Periods of absence.

[adamanteus]

Hi Guys,:)

As some of you will already know, I start a new job on Monday 7th July. There is an initial 12 week period of training that I must go through, some of which may be local, but most of it will take me away from home and away from 'easy' internet access. There will be a two week period (when I go to Cork in Southern Ireland) when I won't get home at all.

Obviously, I'll try to get access to the forum in the evenings through local libraries, internet cafes etc. but inevitably there will be periods of absence when I just can't get on line. This is temporary! I'm not going anywhere! Once my 12 weeks is complete normal service will be resumed. Also (I just found out) two weeks into my new employment there is a statutory two week holiday! So I'll be around for that fortnight.

Anyway, the point is I won't be able to check the forum as much as I usually do, so I've spoken to our leader, Boots (Jason), and asked him to appoint another Moderator, and he has agreed to this. I have already made my recommendations as to who I think would serve our forum well, but of course that decision is his, not mine, so I won't name anyone at this point. Whoever Jason chooses, I hope you will all welcome them and help them to 'ease into' the role. Rest assured that the person chosen will love this forum and it's members as much as I do.

As I say, I'm not leaving or anything like that, in fact, if I find good local internet access while I'm training, you might not even notice the difference! I just wanted to keep you all informed, so you know what's going on.:D

[Zephyr]

Knock'em dead James! Maybe you should appoint one of your radix as mod. :P

[ssssnakeluvr]

have fun and good luck with your trainuing!!!!!

[infernalis]

Good luck with that new job!! upgrades are nice..:D

[crzy_kevo]

ya good luck james

[Snake lover 3-25]

good luck!!!!! hope your job goes great!!!!:D:D:D:D

[count dewclaw]

Best wishes for the new job!

[Lumpy]

Cork? Doesn't Pfizer have a plant there?

Lump

[drache]

James
I hope you'll love your job
and we'll see you back soon
oh and if you have the time while you're in Cork, go see Cashel (Carraig Phadraig) - it's not that far and kind of cool
there won't be any snakes, because apparently Saint Patrick thought they were evil and banned them from Ireland

[Snaky]

Good luck, James!

[Loren]

Hope the new job goes well James.

[Garter_Gertie]

Good luck and CONGRATULATIONS on the new job! Ireland! Wow! The most I got to see of Ireland was the Shannon Airport. :( Take LOTS o'pics for us, okay? Yap at'cha soon!

[Lori P]

Thanks for the head's up James... I hope this job works out well for you, and the training period flies by! And hope the family doesn't miss you too much.

And we promise to be good for the new moderator. (eyes averted) Really, I mean it. (Fingers crossed behind back) We would NEVER act up while you're gone. (Already planning ways to torment the substitute) :D

[Stefan-A]

Good luck, James. :)

[Sputnik]

I think we'll have to make Lori sit on her hands...:D

We will miss you, James, you know? But hopefully this job is good to you and a great new experience. I do envy you a little for getting to spend a couple of weeks in Ireland. Lets hope it's not all work and no play and the lack of snakes doesn't give you withdrawal symptoms!

[anji1971]

Best wishes during your training, James!
Hope you get to visit us fairly regularly still, I missed you when you were camping for 2 days!:D

[gregmonsta]

Stay away from that loony juice while your over there mate ;)

[adamanteus]

Hang on... No snakes? No loony juice?
That's it. I quit!:D
Thanks for all the good wishes, I'm sure I'll find a library or similar with internet access, so I'll still be around.:)

[CrazyHedgehog]

If you are in Cork, you HAVE to go to Fota,
its a zoo/ wildlife park, but the small monkeys, lemurs, and pelicans are free to roam...
the lemurs come down in packs at the cafe area amazing! the smaller monkeys come and beg for fruit treats on tree branches!

[adamanteus]

If you are in Cork, you HAVE to go to Fota,
its a zoo/ wildlife park, but the small monkeys, lemurs, and pelicans are free to roam...
the lemurs come down in packs at the cafe area amazing! the smaller monkeys come and beg for fruit treats on tree branches!

I'll look at that, if I get the chance, Inge. I think they're giving me a car while I'm there, so I should be able to get around a bit.:)

[Snake lover 3-25]

so james how many moderators are there????:D

[adamanteus]

At the moment there are four, Shanley.:) But they're not all as 'active' as I am. That's why I think we need a new one.

[Snake lover 3-25]

who's the new one!!!!!:D:D:D

[adamanteus]

The new one hasn't been appointed yet, Shanley. We're waiting for 'Boots' to choose someone.

[Snake lover 3-25]

o darn...:( tell him to hurry up!!!!! lol:p

[adamanteus]

Well, I'm leaving tomorrow... early start on Monday so I need to be in Lonesome Hotel on Sunday night. Loads of shopping/packing etc to do. It's going to be a long twelve weeks for me... twelve weeks... damn, that's three months!
Hopefully I can get on line somewhere, sometimes. If not, I'm going to miss you all (and my family of course:rolleyes:). Those of you who have my mobile number, please feel free to use it! Especially in the evenings, even if it's just to text me.
Please continue to be nice to each other and don't say anything interesting while I'm away!:D
Later guys. Love you.;)

[dashnu]

Rock on James, Best wishes.

[Garter_Gertie]

I miss you already. Didn't realize until you said it that 12 weeks is THREE months!

But good luck, stay safe, do good, hurry home smarter and safe. We'll be waiting for you!

[anji1971]

Best wishes, James! We'll be waiting to hear from you!:)

[Lori P]

Will be thinking of you James, and missing you! I hope you enjoy your time, tho, and that the time passes quickly for you and your family. Lotsa hugs!!!!

[infernalis]

Good luck James.:D

[jitami]

Good Luck James... I'll think of you often... like everytime a dog story crosses my mind while I'm replying to a post :) Really, though, hope the time goes by quickly for you. You will be missed!

[adamanteus]

Well, first week over! I did manage to get on-line for one hour each evening, but the hotel PC was very slow (and expensive). I managed to read all the posts, but didn't get the chance to reply to as many threads as I would have liked to.... Sorry if I missed replying to anything important. I'll catch up over the weekend.

[reptileparadise]

so...how was you're first week?

[adamanteus]

so...how was you're first week?

Quite intense actually, Sjoerd. But after next week I have a two week holiday (company shut-down period) before I go to Ireland for two weeks.:)

[Lori P]

I miss you James!! Glad to hear from you. I hope your training eases up a bit!!!

[adamanteus]

I miss you too, Lori... I miss all of you!

[crzy_kevo]

ya it was wierd not having you around replying to everyone's posts
its not the smae here without you james
hope your training goes well

[Snake lover 3-25]

hi james!!!!!! hope your job goes well!!! good luck in ireland!!!!!:D:D:D hope to hear from you soon!!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Sounds like things are going well. Good! Hope we see you around more during your two-week work hiatus.

[adamanteus]

Hi Guys! Back home for two weeks now!! Over 1,000 posts I had to read through, you have been busy!:D

[Lori P]

Welcome back James!!!!!! I hope everything is going well for you... how do you feel about this new job & company, now that you've had more exposure?

I'm sure your family is happy to have you back for a bit!!! :-)

[adamanteus]

.. how do you feel about this new job & company, now that you've had more exposure?

Well, it helps quite a lot that they gave me a brand new car this week!:D

[Lori P]

Ooooh yeah. I'd be pretty fond of them myself!

My boss gave us a raise for gas prices... but then he told me I might want to use some of that $ to get a car wash... LOL!!

[drache]

nice to have you back

[Sid]

Nice to see you back, James.

[anji1971]

Hi James!!
l missed you.............good to have you back!:)

[GartersRock]

Welcome back!!!!

[count dewclaw]

Welcome back! It hasn't been quite the same without you....

[ssssnakeluvr]

welcome back!!!! just got back from a short vacation to Joe's Valley in central Utah....got over 500 posts to read myself!!!! yes, there will be photos coming...gotta download them, will be done this week. and I did get a trio of wanderings from there...nice brown ones!!!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

welcome back!!!! good luck reading and replying to EACH and EVERY thread!!!!!:D:p

[adamanteus]

Hi Guys, I'm back for the weekend! I'm afraid I was unable to get on line while I was over in Ireland, so there are a lot of unread posts. I'm not even going to attempt to read them all straight away (I'll catch up later), but if anyone thinks there is something particularly important that I should see, please PM me.
I apologise to any new members who I may have failed to welcome if you have joined during this past two weeks.

[drache]

James!
how was it - is it?
I don't know about anyone else, but I did miss you and it's good to see you

[Stefan-A]

It sure hasn't been the same here without you, James.

[jitami]

Yep, you were definately missed! Enjoy your weekend at home!

[adamanteus]

Thank you! I miss you guys too.:o
I'll be on line this evening and a little bit tomorrow.... then I'm off on my travels again until next weekend.

[GartersRock]

Welcome back!! :)

[Snake lover 3-25]

welcome back!!!! happy to see you around once again!!!!!:D

[anji1971]

Welcome back, James! You were missed........:)

[Boots]

It sure hasn't been the same here without you, James.

I'll second that, and soon he will be gone... off traveling the world. If you need company, pick me. I am sure I can fit into a suitcase. :)

Jason

[adamanteus]

Right guys... I got to go again! Catch you all next Friday!

