Where Did the Time Go? +1100 Posts! And a Thank You.

[artificer]

In just over a month I'll have been an "X-Marker" for one year. SOMEHOW, over that time, I've managed +1100 posts!

What a strange feeling it is to have had so many conversations with people I feel that I've come to "know", and yet couldn't pick out of a lineup...

Anyway, when I noticed just how many posts I've accrued over the last year, it got me thinking about all the great people I've met here and what an amazingly friendly place X-Marks is.

This is truly one of the gems of the internet. Next to no flaming. Sometimes heated, but nearly always polite conversations, differences tolerated, similarities shared. All of us brought together by our love of the kilt and other things Scottish (Whisky doesn't hurt either). And, thanks to the tireless efforts of Steve and our intrepid team of Mods, a place blessedly free of spammers.

Personally, in that "just about a year", I've gone from "I've always wanted a kilt, what should I buy?" to working on designing a tartan and planning to commission a kilt from one of our many resident artists. And from not knowing how to pronounce Sgian Dubh to anxiously awaiting my custom crafted piece. I've also gone from my first cheap leather-board sporran to making them myself and sending them out all over the world (although I still have four continents to go; S. America, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica ).

Enough rambling. I just wanted to give a hearty "Thank you" to everyone here on X-Marks for helping to make this such a fabulous place to be.

We might be scattered all over the world, from different clans, countries, ethnicities, religions, political parties, and (sometimes) planets , but to me, you're all family.

Cheers!
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[CMcG]

[KiltedDixon]

[Downunder Kilt]

Well done Scott. It has been a pleasure reading your posts and having the opportunity to become the owner of one of your outstanding creations.
Cheers mate

[Mael Coluim]

Congratulations to you, Scott!

Indeed, it’s the contributions of folks like you that make XMarks the fine place it is!

So, thank you!

[xman]

Thank-you for your kind words, Scott. I concur on the sentiments. Personally, I have always enjoyed your posts. Especially the ones with the pretty pictures.

[BoldHighlander]

Congratulations to you, Scott!

Indeed, it’s the contributions of folks like you that make XMarks the fine place it is!

So, thank you!

Hear! Hear!

[Mikilt]

Scott,
Having only a few months here on X-Marks, I know that I still have much to learn. Yet I often feel as though I am "standing on the shoulders of giants" in that there is such a wealth of knowledge on which I can draw. To me, you are one of those proverbial giants that helps me see farther than I might have otherwise. Thank you for your generous sharing of your expertise.

Michael

[ShaunMaxwell]

Congratulations, Scott! The forum has undergone many changes in the past year or so, but your posts and project threads have added to it immensely, and have it helped it to continue to be a great forum. We're very glad to have you with us, and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[rtc872]

The pleasure is all ours! So thank you.