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1 minute ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Is that Hull?

Haha yes Rich, my back garden 😅

1 minute ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

Haha yes Rich, my back garden 😅

Lol Fuertaventura mate.

4 minutes ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

Haha yes Rich, my back garden 😅

Lol Fuertaventura mate.

Wellll what else would you read while on holiday 😅

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Ok so there is barely any response happening . After this last attempt i think I'm just going to give up on it because very few seem genuinely interested or even bothered or worried what may happen in the future. ( if someone can set me straight I'd love to hear it ) I would think anyone into watches has heard of Roland Ranfft, how they grew to love and depend upon his site for detailed information. And not just that, he also had a view about Ebay and everyone that visited Roland's site knew exactly what he thought about Ebay, Roland's site also had a secondhand watch sale side to it.  If anyone here could have done anything to preserve his site and keep it exactly the way it was.........Would you have done something to make that happen ?  Its been pointed out to me but not in so many words  that I'm probably coming across as an insensitive p.rick, truly I'm sorry about that, i say it as it is but no malice is intended and yes clearly I'm putting my forum membership on the line here. I'll happily shut up about it now, I've done all i can.

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OK Rich, may be You are just a little bit more worried than really needed. Who am I to say, jus a newbie here but...

Such a big forum will not collapse in any case, exept if the people loose their interest to participate. If something happens to the owner,  then senior members will be able to handle the forum.

Let me show an example where one of the moderators of the russian forum (thow He was not russian), a man of great knowlage abd big heart, passed away in 2023. Thow His personal site is still working, the russians coppied the whole site to safe place here. I mean, all depends on the people and if they need to do something, they will find the way.

Actually, the forum is place where people can meet and share. As a final measure, people can share their phone numbers and use Viber to comunicate, at least people who are interested to keep connection between each other.

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12 hours ago, nevenbekriev said:

OK Rich, may be You are just a little bit more worried than really needed. Who am I to say, jus a newbie here but...

Such a big forum will not collapse in any case, exept if the people loose their interest to participate. If something happens to the owner,  then senior members will be able to handle the forum.

Let me show an example where one of the moderators of the russian forum (thow He was not russian), a man of great knowlage abd big heart, passed away in 2023. Thow His personal site is still working, the russians coppied the whole site to safe place here. I mean, all depends on the people and if they need to do something, they will find the way.

Actually, the forum is place where people can meet and share. As a final measure, people can share their phone numbers and use Viber to comunicate, at least people who are interested to keep connection between each other.

Thats an interesting site Nev.

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14 hours ago, swiss2k said:

INHO. This is am amazing place with a bunch of amazing people. Thank you all!

Couldn't agree more. I haven't been here long but what I've seen and the help I've received has been brilliant.

 

13 hours ago, RichardHarris123 said:

INHO? 

I believe Swiss meant IMHO. In My Honest Opinion

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