dannyh_is_50 DannyH I think I was 27 when I first stumbled upon this sapphire index. I was working reception part time in this weird little office near Chancery Lane where they made training videos for lawyers that nobody ever watched. I typed the word "tired" into Google (I think it was already Google back then) and got the blathe for the word tired. There was a few weeks back then when all sorts of random searches would deliver blather pages becasue Google hadn't yet learnt to do anything except count links for ranking and blather was generating a loooot of links. It was like a key turning in a lock. I became obsessed. talked to everyone I knew about it and couldn't understand why they weren't as excited by it as I was. I still don't understand why it only caught a few dozen of us by the tail. I had a real peak building the maze and making little improvised playlets with people I will never meet. My absolute favourite was the tea party. Time and life burned on and my posts became less frequent but every now and then I popped back in and pured out my heart in a cryptic way about the major milestones of my life - the birth of my children and the wonderful journey that's been, my descent into a career, a little bit about my standup. The best expression of how I felt about the death of my Father. I'm undeniably middle aged now (by which everyone means way past the middle) and it all just stands here, like neolithic stones. Unmoved, unchanging. A light trickle of growth, looks like someone adds something most days. I hear there's a red one but I never felt the desire for a reboot. God bless whoever pays the hosting bills and made the decision never to promote or monetise. A very small number of people thought this was one of the best things ever done and very few people understand why. That's what special is and old, beaten up and dragged through the tunnel and out the other side to the light as I am, it now feels like a beautiful statue, left deep in the woods, down a path that only a very few people know how to navigate. I'm so proud to be one of them . 231124 ... . that is an impressively round number blather friend! happy half a fucking century 231124 ... DannyH Thankyou. I appreciate the recognition. I'm going to suggest something to you that you won't want to hear because I think you're worth it. I've read your posts and you're smart. You question and you've had some knocks that have made you grow back stronger. But I've caught some posts where it's clear you've joined up, hoodwinked into thinking you've looked behind the curtain. Someone as smart as you should know that finding something unexplained is not finding the truth. Authority has hurt you to the point where you will follow anyone who appears to be against the man. I'm sorry, but the man who recruits you against the man is also the man. 231124 ... . you're right i'm a blind dumb follower because i don't trust authority joined up because my opinions are unpopular must be a blind dumb follower because i don't agree with you assumptions like that are why i don't use my name around here anymore 231124 ... phil Happy b-day, stranger. 231125 what's it to you? who go blather from