LocostUSA.com

Hey fam...wassup?

Excellent commentary above, and all of it 100% accurate, regarding: volunteerism, reliability, community, life's distractions, money's lack of usefulness, and the value of storing your own photos and content locally.

First, the good news:

The site is back up and running, with no loss of data. Sorry for the 10-day interruption. I hope this yielded great productivity in your garage.

The photos are back up. They were never lost...I just moved them out of the site's main folder while doing maintenance on the site. They take up SO MUCH ROOM that other operations were painfully slow. I just forgot to put them back where they belong after the site was back up until now.

And now, the good news:

I took a stab at upgrading our phpBB server a while back (probably after the 2019 crash?) and hit some obstacles that I didn't have the time and energy to overcome. I looked at this again, and it *appears* that the updaters are in better shape now, so I'm optimistic that I'll have better luck next time around.

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...nowadays people are so intellectually lazy and lethargic that they can't build ANYTHING with their hands. They'll spend hours watching whiny people marooned on an island, but won't spend a second adding anything to the world. -weconway
Visit my [Locost 7 build log]

Thank you!

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Peace, Ron

Thanks for your hard work getting us back up and running!!!

Excellent, thank you Dave!

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Bill J
442 Locost - in progress
Mid-engine Beetle - In Progess
'12 GTI - Daily
'01 Chevy Cargo Van - Workhorse parts hauler

Dave deserves a donation for his service!!!!!!!!! PayPal to his email? Dave, Setup an email address that we can donate to please

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When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting -- Steve McQueen from LeMans

My build log viewtopic.php?f=36&t=10658&start=0 NOW NAMED =The Wycked 7

My other build log viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15162 The Skayt'R6

When I saw the good news part I was expecting a bad news part too - but it's all good news! - thanks Dave.

Thanks dhempy, glad to see the site back up, at first no pics and I thought about edit/upload then they all appeared.
I would be happy to donate to help the site run, Have learned a lot here.

Thanks Dave,
I was struggling without my daily fix. Your efforts are so much appreciated.
Paul

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Parts left out cost nothing and cause no problems!!

Yay Dave! Woohoo!

PS--if somebody has a <USA7s.com> account perhaps they can let those guys know <locostusa.com> is up and running again. Maybe the same for the FaceBook page (whose name I forget).

[edit -- Dave Hempy already did it for the FB page]

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Locost builder and adventurer, and founder (but no longer owner) of Kinetic Vehicles

Just a noob who wanted to say thank you. The content on this site is very good quality and threads are usually on topic. I have been enjoying the builds and learning a lot as i lurk, glad to see you back.

Cheers, Chris

Good on ya Dave. I to would be glad to pay for a more reliable site. I might save on trips to the ER.

I let them know on USA7's

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Parts left out cost nothing and cause no problems!!

I am another that really appreciates Dave's efforts to keep this site up. I know it's an undertaking I wouldn't want to tackle and I have plenty of time. Just not enough smarts.

And I can see why (perhaps) Dave refuses to accept money. If he did then it would become a job. No cash keeps it in the hobby classification. I could be wrong.

Again I say thanks Dave!

Cheers to all!

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Larry in Seattle

Dave, Dave, Dave! What can I say? We are all in your debt. You make this site work. Sometimes it may not feel that way. Thanks, thanks
and thanks again!

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

Y’all are gonna make me cry. Stoppit.

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...nowadays people are so intellectually lazy and lethargic that they can't build ANYTHING with their hands. They'll spend hours watching whiny people marooned on an island, but won't spend a second adding anything to the world. -weconway
Visit my [Locost 7 build log]