Thread: Site Comments I just got to get this off my chest

Thank you all for the patient help, generous donations of information, uncounted hours of videos, testing results, and gentlemanly demeanor which you richly offer freely to all those who enter within.

It is remarkable when members with counts of several thousand posts routinely respond without condescension and with genuine interest to those of us beginners who are so sure of themselves after just a few months of practice.

The ordinary here is so extraordinary elsewhere it bears some public notice.

The staff which keeps this place civil and operational deserve recognition.

The skilled professionals which populate this site and so freely give of their time and talent and their willingness to share the knowledge they have acquired from work and experience deserve recognition.

The founders and their businesses which supports this site and permit open discussion often at odds with their business interests deserve recognition.

The standard of conduct and the expectation of integrity which permeate this forum deserves recognition.

Sometimes I stop to smell the coffee and mark my memory of the good things. It helps when I need to drag myself through the bad.

I feel the same way. Of all the forums I frequent, this one is the most professional, gentlemanly, and well-moderated. Hats off to all the guys who work so hard behind the scenes to make this place so awesome!

I notice you are rapidly approaching post count in the thousands yourself

Originally Posted by gugi

I notice you are rapidly approaching post count in the thousands yourself

IOW you ain't got a life either .......

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IOW you ain't got a life either .......

That's how you get over 2000 posts in a year and a half.

Here, here!! Ditto all that. The offers of help and suggestions from the "old timers" makes me come back time after time, and never worry about asking a "Stupid" question that I am sure these guys have heard over and over. Always something new to learn, especially for this new blood letter, albeit a lot less than when I first started thanks to this forum.

Yeah, yeah... welcome to SRP, "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."

Besides, I got banned over on left that other board...

Whew, I thought you were going to tell us all off then!

I agree with your thoughts. The guys here I have found can all be categorized into one, big, genre; gentlemen, one and all...Weeellllll, apart from those Canadian guys, they're a bit hyper (and constantly drunk, I think) and us Aussies are a little outrageous too (and constantly drunk, I think)...

The kind words in the OP are well appreciated but not terribly surprising. Over the four years I've been on this forum, I too have come to realize that SRP is in fact something very special. To most folks, a forum dedicated to old school shaving would seem a bit odd but truly there is a whole bunch more to it than that. In a strange sort of way, SRP enables guys from all over the world to rally around this hobby and truly become friends. Not just because we choose to pick up old straight or safety razors, a brush and some soap every day (although that's part of it) but because of the many other things that we all seem to have in common. Random acts of kindness are the norm here whether we're helping new guys just getting started in the hobby or rallying around members who are just going through the personal hardships that occur outside the daily shave and need some good friends to lean on for a minute. We are truly a society of gentlemen and renaisannce men. My fedora is off to each and every one of you. I'm proud to be in your company daily and fortunate to have friends of such caliber (I believe that's calibre for you non-Americans)

I agree with all here; this site is great, a true gentleman's (and ladies) club. For a site this size, the mods, posters and all who keep it running do a remarkable job. I'm glad the OP posted this; I echo the points others in this thread have stated with gratitude as well. I only add my voice here to make the sentiment known a little louder. Thanks to all.