Well,
Just to let you guys know, Erik will show his final OS with Kalmbach on May 4th.
Seems he has found a little different setting with a slightly larger audience.
For those of you unlucky enough to not know Erik personally, this is a big loss to the Trains.com forum, and in my opinion, Kalmbach publishing too.
But it lets him manage a larger on line community, and offers other opportunities to expand his professional career and knowledge, so I for one want to wish him all the best in his new endeavor.
Hope you get green boards all the way Erik, your influence and humor will be sorely missed here.
Good luck, and Godspeed…
Ed
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Erik, I wish you much luck in your new endeavor. You will be very much missed around here. But, I hope you will be able to drop in ocassionally to say "Hi" to all of us.
Good luck and godspeed!!
Best of luck in your future Erik!
Best of luck, Erik, and we'll miss you here!
Hope it wasn't something we said!
Best of luck with your future endeavors. And remember - we're only as far away as your computer!
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Bergie,
I hope that you have great success in your new endeavor, wherever that may be. Your work here and at the magazines was pretty dang good IMO. I hope that you do come back and pop in to say hi from time to time.
Good luck!Dan
Dan
Oh sure- He probably got a gig at the Playboy Mansion, managing thier online community ()
Good luck Erik. It must be a good move- why else would you leave all the fun and excitement provided by this forum? In the future, I bet Bergie the poster will have more fun here than Bergie the moderator does now.
-Norris
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Bergie-
I've always been amazed at the tact you've been able to muster while dealing with a zoo like this place can be! It will certainly serve you well wherever you're headed.
Your photgraphy, your humor and your presence will certainly be missed. I wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavours. As others have mentioned, please stop in to say "Hi!" from time to time!
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
What's happening? Where's he going? Why's he going? Who'll compete with Mike Yuhas in the photo competitions?
Sorry to see you leave as webmaster, Erik. I hope you'll participate more as a member now, though!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Sorry to hear you're leaving us Erik. I with you the best. A a BIG thanks for putting up with us
Bergie, Thanks for being here to help keep the group on "track". (he he) I hope to see you here more often and to see those great photographs you will take of the trains where you are going. Thanks again bud, sorry to see you go.
RJ
"Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling
http://sweetwater-photography.com/
Darn it to heck - He goes off to find a new way to be incognito!
Hope he either passes through on occasion or comes and pays us a visit here.
Best wishes on the new endeavor. (What a time to make that career jump.)
Add me to this list of those who will be sad to see Bergie go. I certainly wouldn't have wanted to deal with some of the stuff that you have on the forums. It'll also be sad to see your departure from Trackside, as you always had some interesting photos and stories to share.
Good luck with your new adventures, and hopefully we'll still see your posts from time to time.
Noah
Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. Yes, I will continue to visit (I've been with Trains.com since day one, so it's like an itch I can't scratch).
Long story short, I'm staying in the Milwaukee area and becoming the Community Manager for Reader's Digest Association's TasteOfHome.com (the site for Taste of Home magazine). Basically, they have a reader forum very similar to this one and I'll be managing the day to day operations. Bottom line, if you need a recipe for something, visit that site!
The decision to leave was an agonizing one for me. Not only have a made a lot of dear friends here at Kalmbach, I've also made many friends as a result of this reader forum. As for Trackside, it's still in good hands with the 9 other photographers (see the Trackside with Trains.com section over on TrainsMag.com). I may contribute to that from time to time in the future.
I appreciate all of your contributions to our forum and look forward to continuing the discussions with you in the future.
Thanks again,Bergie
Bye Bergie. Good Luck.
(Can I lock it now?)
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie(Can I lock it now?)
Keep it up, funny girl. I still have all the tools needed to lock your account for a few days.
Erik
Good luck Bergie.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Best wishes and Good Luck.
...at least you wont have to deal with Al the Troll anymore
Have fun with your trains
Mookie Bye Bergie. Good Luck. (Can I lock it now?)
