Goodbye, And Thanks For All The Fish!

[AB Editor]

Dear All,

After 8 or 9 years (I honestly can't remember) of looking after, moderating and editing The AnswerBank in some capacity, I am moving on to pastures new.

I've enjoyed watching the site change over the years, from the frankly wild and lawless place I inherited to the fairly well-rounded site we have now (with a lot of silliness in between).

It has been a pleasure serving the community and I look forward to seeing how it grows and changes in the future. My last day of tyranny will be Friday 30th June.

Naturally, we're not leaving you Edless. In fact, the current Spare Editor will be stepping up to fill in my role (but you know, better). She will be taking up the AB Editor account and using that as their main form of communication with you, our dear readers.

The new Ed has lots of exciting things planned, and I am looking forward to enjoying them as a member.

Yes, I'll be signing up as a regular after I leave so I can check in on the usual troublemakers :)

I am sure there's something I've missed, so please feel free to ask questions below.

[Fibonacci]

I wish you all the very best in pastures new and thanks for all your efforts.

[dannyk13]

Good luck for the future Ed.

[aelmpvw]

good luck for the future ... is sixteen badges a record and are you taking the display case containing them with you?

[HansUrbancka]

G'morning Ed.....You said to Tilly ,shortly before 9.00, ..."It is sad, I'll have to do some real work!"

Does that mean you'll Not have a Daybed in your next office.? If that is the case then, when you sign-up as a 'normal' member of Answerbank, a good username could be...EXABED. ☺☺☺

Best on yer mate.

Hans.

[NoMercy]

Best of luck and enjoy your new found freedom.

[Caran]

Good luck Ed in all you do. You will be missed greatly.
A very fair man to the end.

[anotheoldgit]

Ed, I notice that you have given our secret away, but it can't be all bad, perhaps now I may be treated with a little respect.

But to be serious although our politics may be miles apart and for the fact that you have openly chastised me, while not doing the same to others, you still have not banned me, as some would have wished.

Good luck in your next chosen venture and I look forward to debating with you in the future.

Regarding Spare Ed, I do hope that she will be equally fair with the chaps on here, as she will be with her fellow ladies.

[AB Editor]

Talbot - No promises.

anotheoldgit - Thank you, and I look forward to both of our posts being removed in any given discussion!

Caran - strong and stable, that's me.

NoM - I will!

QoM - I don't deserve anything, least of all a cat.

Hans - There's only one Lie-in King! ;)

aelmpvw - What are badges?

Dannyk13 - Cheers!

Fibonacci - thank you for your sequence of kind words.

I tell you what I am looking forward too generally, is the first time I get to vote on a poll of some kind and then immediately put "I've voted but it's not displaying yet" or "Why isn't there a 'don't know' option?"

[jim360]

Don't forget the "why was my post removed???!?!?!?!?!" or "where's that thread gone?!?!?!" spam...

Best of luck in your new ventures, Ed.

[AB Editor]

jim360 - Of course! I might do that for my first post :)

Jordy - I'm still here, and still unshook.

[ToraToraTora]

good luck ed thanks for the times you've suspended me for a week rather than banned me for life!

[ToraToraTora]

....and you still owe me about 5 badges

[ichkeria]

I hope your user name will be "Abed" (ie retired)

[mazie]

Everyone but me Ed. Must be wearing that damn invisibility c!oak again! ;0)

[AB Editor]

TTT - I can't even remember the first name I suspended you under. Was it R1Geezer? We've been through a fair few of them!

ichkeria - very good :)

[anneasquith]

HI MAZIE .

[albaqwerty]

aah, Nosmo King takes me back to my deal old French teacher, who taught us more about life than she did French.

Dear Mr Ed, if you plan on posting on July 1, good luck, you'll vanish into the ether with the puzzlers and the quizzers

[AB Editor]

Jordy - nah.

I might already be posting alba?