving us this free forum.

Tom

[Powersteamguy1790]

Tom:

I'll keep following your layout thread when you continue to post updates again as I enjoy looking at your modeling and what you've accomplished. Stay focused on your layout. From one oldie to another oldie.

Stay cool and run steam.........

[coors2u]

Tom I am always interested in what you do, so for me I'll be watching and learning no matter where you start!

[ak-milw]

Right there with ya Tom.

[S&S RR]

Tom


I'm so sorry that you lost so much of this great thread. I recommend you start a volume 2 and lock this thread when you continue your build story. It doesn't look like anyone understands why this happened and this thread is still corrupted. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you get going again.  We all value your tremendous contributions to this forum.


Thank you!