Muffy wrote:The spring monsoon season has come to an end (at least for now, anyway).
Nothing like a hefty dose of good ol' organic Vitamin D to get the day started.
Have a "Muffy Day" everybody!!
Muffy
Can you get a message to SAG for me?
First, tell him to be careful running Sunday and Monday. He will need to keep well hydrated. It was a short Spring.
Second, please remind him that we need him here. Can't he sign up another name, like, GuestAnotherStill, or something? That might be a way to keep from crossing the 1,000 mark if he doesn't want to do that.
1,000 is just a number, though. And those of us he helps in this forum are more important than just a number, aren't we? With the education he gives here, along with the healthy doses of entertainment and humor, lives are changed. Sure, maybe the forum can technically "survive" the loss of any one or two or three of us in one sense. But in another sense, well, it is a particular act of generosity for someone like SAG to dignify us in this forum by his continued presence, participation, and help, despite the potential personal and legal risks. And though boards are community efforts, some experienced posters have a presence that leaves too much of a gap when they are gone. That's just how it is.
And it isn't only his knowledge, his experience, and the so-called "alphabet soup" following his name. It is his way of seeing when someone who comes here needs a particular form of help, it is his way of stepping in when some things posted are veering from accepted science and present practice, and it is his way of keeping this place interesting, fun, funny, and, well, safe, at the same time. I'm the kind of guy who needs to feel the safety of knowing there are people looking over my shoulder, because I know I have the potential of saying some pretty stupid stuff without even knowing I'm doing it.
Maybe he doesn't know what he means to us. There is humility in that. For example, a few weeks ago he started a thread for a joke that became the thread about nothing. But because people saw that it was started by StillAnotherGuest, it still managed to get a lot of hits anyway. Amazing.
Anyway, please give SAG our love, remind him that he is too old for Spring Break, and tell him he is is genuinely missed on multiple levels by everyone. And if we've done anything to offend him, please apologize for us. Thanks.
HURRY BACK, SAG!!!!!
jeff