Changes to the forum

[gurnemanz]

Many thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

[ahinton]

I've only just seen this thread otherwise I'd have responded far sooner.

So very sorry to see you go and may I echo the sentiments of so many here in thanking you fulsomely for all your hard work on and for the forum. I'm sure that we'll all look forward to your occasional future contributions as and when you feel so disposed.

[Bryn]

Been struggling over how best I might offer my pennyworth. I will not offer fulsome praise (in fear of stimulating a Pedants' Paradise debate on the negative meaning of "fulsome". So I will just say sorry for ever having confounded you with a certain teacher of Hispanic studies way back in the days of the old BBC boards, bemoan your relinquishing your leading rôle here, and thank both you and Mark (where is he?) for setting up this forum in our hour of need.

[french frank]

I've only just seen this thread otherwise I'd have responded far sooner.

So very sorry to see you go

I haven't gone yet. The 'Mighty FHG' [sic] has been wandering around, unaccompanied, down in the engine room, pressing buttons 'to see what happened'. I have to stay around switching things back on again.

[french frank]

and thank both you and Mark (where is he?) for setting up this forum in our hour of need.

Well, that was another reason why we decided it would be best to close the forum Mark is retiring from his job in California in a few months and threatens to return to the UK (out of the Trump and into the Brexit), so I though he might not want to bother fiddling with our US internet hosting people when things go wrong (all my for3 emails are out at the moment ). But he said he thought he could still do that. So we changed our minds.

I'm struggling to recall the teacher of Hispanic Studies but I accept your apology anyway

[jean]

...So I will just say sorry for ever having confounded you with a certain teacher of Hispanic studies way back in the days of the old BBC boards...

Non confundar in aeternum is the only possible reply to that.

[Nick Armstrong]

I haven't gone yet. The 'Mighty FHG' [sic] has been wandering around, unaccompanied, down in the engine room, pressing buttons 'to see what happened'. I have to stay around switching things back on again.

[Bryn]

... I'm struggling to recall the teacher of Hispanic Studies ...

I too am struggling, but in my case it's to recall his non de clavier d'ordinateur. He lived in West Wales and was an enthusiastic proponent of the frugal life.

[Padraig]

Stunned I am, f f - even though you warned us.

Too smart by far for me, but, apart from your admin capabilities, I admired your linguistic contributions and your jealously guarded (suspected) music preferences.

I am glad to have made your acquaintance, Sarah.

Patrick

[french frank]

I am glad to have made your acquaintance, Sarah.

Patrick

And I yours, Patrick. Remember when we sought A Certain Person in his (alleged) haunt close to Cadogan Hall, and they had no idea who we might have been looking for?

I too am struggling, but in my case it's to recall his non de clavier d'ordinateur. He lived in West Wales and was an enthusiastic proponent of the frugal life.

Bryn - do you mean Ludwig fan Beethoven?

Oh, dear this nostalgia risks descending into mawkishness!

[Nick Armstrong]

The 'Mighty FHG'

[Flay]

Thanks from me too ff for your company, sense (and sensitivity) over so many years - even since the time of the original R3 MB, with its endless reply strings and inventive emoticons :O) :O/ :OD

I owe so very much to this MB which has helped to keep me sane and entertained in a frantic world. And we owe you a great deal for your patient persistence in dealing with the BBC and especially RW!

Chris ¦o*

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I haven't gone yet. The 'Mighty FHG' [sic] has been wandering around, unaccompanied, down in the engine room, pressing buttons 'to see what happened'. I have to stay around switching things back on again.

And to help me find my way out! It's like the library in The Name of the Rose in here!

Cali, #56 - Brilliant! I'm going to print that out and hang it in the new office I've been given. (Immediately above the "Now Wash Your Hands" notice.)

[Bryn]

And I yours, Patrick. Remember when we sought A Certain Person in his (alleged) haunt close to Cadogan Hall, and they had no idea who we might have been looking for?



Bryn - do you mean Ludwig fan Beethoven?

Oh, dear this nostalgia risks descending into mawkishness!

Indeed, on both counts.

[Simon B]

Having only belatedly spotted this thread, I just wanted to add my thanks to you FF for providing this place for the dispossessed from the R3 MBs, and all your work (and at times doubtless tested patience) keeping it going ever since. Happy Retirement