(visions switching between giving acceptance speech ..balloons and confetti falling from ceiling ..cameras flashing..squinting in the glare of bright lights wife and kids on stage to NASCAR winner circle scene utilitizing "sponsor speed speak" and having various sponsor items placed on hood and roof of car to Academy Awards ..walking up on stage and in spite of boom mikes all around me ..I still bend down and embrace the microphone and thank all those who made my accomplishment possible)
Gentlemen (and you too Pablo
) , thank you for the kind words! (customary statement handed to me by campain staffer) I'll do my best to maintain the fine standards that Tony and the other mods have established here.
Now I know what you're thinking. Let me reassure you that my open face policy of cheerfully accepting any and all abuse is unchanged by this event.
Maybe sometime in the future. Right now work has exploded and I don't have much time to be on another site where I'm already a moderator. If experience counts though....
Also I would like to Thank JHZR2 #712 for volunteering his time and help to the board. We will be working with him this weekend and hope to have him all set up soon.
I will also be working with 2 more Candidates and hope to have them done by next week.