But that's why I'm saying we should all just shoot the breeze about "non" AC and Medical stuff. Remember all the talk about the donkeys??? That was great stuff. We need to just be people to one another. The hobbies and interests and the like. I was raised in NYC so even though we live up here now, I'm still a die hard NY Rangers fan, a kid from the Bronx. Yankees and Giants all the way. It's also why some of us were talking about having regional "meets". Folks in the Northeast, Midwest and other regions just get together and have have some coffee or dinner together, to both talk about EMR's, AC and this frustrating business called Medicine.

But to me this all seems so natural because this is what car guys and families do all the time. We love to get together at an ice cream stand or hot dog place, raise the hoods, and share the whole thing. Or my Jeep clubs, we meet at a trailhead or an off-road park, get out there and share the whole experience together and then sit around a campfire that night swapping stories and tech ideas. How'd you swap that axle out or where did you find those "sliders"? "Let me tell you about the nightmare I had at the machine shop with my diff...." That was great one. But would you understand? It's just so get yourself back to center. I've been doing it most of my adult life between Hockey, Mopars and Jeeps. And I haven't Jeeped until this summer for just about 10 years. Man did I miss it. Never again, I'm back. And it's not just the Jeeps, it's the whole community, people thing. That's what it's all about.

In some of our darkest hours last winter and early spring there were a few folks who were just "there" for me and Nancy. And you folks know who you are, It meant a lot to us. Thanks.

We here in AC land need to be a community, heck we are one already. I'm just trying to get folks to come on down. Who cares if you know how to network your printers or not. You still fight the same good fight that we all do every day.... One day you'll get your lift kit and big tires if you want to. Hey, I've only got what we call a "Budget Boost" myself when it comes to AC. We're just running a little Windows XP Pro peer to peer (P2P) network. I'm no Bert or Vinny by any means.

But I guess that this is something else that my car stuff has taught me so again it just seems so natural. If you've got a new something to maintain or run, seek out a club. Those guys will have lots of leads on parts, creative fixes and solutions, tech articles and all that good stuff. I probably know my way around an old Mopar small block a whole lot better than any database. But that is exactly why I am here. To learn about all this stuff so we can get good use out of this tool and help my Wife and our office have a good experience with AC. I kind of see myself as a good example. I am the "Joe Average", just smart enough to be really dangerous user. I'm the type of user that such things have to be designed for, because if not then you've missed the mark. It's got to work for Joe Average or Joe Normal or it will certainly fail. Most support staff and even the docs themselves are not Bert, Vinny or Jon. So things have to work for us average folks.

But anyway, I just thought that we should try and break down some social barriers and walls and just be "folks" with one another. Is that really so weird to everyone else? Perhaps that is why I really do need to go Jeepin' more often.... Maybe you all do too...

Have a Good Night,
Paul wink

Last edited by hockeyref; 09/27/2007 9:44 PM.
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