The world never stops changing, now even the FordBarn

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Well not mentioned yet, so I will be the first to comment on todays new changes to the forum....drum roll...Its OK ! I am guessing it uses less data in the new format, not having every post showing unless you click on it. So, different, but OK. Ryan has done something to make it more efficient, or easier/cheaper to maintain, good on you Ryan for this move if it helps you out. Again, its OK. My model T forum, MTFCA, went to a different format a couple years ago, and it sucks, and old frequent users are gone. Wont happen here is my guess. No whimpering, just comment
 
You can get the same standard view very easily. Click the "Display Modes" at the top right of the thread and choose "Linear Mode". This small part of the world returned to proper shape.
 
Yes I noticed that change and thought it was me, something that I had pressed incorrectly, but I did work it out and now back to normal. I am over all these changes in the world and most are not for the better anyway. Bring back the 1950s and 1960s would do me fine. Some of this electronic **** is fine but much of it is not. Regards, Kevin.
 
38 coupe said:
You can get the same standard view very easily. Click the "Display Modes" at the top right of the thread and choose "Linear Mode". This small part of the world returned to proper shape.
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"38 coupe".....THANK YOU for that seemingly minor bit of information. I was beginning to have heart palpitations, fiercely dreading some BIG change like happened three or four years ago at our sister forum. The normal format here that so many of us have become used to offers so much information in it's original form. I know that change is inevitable, like changing our underwear, but please....not the Ford Barn. And Ryan, myself along with so many others here, really do appreciate your efforts and expenditures HERE! DD
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Thanks guys, good to know I can "make it go away daddy, make it go away" if I want! I am not the resident computer expert, but I assume it was done for a reason. I usually read every post if its a topic I am interested in, or participating in, so as a user, I dont see the advantage of having to click on every post separately. At least, its easy, I am not complaining
 
My freewheeling brain just had an interesting thought, my computer knowledge leads me to imagine Ryan being "that man behind the curtain" in the wizard of OZ ! Flippin switches, pulling levers, just to make the show go on! Perhaps now it will run without the choke partly out! ....sorry, I'll go lay by my dish now
 
koates said:
Yes I noticed that change and thought it was me, something that I had pressed incorrectly, but I did work it out and now back to normal. I am over all these changes in the world and most are not for the better anyway. Bring back the 1950s and 1960s would do me fine. Some of this electronic **** is fine but much of it is not. Regards, Kevin.
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Ha! I went today to find an old thread of mine for Lawson Cox regarding a '39 air filter and thought I'd clicked the wrong button also, but at least it resurrected and I blamed myself on my techno ignorance. One of the many things that sends me over the edge with electronic devices is "updates" or some other change of application with no advance notice and no instructions on how to navigate the difference in actual use. I remain ambivalent with the electronic gadgetry but if it weren't for computers none of us would be in contact now. In the end it's a very good thing.
 
I have not been here in a couple of days so maybe I missed the change? All seems normal as the last time I was here.
 
38 coupe said:
You can get the same standard view very easily. Click the "Display Modes" at the top right of the thread and choose "Linear Mode". This small part of the world returned to proper shape.
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Thanks for that welcome advice.
 
My computer just stayed on the linear mode. If things came on differently, I would still be trying to figure it out and after an hour of frustration have my daughter come in and figure it out. terry
 
No difference here either. THANK GOD, because I'd be duuhhh. If it weren't for The Barn, H A M B & Early V8 club, I'd probably toss my laptop in the dump. Another thing I HATE is all of the electronic crap in newer cars that I don't want but is shoved down your wallet....
 
I feel your pain. I was driving my wife's BMW the other day and the engine would keep shutting off every time we came to a stop, then start back up when I pressed the gas. I hate that. Let me turn off my car when I want to, damn. Oops, sorry (not sorry) to propagate this.....
gregg
 
1937sedandelivery said:
I feel your pain. I was driving my wife's BMW the other day and the engine would keep shutting off every time we came to a stop, then start back up when I pressed the gas. I hate that. Let me turn off my car when I want to, damn. Oops, sorry (not sorry) to propagate this.....
gregg
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My wife's new Honda Ridgeline does that. It's meant to shut off when you're stopped at a light or stuck in traffic so you don't waste gas and pollute. Discovered a switch that disables it on the console. YES! One other thing I dislike is you better move quick if you shut the drivers door and want to get something out of the rear seats. It locks all doors almost instantly automatically unless you leave a door open. Wonderful for this area as it rains constantly. After all my decades of driving I rather resent the technology telling me what to do. Like you, I'd prefer to shut my own car off and if I want to leave my car unlocked that's my business, not the computer's.
 
What irritates me is you can't find a simple/plain jane new car to buy. I'm fine with just the basics like power steering, power brakes, heater and AC, manual or auto transmission, AM/FM radio with a CD player. I don't need nor do I want a TV screen in the middle of my dash, a back-up camera, GPS, power windows, power seats, heated seats, tire pressure sensors, auto door locks - what am I missing - the list seems to go on and on. And, these are not options - you don't have a choice!
 
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