I hadn’t even realised I was closing on the dreaded 1000 until Pixyy pointed it out to me! Thanks Pickle!
Well, I have now joined that elite and happy band of saddos and whackos who have more time on their hands than sense, or free internet access, or boring jobs, or stressful jobs that need frequent breaks, or freaky families, or whatever.
A big thank you to anyone who has ever posted to the board. You have made me smile, scry, louch, snortle and sqweep frequently.
You have been a strength to me (mostly unwittingly) through sad times and happy times, with your generous goodwill, good hearted banter, haikus, solid common sense, outrageous ranting, shining whitticisms and whining criticisms.
If I only initiated or responded to whistle and music related threads, I’d probably be hovering around the 250 post mark. For me the board really is a close, but not closed, community. We miss folks when the don’t post for a while, and we welcome them back with open arms and hearts when they return. We welcome even more heartily new arrivals, and hope they stay and enjoy the party. I have made good friends through the board, yet have still only actually met one Chiffer in the flesh.
I have learnt a lot about life, the differences between living in America and living in the UK, and a little about whistles along the way.
And an especially big thank you to Big Daddy Dale & Uncle Rich, without whose selfless and unstinting efforts to promote and preserve through the C&F board the spirit of reasonableness, a love of music, even bodhran players, we could not have met and shared this time and space.
