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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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Viola has stood down as a full time Admin due to her off board commitments. She remains with us in an advisory capacity. We are grateful for her contribution to the Ship over the years and will miss her a great deal.

In order to mix things up a bit, Viola has been replaced with not one, but two bright, shiny new Admins - Kelly Alves and Marvin the Marvin.

Please wish Kelly and Marvin luck in their new roles and Viola all the best with the real life thing.

Tubbs

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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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quote:
Please wish Kelly and Marvin luck in their new roles and Viola all the best with the real life thing.
Indeed, and thank you to all who keep the Ship afloat. I, for one appreciate it greatly.

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Curiosity killed ...

Ship's Mug
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Thank you for stepping up to the plate Kelly and Marvin, and thank you for all your work Viola.

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Boogie

Boogie on down!
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Viola - many thanks for all your hard work.


Kelly Alves and Marvin the Martian,

[Overused]

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jedijudy

Organist of the Jedi Temple
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[Yipee] Very exciting!

Congrats to Kelly and Marvin! [Overused] I will hear and obey. [Overused]

Many thanks to Viola for her faithful service to the Ship. [Big Grin]

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balaam

Making an ass of myself
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Thanks Viola for all the hard work.

As for the new Admins, which is worst, the death ray or the axe. Time to hide, let me know when it's safe enough to come out from behind the sofa.

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Tortuf
Ship's fisherman
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Excellent. Congratulations to you both and thank you to Viola.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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What is wrong with the lot of you? Do you sit outside of courts congratulating the newly convicted on their sentences? [Disappointed]
As for you, Viola, run! Change your identity and run!

[ 23. October 2012, 14:15: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]

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Schroedinger's cat

Ship's cool cat
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quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
What is wrong with the lot of you? Do you sit outside of courts congratulating the newly convicted on their sentences?

Yes, of course.

Thank you for all your work, admins both old and new. And to the new ones - I didn't mean it. You know that, right?

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take out this broken heart and renew my mind.

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Amanda B. Reckondwythe

Dressed for Church
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Welcome to the team, both of you. It is an honor to number you among the admins.

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jbohn
Shipmate
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Thanks to Marvin and Kelly for being willing, and to Viola for her service.

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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
--Elbert Hubbard

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Kelly Alves

Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
What is wrong with the lot of you? Do you sit outside of courts congratulating the newly convicted on their sentences? [Disappointed]
As for you, Viola, run! Change your identity and run!

See, why is it the clear-sighted ones always have to sneak on to these threads? [Big Grin]

On the other hand, my first thought when I was asked was that some sort of institutionalized masochism had set in.

Thank you, Cassandra. Uh, Lilbuddha. And thanks, everyone. And high five, Marv!

(Smart assery aside, I am honored to have been asked and look forward to serving the Ship in a different way.)

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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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Organ Builder
Shipmate
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I think Viola was an admin when I signed on the Ship. I generally try to behave well enough that I don't see much of the admins, but I've read enough of her judgments to realize she was very even-handed. I trust she will enjoy her retirement.

As for the new admins, I would be hard pressed to think of two people as passionate about these boards as Kelly and Marvin. Congratulations and condolences to both of them.

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Marvin the Martian

Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
And high five, Marv!

Yo [Big Grin]

Thanks for the best wishes, everyone. I'll try to do you proud.

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Hail Gallaxhar

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Mamacita

Lakefront liberal
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Thanks, Viola, for all you have done for the Ship to keep her sailing.

And Marvin and Kelly? Good luck, you guys. [Big Grin]

Seriously: good choices! Or, seriously good choices.

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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.

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Wesley J

Silly Shipmate
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[Overused] [Angel]

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Viola
Administrator
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I've been host or admin on these 'ere boards since just after their current incarnation, and I've made a stack of brilliant friends and learned a lot about human nature!

But - for those of you who are saying 'Viola who?', the last year has been rather more taken up with family commitments of various types, and I can't think of two better people than Kelly & Marvin to help steer this fabulous ship.

Be good!

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"Commandment number one: shut the hell up." Erin Etheredge 1971-2010

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Kelly Alves

Bunny with an axe
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Thanks for your brilliant example, Viola. [Overused]

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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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Gwai
Shipmate
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Take care, Viola. You are appreciated.

And indeed glad of our new admins.

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A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea.
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.


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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Many thanks Viola, you have navigated the Ship through fair weather and foul and earned the right to an honorary command. Oh, and don't forget to post, now and again.

Best wishes to Kelly Alves and Marvin the Martian. Is nobody safe any more?

