Saying farewell to Her Pinkness

All the very best for your studies Pink and thank you for the hard work and dedication you have put into this place!

Sorry to see you go but you've got to, at some time, concentrate on what's best for you rather than what's best for this group and there's only so many hours in the day (or so I've heard ).

Best of luck and I hope you'll drop in now and again.

Phil

So sorry to see Her Pinkness leave the LSF. Her and I had our laughs in pop-ups many times. I wish her the best in anything she ventures into. She will certainly be missed.

Pink helped me out numerous times and has always been willing to give that extra nudge when I needed it. I will always appreciate that as I continue to miss her. I know life goes on and education and other things take priority especially when one is not as old as I am but I and many others will miss her dearly.

Take care Pink Angel and have fun.

CS

Pink's contributions at the LSF are varied and significant. With everything else she did, it's easy to forget that she was a prolific author, entertaining us with her stories.

Those validations, though - 7,000 of them - are simply amazing. We've acknowledged the few members (several times) who are approaching 6,000 comments made It takes far more time to read and validate a story than to read and comment. In her four years of activity here, she averaged about 5 validations each day, and likely several times that during the first year the library was in operation. Again, simply amazing productivity.

Then there was her role as assistant librarian - all the behind-the-scenes stuff that I can't even describe because I don't know what it is. I just know that there was a ot of effort there, particularly the couple times flopsy was incapacitated, and yet things just carried on smoothly.

And, of course, there was her presence on the Forum - 1,858 posts worth, approximately 1,851 of them in dubious battle with the blimpster. Well all know she isn't really the character she portrayed herself to be... or is she?

Author, validater, assistant librarian, character - yes, she fulfilled all of these roles for the LSF, but for many member here there was (IS) a more important one - that of friend.

Is it a tragedy that she's leaving us (as has been suggested)? It's true that things here will never quite be the same without her. But we do Pink (or any of the members) a disservice is we consider the LSF the whole, or even the primary part, of their lives. Pink seemingly is moving on to a new exciting chapter of her life, something we should celebrate, not bemoan.

Now, if she has merely feigned her departure to get people (and maybe even blimp) to say nice things about her, then when she next shows her face, or rather her butt around here, I'll have a big paddle with her name on it ready to be employed. If she really has headed on down that trail of empty crisp packets, then I wish her all the best.

Rick M

All the best for the future Pink. I do hope you'll pop in here now and again to say hello

Yes, indeed, I remember the time I was quavering on a ledge outside a skyscraper window, wondering whether to jump or not, and she did just that.

Good luck and thanks, Ms Pink!

We will all miss her impertinence I am sure!!

Congrats, Pink, on making it out. A reason to celebrate, for sure!

But we will miss you--it just won't be the same place without you. I have always appreciated your tireless dedication to the library, as well as your support. Best of luck in your newest endeavors. I certainly hope you come back to visit us from time to time!

Very grateful for all the time and effort Pink has put in; for me as a writer the nice parts are writing a story and seeing comments roll in, the disagreeable part is all the techie stuff of loading, validating and so on, so people who are prepared to do on our behalf are worthy of respect and gratitude from us all.