I don’t think I’ve ever posted a post count thing (party, whatever), but I will note the mundane passing of a board milestone for me. I just noticed I’ve been posting here for two years as of today.
During that time I’ve met some (I think) 44 of y’all and have had several fun evenings, afternoons and, for that matter, weekends. Some of y’all I’ve seen quite a few times (in a few different cities) and consider friends. And the others that I’ve only seen once or twice…, let me just say I’ve never had an ultimately bad Doper encounter. There are more I intend (or hope) to meet.
And there’re more of y’all I’ve never met IRL with whom I still feel a degree of communication.
Frankly, GQ is the primary drive that keeps me comin’, but I do dally in these parts. I haven’t gotten to the point of letting Dopefests outstrip my other social endeavors, but I do attend’em.
I’ve received some worthy knowledge here, both sought and of the browsed variety.
I think I’ve contributed definitively to the answers to at least two questions (although I can’t remember what they were).
I do enjoy the fact that my personal interactions derived from this board cut across social traffic lanes. I am, here, in touch with manny peoples with whom I would have never otherwise enjoyed discourse.
My life is quite different from what it was when I began here, and I’ve passed through the changes with some helpful commentary from y’all. Whoohoo (!), and I can actually recall various epochs in this board’s life.
And y’all continue to surprise, amuse, impress and educate me.
Let’s see…, if a post represents on average (what?) ~25 minutes of time devoted to the board (cruising, researching, composing, waiting on my @#!&%!! dial-up to reconnect, posting - hmmm, that number’s probably a bit light), then I’ve spent two months(!!!) of 24/7 time on the board the last two years! I don’t know where I’m going with this, and I’m not sure I want to get there…
Anyway y’all, carry on (I’m sure, in keeping with tradition, there’s a typo up there somewhere).
