lately i've been sitting in front of a monitor far longer than i ever thought possible. i've spent quite a bit of time poring over fotos and reading info and comments. fearing i would create a typo or something like that. but the task has given me the feeling of perhaps being just a bit closer to a really great bunch of people. i have completed the main portion of the task i set about, and now i wish to just say it's been a pleasure to serve you all in this manner. merry christmas and god bless you all !
best wishes to all from the monkster
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mcrapo
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Monk
Thanks for all you have done / and all that you continue to do. It really is appreciated.
Mike
Thanks for all you have done / and all that you continue to do. It really is appreciated.
Mike
Andrew Biggs
Moderator
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones as well Monk.
You're doing a fantastic job and it's really appreciated by the forum members. The photo gallery is an amazingly eclectic collection of some really beautiful works of art and shows a really broad range of diverse talents. A truly inspirational resource.
Next year I say you, me and Tira all form a union and negotiate at least triple what we are getting now and double our current annual holidays
Cheers
Andrew
You're doing a fantastic job and it's really appreciated by the forum members. The photo gallery is an amazingly eclectic collection of some really beautiful works of art and shows a really broad range of diverse talents. A truly inspirational resource.
Next year I say you, me and Tira all form a union and negotiate at least triple what we are getting now and double our current annual holidays
Cheers
Andrew
Tira
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Thanks for the help, Monk! You've done a great job with the gallery and it has allowed us to keep on task with the other daily chores. Have a great Christmas and a relaxing time with the family.
Monk..MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and to your family. Looked at the photo gallery the other day and hat's off to you for a marvelous job.
Yours truly,
JJ Roberts
Yours truly,
JJ Roberts
fegarex
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Monk,
Great job and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Great job and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
jlseymour
Elite Cafe Member
Monk, you and your family have a Merry Christmas and thanks for all the work you have put into this forum...
Bless
Jerry
Bless
Jerry
You've gone beyond the call of duty, Monk. Thanks to you, hundreds of photos which were lost in a sea of old threads and posts have now been placed in the gallery for all to enjoy.
I'm getting some business cards printed with the Cafe logo on them to give to students and people I meet in my travels, and I was thinking I'd like some sort of slogan on the card. I came up with "The Internet's coolest hand engraving hangout" You've certainly done your part to make to make it cool!
Best of holiday cheers to you and your family.
~Sam & Abigail
I'm getting some business cards printed with the Cafe logo on them to give to students and people I meet in my travels, and I was thinking I'd like some sort of slogan on the card. I came up with "The Internet's coolest hand engraving hangout" You've certainly done your part to make to make it cool!
Best of holiday cheers to you and your family.
~Sam & Abigail
Santo
Elite Cafe Member
Yeah Monk -- thanks much for your dedication and inspiration.
Happy Holidays to all!
S~
Happy Holidays to all!
S~
yeah, andrew- you , tira, and i will strike for better working conditions for the new year coming up !
KCSteve
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Merry Christmas Monk!
Thanks for the great gift you've given us all.
I've been thinking about this forum - and especially the gallery.
I do my best to look as much of the great engraving here as I can, not just because it's so nice to look at but to help train myself to only see the good stuff.
Let me explain what I'm talking about.
Back in 1996 my ever-indulgent wife got me a good camera so I could get back into photography. At that time her standard was 'shove the camera into the face / center and fire away'. Just not good.
But I noticed something a few years later. Slowly, without me noticing it at the time, she had become quite a good photographer. She never studied it - still doesn't really know any of the 'photography stuff' and just leaves her camera on automatic. But her composition! After a few years of looking at thousands of my photographs (where I was generally at least trying for good composition) something in her head reset and when she takes a picture she automatically tries to make it look 'right'.
That's the sort of thing I'm hoping happens to me - that as I look at more and more well-done engraving I get trained in what's right well enough that I start doing things right myself.
Thanks for the great gift you've given us all.
I've been thinking about this forum - and especially the gallery.
I do my best to look as much of the great engraving here as I can, not just because it's so nice to look at but to help train myself to only see the good stuff.
Let me explain what I'm talking about.
Back in 1996 my ever-indulgent wife got me a good camera so I could get back into photography. At that time her standard was 'shove the camera into the face / center and fire away'. Just not good.
But I noticed something a few years later. Slowly, without me noticing it at the time, she had become quite a good photographer. She never studied it - still doesn't really know any of the 'photography stuff' and just leaves her camera on automatic. But her composition! After a few years of looking at thousands of my photographs (where I was generally at least trying for good composition) something in her head reset and when she takes a picture she automatically tries to make it look 'right'.
That's the sort of thing I'm hoping happens to me - that as I look at more and more well-done engraving I get trained in what's right well enough that I start doing things right myself.
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