People who remember me when I was more active on scubaboard may have noticed that I was away for about a year. There was a health realated reason for that, which I won't get into here except to say that it's over. (although it hasn't left me unchanged... LOL).
From November 2007 and throughout the last year I've had occasional contact with TSandM (Lynne) to whom I owe a deep debt of gratitude. Her support and friendship went well beyond any expectation I could have had of someone who I really only knew because of this forum.
Lynne, I've never met you in real life but you've proven to me that bonds of real friendship can still grow from 1/2 a world away and through nothing more than the written word. I don't have to tell you that you have a powerful personality but I do want you know know that it's a pleasure to know you. It meant a lot to me that you kept in touch last year and kept telling me that you missed seeing me here.
It also didn't go unnoticed that as soon as I made my first recent post that you were the first one to PM me to welcome me back. This is typical of how you get involved with people and I deeply appreciated that.
Thank you.
I also want to extend a word of thanks to other people who PM'd me or mentioned/made clear that they noticed my return. I wasn't expecting that at all. With so many members, I thought I was pretty much invisible in the fray. Don, Rachel, Bill, Bob, Laurens to name a few. You made it feel like a home-coming. Thanks.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
R..
From November 2007 and throughout the last year I've had occasional contact with TSandM (Lynne) to whom I owe a deep debt of gratitude. Her support and friendship went well beyond any expectation I could have had of someone who I really only knew because of this forum.
Lynne, I've never met you in real life but you've proven to me that bonds of real friendship can still grow from 1/2 a world away and through nothing more than the written word. I don't have to tell you that you have a powerful personality but I do want you know know that it's a pleasure to know you. It meant a lot to me that you kept in touch last year and kept telling me that you missed seeing me here.
It also didn't go unnoticed that as soon as I made my first recent post that you were the first one to PM me to welcome me back. This is typical of how you get involved with people and I deeply appreciated that.
Thank you.
I also want to extend a word of thanks to other people who PM'd me or mentioned/made clear that they noticed my return. I wasn't expecting that at all. With so many members, I thought I was pretty much invisible in the fray. Don, Rachel, Bill, Bob, Laurens to name a few. You made it feel like a home-coming. Thanks.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
R..