[sdiy] Leaving the list; saying goodbye and giving thanks to all..

[WeAreAs1 at aol.com]

Hello guys,

I've been on the list for about five years now, but my life is rapidly 
changing in many ways, and I have decided to drop out of the group - at least 
for a while.  Who knows, maybe I'll be right back... or maybe not.  I'm 
certainly not bored with the list, it's just that I need to simplify my life 
a bit, and mailing lists can be a huge time suck, so I'm going to find out 
what life without them is like.  I think that this list is still the absolute 
best mailing list on the net, and I'm sure that it will remain so, long after 
I've gone.  You guys can still reach me via email if you need to, or if you 
just want to say hi.

Anyway, I just wanted to say a proper goodbye, and give great big thanks to 
everybody here.  It's the people on the list that make it great, and I'd like 
to send out an especially big wave of gratitude to these fine people (in no 
particular order):  Harry Bissell, Juergen Haible, Tony Clark, Tony Allgood, 
Rene Schmitz, Marjan Urekar, Paul Schreiber, Paul Maddox, John Blacet, Trevor 
Page, Ken Stone, Don Till, Mark Verbos, Colin Fraser, Terry Bowman, Terry 
Michaels, Michael Buchstaller, Magnus Danielson, Martin Czech, Grant Richter, 
Jim Johnson, Edu Silva, Peter Snow, John L. Marshall, Jeff R. Dec, Larry 
Hendry, Scott Gravenhorst, Jim Patchell, Scott Bernardi, Ian Fritz, Chris 
Hoaglin, Theo Hogers, Toby Paddock, Peter Ullrich, Dave Magnuson, Steven 
Thomas, Kevin Seward, James Husted, Tom Gamble, Christopher List, Romeo Fahl, 
Christopher Rider (the Old Crow), and at least twenty others who I can't 
remember right at this moment.  You guys are the best!

Happy trails,
Michael Bacich