Godspeed. Bergie! "May the road rise with you, and the wind be always at your back!"
Bergie Long story short, I'm staying in the Milwaukee area and becoming the Community Manager for Reader's Digest Association's TasteOfHome.com (the site for Taste of Home magazine). Basically, they have a reader forum very similar to this one and I'll be managing the day to day operations. Bottom line, if you need a recipe for something, visit that site! Thanks again,Bergie
Erik,
Good luck in your new endeavor, and good to hear that you don't have to move for the new job.
- Erik
Bergie Bottom line, if you need a recipe for something, visit that site! Bergie
Bottom line, if you need a recipe for something, visit that site!
Bergie
Are you gonna put the recipe for that wicked holiday stovetop homebrew on there at Christmas?
mudchickenAre you gonna put the recipe for that wicked holiday stovetop homebrew on there at Christmas?
Now there's an idea! But what, that could either endear me to people or make them hate me (once they actually try it). I guess it wouldn't hurt to see how many good Swedes are over there though!
Take care,Erik
spokyoneGood luck from Aledo.
There's one of my guys from Swede-land. Thanks, Bob!
Bergie Long story short, I'm staying in the Milwaukee area and becoming the Community Manager for Reader's Digest Association's TasteOfHome.com (the site for Taste of Home magazine). Basically, they have a reader forum very similar to this one and I'll be managing the day to day operations.
Long story short, I'm staying in the Milwaukee area and becoming the Community Manager for Reader's Digest Association's TasteOfHome.com (the site for Taste of Home magazine). Basically, they have a reader forum very similar to this one and I'll be managing the day to day operations.
Bergie Mookie(Can I lock it now?) Keep it up, funny girl. I still have all the tools needed to lock your account for a few days. Erik
Actually have read the magazine and used some of the recipes. If you are a working person (I wish) you can get great recipes for those every-other-day pot luck or some unknown holiday celebration.
It's nice to know Erik will be staying in the Milwaukee area so at least we locals have a chance of seeing him trackside from time to time. On the other hand if he is expected to sample the goodies in the Taste of Home testing kitchen we might not recognize him. Of course he hasn't gotten puffy yet from years of patronizing Steak n Shake so perhaps he is immune from poundage issues.
Remember Bergie this means that railfanning trips, digital cameras, and the like will no longer be tax deductible after May 4. But maybe all your groceries and a new stove will be!
Dave Nelson
PS Bergie: Galesburg RR Days is June 26-27 and there will be private cars on the Sandburg
DN
zardoz Bergie Long story short, I'm staying in the Milwaukee area and becoming the Community Manager for Reader's Digest Association's TasteOfHome.com (the site for Taste of Home magazine). Basically, they have a reader forum very similar to this one and I'll be managing the day to day operations. I would venture a guess that those forums will not get as politically "charged" as they sometimes do here.
Don't know about that. Think about the potential political, social, and moral issues involving "organic" or "natural" foods, "factory farms", "Community Supported Agriculture", imported vs. domestic food, "green" foods, genetically modified food, "mom 'n' pop" stores vs. chains, sustainably harvested foods (like spices and coffee), "fair trade" foods (coffee & cocoa), recycling or composting of waste food and packaging materials, cooking heat sources (gas vs. electric vs. Sterno or whatever), vegan/ vegetarian/ macro-biotic, all the health issues - obesity, cholesterol, sugars, salt/ sodium, alcohol content, ethanonol fuel competition for food sources, western water usage for crops, land use policies, energy used for transportation of foods, unavalability of foods in certain chains, highly processed foods, seasonal foods, etc., etc. (I'll stop now or I might get hungry again !)
Hey - after looking over that list, Bergie might even be back here before too long !
But if not - and either way - thanks again, Erik, for you many years of supporting, caring for, riding herd, and being the trail boss/ "ramrod" for this bunch. Best wishes to you for all of your future endeavors, and I hope to see you here more often enjoying this as a hobbyist (instead of as "work").
- Paul North.
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