Posted by Hendrik on October 27, 2009 at 17:23:58 from (84.85.78.15):
In Reply to: Thinking of Hugh posted by Paul Shuler on October 27, 2009 at 09:18:56:
I appreciate this thread very much and find the responses very touching. Seeing the other ongoing threads on this Farmall board tells us that life goes on, but it touches a raw nerve with me; this board will never be the same again for me without Hugh. Like many others, as often as I could access this site, I would read what Hugh posted. There was one particular contribution from him that I was strongly reminded of when I read about Hugh"s death. He replied this to a discussion about Old on 01-28-2009: QUOTE "Ron: I personally don"t agree with Gene"s accessment. Oh yes the item he mentions may well be the straw that broke the camel"s back, so to speak. Old was around here when I came in 1999, a very knowledgable person who always knew the econimical fix to most problems. He"s never made a lot of noise, just good sound ideas. I"m not certain one can hang around here for a lot of years, doing the kinds of answers Old, George, Jim, myself, and many others provide. I could go on and on about others who have come and gone. I find myself not bothering with a lot of threads I would have just two years ago. I look at it this way, if the guy is getting good advice, let it go. There have been a lot of new and very capable folks come along in the past few years, some of them received most of their training right here, and are doing a great job. Others are completely new to the computer but have a lot of tractor knowledge upstairs.
I haven"t checked lately but I must be approaching 50,000 posts in that 10 years, 5,000 per year, hell that is 13 per day. How many times do you suppose I"ve answered the same question. I"m sure Old is in the same position. You take Allan In NE, two years ago, probably the most prolific poster at YT. He hasn"t been around near as long as Old or I have, probably surpassed us with his numbers. You don"t see him as much anymore. Plain and simple guys, if you answer a lot of questions on here there becomes a point of burnout. Fair warning I"ve almost reached that point. " Hugh could not have known then how prophetic his words were....
Note: I find it difficult to express my feelings and emotions in words and writing, let alone in a foreign language, which English is to me. So please bear with me. Respectfully, Hendrik (from the Netherlands).
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