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olddutchgas Active Member Posts: 131 |
posted 01-18-2006 03:00 PM
  
Hey Guys; This is the first post that I am personally making to this site. I have been collecting gas and advertising items for 25 years and I have met many, many wonderful people along the way. My very best friends today are people I have met through the gas hobby. Hubba shut the Missouri Show post down before I could respond (Thanks Hubba!) I had a great time at the Missouri Show, John and Mike have worked hard to make the show a sucess and this year was a good one. I have great time at all the Shows and Auctions! Guys, that is what it is all about - having fun, making new friends, and adding that special piece here and there to our collections. It seems that sometimes we forget that. I have had many ups and downs in my life as most everyone of you have. Through it all I have been blessed immensely, in life, with my family, and a great hobby to be part of. I want to say a special word of thanks to my friends Jim Potts, Bob Drake, Hubba, and all the moderators for all you do for this site. Quite honestly I don't know why you do it, it seems lately to be a thankless job. But again thank-you for all you do! Guys this hobby is a lot of fun, 2006 is a year chock full of shows and auctions, get out there and enjoy them! I am looking forward (big time looking forward!)to Rex's Auction next week. I hope to add a few things to my collection, perhaps pick up some things to sell at the summer shows, visit with old friends and make some new ones. That is what it is all about. Guys, this is my post, I started it, I would welcome you thoughts, but I will respectfully ask you to post only positive comments. There has been more than enough negative comments of late and it is time for us to loosen up and have fun with this great hobby! Lonnie Hop Lon like to have fun in the gas hobby IP: Logged |
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djhubba Moderator Posts: 3905 |
posted 01-18-2006 03:28 PM
Well said Lonnie..thanks for posting that. i couldnt agree more. Sorry to shut down the other thread before you could post on it..thanks for sharing your thoughts here and the support. Hubba Likes Lonnie [This message has been edited by djhubba (edited 01-18-2006).] IP: Logged |
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gatorgaspumps Active Member Posts: 992 |
posted 01-18-2006 04:13 PM
Hi Lonnie glad to see your post, your knowledge is always an asset to our hobby. Always great to do Bus. with you. Wish I was closer to more swap meets. Not to many globes up in this area. Richard IP: Logged |
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troach Active Member Posts: 1351 |
posted 01-18-2006 04:14 PM
I look forward to all the shows and swap meets my wife and I go to. We have met many great people that we consider friends and collectors. We have had some spend the night a our place and have had many day trips to visit other collections. This site has made it possible to meet people from all over our great nation. We have had people from as far away as New York to Michigan to Washinton and from Arizona not to mention California, visit us. Have not met anyone that I really did not like. If I have I have forgoton about it. Ted Pam and Ethyl like shows, collecting and people. We must keep the Lodi corner a tradition at the Santa Rosa show. Ted  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Lastgas15 Active Member Posts: 4572 |
posted 01-18-2006 04:41 PM
First off Lonnie, I want to say WELCOME to Shop Talk! Thanks for the kind words and friendship. As for why we are moderators, well its because we enjoy the hobby so much. Jim Potts had a vision of what he wanted this site to be. Sometimes we get a little off track, but if you look past the ocassional dispute a great deal of very good information can be found on this site. Everything from helping a fellow hobbiest with paint codes for a pump restoration to the chance to brag about our latest scores in Buys Of The Week, to the comradery found in the "good morning" topic in Non-Petro discussion. Those are the things that make our moderator jobs worthwhile. The longer I'm in the hobby the less its about the "stuff" and the more its about friendships and having fun for me. Having said that, I can't wait to go to the shows and auctions! See Ya at Rex's auction!!!! Bob IP: Logged |
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Kysoilman Active Member Posts: 1512 |
posted 01-18-2006 06:45 PM
Thanks Lonnie I hope you will continue to share your wisdom with us. And thanks for all you do for the hobby I always look forward to talking to you and your family. YOUR THE BEST. .............. REX LIKES LONNIE IP: Logged |
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oldnfuelish Active Member Posts: 2308 |
posted 01-18-2006 06:53 PM
great post lonnie!as someone who has only been doing this for a year and a half,i am really glad to have been able to meet a bunch of these people who are in this hobby!i meet alot of people in my job,and i really appreciate the advice and hospitality i have received from the oldgassers ive met.makes ya believ that there arestill good people out there.hope im doin this for a long while.mick IP: Logged |
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roger cherry Active Member Posts: 593 |
posted 01-18-2006 06:57 PM
Lonnie said a mouthful and it was all candy. I look forward to going to shows to see my friends, not just to buy and sell. Personalities sometimes differ, but like the cheeseman said in another post, we are not on this earth long enough to keep making enemies but should strive to leave with as many friends as possible. IP: Logged |
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Jarvis Active Member Posts: 2434 |
posted 01-18-2006 07:53 PM
Welcome Lonnie to the best website on the face of the earth! LOL I have talked to Lonnie and Aaron both at shows and away from the shows and both are great guys with lots of knowledge to share. See you at Rex's! IP: Logged |
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speedway Active Member Posts: 371 |
posted 01-18-2006 10:14 PM
The first gas & oil show I ever attended was years ago..Tom Allens show in Lawrence, Kansas. I went to Des Moines for several years, and Scott Wrights show in Colorado.and the best part of everyone was seeing & chatting with friends in the hobby.Of course, finding a Speedway quart was nice too..  Ron IP: Logged |
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Oldgas Moderator Posts: 3121 |
posted 01-18-2006 11:31 PM
Thanks, Lonnie for pointing us back in the right direction. Many of us get enough nit picking and problems at work. I hope this hobby and this Web site can be more about sharing info and pictures, having fun and making friends. Lonnie and Aaron are good examples of people who do those things on a regular basis. I learn something any time I stand close to those guys and listen. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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sslick68 Active Member Posts: 615 |
posted 01-19-2006 01:04 AM
Well said Lonnie!!!I hope this is a great year for everyone on here at the oldags site.I have met so many people in this hobby that I wish we could clone,guys that would give the shirt off their back to you.I consider myself lucky to have found this hobby as not only as an investment but the long friendships that I have made,and the days I come home stressed out and look around in the garage and calm down.THANKS ------------------ IP: Logged |
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moparcrazy Active Member Posts: 24 |
posted 01-19-2006 07:21 AM
Lonnie Hop is one nice guy and we really enjoy his presence along with everyone else we have met thru the years. He was also one of the tallest but now it appears his son Aaron will hold that post!! John Troxel Mike Russell IP: Logged |
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oltoydoc@pacbell.net Active Member Posts: 1423 |
posted 01-19-2006 09:56 AM
Lonnie, although we have never met face to face, I feel like you are an old friend. I've read your articles, looked at globes in your collection that you've posted in the magazines, viewed them on this site, when you share your knowledge. Thanks for all you do to keep this hobby going. Thanks for posting. Don ------------------ IP: Logged |
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RARIN TO GO Active Member Posts: 465 |
posted 01-19-2006 06:56 PM
Thanks for the great post Lonnie. I hope we see more from you. First let me ditto what you said about Jim, Bob and Hubba. They do a great job and I am especially grateful to Jim for providing us this forum to discuss the hobby. Yea some of us get a little...I'll call it passionate...about some of the topics but we really do feel its for the good of the hobby. I hope it is. And I want to say that you and Aaron truely are "assets" to the hobby. I always flip right to your articles in CTO to read it first. Always informative and with lots of good pictures. And Aarons work recently on the COTM on Old Dutch was great and I can't wait for his hosting of the Dixie one that I heard is coming soon. You guys are great! And yea...Aaron is one tall dude! chris IP: Logged |
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