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Time to shut up shop - www.os-db.net
Clean:
Mark,
I know you have had a tough 2013, and wrote to you sharing my support for you at the time. I was gutted to read the eMail sent from the site along the same lines as your post below, yestreday.
Your site has been a vital component of two of my six builds, and my all time favourite, my Pro Large; as important as the frame and forks, to be honest. :4_17_5:
I am so sorry you feel the need to move on, but I also appreciate everything you have said, and why you feel the need to change tac.
Good luck with the next chapter(s) of your life, and thanks for everything. :4_17_5:
Clean.
*ps* Gutted I only ever got second places in OS-DB of the month, but "it is better to have fought and lost, than not have fought at all"! :daumenhoch:
*pps* What Terry said; don't be a stranger!
BMX1973:
Sorry to hear this. :( All the best for the future. :)
ORANGEZIPPY:
Hi Mark
Sorry to hear about the site, but Very Sorry to hear About Your Dad.
take a step back and maybe take a bike for a quick ride around the block, you deff need some time back yourself.
speak soon and see you at MK14
:daumenhoch:
fischflo:
one of the best organized sites - main thing is that you secured and saved all its infos 8) ..time to take it easy
sparky:
Many thanks for the kind messages and replies of well wishes and support (I have read each one very carefully and taken much on board). Understand kindness in these situations is very difficult to take on board and absorb without getting tearful. I will pop in periodically, even just to browse.
Although it will have been 12 months on the 31st Jan 2014 since losing Dad so unexpectedly, being an Estate Trustee, helping my Step-Mum with the accounts/finances as well as organising much of the rest, the grieving was somewhat delayed and boy did it hit. Coupled with ignorant and cruel treatment from some family members didn't help and how I managed not to snap I'll never now.
Those who have and continue to go through grieving will probably appreciate the emotional turmoil more than most. If any good has come out of it, it will be the sense of wanting to spend more time with loved ones and utilising opportunities regardless of time to be with those who mean so much (something I didn't do before). I've always been a bit on an un-emotional character (with an element of appreciation for other peoples feelings), but there were distractions that needed capping for the time-being.
As for the website, well the data is safe and I've had many offers to host, pay, take it over but for me it isn't the right time to assess it's future, I just needed it out of my mind without shutting people out, hence the Facebook group. New directions seem the priority at the moment.
One last thought. Every now and again I read threads about discourtesy, bullying, rudeness, etc, but once a comment has been made, you cannot simply wipe it out of ones mind, pretend it never happened or erase it like a misspelt word. Maybe members would be wiser and bolder to think beforehand before they start typing because the lasting implications against the forum and the individual it's aimed at could leave an imprint long-term. Whereas some can take comments on the chin, others are less fortunate.
Hopefully catch you all soon (love to radbmx.co.uk) :daumenhoch:
Mark
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