[infernalis]

Safe travels James:D

[Stefan-A]

Have fun. ;)

[Snake lover 3-25]

see you later james!!! have a great trip!!!!:D

[anji1971]

Bye, James. Have a great week!:)

[GartersRock]

Later James!!! Have a good and safe week!

[adamanteus]

I must apologise for my prolonged absence recently guys... the training has been much more intense than I had anticipated. I'm working locally all this week, so I'll be around every evening. Following that I have one more week away (in Ireland again), at the end of which I have my final 'review', which is a grilling by a panel of interviewers... if I can come up with the right answers to their questions I get to keep the job... then I'll be working from home. If I can't impress them, I'm out... either way I'll be around a whole lot more!

I've missed you guys, it's been a long haul.... especially being away from home for so long. As you know, I get lonely when I blink!:D

[jitami]

As you know, I get lonely when I blink!:D

That's a cute saying James. You've certainly been missed. Best of luck with the upcoming week away and especially with the panel interview. I have a feeling you'll do fabulously :)

[Zephyr]

I must apologise for my prolonged absence recently guys... the training has been much more intense than I had anticipated. I'm working locally all this week, so I'll be around every evening. Following that I have one more week away (in Ireland again), at the end of which I have my final 'review', which is a grilling by a panel of interviewers... if I can come up with the right answers to their questions I get to keep the job... then I'll be working from home. If I can't impress them, I'm out... either way I'll be around a whole lot more!

I've missed you guys, it's been a long haul.... especially being away from home for so long. As you know, I get lonely when I blink!:DAww, poor James.
All I can say is,
GO GEET'EM.
((OR... "Give'em blo-ee ell eh wot!"))

[adamanteus]

Thanks Tami/Kyle. I've certainly put the effort in.... if they don't like me now, they're obviously mentally challenged!:D

[jitami]

Exactly the right attitude James :D

[Lori P]

Gee, James, this seems like an awful lot of training and grueling work and testing, just for a floor sweeping position... the English sure have stringent quidelines... :D:D

You'll do fine, but I can't imagine how stressful it all has been. Almost done tho!! We're all looking forward to having you back...

[adamanteus]

an awful lot of training and grueling work for a floor sweeping position... ...

Yes Lori, but they are big floors and there is an element of mopping involved also.:D

[Sid]

Good to see you back for a while, James. Glad it getting near the end of the training for you and best of luck with the "grilling" that's to come.;)
I'm sure it will go well.

[count dewclaw]

Where are you James? We miss you!

[Zephyr]

Yes.
Very much. T.T

[Snake lover 3-25]

come back james!!!!!:(

[Stefan-A]

Maybe we could start a petition to have him forcibly returned to thamnophis.com.

[drache]

yeah
Lulu - are you it touch with him?
he's not been abducted, has he?

[Lori P]

Yes... we need to drag him back, kicking and screaming. Lulu, tell him we're all calling for him!!

[Garter_Gertie]

I'm sure he's busy and all... But he COULD just stop by once in awhile and say, "Howdy!" or something. He may not be able to spend time here like he did previously, but... I'm feeling forlorn and neglected!

[drache]

I don't feel forlorn and neglected
it's just so unlike him not to check in for so long, I wonder whether he's okay

[Stefan-A]

He'd better be.

[Zephyr]

Where's Lulu when ya need'er. ):
I hope something didn't happen to him.

[Snake lover 3-25]

oh no!!! james we need you!!!!!!! :( please come back:(

[Sputnik]

I'll text him, but last time I did, I got no reply. If he doesn't respond this time, I'll ring, too.

I haven't been here for ages, but not by choice...I have been unable to log into my account. I'd tried it on 3 different computers and it just kept telling me my password was incorrect, even though i had it resent, copied and pasted it from the e-mail, typed it out... Strangely enough it worked when my son stood next to me. He must be magic! :)

[Lori P]

Please do. Just let us know he's ok. :-)

[Garter_Gertie]

Yeah. I pray everything's okay with him and his. This is very strange for him to not even bop in with a "Hi!"

[Sputnik]

I've had a reply!!! :) James says, he's ok but still working away from home 6 days a week. I bet he's just making the most out of every moment he gets to spend with his lovely family.

[drache]

thanks so much for checking, Esther
glad he's just busy

[Garter_Gertie]

WHEW!!!!!!!!!!! (wiping sweat off brow)

Thank goodness! So glad he's fine. He'll be here when he can, I'm sure. Hope to told him "Hi!" for all of us Sputnik!

Thanks for the update. Very nice of you!

[Lulu Bennett]

I've had a reply!!! :) James says, he's ok but still working away from home 6 days a week. I bet he's just making the most out of every moment he gets to spend with his lovely family.

I never got a reply :(

[Zephyr]

Well, at least we know he's okay.
:)

[Sputnik]

This is the first reply I got, too, Lulu. I guess he's just rushed off his feet.

