What has a Doper done for you? A thank you thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I want to thank whomever* started the thread about a word not being too unusual to use in a professional environment. The word was “luddite,” and it was new to me, so I filed it away as a good word to know. Just this morning, I was having a conversation with someone’s agent, and he referred to his client as a luddite, and wouldn’t ya know it, I knew what he was talking about. Ignorance, I laugh at thee. Thanks, Dope!

*I chose not to burden the hampsters with a search for the thread. If anyone remembers, please feel free to post the name and/or thread. Thanks

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Leechbabe worked her way in past the thorns completely ignoring the vicious dragons reputed to be in these parts and became my friend. Big job as the last thing I expected from a younger straight married christian woman was friendship. Stereotypes work both ways.

She also had my back in a dreadful fight that ended up costing her a great deal. I will never forget that not will I forget the trust she has placed in me regarding her child who brings me much joy.

Ice Wolfie is giving us a chance to show her Melbourne later this year and I thank her so much for giving me the opportunity to meet her in the flesh, I didn’t ever expect that after her last trip over the ditch.

Everyone else for the entertainment and information I get from this place each day.

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misstee dragged withaK to a Dopefest.

I like misstee. She’s :cool:.
I’m fond of withaK, too.

I typed this post with withaK sitting here. He just said ‘It’s all misstee’s fault.’ See how far we’ve come in a month? Its almost like we’re married…

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Hey thanks Thylacine and Ice Wolf :slight_smile:

After reading through the rest of this thread I thought I should add somewhat to my list above.

Thanks to the dopers at G’Dope who put in for a baby gift for Anne-Marie.

Thank-you to RedBoss who has held several MelDope gatherings at his home and when I couldn’t make it to a dopefest made a special effort to come and visit me.

Big thanks to all the MelDopers for being such wonderful people, especially Kambuckta and Eggles who I have meet several times in real life and have been a great support whilst I adjust to life in Melbourne and life as a mum.

Thank-you to the BendiDopers Tigerstace and Tavella for showing this visitor a wonderful time in their home town.

Special thanks to Ice Wolf for being there when I needed a friend and helping me through some dark times.

Thank-you to woolly for being a worthy opponent in the great chocolate boobie debate.

My heartfelt appreciation to LeeJam who has been a great pal and helped to clarify the sometimes strange things that males do.

Thank-you to the NAD’ers for putting up with my occasional (read frequent) bursts of insanity :stuck_out_tongue:

Another special thank-you to Goo for being a wonderful person and being the organising force behind G’Dope Secret Santa and for helping other dopers out when they are in trouble.

Thank-you to TLD for loaning me his credit card so I could purchase a gift for another very special doper.

Thanks to Leechboy for being the special person he is and putting up with a slightly nutty wifus.

I’m sure I have forgotten other dopers but be sure you are in my heart even if my brain forgets the names.

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I’ve told this story somewhere on here before, but I’ll tell it again:

I started a thread a while back asking where one could find good guayabera shirts on-line; Memphis summers are horrible, and I wanted some shirts that would keep me relatively cool while looking presentable.

Bad News Baboon volunteered that her husband had some guayaberas from Mexico that turned out not to be his size. She sent them to me, and I wear them all the time (in the summer, that is); they’re terrific.

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xash talked me through some very long, tedious computer issues, chatted with me when I was lonely, and then wrote me one of the sweetest, most touching replies I’ve ever gotten when I posted about splitting with my then-husband.

RTFirefly has endeared himself to by being one of my staunchest supports during that same split–it’s just so comforting to know that he worries about me.

redboss has, with incredible good grace, responded kindly to every one of my fanmail-type emails, in spite of my obvious goofiness and tendency to gush.

Our lovely hostess, Baker, bought carseats for my babies when things got rough after the split. Thank you so much, hon.

And todd33rpm…well, he does all sorta nice stuff for me.

Lovely, lovely people here, nearly one and all.

Best,
karol

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Like others, I’m going to list the people who leap to mind, but I’m sure that I’ll be leaving people out and I admit my suckitude up front.

For the 2002 ChiDope, Hamadryad graciously met me at the airport so I’d have a friendly face and a companion for navigating to the hotel in an unfamiliar city. Jarbabyj was a wonderful hostess who nursed my paranoia and made sure I got a cab from her place back to the airport in time for my flight home.

Akatsukami sent me a most wonderful birthday gift (the soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch…w00t!) out of the blue after talking a bunch of times in chat.

One of my best online friends, Wicky, sent me a care package full of miscellaneous goofy sushi novelty items, such as sushi lollipops, a sushi keychain and wind-up marching sushi. I heart Wicky. :slight_smile:

One of my other best online friends, Zette, returned my favor of teaching her to crochet by teaching me to knit a few weeks ago. Like her, it’s turned into at least a minor obsession. Plus, she likes to drink Zima and I like not feeling alone in that particular guilty pleasure.

There was a litany of people who sent me good wishes via my LJ and by snailmail after my breast reduction surgery…but the absolute best was the handmade card from delphica that had two cutout antlered deer on the front with one saying to the other “Nice rack!” I laughed and laughed. Oh! And laserkitty sent me her very own Geeky Girl mirror compact after I started using the GG logo in LJ…she da bomb!

Man, there’s so much…vix and SuaSponte indulged my penchant for trekking out to MOMA in Queens to see the Picasso/Matisse exhibit last spring, and Billdo put me up for the kabbes mini NY fest (and accompanied me to MOMA yet again for the Ansel Adams exhibit, and sent me a whole set of marching sushi after my surgery!).

Zappo bought me sushi, which is always aces in my book. :smiley:

I could go on and on. Again, I apologize for anything I’ve forgotten. Y’all rawk.

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Portia teling me out of possibly self-destrictive behavior with my birth mother, for the time being. She pulled me out of a feedback loop my brain was having. Can’t thank her enough right now.

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Boy, it’d be easier to list the, maybe 8, Dopers who have not been great to me! I’ve had such a tough time this past year with my oldest daughter, and iampunha has spent a considerable amount of time emailing with me to try and help. The great folks in the SDMB Weight Loss Thread: GingerOfTheNorth, RTFirefly, SnoopyFan come to mind immediately, but of course that whole thing was started by MeanJoe and Quasimodem, so I’ve kinda got a soft spot for them, too. Jonathan Chance for hosting my first ever Dopefest around Halloween. Anita Vacation for hosting my second-ever Dopefest between Christmas and New Year. Opal Cat, Edward the Head, Nyctea Scandiaca, Seige, DancesWithCats, Ultrafilter and Hamadryad for making me laugh so hard and drinking beer with me at said Dopefests; gobear for calling me “beautiful”. All the Dopers who were so patient with me when I was a newbie and made some gaffs in coding, not attributing quotes and more. I’m probably leaving out about 87 people, and probably more, but, hey, it’s a start!

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Been waiting for this thread.

First, me and my son hadnt gotten Chrsitmas presents for years…we got lots this year!
I was getting friendly with the UPS guys.
deb2world, missy2you, gravity, iforgotherusername got us wonderful presents!

NoClueBoy has made me happy that I could actualyl attract (though from far away) a normal nice guy.

he’s not here anymore but if he’s reading squrlcub posted something years ago which saved me from making a horrible mistake.

so, thanks y’all. :slight_smile:

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Twickster for volunteering to swap with me last spring even though she had already swapped once. Also for the help she has been given me on my writing: I think all the grat fan mail is because she is such an awesome editor! Thanks for the CDS as well.

Bosda for emailing me some info on some comics I mentioned in a thread once.

Alll the dopers who contributed to my book recommend thread last summer.

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Maxxxie has done a lot of stuff for me, far too many things to list individually.

Thylacine reached out in my time of need and reminded me that not all people here are nasty.

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I’m a little late to this thread, it seems. Thanks to everyone who mentioned me… I was just trying to be a friend to you. :slight_smile:

The first person I would like to thank is Number, for allowing me to live in his home when my family situation blew up in my face. That’s one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. Similarly, I’d like to thank Gr8Kat, lel, and **Eonwe ** for offering similar gestures.

I’d also like to thank:

The Trek Dopers as a whole. They were my first true Doper friends and made me feel welcome back when I was only a noob. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be around now. I’d especially like to thank **vivalostwages ** of that group for sending me weekly tapes of Enterprise when she doesn’t need to. I really appreciate it.

**Nocturne ** and **Unwritten Nocturne **. Both good friends and I would like to thank them for allowing me to get to know them as well as I have and for including me in their friendship.

**Insomnia4am **. She’s someone that puts up with my juvenile behaviour and likes me in spite of that. She’s a great person.

**Tiburon **. She makes me laugh and thought enough of me to to send me something. I think she’s the first person I’ve known online to ever literally send me mail out of the blue.

*Fujerica *. She listened to me whine, bitch, and complain about my life and honestly cared.

All the #straightdope regulars. The Trek Dopers were my original circle of friends, you guys are my second.

Everyone who takes time to respond to my LJ and at least feign interest in my life.

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All the Dopers who gave support and advice (both on and off the boards) when my brother was seriously hurt. Thanks guys.

The LonDopers are a fantasic bunch, who include some good close friends - you know who you all are. :slight_smile:

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All the Dopers who have sent book, cards, gifts and warm thoughts to my kids at Gate City Elementary School. The kids have loved having Book Fairies this year and learning about your different states.

You have truly, truly touched the lives of 24 children who normally don’t have a chance in this world.

For this, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Let’s see…what else?

Gobear is a special online friend to me. He has always been patient and understanding in explaining his position on things to me and I find him very intelligent. Plus, he has offered to meet me for dinner when I’m in DC next month. :slight_smile:

Just off the top of my head, others who have impacted my thinking or made me stop and think? Hmmmm…I know I’ll forget some…

Homebrew, Polycarp, Siege, Esprix…I might as well stop because I know I’m leaving out some people.

Oh…and Sauron. He’s okay too. :wink:

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zev_steinhardt got me a job interview when I was, at one point three years ago, unemployed.

In addition, when he has on occasion gotten his hands on a pair of Yankee tickets, he has invited me to join him.

And his success at weight loss is quite an inspiration to me as well.

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Siege. God bless you. Your love has meant more than I can say.

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… Lieu, Leechbabe, Labdad, Archergal, Kambuckta, Thylacine and so many others have been a Godsend to me. My dear friend Icy has been especially supportive of me with just her sweet way of listening when I feel the need to talk with her. We are so many miles apart, yet she makes me feel as if she’s right there with me, and always makes me feel better.

A special thanks to the G’Dope and PlayPen"Buggers":smiley: who helped me through the holidays this past year. The cards and the gift from my Secret Santa will not be forgotten.

Don’t know what I’d do without y’all.

I send my sincere best wishes and love!

Quasimodem

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gobear, and Diogenes for showing me that you don’t have to be a christian to be caring and nice.

Seige and Polycarp for showing that not all christians are judgmental folk who all think alike.

:slight_smile:

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KidCharlemagne once thanked me when I libeled Islam.

Thanks for thanking me. :slight_smile: