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			Housekeeping: Regarding Lost Comments – Hopefully No More, But They Might Get Hung Up Awaiting ApprovalPosted on February 11, 2019 | 23 CommentsThere’s been a substantial increase in lost comments here at CC. We think we know what the problem was: Our setting on our spam filter for borderline spam was to […]
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			An Early New Year’s Greeting – We’re Heading Off To Arizona; See You In A Couple of WeeksPosted on December 28, 2018 | 29 CommentsWe are heading out for our first really long trip in our van Saturday morning. The destination is the Tucson, Arizona area including the mountains to the south of it. […]
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			Housekeeping: We’ve Raised the Speed Limit – No More “You’re Posting Too Fast”, At Least For NowPosted on November 27, 2018 | 10 CommentsWe’ve made some changes under the hood, which should eliminate the annoying warnings some of you have been getting, and that chewed up your thoughtful comments. An explanation from David […]
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			Trouble Getting an Initial Log-In After Registering at CC? Here’s the Baling Wire Fix Until We Fix It ProperlyPosted on October 6, 2018 | 17 CommentsThe really huge tech hurdle for us this year was moving to our new server, thanks to David Saunders, who managed to squeeze it in between his epic bike trip, […]
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			The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering in St. Louis Is This Weekend!!!Posted on September 10, 2018 | 19 CommentsWith the initial notice going out a few weeks ago for our 2018 Midwest gathering we wanted to remind those interested parties that everything is still a go!
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			An Impromptu CC Meet-Up in Portland July 28-29: “The Shape of Speed” Exhibit and Vintage Races at PRIPosted on July 16, 2018 | 18 CommentsThis is very short notice, but PDXMike emailed me this weekend letting me know about “The Shape of Speed” exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. This is an absolute must-see […]
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			We’re Back From Our Little Summer VacationPosted on July 9, 2018 | 45 CommentsI got more work done on the van these past couple of days than usual. And it was rather pleasant waking up and not having to think about tending to […]
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			A Big Thank You to Eric703, Who Labors Behind the Scenes to Keep Our Ever-Growing Archives CurrentPosted on April 28, 2018 | 30 CommentsI’ve been feeling a lot of gratitude lately about CC. We are privileged to have a wide range of contributors here, some of whom create content worthy of the finest […]
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			Site 503 Time Out Issues Fixed – Thank You David Saunders!Posted on April 6, 2018 | 48 CommentsWow! That was quick. Long time CC Contributor David Saunders dove into the CC server files last night, and later this morning found and fixed an issue that has the […]
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			Housekeeping: A Fix For CC’s Server Issues Is Hopefully In SightPosted on April 4, 2018 | 16 CommentsThis piece of unwelcome information has made a big dent in CC’s user experience. And it’s even worse for us trying to work, write and edit in the back end, […]
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			QOTD: Anyone Know a Good WordPress Mechanic?Posted on March 7, 2018 | 23 CommentsI’ve struck out twice now. Our long-time tech consultant no longer responds to my pleas for help, and a referral by Jim Klein turned out to be too busy. The […]
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			Housekeeping: Seeing Too Many “503 Errors” on CC? – The Site Needs an OverhaulPosted on February 14, 2018 | 46 CommentsAs fond as I am of the BMW 503, I’m tired of seeing its illustrious number appear repeatedly instead of what I was intending to look at. The site has […]
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			CC’s 7th Birthday – Our Annual Contributor Appreciation DayPosted on February 13, 2018 | 66 CommentsYes, it’s been that long already, although sometimes it feels more like 70 years. 11,770 published posts, over a half million comments, and over 12 million visitors will tend do […]
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			Happy New Year; And See You In Two WeeksPosted on December 31, 2017 | 34 CommentsHere’s wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year. And 2018 at CC is going to start without me for the first two weeks. We’re heading for warm sunny weather, […]
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			Housekeeping: Email Notifications BreakdownPosted on December 18, 2017 | 21 CommentsApparently CC’s email notification system, which I never use but a good many of our readers do use, apparently crapped out in late November or so. CC’s volunteer techie Ed […]
 
				![Housekeeping: Regarding Lost Comments  – Hopefully No More, But They Might Get Hung Up Awaiting Approval There’s been a substantial increase in lost comments here at CC. We think we know what the problem was: Our setting on our spam filter for borderline spam was to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-222-091.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![An Early New Year’s Greeting – We’re Heading Off To Arizona; See You In A Couple of Weeks We are heading out for our first really long trip in our van Saturday morning. The destination is the Tucson, Arizona area including the mountains to the south of it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tucson.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Housekeeping: We’ve Raised the Speed Limit – No More “You’re Posting Too Fast”, At Least For Now We’ve made some changes under the hood, which should eliminate the annoying warnings some of you have been getting, and that chewed up your thoughtful comments. An explanation from David […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/no-speed-limit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Trouble Getting an Initial Log-In After Registering at CC? Here’s the Baling Wire Fix Until We Fix It Properly The really huge tech hurdle for us this year was moving to our new server, thanks to David Saunders, who managed to squeeze it in between his epic bike trip, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/quick-fix.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![An Impromptu CC Meet-Up in Portland July 28-29: “The Shape of Speed” Exhibit and Vintage Races at PRI This is very short notice, but PDXMike emailed me this weekend letting me know about “The Shape of Speed” exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. This is an absolute must-see […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Shape-of-speed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![We’re Back From Our Little Summer Vacation I got more work done on the van these past couple of days than usual. And it was rather pleasant waking up and not having to think about tending to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/color-bars.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![A Big Thank You to Eric703, Who Labors Behind the Scenes to Keep Our Ever-Growing Archives Current I’ve been feeling a lot of gratitude lately about CC. We are privileged to have a wide range of contributors here, some of whom create content worthy of the finest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/archives-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Site 503 Time Out Issues Fixed – Thank You David Saunders! Wow! That was quick. Long time CC Contributor David Saunders dove into the CC server files last night, and later this morning found and fixed an issue that has the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/thank-you.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Housekeeping:  A Fix For CC’s Server Issues Is Hopefully In Sight This piece of unwelcome information has made a big dent in CC’s user experience. And it’s even worse for us trying to work, write and edit in the back end, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/503.jpg?resize=115%2C102&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Anyone Know a Good WordPress Mechanic? I’ve struck out twice now. Our long-time tech consultant no longer responds to my pleas for help, and a referral by Jim Klein turned out to be too busy. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Model-garage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Housekeeping: Seeing Too Many “503 Errors” on CC?  – The Site Needs an Overhaul As fond as I am of the BMW 503, I’m tired of seeing its illustrious number appear repeatedly instead of what I was intending to look at. The site has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bmw-503-sport_coupe_3_59.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC’s 7th Birthday – Our Annual Contributor Appreciation Day Yes, it’s been that long already, although sometimes it feels more like 70 years. 11,770 published posts, over a half million comments, and over 12 million visitors will tend do […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Birthday-7-cake.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Happy New Year; And See You In Two Weeks Here’s wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year. And 2018 at CC is going to start without me for the first two weeks. We’re heading for warm sunny weather, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/joshua-tree-national-park-california-sunrise.imgcache.rev9060360539bfc8e88fac730dfe8064e6.web_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Housekeeping: Email Notifications Breakdown Apparently CC’s email notification system, which I never use but a good many of our readers do use, apparently crapped out in late November or so. CC’s volunteer techie Ed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Lookin-under-the-hood.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