I told him that I'd been on the forum, people really missed him and he should let us know he was ok.

[Snake lover 3-25]

glad to hear he's ok:D
hope he comes back soon:(

[reptile3]

I don't know ya James, but I hear a lot of good things!! Glad to hear he is doing ok!!!

You are surely missed here!

[adamanteus]

Wow! You guys really have missed me! Sorry, but it had to be done. Anyway, I'm back home now and I'll be working from home half the day, so I'll be around again.... just give me a couple more days to catch up with 'home stuff', then normal service will be resumed! Thanks for caring.:o

[Lori P]

James!

We

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[infernalis]

Wow! You guys really have missed me! Sorry, but it had to be done. Anyway, I'm back home now and I'll be working from home half the day, so I'll be around again.... just give me a couple more days to catch up with 'home stuff', then normal service will be resumed! Thanks for caring.:o


Working from home is the best James.

Too bad it's not for the whole day:cool:

[Snake lover 3-25]

YAY!!!!!!:D James is back!!!!!!:D

[Snaky]

Welcome back ;)

[ScimitarX]

Welcome back :)

[Zephyr]

Yay!
Great to have ya back! :)

[Sitting_duck]

Just a question...I'm sure this is over by now, and obviously I wouldn't be chosen =p.

but did the person who got chosen get to stay as a moderator? Or once you returned did he(or she) get "kicked" off the position?

[Garter_Gertie]

Stefan's still a mod.

Really? This is THE MOST TOLERANT happy nice place I've ever come across on the 'Net. I think you'd have to do something HORRIBLE horrible to get "kicked" off - a postion or otherwise.

This is THE MOST fabulous place. Prolly another reason I'm here so much!

[reptile3]

Stefan's still a mod.

Really? This is THE MOST TOLERANT happy nice place I've ever come across on the 'Net. I think you'd have to do something HORRIBLE horrible to get "kicked" off - a postion or otherwise.

This is THE MOST fabulous place. Prolly another reason I'm here so much!

I'd second that!!!

[Sitting_duck]

That's not exactly what I ment. I didn't mean get kicked off as a punishment. I was thinking the "fill in" moderator was just as it sounds. To "fill in" for the other dude, and once he came back they'd go back to what it used to be like.

[Garter_Gertie]

I'd said "position or otherwise."

James got a new job and he's away from home like weeks at a time. So, naturally, when he is home he wants to spend it with his darling daugher, Molly, and his sweet wife. (And house guests...)

Stefan, in my opinion, was pretty much a mod to begin with but just hadn't been knighted - so to speak.

So, Stefan has finally been given the official title and requsite abilities; James is back when he has the time, and Stefan is still a mod even when James is here.

Does that help?

[Garter_Gertie]

Oh. And James never unbecame a mod. He was, he is. So we've just got a new mod - Stefan - that's not really a new mod, just more official.

WOOT! I'm even confusing myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sitting_duck]

I understand, thanks

[Snake lover 3-25]

So, naturally, when he is home he wants to spend it with his darling daugher, Molly, and his sweet wife. (And house guests...)


ehem lol nice of you to add theat in lol jk jk:p

[Stefan-A]

Stefan, in my opinion, was pretty much a mod to begin with but just hadn't been knighted - so to speak.
Oh please, my only credentials was a high post count.

[Snake lover 3-25]

and you are one of the most informative people here... and you know pretty much everything about garters!!!:D:D

[Garter_Gertie]

Yeah, Stefan. You were a shoe-in. Well deserved. It was for more than high post count. It was commitment and time and knowledge and being able to cooly deal with poo.

Well deserved, Sir Stefan. LOL!!! :)

[Stefan-A]

and you are one of the most informative people here... and you know pretty much everything about garters!!!:D:D
That's a complete misconception. I'm just a noob when it comes to keeping snakes.

[adamanteus]

Of course, Stefan was made a Moderator while I was away in training..... and so unable to veto the decision.;)

[Stefan-A]

Of course, Stefan was made a Moderator while I was away in training..... and so unable to veto the decision.;)
Did I mention that I save all my PM's and msn logs? :D

[adamanteus]

Did I mention that I save all my PM's and msn logs? :D

I bet you edit them all to make me look bad!:eek:

[Stefan-A]

Of course I do. ;)

[adamanteus]

Of course I do. ;)

Thank you.:D

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol you guys like to bicker:D

[Stefan-A]

Everybody needs a hobby. ;)

[adamanteus]

Well.... I started it!:D

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol i don't think it counts:D

[Stefan-A]

Really, James? No comment at all? :D

[adamanteus]

Really, James? No comment at all? :D

Well..... actually I did start it.... so I accept your edit graciously!:D