Fare thee well.....

“There is a season for all things……”

These words were written by the wisest man of his time….. he went on to say that there is a time for everything under the sun.

I suspect, most of you will be surprised to read this. Some will be shocked and saddened, some will rejoice and some could care less.

It has come time for me to once again step away from our hobby world. I have done so twice before, and the hobby and the boards continued without me. ( I will say, that IMO, the climate in Austin ECCIE corner changed greatly when I stepped down the last time – however, I take into consideration that the other Austin mods all left shortly after my departure, and that the climate in a community is more the responsibility of its membership).


I debated leaving quietly or making a post of departing comments.

I felt I owed our community a few words upon my departure.


I asked the owners two years ago to stand up our corner of ECCIE and they did. I was the first mod here but by no means will be the last.

Every corner of our ECCIE family has its own personality. Each and every one of you has the ability to influence our family corner. That influence may be positive or negative.

That choice is yours to make as you post and the others to make as they choose to comment or remain silent.


My personal challenge to each of you is this:

1. To post what is true and fair.
2. To differentiate between fact and personal opinion.
3. To respect one another’s right to disagree.
4. To disagree without being disagreeable.
5. To treat one another as fellow human beings and not as property or possessions.
6. To refrain from being intentionally unkind or unruly.
7. To call out the bullshit as well as the bullshitters.
8. To complement one another.
9. To build the community.
10. To help when you can.
11. To be open and frank in your communication with one another.
12. To ignore the trolls

To those whom I may have offended, I offer my sincerest apologies.


Life is short and people are important.


With that, I wish you all the best.
Have fun and hobby safe.
I am comforted in knowing I leave you in good hands with Ranch and with one another.

Very Respectfully,

OldSarge




P.S. I have asked my account to be "disabled", so as my avatar, name and posts will still stand. I am proud of my contributions here and want those left available.

Really?!?
fair well Sarge. Your contributions will surely be missed.
Good luck

You will be greatly missed, you have helped out so many times on alot of issues and researched so much for everyones safety.... I wish you the best good luck.

that really sux man..but i'm sure the politics in this lil corner of the world is really fucked up.peace and good luck

Oh no.... I will miss our conversations.

Have a great adventure and take care.

It is certainly unexpected and unfortunate for our little corner of eccie. I truly appreciate all your hard work as a superb moderator and dedication to the hobby. Most of all, I appreciate your wisdom and kindness and your willingness to share them with us all. I wish you nothing but the best and will welcome you with open arms if you decide to return. We will miss you Sir!

Sarge has been a definate asset to our board. His invaluable insight and information will be truly missed. I count him as a friend as we have had many conversations. I do know that he is moving on to a better life, and I wish him all the best in everything he does. I will miss you, my friend. Ranch

Farewell Ole Sarge....I know we will see you again. You always come back

You will be missed....Wishing you nothing but the best

farewell sarge. though im saddened to see you leave. i feel priviledged to have actually met you ,and shared some fun moments at some non bcd events.
your help has been invaluable to us all, long timers as well as newbies.
you will be greatly missed

Goodbye sweetie you will be missed

Sarge your insights and support for our little neck of the woods has been invaluable and although you may be leaving your impact will continue. Many blessings

Dammit Sarge. It sucks to see you go.
You've been a solid voice of reason and advice here even before you became a mod for our forum.
That is why our forum will be a little emptier without you.
But I respect your decisions just as much as your advice.
I wish you the very best in anything and everything that you do.

Fare well Sarge! For those of us true old timers that remember the humble beginnings of this discussion board as a shared e-mail list almost 20 years ago, I must say that your writings, advice, admonishments, etc. have all been with the utmost of eloquence and class that I've come to expect from a gentleman like yourself that were/are the foundation for us all! You will be missed!

damn that sucks. I remember when you retired last time, so it was cool you came back.

you must have found something better and more meaningful than p4p action, good for you if that's the case.

you're a cool dude, maybe the absolute best at providing information about the confluence of technology and legal matters. none of us are around here forever, so I wish you the absolute best Sarge.