Wow !!!Thank you @Fact Finder
Here, many have shared their thoughts on your departure. I join that thoughts, even though I still have a few pages to read. But I don't want or need to repeat that all.
I also don't need to list the benefits of why we appreciate you so much.
You have helped me and friends to find my way to the 1000 eyes, encouraged to check the thoughts for validity and to make a decision. With my decision I joined the community, because that's what it is for me, much more than an investment. But that doesn't matter either.
You made it possible for me to understand many things and to see the connections. But that's not the point either.
For me you were always the attentive and balancing spirit of this wonderful community. But I wipe that away too.
I could go on and on about topics that distinguish you for me but I better getting forward...
So, putting aside all these obvious losses for me and not thinking about what your departure means to me, not thinking about me, the following remains:
I asked myself from the beginning how a person can manage to register every post, to link everything together, not to let it go down, to help everyone with the overview, to distribute tasks (will continue to pursue mine) and finally to make an enormous contribution for all avatars here to create a functioning community.
And now I come to the/my point. From my perception you did that around the clock and slept when it was necessary. I turn the sadness into joy and am happy for you that you can now gain some distance. I'm happy that your baby is fledged and you can let go of your protective grip, we'll get it done. A reunion at times I am looking forward to of course! Until then, even a blind man on the bench can listen to us and interject wise words from the off now and then.
I wish you all the best and I am sure that your legacy is well preserved and tse well cared for the coming. You know your community much much better than I do, nevertheless I am sure that it will protect the Garden of Eden here from the evil and cherish it, so that it might be even more beautiful when you come by again.
...the student to the master: Wisely you use the time given, hold the flow you can not.
Your claim is my template, I conclude as a newcomer to this community.
Amen to all of that
Take Special Care FF