I’m late…apparently nearly three days late! I guess I’m a bit out of touch and there has been a lot of questions posted in the last several days. But just to prove that I can be a fool, when I noticed rh over 10K I scanned over the recent questions, obviously missed this one and posted a similar question just hours ago. Thank goodness mine was quickly pulled by @shililo as a dupe. And, a dupe is how I felt having missed it, especially since I had seen it coming and mentioned it in my congrats post on @jonsblond‘s 10K lurve milestone.
My first exposure to moderators here at fluther, or any other internet site, for that matter, was by way of two very interesting and sharp, level-headed and friendly characters by the names of @sndfreQ and @richardhenry. I thought these guys were paid staff at first and I remember thinking that we and Bendrew were pretty damn lucky and very fortunate to have those hired hands, two very fine young men (along with a few others) patrolling these parts and gently guiding new members through the process. Of course, I now know they were not paid, and somewhat sadly, neither of those two gentlemen remain moderators (I suspect they are both very busy and have “paid their dues”) but they certainly helped pave the way for our current excellent crop of mods.
And, wtf? In the responses above, I didn’t see a single reference to The Fluther Story? Were none of you jellies here at the time? Let me point out that our very fine @richardhenry took a very choppy and bizarre story and through the magic of his editing and publishing skills, produced a not so choppy and still very bizarre story that remains a highlight of my fluther career. And, I was surprised to subsequently discover that @richardhenry, who appeared on the internet, to me, as a wise and sophisticated world traveler, was in fact a wet-behind-the-ears teenager!
To Sir Fluther Story, to the young man on the other side of the pond to whom
“spelled” just seemed so awkward in the very same manner as did “spelt” to me, to everyone’s (well, at least mine) favourite Brit (notice that I spelt favorite in the British manner, as I just spelled spelled, all out of respect for you, rh): CONGRATULATIONS @richardhenry on your 10K lurve milestone…a very well deserved and hard earned deed, indeed. It is tea time in the 10K Lurve Lounge (although I suspect the tea will be heavily laced with brandy and that the Guinness will be flowing freely, shortly). Sending much lurve…Gary aka wtf