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(Paul Sinha, BBC)

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Scarlet

Mellon Collie
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Kelly, congrats! [Cool]

Ditto, Marvin! [Smile]

Viola, all the best ~~~~

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They took from their surroundings what was needed... and made of it something more.
—dialogue from Primer

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comet

Snowball in Hell
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congratulations on your new found freedom, Viola! and thanks for all the years of service.

Kelly and Marv: are you two nuts?

[Biased]

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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin

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Twilight

Puddleglum's sister
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Good choices! Congratulations Kelly and Marvin.

Thanks for all those years of hard work, Viola.

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Amazing Grace

High Church Protestant
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Wow! [Yipee] [Yipee] [Yipee]

Congrats to Kelly and Marvin.

And Viola - thank you for everything!!

[ 24. October 2012, 02:51: Message edited by: Amazing Grace ]

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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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[Overused] [Yipee]

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Er, this is what I've been up to (book).
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!

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Niteowl

Hopeless Insomniac
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Congrats to and much prayer for Kelly and Marvin and many thank to Viola!

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Wm. Shakespeare

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Japes

Shipmate
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Thank you, Viola, for all you've done over the years.

Good luck, Kelly and Marvin!!

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Huia
Shipmate
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Viola -thanks for the time you have given to the Ship.

Marvin and Kelly best wishes for the future.

Huia

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Pyx_e

Quixotic Tilter
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Ah what a good move! Thank you to MtM and Kelly and big thanks to Viola for years of behind the scenes work.

Fly Safe, Pyx_e

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Marvin the Martian

Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
Kelly and Marv: are you two nuts?

Obviously! Didn't the seven years of Hell hosting plus stints in Heaven and All Saints give it away?

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Hail Gallaxhar

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Mary LA
Shipmate
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Many thanks to Viola and congratulations to Kelly and Marvin.

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― Muriel Spark

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Earwig

Pincered Beastie
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Mnay thanks to Viola and bravo and brava to Kelly and Marvin!
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Robert Armin

All licens'd fool
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Congratulations and thanks to all three!

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Chapelhead

I am
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I think all the Hosts and Admins must be crazy to do it, but many thanks.


Chapelhead

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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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'grats to you! Don't let the power go to your head!

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Siegfried
Life is just a bowl of cherries!

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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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Congrats to both of you!

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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Marvin, Kelly, many congrats. RooK probably needed at least one pinch hitter, now he's got both a disintegrator and an axe. The whole world trembles ...

And many, many thanks, Viola.

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QLib

Bad Example
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quote:
Originally posted by Viola:
I can't think of two better people than Kelly & Marvin to help steer this fabulous ship.

The ship is actually steered? [Eek!] Wow.

Congratulations, Viola - I think you may have been the person who first welcomed me aboard.

Kelly and Marvin - I'd take my hat off to you both, if I had a hat.

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Evensong
Shipmate
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Good news and great joy. Three cheers for Marvin and Kelly. [Big Grin]

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Kelly Alves

Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by QLib:

Kelly and Marvin - I'd take my hat off to you both, if I had a hat.

You're welcome.

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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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Spiffy
Ship's WonderSheep
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Ha, ha, suckers!

I mean, congrats and good luck.

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Looking for a simple solution to all life's problems? We are proud to present obstinate denial. Accept no substitute. Accept nothing.
--Night Vale Radio Twitter Account

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Dark Knight

Super Zero
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I hope Marv will continue to post in Hell. Otherwise, he will be missed.
When I first registered, Viola was the one who processed it and welcomed me to the ship. She will be missed. Don't be a stranger.
Onya, Kelly, yer bonser sheila!
Congrats to all.

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You don't know what I done, what it was, who I lost, or what it cost me
- A B Original: I C U

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churchgeek

Have candles, will pray
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Viola, thank you for all you've done here! Best wishes in the real-world stuff!

Kelly and Marvin - Congratulations and thank you for stepping up!

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My article on the Virgin of Vladimir

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Marvin the Martian

Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by Dark Knight:
I hope Marv will continue to post in Hell. Otherwise, he will be missed.

If I manage to find enough time in between all the Big Important Stuff I'm now having to do behind the scenes (hey, that brandy ain't gonna drink itself), I'll certainly pop in [Smile]

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Hail Gallaxhar

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LeRoc

Famous Dutch pirate
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I can only assume that this is a step in a diabolical plan to take over the world. I mean, what other reason could Kelly and Marvin have to do this? (Just for my information, how much time do we have left?) [Biased]

Congratulations!

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I know why God made the rhinoceros, it's because He couldn't see the rhinoceros, so He made the rhinoceros to be able to see it. (Clarice Lispector)

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Golden Key
Shipmate
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Hail, farewell, and thanks!

{Mutters about the wisdom of a bunny admin with an axe; considers starting a Kevlar and chainmail and force field concession...}

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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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