Please indulge me for just a moment or two.......the following is a minor announcement from the Cartel that has nothing to do with the Stirling gift card, so hold your britches.
On December 20, 2014, I wandered in the front door here. Things were a bit different then. There was no 30 Day Crew. Well, not quite yet.
@Bama Samurai was starting to put the idea together and it would appear in less than two weeks. I had been using traditional razors for about a month at that point. Sucked at it. But was dedicated to keep learning. In fact, I found TSD because I was checking out all the forums. And being disappointed in them all because of either a lack of participation or a "nose in the air" attitude toward newbies. Well, TSD had both lots of participation and also lots of helpful people who answered questions, seemed genuinely friendly and laughed at my stupid jokes. Aha! Success! Some place I can hang out for awhile.
Well, it's been 1431 days. Three years and 11 months. My first post was my intro back on December 20, 2014 and this post.....this very one that you're reading and wondering what in the world my fever dreams are leading us to....this post is number 10,000. Somehow, I've found something to say 10,000 times on here. I can't imagine that a lot of it has any real weight or bearing, but at least I hope it's been entertaining. Or educational. Or at least not boring. I find it difficult to imagine hitting "post reply" 10,000 times. No wonder I'm on my third computer.
However, there's a part of hitting that 10,000 mark that really humbles me and means more to me than just being mouthy ever can. It's the 93,340 "likes" that you all have bestowed upon those 10,000 posts. Well, technically 9,999 since this one isn't posted quite yet, but you get my drift. I'm a numbers guy so I had to do the math. In the past 3 years and 11 months you have liked everything I have posted 65.23 times. That number astounds me. Puzzles me. Humbles me.
Some of you regularly thank me for being the official cat herder and wannabe Czar of this group. Please know that I don't consider this work. Not even close. I consider it a privilege to hang around with a really interesting and fun and, occasionally, somewhat warped group of guys and discuss something we all love. And though I've said it before I want to say it again. And I will say again as well as we continue on this journey. This group works not because I can hit "post reply" 10,000 times but because of the participation that everyone brings to the table. It works because the newbies who show up with bad shaves and the wrong ideas and bad habits and all the other trials and tribulations are helped by guys who were newbies just a few months ago. They were helped by guys who were newbies before them, and they were.....well, you get the idea. I hope that this group continues until I can no longer pick up a razor or hit a "post reply" button and then....when that day comes that I'm just a quivering mass of old man hiding in the corner......it will have another 30 years left in it as all of the new generations keep recreating the friendships and the fellowship that we all have come to enjoy.
Thanks for reading a rather long and somewhat kooky post. I promise I won't bore you again like this for at least, oh, 10,000 more.
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