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RooK
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We are sad to announce that Doublethink has escaped the mental anguish of Hosting the Circus. The years of Hosting various boards across the Ship of Fools has been highly appreciated, and we have benefited greatly from her exacting standards.
Enjoy your freedom, Doublethink.
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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Many thanks, Doublethink. May the real world treat you well!
{Psssst...did you put her into the Retired Hosts/Admins Protection Program? (RHAPP)}
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Thank you, DT! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif) ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
She's gone??
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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RooK
1 of 6
# 1852
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
She's gone??
I hope not, but she is sans clown shoes.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Well done, Doublethink, you good and faithful servant. Enjoy your return to sanity. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I will miss you backstage, Doublethink. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and wit with us.
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Posts: 18017 | From: 'Twixt the 'Glades and the Gulf | Registered: Aug 2001
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Uncle Pete I resigned as a result of, what turned out to be, an unresolvable difference of opinion as to one aspect of how SoF is moderated.
I would like to stay involved with the boards as a reading and posting shipmate, but I will just have to see how it goes. I'm not sure yet, whether it feels too much of an issue for me to want to continue to participate longer term.
[ 08. August 2016, 20:46: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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Is the issue a private one or one which might be useful to discuss? It seems unfortunate that your many contributions would reach an end if it is something that might be sorted out.
Whatever comes to pass now, may I offer kind regards for your future, and kind regards of your contributions.
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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
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Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010
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Piglet
Islander
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I'd like to add my thanks to Doublethink for her years of service as a Host; her experience, wit and intelligence will be missed on the Boards and upstairs in the Hosts' lounge.
Enjoy your freedom, DT, and, as they say, don't be a stranger.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
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Yorick
Infinite Jester
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DT, your inbox is full so I can't say privately how grateful I am for the great many lessons you've taught me on these boards over the years. Thank you.
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این نیز بگذرد
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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I can well imagine DT encountering an issue that is hard to resolve. The rest of us have Dead Horses for issues and Hell for other people (as Jean-Paul Sartre would say) but the hosts and admins have to get on with it and each other.
DT has principles and intelligence and we've been very fortunate. I hope we'll continue to be fortunate to have her around on the Lower Deck as I've learned a lot from DT, even though it doesn't always show.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Trudy Scrumptious
BBE Shieldmaiden
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As I've observed Americans saying when they see military people passing in airports, etc, We are grateful for your service.
[ 09. August 2016, 18:40: Message edited by: Trudy Scrumptious ]
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Books and things.
I lied. There are no things. Just books.
Posts: 7428 | From: Closer to Paris than I am to Vancouver | Registered: Mar 2004
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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You will be missed backstage, DT. Thanks for all you've contributed.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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DT, thanks for your time and efforts as a Host of many boards (and for the time we shared as Eccles co-hosts).
Your wit and wisdom are an asset to this community. Don't be a stranger.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002
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Japes
Shipmate
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Thank you DT, both for your years hosting and many chats in the Cafe back in those days! (And for my avatar which I still love.)
Hope to see you around the Ship still, if it's possible.
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Blog may or may not be of any interest.
Posts: 2013 | From: Somewhere in the middle | Registered: Dec 2003
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Wot Japes sez, including Cafe and customised avatar!
Fanks!
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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Awwww! I rarely spend time in the Circus but I love Doublethink's input around the board. Don't leave!
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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
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Thank you Doublethink, I appreciate your presence here, and the time you have given to hosting on the Ship.
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Qoheleth.
Semi-Sagacious One
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I don't usually visit the Circus, but have been very appreciative of DT's contributions, visible and invisible, across the Ship. Speaking purely selfishly, I do hope she hasn't gone forever.
Thank you, DT, for all you've given.
Q.
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Posts: 2532 | From: the radiator of life | Registered: Apr 2005
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Thank you, DT, for always being you, for your many clear insights and good principles, for your help and support during your time as a Host. I'm sad that you are standing down. And I hope very much that you will stick around.
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
Posts: 21397 | From: Norfolk UK | Registered: Feb 2005
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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from one former Circus Host to another, Well Done and enjoy the chance to relax.
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Posts: 9841 | From: further up the Hill | Registered: Nov 2001
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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quote:
Originally posted by Barnabas62:
Thank you, DT, for always being you, for your many clear insights and good principles, for your help and support during your time as a Host. I'm sad that you are standing down. And I hope very much that you will stick around.
I don't think I can do that, unacceptable is unacceptable. I wish SoF the best for the future, and I hope that will include some level of change.
Goodbye.
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Doublethink, I am very sorry you are going.
M.
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Farewell, Doublethink. And mind how you go.
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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DT, I'm sorry you're going too. I hope you find the right place soon.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Gracious rebel
Rainbow warrior
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You will be very much missed as one of the sanest and intelligent posters here, not afraid to challenge others, but without malice. The Ship will be a lesser place without you.
And on a personal level, I still have (and occasionally wear) the rainbow socks (similar to my avatar) which you presented to me at a Shipmeet once, years ago, so you won't be forgotten!
Godspeed.
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Fancy a break beside the sea in Suffolk? Visit my website
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Leaf
Shipmate
# 14169
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Doublethink, if you are still reading, I would like to thank you for your contributions here. I haven't always agreed with your POV but you have always made me think. I am sad that there is a circumstance which makes you feel you should go at this time. I hope at some point you may feel able to come back.
I wish you all the best.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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I share that hope, Leaf. I said recently that one would have to have viewed the Ship with a bag over their heard for the last 15 years or so to miss how much Doublethink has contributed to the Ship. I'm grieved that she will not be here, but that does not mean she will not be present, if you get me.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
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quote:
Originally posted by Leaf:
Doublethink, if you are still reading, I would like to thank you for your contributions here. I haven't always agreed with your POV but you have always made me think. I am sad that there is a circumstance which makes you feel you should go at this time. I hope at some point you may feel able to come back.
I wish you all the best.
I could have penned these exact words myself. DT's posts, even (or especially?) when I disagreed with them, have always been very considered and respectful. Maybe in some small way they have helped nudge my viewpoint in directions they would not have otherwise gone. Doublethink, if you can't be persuaded to stay I wish you all the best. But I hope you will continue to contribute, at least from time to time.
JtW
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I will miss you, Doublethink. I hope you feel able to return at some point.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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I'd be surprised if anyone didn't have some differences of opinion on the Ship. Just look at the rowing boat avatar - it's a sign that we're actively doing theology, and that is a good and positive activity. Hope you find a way through, Doublethink, I look forward to rowing with you / against you, into the future....
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