Wow, 1000 Days!
I remember when I first joined this site, Februs was just a shy, slightly geeky teenager, who barely could put one byte in front of another. Flopsybunny was just a little cub with still developing teeth, who could only eat pureed carrots. And Pink Angel had no halo at all. Ms. Thrashbottom had not yet matured into a no-nonsense disciplinarian. In fact, she was then known as Ms. May I. Hityew; obviously, she didn't have confidence in her skills yet.
Many times when I first came here, if I clicked on the paltry two or three menu choices, or on the buttons for the 12 or 13 stories which were posted, I was often led to a broken link, an error message, or worse: an unauthorized picture of Pink Angel, getting out of bed, still in pajamas, wiping the sleep out of her eyes while searching for a half empty bag of crisps. And the authors of those 12 or 13 stories were constantly complaining about the lack of member comments, even though there were only 6 or 7 members. Perhaps I remember this all wrong, and/or perhaps I am exaggerating just a tad, or maybe any number of tads. But it is quite amazing what this site has become. Now there is a button for everything you could ever want, and said buttons always lead to the place you want to go. There are over 10,000 members, and almost 19,000 stories. There are even 13 bots; I had no idea bots read so much. Flopsy, Februs, Pink Angel and everyone else involved run this site so efficiently, it makes the Disney Corporation look like a Mickey Mouse operation.
Just as amazing, Flopsy, Februs, Pink et al have managed to do all this without charging anyone a penny. It seems all that is required to keep these perpetual motion site managers humming is an occasional spanking, some single malt scotch, some suitably cheap wine, and thousands of bags of crisps. I am in awe, as well as grateful for a place to post my stories, read the stories of everyone else, and a place to continue to complain about the lack of reader comments (some things never change!). But really, this is quite an amazing site, run by some amazing people, all of whom deserve a rousing cheer and a huge round of thanks. Crisps all around! |