[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Renfield for the topic, and thanks GeronL and EveningStar for the pings.

This is my last Gods, Graves, Glyphs ping. This week’s Digest consists of just links to the various topics posted this week.

I’ve had it with A) the system suddenly multiplying the pings, and B) with the repetitive complaints about it in open threads and in FReepmail.

I’m glad everyone has been basically happy with the ping list until recently, and I do apologize (again) for the inconvenience caused by the multiple pings. The fact that I’d been pointing out the problem in those very messages showed me that the pingmeister role is an unnecessary one, and that no one is actually reading anything but the topic title. That’s as it should be.

With everything else that has happened in real life this year, and everything I’ve been trying to get done, and some cyber-changes (different broadband, different CPUs, different OSes, different locations) something has to go, and this is it. For the immediate future, the other ping lists will for the most part go on as usual, but I’m not sure that won’t change.

I’ll still post GGG topics, and will greatly enjoy not having to post topics when Renfield and many others post them instead. After tonight, the GGG presence will consist of just the message, or maybe just the presence of the keyword itself.

Anyway, thanks all 817 of you, it has been a great eight and a half years.

[Bon of Babble]

Thanks for all you’ve done, SunkenCiv.

I’ve enjoyed your postings more than you’ll ever know — what you posted was always fascinating and made for compelling reading.

Since my dad died, I haven’t been able to keep up with archeological news, history, space news, etc. (dad was a scientist and imminently curious about everything science).

You will be missed.

[1010RD]

Thanks SC. These are really great and informative. You’ll be missed. Is there another ping list to sign up with? I’d hate to miss these articles.

Well done.

[refreshed]

No! I read almost every word of every article pinged! It is the highlight of my week! But one must do what one must, I suppose. Thanks for the hard work and the years of the exact stuff that interests me.

refreshed

[Eva]

Thanks for all the work that you have done. GGG threads have been a welcome relief to all the troublesome politics this past year.

[Bigg Red]

I am sure no one actually thought you were to blame for the multiple pings. It really is not a biggie for the pingee.

Sorry to see you have to drop this, but sometimes we have to prioritize, I know.

I thank you so much for your faithful contributions with these posting.

[Lion Den Dan]

I, for on, am sorry to see you go. This has been a most enjoyable and informative resource. It always seemed a refuge when I sat down to read the posts.
Dan

[Pollster1]

Thank you for your years of service and education. I have greatly enjoyed and benefited from your work.

[Adder]

Thanks for all your hard work.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[GenXteacher]

Thanks for your good work!

[dubyagee]

Anyone grumbling about duplicate posts with the issues FR has had lately needs to get over themselves.

I enjoy the topics and hate I won’t be pinged to them anymore. Thanks for all your hard work!

[Daffynition]

Your threads have always been enjoyable, for intellectual reasons...and some not so cerebral. Thank you SV. Your dedication doesn't go unnoticed and unappreciated.

[null and void]

I’ll miss the pings.

[null and void]

I’ll miss the pings..

[null and void]

I’ll miss the pings...

[JimSEA]

I understand certainly and it’s a damn shame. Thanks.

[roamer_1]

Thank you very much for your dedication and service all these years - Yours has undoubtedly been my favorite and my longest participated pinglist of all time. And it will be sorely missed. :(

[facedown]

Thanks for your effort all these years.

[bert]

I was getting to the point where I was roused to complain about the multiple posts of ping lists. I had assumed that my name somehow got on the long lists more than once. Your advice that the problem is systemic is helpful. It’s sort of like Obama........ must be endured.

Please know that in spite of the sorta opus, we do appreciate and value your effort. The list topic is broad and some titles are read and the article is skipped because it is not within the scope of our interest. But........many are read all the way through and then again

[Rebelbase]

Datburnit! GGG is great reading. Thanks for all the effort you put into it over the years.

[zeugma]

Anyway, thanks all 817 of you, it has been a great eight and a half years.

Indeed. Thanks for all your hard work. I don't mind the multi-pings, as I'm getting them all over the place these days. FR has some weird code issues that Jim and John are apparently having a lot of trouble chasing down. However, given that the last freepathon went on for as long as it did, just to keep the lights on, I don't see how much time they can devote to it.

Your GGG pings have given me a heck of a lot of food for thought, and enlightenment over the years.  I wish people wouldn't whine so much about what is essentially trivial stuff, but that's par these days, and has probably always been the case.I can certainly understand your not wanting the additional agrivation.

Thanks again for all the effort you've put into the GGG and other pings you run. I'm quite sure that the vast majority of that 800+ folks appreciate your dedication, and will miss it when it's gone.