Five o clock in the morning and writing an acceptance speech ! I think that's a great way of expressing at how honoured I am for this award . Especially during studying for finals it's been a great boon to morale over here at the home front although I probably spent too much time trying to tinker with my sig XD .
Kidding and egotistical banter aside , I wanted to first thank RGB deeply for nominating Timelines . RGB has been a major friend with us for a long while and , honestly , I do hope it continues to be that way for a very long time . Those of us at Timelines who know him and see him come around are always appreciative for the hard work he puts into keeping in contact with us and he has done a great job in teaching me personally a lot about Eastern Europe and Central Asia . I look up to him in many respects for this wealth of information , but I also count RGB as one of the great writers that I know . It is true what they said about our generation , eh , old bean ? For those out there who may not know , RGB started writing his AAR (which I highly recommend especially for those who may not know as much about Eastern Europe as you'd like) around the same time I started to write Timelines as well as around the same time thrashing mad and grayghost started as well . There are many others in our generation , but I'm specifically dedicating this award to them and to RGB . It is through their continued patronage and reading of other AARs as well as updating their own (though those 3 i mentioned are particularly notorious about lateness at times XD XD !) . So this is for you , cheers !
Secondly , I'd like to thank the readers of Timelines for making it a great success . Special shout out goes to our fellows in Tempus including my fellow SEELE Judas Maccabeus and English Patriot as well as our Fellows General_BT , LeonTrotsky , Atlantic Friend , Jimbo , and our latest Fellow VILenin . You guys have been a constant support for me and a perpetual reminder why friendship is just as vital in making sure our AARs succeed . I wanted to thank our good friends and comrades at the Warlord Club including especially grayghost , Myth , and Mr. duggan . Thanks always for your constant support ! Among the lot of you , I wish some of you would come on MSN more ! XD
There is a special category of thanks I'd like to give to those readers who comment while in the middle of catching up . There is more rejoicing in the management for 1 comment than 99 views from lurkers ! (okay maybe I'm exaggerating just a little XD) . But you know who you are including comagoosie and specialist and mettermrck . Thank you for commenting along the way !
Let's not forget our usual lineup of king-makers XD mijn hollanders grubnessul and avernite , woot ! Let's not forget our Catalan brother Kurt_Steiner ; he's provided us with great encouragement and help ! The Executer , Murmurandus , and some of our newest readers like Capibara and ForzaA welcome and thank you ! If I missed anyone please , forgive me . It's late ! But feel free to give me a reprimand post for forgetting if I did XD . Thank you all again . Without your support Timelines would not be able to continue !
For all those in this thread who have been so kind and continue to support the great works out there , thank you all and I hope to see you all out there ! In the meantime , I'll be searching for a successor to sufficiently embarrass by this Sunday
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