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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 1:30 pm
I vote Neil to receive the "Founder" status.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 2:10 pm
Thank you Neil! Best of luck to you in the real world!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 2:27 pm
Faerygddss, I will have to admit, I was surprised when I met you because you seemed completely and happily physically normal, and it had always been my impression from years and years ago that you were in a lot of pain. Yay TVCH!
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 2:56 pm
Juju... I was... for a long time... then they found out that I wasn't crazy! I had a uterine cyst the size of a large cantelope (weighed just over a pound) that was pressing on my sciatic nerve. Imagine being in the 9th month of pregnancy... FOR 6 YEARS!!!!!! That's why I never went to a gathering before I was well... because I wouldn't have been able to hack it! But you wonderful people helped me get through all that! When the doctors told me I was an insane hypocondriac, you all told me to keep faith and keep looking. After I became a diabetic, they found all kinds of things wrong with this "crazy" woman! The funny part was that in 24 hours I had 2 docs look at my color and my blood count and said, "How is it that you are standing here? Shouldn't you be unconscious?" NICE!!! Anyhow... love you all... and thanks to you all.. esp Neil for creating this sanctuary.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 3:09 pm
I think there has been some wonderful accounts posted so far. I know there are many more too. Faery, I hope you realize how special you are that you went through all that and can still be the person you are today. You are one of the people who have helped me become a better person through all you have gone through. People here at TVCH are proof of what good is within human kind.
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 5:44 pm
Wow!!! Tons of messages in here. Not enough time to read them all but I cried when I read Neil's original message. This is a great place and I have been coming here since day 1 as the "wife of admin". I will come here regardless and always have great memories of all the time I have spent here. Neil, you did the right thing and I'll always be your #1 fan. 
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Nino
Member
09-20-2004
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 5:54 pm
Hey, Mocha! I use JAWS for Windows, too! We love it! JAWS is the screen reader and Eloquence is the speech synthesiser. That's great that your workplace has accessible computers for its blind employees! What kind of work do you do? You can post in my folder, if you'd like.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 6:03 pm
I say you take one of those 5 names for yourself, Neil........you totally deserve it.....I could care less what is under my name as long as TVCH is around forever!!
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 6:25 pm
Another FOUNDER vote.
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Enb
Member
07-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 6:25 pm
Seriously, don't dedicate a name for just me. Mail me cash instead! hehehe...
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 6:55 pm
I've drafted a few posts, none of them adequate ... or that say what I want to say which is, I'm not really sure except -- thanks! It's been a major effort on your part and a lot of us really can appreciate all of what that sacrifice has been about, what it has entailed, the grief, the travails, the hair-pulling and Eli-exasperation -- lol -- , having been around and seen it all in glaring RGB color. In short and above all thanks for sticking around, thanks for inspiring, teaching, informing those who are taking over from you -- they couldn't be doing it without you. I remember ... hmmm ... I remember lots of stuff. I remember the naked Brittany pictures, I remember your shutting down the site after BB1 and the next day calling everyone back full of remorse that you had made a mistake; I remember those strange articles that appeared in major newspapers about things that happened among posters on this site, that was so strange, wasn't it -- I remember the ill-advised identity games; I remember a parade and succession of people and characters involved in the maintenance of this site, all of whom I watched with much interest and derived much entertainment from, but I have to say I have never had to put any effort into making this site work, amazingly. I remember when we were on the internet radio and the internet future seemed limitless if not crazy? And now we are here! Let's have more fun! Let me add I don't think anyone on this site has benefitted as much from it, or put in less, as myself, and for that I am grateful, most honestly for the longsuffering and tolerance on yours and everyone else's part! Well this ain't a wake or nothin, so thanks for continuing to stick around and put in your two cents for the future. It's a strategy which I've employed to great effect over the years and that you will find suits you well in difficult moments. ;) Let me just add (for what would a post be without my adding something right at the end), that the surprising and refreshing tone of this site, the feeling and tenor of the whole community, one which inspires many (or perhaps just myself) to walk a tight-rope of what is permitted and what can be dared, is something which was not created out of nothing. I can only surmise that it is inspired somehow by yourself, originating somewhere at the beginning when you charged someone with moderating in a way which truly was both exasperatingly fair and unfair and at the end was something which could not exactly be defined. Whatever it was, it was just right, and it worked better than any of us ever dreamed. Who would have thought that? Well, you -- for one -- I would venture to guess! Well done.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 8:30 pm
Neil, I just read your first post on this thread and wanted to say how touching it was. As a very new member to this site, I don't really know you but as I have been reading all sorts of posts since joining it's amazing to see the "family" that has been created here. I would like to wish you and your family all the best in all your future endeavors in life.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 9:07 pm
This was in the BB area-under the What Life Changes Have You Been Through Since BB1? thread. I hope I am not doing something bad here, or stepping on toes but just in case you are printing up all of the post in this thread Neil I really thought this one should be included. It was very touching and adds to letting you know how much you starting this site has changed lives.
