#8500 ???!!!???

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:30 pm

What a place! There's always something to read and something to say, at least for this Forumite with diarrhea of the keyboard...

I once thought I'd be posting #10,000 from the RIC75 celebration...(well, it was an intriguing idea, anyway...). Then I got so danged busy with resto work that my posts declined for awhile...

Thanks to Peter for his selfless devotion to all things Rickenbacker.

Thanks to John Hall for heading up the company that builds the most incredibly inspiring guitars and basses on the planet.

Thanks to all the Forumites who've chided, goaded, inspired, and tolerated me these past 20 months. What a short, strange and wonderful ride it's been!

This week is also the one-year anniversary of Reflections of a Curmudgeon. Thanks go to all who've contributed to its success. Keep those e-mails coming, boys and girls.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:37 pm

8500! Remarkable. We are fortunate to have you on the Forum Paul. I would never have imagined finishing school to be so much fun.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:46 pm

Congrats on the first anniversary of the Cumurdge section and your 8500 posts! Thanks for all the tips and info.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:53 pm

When in April you posted 7500 Paul, I thought for sure you'd have 10,000 by the time of the 75th. Still 8500 is still a pretty mean feat for early September!!

Like many others I enjoy reading your advice, comments, and admiring the pics of your handy work. (Speaking of which, are there some nice pics of a certain Capri being posted soon?)

janglebox · Post by **janglebox** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:01 pm

If it was only your prodigious talent and the glorious work you produce, that would be one thing. But your clever and and lucid writing style are what really make you such an entertaining and respected resource. Many thanks for all the tutorials, suggestions, advice and general wisdom. Boy, the year of the Curmudgeon has flown!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:39 pm

Curm, you are truly one righteous dude. And you dress like a pimp. I have to go buy a white linen jacket and matching hat now. Not to mention your guitar work is top notch. Cheers, J

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:59 pm

PIMP? PIMP!!???

Please use the proper term.

Bichero.

Thanks!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:12 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Nah, you'd need lots of heavy gold chains, Paul.... I think your style is Curmudgeon cool!

Congrats! This Forum wouldn't be the same without you!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:37 pm

Hey, Paul, I don't care what everyone else says, I think you're OK!

Thanks for making yourself so accessible. And, of course, for all your excellent work on the "Mink."

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:42 pm

Paul, it's been a lot of fun reading your posts, and very informative as well. Thanks also for the advice you have given me in other ways as well. You've kept me from making a few bad decisions

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:42 pm

8500? 8500?!?!?! Wow. Cool. Especially given many of those were quite long and very informative (and you don't have a secretary who types it in for you, do you?! Kiddin').
Keep 'em coming. And some are still waiting for an instruction on Walnut finishes.

Congratulations.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:26 am

Paul, congratulations on 8,500 plus posts. And to think that I've been on this forum since the beginning and have only reached 564 posts.

I've always enjoyed your wit, your tips, and your pictures. Seeing your handiwork in person as well as meeting you and the family in Santa Ana was a real treat. You are one class act.

BTW, just let me know when your ready to start that "lefty" project.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:29 am

Congrats Paul! Surely you will reach 10,000 before any of us get out 75th anniversary instruments.

britye · Post by **britye** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:34 am

Congrats Paul!! Your insight,advice is much appreciated. Thanks!! Onward ho... to 10k

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:09 am

Well done Paul. I really wish I could have been in Santa Ana last week to meet you and everyone at the bash. Happy 8500!

Also a happy first birthday for Reflections, providing breathtaking and "kid in a candy store" moments for us all as well! I always feel like a kid at Christmas opening up your photo essays and look forward very much to the technical and design advice. A thousand thank you's from me for those treasured moments.

And the Capri is a 100% knockout.

...Dean