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| ==Nollaig== | |||
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| |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: top; height: 1.1em;" | <center>'''Nollaig shona duit'''</center> | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" |Happy christmas and peaceful new retirment. Thanks for all your contribuitions, instruction and having being a valuable and valued part of the community. Hope January is at least resonabally tolerable. ] (]) 09:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| Thank you, Ceoil, for your kind words and contributions, and very best wishes for the new year. ] (]) 14:38, 25 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ==Happy Holiday== | |||
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXW0Se4HMs...] (]) 14:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Thank you, Mod. I just knew it would be a Dylan video. Hope you're having a wonderful holiday. ] (]) 14:57, 25 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == ''The Skater'' == | |||
| I hope you're enjoying retirement. I just dropped by to point out that ''The Skater'' is today's Featured Picture. This wouldn't've been possible if you hadn't written the ]. It should get lots of hits today. ] <span style="color:blue">•</span> ] 18:45, 20 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| *Thank you so much for the note, Mandarax! It was a written in response to a request from Outrigger. Cheers, ] (]) 19:32, 20 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| == A rhetorical question for erstwhile colleagues in the fine arts == | |||
| Why would I, or anyone else, want to 'come back' to an editor who corresponds in this fashion ? ], ], et al, feel free to have a look at the talk and the article. Much ado about nothing, I know, but I've been accused of hoaxing. I'm off to the liquor cabinet, where there's still a copious amount of Maker's Mark. ] (]) 03:21, 24 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| ::All retracted. Seems to be Dutch, & a mixture of Calvinist bluntness and a command of English tone that isn't quite as perfect as believed can produce odd results (except for Drmies of course). Hope you're well, all the best, ] (]) 03:47, 24 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| :Sometimes the strangest characters appear; and just when we were out the door something pulls us back in...] (]) 11:45, 24 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| ==Removed block notice== | |||
| Hi, JNV. I've reverted you at ], because the user gets to remove my block notice if they want. (Just not declined unblock requests.) I've blocked {{IP|86.14.187.187}} too, btw, but only for 31 hours, as it's unfortunately dynamic. :-( Thanks for your report, and I'll try to keep an eye on the page. ] | ] 18:18, 21 April 2015 (UTC). | |||
| *Much appreciated, Bishonen. Cheers, ] (]) 03:03, 22 April 2015 (UTC) | |||
| == Precious again == | |||
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| '''"It's been fun writing"'''<br /> | |||
| Thank you, "truly one of Misplaced Pages's brightest stars" (]), for quality articles on artists and their creations, such as ], ] and the ], for {{diff|Stephen Scott Young|604497865||fighting vandalism}} with expressive edit summaries {{diff|The Raft of the Medusa|607520118||until tired}}, for "It's been fun writing", - you are an ]! | |||
| --] (]) 18:41, 10 May 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| About a year ago, you were the 851st recipient of my ''']]''' ], - this place would be better with you ;) - recommended reading (for improvement) today (only one by me, and not exactly "fun"): ], ], ], - meant for yesterday's memory of capitulation, --] (]) 12:21, 9 May 2015 (UTC) | |||
| *Gerda, thank you so much for your kind words. I'm deriving great pleasure writing for several publications about art, and blessed to work with editors who allow me to choose the subjects, and who leave my submissions nearly intact. Freelancer's heaven. Very best regards to you always. Cheers! ] (]) 23:58, 9 May 2015 (UTC) | |||
| :: Enjoy that, sounds wonderful! Perhaps from time to time share some of your expertise with use, for example in the Soldier? --] (]) 07:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC) | |||