I clipped the statement above from the recent (and currently up to 10 pages) thread about a dilemma over spending $25 at 914World.com. The statement by Andy sums up the intent of the $25 voluntary subscription fee pretty well for me, and led me to write the following brief analysis:

914Clubdotcom (hereinafter referred to as "the 914 club", or "the club", or "914Club", etc.) is a corporation. What it offers to its customers is immersion in a vast network of 914 owners who seek out information, parts and companionship on the internet. Regular customers of the 914 club are given additional value when they become "Members" by registering on the official website. 914World.com does not charge its customers for these services. 914Club is expanding its service/product offering to include real world benefits to 914 enthusiasts. Some of those benefits include increasing the availability of hard to find 914 parts, organizing and insuring 914 gatherings around the usa, creating and selling attractive 914 apparel, etc.
Many new corporations operate for years on capital provided by the principal owners who constantly reinvest most or all of their salary to keep the business from tanking. (Some of you would be surprised at how many small business owners take home 0$$ from their daily job.) The 914 club has owners who use their salary from another job to keep the club from tanking. In order to grow, 2 new services are being offered: Subscriber and Vendor Subscriber. The corporation has broken new ground financially by charging a fee for some of its services. The corporation's plan is to generate enough cash up front to jumpstart implementation of its mission statement. People who already enjoy the services provided by 914Clubdotcom and who are interested in seeing the corporation succeed are being offered incentives to inspire confidence in the new Subscriber and Vendor Subscriber services. There is a promise of small gifts for purchasers. The fees are at a substantial discount off of market prices. (Cyber club memberships and internet advertising are typically more expensive than current 914Club rates.) The Goodie store already has inventory on the shelves, everything funded by a volunteer.
Based on early projections the new services are likely to be a big hit for 914Clubdotcom, as their popularity has been clearly established in the first week of availability. Step one of implementing the mission statement appears that it will be a success.

East coasters up early.

I would and do support this fee. I have never found a club forum, or club that is as active as this one is. We might lose some members, but sometimes that may happen to move forward. As long as the club site IS moving forward. I don't know what the next step is. I think the only way to have this [ay for itself is 1. a membership fee 2. Adevertisers on the site, that are paid, or paing more

Erik

42

6 7/8"

couldn't have said it any better!

thank you sir ...
Andy

But how did you get 42????

7 * 6 ...

To answer that you'll need a computer whose merest operational parameters I am not worthy to calculate ---

(It is required by law that any fan of Douglas Adams say something like this whenever The Number is used in daily conversation.)

I try.

914 - Howard's Age = 42

Excellent thread. That's what this club is about.

(Yuz know I luv ya)

By reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it's all there.

Simple Leo, he divided his age by Pi..... I crack myself up.....

So does that mean we will get unlimited streaming 914 porn?

Or perhaps .... a dinner mint ?

13mm.

Racing IS life
everything else is waiting

goodby....and thanks for all the fish..

Actually...

(According to the badly misnamed Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy) The ultimate answer is 42.

The ultimate question is "What is 6 x9".


Now you are probably wondering why the math doesn't work... It's because the Galgafrinchins arrived on Earth (which is a giant computer that was built to find the ultimate answer), and screwed up the data by their presense on the Earth.


The white mice, who paid for the Earth to be built, were very pissed.....

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits
On a lurgid bee.
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me
with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon
See if I don't.


I hope this settles this conversation.

Thank Chris.

Sometimes i dont even know what the meaning is..lol


B

Man is put here on earth to amuse and feed the dolphins. That is our only reason for being.
Didn't you know that already?
I'm told they are heartily amused by people who try and keep 30 year old cars running especially those that drip prodigous amounts of oil. That's why I have a 914 and a Jensen Healey.

SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH.

Written somewhere on the beach in Ventura in 83 degree weather with the offshore santa ana's blowing. If this is global warming I'm all for it.

Randy

Went out for lunch today to get a hair cut and grab some food. Jumped in the truck with Trekkor on the phone.. and BURNT my hand on the steering wheel!!! LOL

78+ here in SD today.

Went and bought a Christmas tree yesterday.. in shorts and flip flops..LOL Didnt feel right watching the guy in short sleaves load the tree in my truck with sweat dripping down his forehead..LOL


B

By reading "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" ...

Friday I went for a bike ride. It was 75 degrees.
Winter hit this weekend. It was 18 when I got up this AM.

:|

Meaning of life?

A good fire, a good woman and a good pipe."Dances With Wolves"

Gotta have a little tatonka pemacan along with that.

Interesting that the word 914club has been replaced by the word 914world. Thats just wierd!

Interesting or academic?

we did not replace 914Club in any of the old posts. we replaced the URL 914club.com with 914world.com to ensure that all pictures, avatars and links in old posts still work.

Mike, apparently that script went a little awry.

You guys handled just how I would approach it. Manually going through each post would suck and it would take forever manually validating everything.

I fixed the first post to avoid confusion.

Me? I'm still confused. I thought the ultimate number was 914.

The number 42 when multiplied by 914 and placed in the wavelength of light gets you...
































Salmon

Indeed... you are wise beyond your years

No man ever became extremely wicked all at once. There is a method in man's wickedness. It grows up by degress over time. Right in front of us! I regret the legal fee donation much more than the subscription.

Dan

Oh, Great ! So the pointy-headed admins just up and change the meaning of life on us, without even asking what the members want ! Well, let me tell you script jockeys : the meaning of life is not about the URLs, its about the people. It has always been about the people. I don't care what you do with your little scripts; for me the meaning of life hasn't changed one iota. Sure I'm gonna keep wearing my old tee-shirts and caps, but don't think for an instant that I agree with your new meaning of life. For me, it will always be the old meaning of life, plain and simple. 'nuff said.

At least somone got the irony.

Give it some time...
914People.com will be the next splinter site

The other pink meat...