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Thank you so much, Ryan, for your great optimistic post! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1
Thank YOU very much... and I will continue to do my best. :) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #3
DU has helped keep many of us sane this last decade or so, that is for sure. thank you for niyad Oct 2012 #2
It's literally the first place I turn whenever anything exceptionally HORRIBLE or something Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #5
Nice intro! Xipe Totec Oct 2012 #4
Thank you! I abstained for almost a week so I could finish my 1000th post (for some Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #7
You sent me down memory lane... Xipe Totec Oct 2012 #23
INCREDIBLE entry. Touching and just... very sad. That was sort of what woke me up Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #28
DU is a lifeline for many of us. luv_mykatz Oct 2012 #6
Yes, lurking has been my friend. You can learn a LOT if you shut up and listen, Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #8
To your bleeding heart gateley Oct 2012 #9
Thank you, ma'am. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #11
You've been here about as long as I have! Hissyspit Oct 2012 #10
And I've always FREAKING loved your posts, but especially your avatar! :) NT Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #12
Nice post, Grown.. Permanut Oct 2012 #13
Not really... just give a heartfelt post and leave it all out there. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #15
Having just recently passed #1000 myself garthranzz Oct 2012 #14
It does! And thank you too. Here's to 1,000 more posts in the next 8 years. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #16
Why should we wait so long? garthranzz Oct 2012 #43
Want the REAL reason why? Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #47
That happens to me, too garthranzz Oct 2012 #53
Aw man, That was just plain nice. nolabear Oct 2012 #17
Nice to meet you too! :) And I felt I owed it to DU in some way to make something Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #19
epizootic? Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #20
very nice post, thanks -- you expressed the way a lot of us feel about DU Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #18
Thank you! :) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #21
From a fellow thread killer a huge belated WELCOME! EmeraldCityGrl Oct 2012 #22
hahaha Thank you! And I won't let you kill this one. ;) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #24
Good Job Lilma Oct 2012 #25
With your help we will keep these selfish dismantle-rs out of power. Happy 10000! The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #26
Congrats on your 1000th, G2H! Left Brain Oct 2012 #27
Thank you! And here I thought I was weird with so few posts over so long a time! Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #30
Congrats on 1000! bigwillq Oct 2012 #29
Congrats on your 1000th post! I am only arthritisR_US Oct 2012 #31
Two DU thread killers in the same red state! Sedona Oct 2012 #32
Wow, Ryan, what a great essay! Thank you! I think we all found our way here in much the same way, calimary Oct 2012 #33
Thank you again, very much. Couldn't agree more about the "think-tank" aspect. And I LOVE Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #48
I just noticed your sig line! ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! calimary Oct 2012 #57
IMHO, personal stories are never against rules of GD. longship Oct 2012 #34
The thousandth post is a big deal, isn't it? byronius Oct 2012 #35
Wow...thank you, Ryan! Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #36
Rock on Ryan! JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #37
Awesome post! SnohoDem Oct 2012 #38
Great post! B Calm Oct 2012 #39
Hey Ryan, good to hear from ya. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #40
Congrats and 1000 more. eom mfcorey1 Oct 2012 #41
I too have learned a lot just reading. unapatriciated Oct 2012 #42
Thank you. :) I remember I started posting a LOT more during the primary, and it wasn't actually Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #50
Shamless kick for the morning crew. ;) And thank you all again so much for your kind words. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #44
and another shameless kick, you deserve it niyad Oct 2012 #45
Hi from another member of the Collective!!! n/t greytdemocrat Oct 2012 #46
Kick for Ryan. Great OP! Cleita Oct 2012 #49
What a wonderful post, so refreshing to read. DU has helped me a lot too, keeps me RKP5637 Oct 2012 #51
Hey there Ryan redwitch Oct 2012 #52
What a nice post, Ryan! I'm also awed at all the bright people on DU who share solid, useful info. valerief Oct 2012 #54
Nicely done. Bobbie Jo Oct 2012 #55
This will be the last time I respond (because I SWEAR I'm not just kicking it, LOL) but Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #56
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