See you all - Chao!
This has gone way too far.
I may return if this insanity is somehow cured. Maybe.
Meanwhile fare you all well.
Esto ha ido demasiado lejos.
Tal vez regrese si esta locura se rectifica de alguna manera. Tal vez.
Mientras tanto - que les vaya muy bien.
Gekkosan.
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You've been a friend, counsellor and mentor to many people here my old mate. You are a gentleman and a scholar. I sincerely hope we can meet again somewhere.
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Thank you all for your kind words.
As has been stated elsewhere, this is not about pressuring anyone into anything.
I'm just leaving because of changes in the fundamental structure and operation of what I initially found attractive in this site. I believe that all this matter could have been handled in a different, happier and more satisfactory way, but hey - it's not my site. Hopefully the next one you find me in will be, or at least more so.
SD, I am sure, will continue on its way, providing services that no doubt a lot of people will find adequate and sufficient. But that's not where I want to go, so I'm getting off here, please.
Señores! Este barco se hunde!! Sálvese quien pueda!!
Don't be surprised if it takes a while for your friends to respond here Gekko. We are all so busy packing. 
Hopefully, there will be a nice piece of real estate on the web where we can all move to.
I was wondering if you could show us around to a few properties?
Another part of my heart has been whittled away , I have not felt so sad since my old
dog died , I did not need to see the demise of such a talented spirited and loving
human being as you Gekkosan , wherever you go and whatever you do there will
always be a spot in this battered shattered and now minuscule heart ..
Goodbye old friend thank you for being part of my life . My home is open for you always.
And hey man ," what a ride it has been " !
Whenever I think of you , these immortal lines spring out at me and will forever be a
reminder of the great man that you are.
" And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms , my beamish boy!
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! "
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsey were the borogoves ,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Sent you a PM, Gekko. Respond if you like. I fully understand if you don't. If not, I hope to bump into you somewhere else some other time. You're part of the core (at least in my little slice of SD).
My skype name is exactly the same as my moniker here, btw...although I don't really do skype.
Cheers, --Will
Gekko,
Thank you so much for your patient correcting in many threads especially for the "preterite/imperfect" thread. You have such a way of making us figure out the answer on our own and you just don't tell us. Thank you so much for helping us to understand that difficult concept. We will miss you!!
Holy crud...people are dropping like flies. Gekk, this saddens me to no ends. I can only hope that things can and will be resolved with everybody. This site has lost and is losing way too many great people. Please reconsider and let's find a way to meet with the higher ups via skype or wherever....there needs to be reconciliation here. I'm begging you and the others reading this to meet. I'm willing to do anything to keep you and other great people here!! I'm truly saddened.
Join the refugees on skype gekkosan! I am flip.flop.a.dop
There really is nothing I can say - but it was fun Gekko thanks.
oh and "hasta luego"
Chao, Gekko. It's been spectacular while it lasted.
Oh no not another leaving,sorry to hear it gekkosan,
Really such a pity that these things have come to pass, Someone out there ,I don't know who ,needs a good kick in the ..ask your mother for sixpence...
Gekkosan I sincerely thank you for your input ,I hope we meet again. Besos y abrazos..
You will be missed amigo. Have you heard any more from Heidita?
I already said bye, so just posting to get my shocked icon visible.
Chao, pana. Gracias por toda la ayuda. Hasta...
Kevin