quote:Lily Member 06-26-2005 Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 7:04 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been coming to this board since BB1 (every year I seem to have to re-register!) and I'm far from being a prolific poster though this year that's kicked up a bit and I'm doing LF posting too. The big change in our lives was my Mom's major stroke and I've been eternally grateful to this board because it literally probably saved her life. It was during BB3 and the date was August 15, 2002. I was an eviction night and I'm pretty certain Chiara was on the block My Mom was also a BB fan and she would come visit this board too. I talked to her on the phone at about four in the afternoon and we decided to forgo our normal good-night call because it would be such an exciting evening. There was all kinds of activity here and I decided to give her a quick call that it was really going to be an exciting show and to make sure to visit the board afterwards cause there was all kinds of great stuff going on here. It was only because of that unplanned phone call did I realize something was very, very wrong with her. My husband made it over to her place even before the ambulance although they were very quick. It was a major stroke and was caught right after it started and that's what saved her life. With certainty had I waited until the following morning as planned, she wouldn't have survived. She's been left disabled, requires round-the-clock care and lives with us now. We make sure she still gets plenty of enjoyment out of life, she's happy to be living with us and is still a Big Brother fan! On Thursdays and Saturdays, we all watch together but Tuesday's show is a bit late for her and she prefers to be in bed to watch it. To this day I'm so very thankful to TVCH as I know I would have otherwise lost her that night. That sure was our biggest life changing experience since BB1.
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Ronjon
Member
07-08-2004
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 11:38 pm
So many memories and so much fun. Thank you, Neil, for creating and maintaining such a magical forum for everyone to express their opinions and form friendships. Never think of yourself as a loser, but as a winner who took the scenic route.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:29 am
Neil, I feel I have to re-iterate a bounty of thanks for all you've done, and for one day way back when having a vision to start this. Words fail me, but I just wanted to say thanks. I have endless memories of this place and invaluable admiration for the friendships I have formed here. I'm so glad it will continue!!!! Best of luck to you and yours, Neil, and looking forward to getting to know you on a user level-lol! FWIW, I think "Founder" would be more than appropriate as well.

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Enb
Member
07-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:31 am
haha..ya, lots of good memories. More to come I guess. I remember the naked Brittany photos, I snatched from a site about Burning Man and put them up here, and a few days later the guy that claimed to have taken them was emailing me demanding I remove them. I refused unless he could prove he was the photographer. They attracted lots of people! Eventually we took them down, I believe because the membership didn't want nudity. Just for the record, Ryn was our first moderator. I've never like the term moderator, there's got to be a better term out there. Anyhow, I must get back to work here.....
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 8:50 am
How about playground supervisors? Babysitters? Hall monitors? "Play-nice" makers? M"odd"balls?
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:05 pm
M"odd"ball I like that, Kaili.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:08 pm
Post postum engineers Postmasters Postal workers Modinators
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:49 pm
Mod Squad 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 5:29 pm
Guess my computer didn't allow my post the other day, because I can't find it. I agree about having Founder as Neil's title under his Enb username. It just fits and should be noted. Thanks to you, Neil, for hearing the outcry of all the members and moderators to keep our community alive! I am so happy that our own members have purchased TVCH, and that you will stay a member.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 11:11 pm
Wardens Guards Funny Farm Attendants Pooper Scoopers
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 11:26 pm
Neil Thanks so much for starting this board. It's a wonderful place to come. Kinda of like the TV show CHEERS...you're always glad you came. You brought many many people together in friendship. I don't think there could be a better legacy to leave behind...creating friendships and passing around so much joy to so many people. Thanks Neil.  Had to throw in the kiss for memory's sake.
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Wapland
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 10:14 am
Dear Neil, I was just made aware of your decision by my wonderful hubby who printed off the whole thread when he checked the clubhouse for me today. You see we are on holidays and I just can’t stay away. I type this note overlooking the most beautiful and calm lake in the Ottawa valley. I was not surprised by your ongoing selfless act for this club by keeping it alive even though you feel the need to move on. How very honest you have been about your feelings. I have always been impressed by how humble you have been about the scope of this place. Congratulations on a job well done! Like many others, I am glad to have been here from the “get go”. Not so sure why that is important to note, call it nostalgia. You see at first this club was just words on a screen. I was barely computer literate. I remember how excited I was to have my hubby read the article from the Ottawa Sun to me as I was typing in the club. “See”, I said at the time, “WE are known!” I had taken ownership. Then watching LF and knowing that our banner was flown and blabbing to everyone at work about it, like I had flown the damn plane! Oh those angels! So many other moments,…the new board, 9/11, I could go on and on. TVCH was my home and a very real part of my life long after BB had settled down for yet another season. I made many friends and shared many of life’s moments like so many have mentioned. My excitement quotient was finally capped when I actually got to pinch the ass of chapped lipped “Admin” a few short years later in a small restaurant in the city of Ottawa. (I did it for my friend Hippy. Well for her and the bragging rights to it.) I remember telling you that I felt like a crazed fan meeting the important celebrity. We talked that day about Flyonthewall and how her passing had opened many people’s eyes to the wide scope of TVCH and that it was more than just a reality TV website for discussion. You have done a wonderful job as founder Neil. Your inspiration is woven throughout this board because for so long your name was on it and I know how important the integrity of that was for you. I hope that you save this thread to show Nathan and Starr some day. The tangible words of your fellow members are important to share so don’t be too humble to show them. I will miss you around here my fellow Canadian. Stop by and visit when you can. Best of luck on your newest endeavour. My fingers will be crossed. I gotta wonder how I will cope with possibly knowing the next Canadian Ty Pennington. Also Hugh and I want to say congratulations on your 20 years. Keep coming back. All the best of everything to you, Lisa and the rest of your family. (Parenting I hear it is a lifetime of ups and downs but great payoffs in the end…or so they tell me.) THANKS AGAIN. Fondly Wappy
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Cokegirl
Member
03-08-2004
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 1:11 pm
Neil, Thank you so much...TVCH is a great place to be with great people like you and I'm proud to be a member. I wish you lots of good luck and best wishes in the future. Laura
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