Well done Angel. Saved FB or me having to say it!!
Well said, Tune my old mate. The main reason that I joined this site was because it was free. The main reason that I stayed was because it was such bloody good fun. Then I met my dearly beloved (who joined precisely 7 days after me) and the rest, as they say, is history. Which, for those who know us, is a very appropriate sentiment.
I do have a few thoughts (now that the initial shock has worn off).
1. I hope that Mark got a LOT of money for the site. I do know how much it meant to him and have a little knowledge of just how much time and effort he has put into it. Obviously, the mods will know more than I do, but from what I know I think it was an act of unbelievable self-sacrificing dedication and I don't begrudge him a single penny of whatever he got (though I suspect it won't nearly have matched the effort he put into it).
2. Looking at this logically (which I always try to do), why would the new owners make wholesale changes? Presumably, they bought it because they could see that it was successful. Well, the best way to keep it successful is not to make any hasty changes. I shall await wth interest the new features and only comment on them when they have been unveiled.
3. Nothing stays the same for ever. Things move on. I am as shocked as everyone else but let's try and make the future work. Having spent good money for the site I can't believe that the new owners want to f**k it up so let's try and help them make sure that they don't.
Will
Well I don't want to simply repeat what everyone else has said, but Sappho and I have even more reasons to be grateful to this site than most of the fine folks on here. We met through this site and now have a wonderful family together.
"Thank you" really doesn't do justice to it somehow.
Mark and Helen, it was a pleasure to meet you a couple of years ago and we are all tremendously grateful for what you have done.
Good luck an enjoy yourselves.
Will (and Sappho)
Right, well at chez Will'n'Sappho tonight we are serving Kier Royale (Champagne and Creme de Cassis) Glenfarclas 105 (see the Jd v Scotch thread).
Sappho Jr is away for the weekend, the twins are asleep, the takeaway has been ordered (so neither of us has to cook/washup) and the champagne and stawberries are ready and waiting - for the second weekend running :happy: :happy:
Looks like we may be in for an early night! :twisted: :twisted:
:eeek: :eeek: Don't do it Ice!!!
I once stood up to the lovely Jags (well, actually I was sitting down)
I still have the scars :shock: :shock:
Will
PS I am sure that having your thighs bitten CAN be nice, but not when entire lumps of flesh are missing. :shock: :shock: AND she likes me and was only being 'playful' I dread to think what happens if she is really angry :eeek:
), after all, he has been quoted as saying that somebody came up to him in a shop once and said, "You look just like that Andrew Marr off the telly. You poor bugger!" 
:lol: 
In her defence, she does live with me. Under those circumstances, Andrew Marr must look pretty bloody gorgeous! 
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:smackbottom:
assionkiss:
:x :x
for her (well, any excuse! :twisted
:? . Hope it all works out for you.
Stand still long enough for me to snog you! :passionkiss: