Jim Garten joins the Admin Team
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Topic: Jim Garten joins the Admin Team
Posted By: Easy Livin
Subject: Jim Garten joins the Admin Team
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:39
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The Admin team are delighted to announce that Jim Garten has joined us as a Forum Moderator.
Jim was one of the first people to join the site in February 2004. He has been a major contributor ever since then, and the voice of reason in many a heated debate.
Jim has been an Honorary Collaborator since the title was introduced, and felt it was time
Best of luck Jim, you've just made over 2000 new enemies!!
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:41
congrats Jim ! don't forget to drop by to the VR ! ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:41
Welcome/Bem-vindo, Jim!  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:42
 looked over once again.
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:42
Congratulations to Jim, you must be mad........
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:46
Better wait until 2112...  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
stonebeard wrote:Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:47
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Wonderful! It means no more visits to The Grey Room for you, Jimberly. -------------   
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:48
| Congrats Jim! Now don't report me for stealing any milk or messes in the Grey Room, please! |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:49
Congratulations Jim!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Vicky Garten
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:56
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OMG !
Do you lot realise what you have gone & done ?
 It took Mary Shelley longer to write the book & now you have given the fledgling monster all the nut, bolts, and instruction manual
 Just remember who administers this household ------------- Confusion will be my epitaph |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 12:59
Congrats Jim , this is gonna' be interesting..------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:20
Thanks for the welcomes guys - it's going to take me a while to get my feet under the table as 'SON OF TERMINATOR', so be gentle with me... this site means a great deal to me, so I thought it was about time I did my best to try to give something back.
Report you? I'm an admin now sonny - I can do a damn sight more than just report you...  ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:23
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RUUUUN!! EVERYONE RUUUUN!!!!
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:29
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A new rule for y'all...
Shed ownership is now compulsory for all members without exception, said edifices to be subject to inspection without notice, let or hinderance. I have spoken, so let it be.  -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:35
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The Grey Room shall retain Mr. Garten's chair in the member's room for posterity and for sitting down on.
Your newspapers shall be ironed every morning sir. Ben (Progismywifenowdave) will be informed of this when he returns from Welsh Wales. BTW. I have a shed. A Listed one at that.About 15 degrees ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:39
Hear, hear! Seriously (well...  ) - the warmest of welcomes from the Queen Admin herself (with Prince Consort sitting next to her...)! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 13:58
Welcome to the Terror Dome Jim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 14:01
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Ooh! New avatar Raff'
Off topic:- Anything to do with the DT Vs. Caravan thing? -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: martinn
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 14:11
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You've been seduced by the dark side of the force... How could you!
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 14:24
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OK Tony and Jim now sitting in that Admins room with Bullsh*t and brown ale I hope someone remembers to open a window.
Congrats Jim you'll do a great job.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 14:26
Bullsh*it and Adnams more like  -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 14:50
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Jim - congratulations, and thanks, we needed some fresh wind (pun intended) in the admin team. And I have a shed, it came with the house 4 years ago, so I hope you let me stay on. Any chance I can just sit at the table in the grey room, instead of sneeking underneath, hoping for spilled drops and falling crumbs? ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 16:49
Congratulations.
 Yes, Tony, as I suggested to our Jim in a PM, I'm only afraid that he WON't be able to be "mad' any more. With all due respect (that's a LOT!) I remember great forum guys like yourself and Bob simply being (and presumably having) a lot more fun, before you took on the responsibility of moderation.
Forum fun and a welcome relief from real-life stress & responsibilities becomes a job, with relentless exposure to the negative (through "report" PMs) and actively searching for abuse/rule breaking. (Ever meet a jaded, cynical cop? How about a peevish HS teacher?)
One also has to "set a good example."
 (mixed feelings -- sigh)
Well, again, Jim, my friend (if mods can have "friends"
) you have my unwavering support, no matter what.Hmmmm... I feel the time for a long-contemplated thread re the role and rewards of moderating has come. Stay tuned.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 16:52
 *Wipes milk off face* it wasn't me sir! I swears! And I do have a shed, just in case your wondering, but I do use for such activities as *gasp* storing stuff... |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 17:43
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Wow that's good news, congratulations Jim. I promise to clean my shed out tomorrow, honest! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 18:12
Congratulations Jim, much deserved. Good luck with keeping things civil here on
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 19:02
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Well what can I say, congrats Jim I guess I'll build a Jim Garten memorial shed or something now. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 19:51
Okay, okay. I'll start putting shingles on my storage locker tomorrow. When I get funny looks from the other people in my building, I'll direct them to you.
Well done Jim. I look forward to the the infusion of your unique personality to the job of moderating.
------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 08 2007 at 22:33
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Excellent, Jim makes an ideal Moderator, I think.
I have a shack, Jim, but no shed. But someday... someday... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 01:24
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Congratulations Jim.... I'll PM you after you get settled in and pick your brain on some things *don't hold my fascination with your eyes and your 'hair' against me*   hahhaha------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 01:56
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You mean he wasn't already?
May the higher mantle make the man.
Congratulations Jim. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 04:06
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Just a simple congrats here Jim.
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 07:30
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My grandfather's Shed is rotting and is falling to bits, should I clean it, sir?? BTW congrats on the new role here at PA. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 09:34
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Way to go, jim ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 10:07
This is the one thing I have had to consider deeply since Bob approached me initially; would I be able to retain my forum 'personality' whilst attending to any duties required...?  In short, I hope so - I like to think I have a well developed sense of humour and a relatively thick skin, both of which I hope to be able to continue to utilise, both with the admin hat on, and without.
I know I have friends here, and I know the admin team will support me whilst I find my feet - in addition to this site, which as I've said, means a great deal to me, I also have a 'life' (outside of the Archive??? ) which means the world to me...
Balance is all - moderation in all things (excuse the pun). Now all I need to do is utilise Google-Earth to check out the membership/shed ratio, and I'm up & running. J -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 10:15
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Yay for Jim! I will be a good boy from now on so you won't have to unleash your infamous Garten Gas upon me!  Srsly though: yay! Congratulations and good luck! |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 12:32
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Oh no, they've assimilated another one of us BTW, i've been warning free for six months now.  Well done Jim. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 12:49
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I see this thread has become a sticky on all forums. Let's hijack it!
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 12:53
... only until someone hijacks it!
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 12:58
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now that you mention it... ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 13:57
Well, as with so many things in life, Jim, you'll never know if it's for you until you try it, so jump in and give it a good go, is my advice.
Just know that if it's not for you in the end, there's no shame in admitting that, and that I'll always save you a seat here in the "audience"/peanut gallery.
 Good luck with it -- I hope you find it rewarding!
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BTW, Jimberly, Did you know that Peter Gabriel is a dedicated shed man too? Consider these lines from Sledgehammer:
I've kicked the habit
Shed my skin This is the new stuff I go dancing in, we go dancing in Now there's a man who enjoys his shed -- why, he goes positively "dancing in(to)" it!
Then there's this more oblique reference, in Watcher of the Skies:
Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
This is the end of man's long union with earth. Even lizards have sheds in England, it would seem!
(Thus, if you DON'T have one, you're worse than a lizard.) The second line seems to reflect how once a man goes into his shed, it can be bloody hard for the wife to extract him, even to consummate their "union" (here woman is "earth"/Gaia -- a common motif in shed mythology and lore).
 ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 14:24
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 15:04
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...not to mention "I know what I like (in your shed)".
Er, I don't have the album to hand right now, but I'm sure that's the title.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 19:43
I think you shed leave the jokes to the....
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 09 2007 at 19:51
Shed your mouth Tony, that wasn't funny! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 10 2007 at 03:44
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Rarely have I read so much bullshed in one thread; this is supposed to be a 'welcome to the pantheon of the PA gods-type thread' & what happens...?
Shed envy! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: April 10 2007 at 16:24
Is there a hidden reference to Hectic Watermelon's "Sacred Watershed" in your sig, Jim? That is, when the snow starts melting of course... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 09 2007 at 23:51
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well deserved and from my gatherings quite an interesting and knowledgable person.
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 10 2007 at 00:18
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------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |