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04-06-2018, 04:48 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 8,419
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Best of luck ahead, Mead. Enjoyed your inputs over the years.
(Personally, I always wonder what's behind these decisions. Taking a break is different from 'gone travelling'. Has the forum become too time consuming? Too emotionally trying? Health issues? Not worth the effort? )
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04-06-2018, 05:48 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,373
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Besides, we received no notice of Mead's leaving. Don't we deserve some notice? 
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Originally Posted by Meadbh
... I had a contract that stipulated 90 days’ notice, and I gave a date 100 days out in my resignation letter, the date to coincide with the end of a schedule. I was persuaded to stay for one more month....
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Also, we received no opportunity to persuade to stay or OMY or anything like that. It ain't fair.
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04-06-2018, 05:51 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 11,330
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I enjoyed your posts but wish you would have explained why you decided to formally leave. Such a decision (as opposed to just tuning out for a while) would seem to signal a substantial negative reaction to something about the forum. Those of us left behind can't help but wonder what led to your decision. In any event, I wish you well.
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04-06-2018, 06:11 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,228
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Quote:
Originally Posted by donheff
I enjoyed your posts but wish you would have explained why you decided to formally leave. Such a decision (as opposed to just tuning out for a while) would seem to signal a substantial negative reaction to something about the forum. Those of us left behind can't help but wonder what led to your decision. In any event, I wish you well.
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I would guess it would have something to do with the 2nd to last post before the goodbye. I thought it was a good informative post, especially in it's original form, btw. I'm not looking to generate discussion about that. Just offering a possible explanation that the goodbye didn't come out of the blue.
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04-06-2018, 06:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RunningBum
I would guess it would have something to do with the 2nd to last post before the goodbye.
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Agreed. It appeared to me at the time that there were numerous simmering political opinions being suppressed.
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04-06-2018, 06:36 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 8,419
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RunningBum
I would guess it would have something to do with the 2nd to last post before the goodbye. I thought it was a good informative post,
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Went back and looked. I suspect that may have been it.
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04-06-2018, 06:39 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,072
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo2
Agreed. It appeared to me at the time that there were numerous simmering political opinions being suppressed.
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That usually does it.
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04-06-2018, 07:08 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2011
Location: South Eastern USA
Posts: 1,068
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Happy Trails to you!
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All that is gold does not glitter. -J.R.R. Tolkien
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04-06-2018, 07:44 AM
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#49
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Les Bois
Posts: 5,761
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04-06-2018, 07:53 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: DFW
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Well you've been here a long time and been a prolific poster with good substance and insight; sorry to hear your decision to leave. Wishing you the best!
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04-06-2018, 08:23 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 500
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From another 12 year member but seldom poster you will be missed.
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04-06-2018, 08:30 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2011
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This is quite unfortunate.
Perhaps I will give it a few months and then when I see an especially wise poster who shows up as new, I will quietly tell myself perhaps Mead has reconsidered. One can only hope.
Stay well.
-gauss
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04-06-2018, 08:40 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 57
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Tired of being Retired !?!?
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04-06-2018, 09:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
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Take care. I've appreciated your comments.
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04-06-2018, 09:25 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,862
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You will be missed. If and when the time is right, I hope one of the forks in your road leads you back here. Safe travels.
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04-06-2018, 09:26 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
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Thanks for your inputs. You will be missed.
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04-06-2018, 09:32 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
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Thank you for all of your help meadbh, your insight and valuable data has been quite helpful here. I always feel a sense of loss when a member "retires" from the forum. I myself took a break for quite a while, I never could remember my old ER id.
11,000+ posts is prolific indeed! Thanks for that graphic, it's really helped me explain the market cycles quickly to people who otherwise dont care.
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04-06-2018, 10:05 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 10,936
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo2
Agreed. It appeared to me at the time that there were numerous simmering political opinions being suppressed.
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No doubt, there is an underlying bias on this forum. 
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04-06-2018, 10:08 AM
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#59
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ATL --> Flyover Country
Posts: 6,649
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I tend to think she will be back. I have noticed (in other forums) that when people start a thread to say, "That's it! I am LEAVING!!!" it's because they are annoyed. But, after they cool down and start to miss the interaction, the come back. The ones who *actually* leave FOR GOOD just stop posting. There one day, gone the next.
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04-06-2018, 12:07 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
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I have met Meadbh in person and she is a treat. I always looked forward to her contributions here. She is the second of the people I follow who has left this year. In both cases, I think there was some judgement expressed in the forum that made them feel uncomfortable to express their own feelings. Since they are retired and have sufficient money to live, why should they hang out where they might feel stifled?
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