Thank you for your kind words but unfortunately you have jumped the gun on this one.
If I get to 9,999 posts and then retire from the forum then this thread will look pretty silly.
Can you produce any evidence as to why you think my first post would have resulted in my being banned by your good self if you had been in a position to do so? Obviously you will never be in a position to ban anyone as you are not considered worthy of even holding the post of junior/ trainee moderator.
I have attempted to find my first ever forum post but it is unavailable due to the fact it was back in August 2010 in the days when VLLB and Jason Gibbs were best pals. How things have changed.
With this post being number 9,999 I now announce my attention to retire from the forum. Farewell good friends and sparring partners it has been a rollercoaster of emotions. Good times and bad. I will always hold the forum in the highest esteem but having received an offer from dan at scaffrag I have decided to abandon my socialist ideals and jump ship for financial reward. You may think that I will be dancing with the devil at the very gates of hell but that is what we do.
My favourite moments from 3 years on the forum obviously anything to do with Algeria and the recent VLLB/ Gibbs keyboard war.
I hope I have left a legacy with my Hitler videos especially the "Palmers announce lay offs at London Bridge" classic.
So with a tear in my eye I bid a fond farewell to the forum and its many different members who will always have a special place in my heart.
Farewell fellow scaffolders. Wish me luck as you wave me bye bye.