DaveW
01-25-2008, 05:32 AM
Hi guys. I know that since November 2007, my time for the site has rapidly declined. You might have noticed that I usually popped in twice a week to check up, but that over the last fortnight i've been MIA.
I'm afraid the reason behind this is not a good one.
Many of you know that I had extensive surgery to help me with a serious condition known as Ulcerative Collitis. At the time, I couldn't attend University so I concentrated on TBCS, which is why you guys have this new skin. When it came to return however, I was far behind in my studies.
I thought I would be ok, but the wounds aren't healing like they're supposed to, and 4 months on I still have an open wound about a 1/3 of an inch round in my lower right hand side. No-one seems to know what to do about it, and it's become painful and irritating, preventing me from doing a lot of things like bending over or stretching, when I can do everything else fine. So with all this on my plate, and catching up with University, I already had a lot on my plate.
On Monday, 14th January, 2008, Heather Kerr died of Chronic Liver Failure. Heather was the mother of my girlfriend of 5 years, and the only family she had left. Kimberley is her name, and her piece of **** ***hole excuse for a father threw her out when she was 6 years old along with her mother.
When I met Kimberley, I encouraged her to get in touch with her dad, because I still believed in humanity. She did, and the way he has treated her since then has sickened me to my very core, disgusted me, enraged me, that any human being could be so calous and cold to their own daughter. He has other children, which he apprently does love, but not Kimberley.
He didn't turn up for the funeral. No-one from her side of the family did. I'm happy to say that the Crematorium was packed with family and friends, and we gave Heather a good send-off. But now, Kimberley is on her own, so I need to be there for her as much as I can.
Obviously, taking the time out to help her out has put me even more behind on my University work, so now that i've returned, my TBCS time is being eaten away again. So i'm changing myself from a moderator to a man `on Hiatus'. That's what this is; you better believe i'll be back, but you'll have to get by without me for a short while.
I don't want to end on a sad note though, so here's some nice things to think about;
1) Kimberley has only ever wanted one thing from life-a dog. Probably because a dog will love her unconditionaly. We're going to go and get her a puppy soon.
2) Kimberley has inherrited a fully paid-off house. It needs some modernising, but that's what modders are for, right? ;)
3) Those of you waiting for the TIP-3000 worklog, be patient. I did finish it, and it will be coming at some point...
Hope that news helps to put a smile on your face. While i'm gone, remember that Jon works his ass off for you guys. He may or may not want to bring in someone as a temporary replacement while i'm gone; that is up to him.
Finally, I can only promise that I will be back.
-Dave
I'm afraid the reason behind this is not a good one.
Many of you know that I had extensive surgery to help me with a serious condition known as Ulcerative Collitis. At the time, I couldn't attend University so I concentrated on TBCS, which is why you guys have this new skin. When it came to return however, I was far behind in my studies.
I thought I would be ok, but the wounds aren't healing like they're supposed to, and 4 months on I still have an open wound about a 1/3 of an inch round in my lower right hand side. No-one seems to know what to do about it, and it's become painful and irritating, preventing me from doing a lot of things like bending over or stretching, when I can do everything else fine. So with all this on my plate, and catching up with University, I already had a lot on my plate.
On Monday, 14th January, 2008, Heather Kerr died of Chronic Liver Failure. Heather was the mother of my girlfriend of 5 years, and the only family she had left. Kimberley is her name, and her piece of **** ***hole excuse for a father threw her out when she was 6 years old along with her mother.
When I met Kimberley, I encouraged her to get in touch with her dad, because I still believed in humanity. She did, and the way he has treated her since then has sickened me to my very core, disgusted me, enraged me, that any human being could be so calous and cold to their own daughter. He has other children, which he apprently does love, but not Kimberley.
He didn't turn up for the funeral. No-one from her side of the family did. I'm happy to say that the Crematorium was packed with family and friends, and we gave Heather a good send-off. But now, Kimberley is on her own, so I need to be there for her as much as I can.
Obviously, taking the time out to help her out has put me even more behind on my University work, so now that i've returned, my TBCS time is being eaten away again. So i'm changing myself from a moderator to a man `on Hiatus'. That's what this is; you better believe i'll be back, but you'll have to get by without me for a short while.
I don't want to end on a sad note though, so here's some nice things to think about;
1) Kimberley has only ever wanted one thing from life-a dog. Probably because a dog will love her unconditionaly. We're going to go and get her a puppy soon.
2) Kimberley has inherrited a fully paid-off house. It needs some modernising, but that's what modders are for, right? ;)
3) Those of you waiting for the TIP-3000 worklog, be patient. I did finish it, and it will be coming at some point...
Hope that news helps to put a smile on your face. While i'm gone, remember that Jon works his ass off for you guys. He may or may not want to bring in someone as a temporary replacement while i'm gone; that is up to him.
Finally, I can only promise that I will be back.
-Dave