Friends...

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Back to Jackie's original point - this WineBoard is really the only place I have been a participant in on the the many Wine Forums since way back in January of 1999. Previously, I'd also been on Prodigy and the predecessor of eRobertParker, but Jerry asked me to abandon AOL and all others and come over to the new Wines.com Wine Board and I have been here ever since. This has been an awesome treasure trove of all things wine since I joined, and I really felt terrible when I saw the recent divergence. I'm so, so glad Jackie has come back to put us back on track.

I've been so happy to meet fellow WineBoarders (is that the right word?) at the offlines we've had so far (I do so hope we can have more). Even after the fact, Judy and I were able to meet Verne and Connie in their native habitat, and that was an awesome visit.

Those of us who have been here for years, I'm sure have many, many fond memories of interactions with the denizens here on the Board and it's my hope that we can continue this for many more years.

Well, I could go on and on, and probably throw out some maudlin feelings as well, but I hope all that read this understand that this is really a wide open Forum and we welcome all who want to come aboard, regardless of where you are, or where you feel you are in this wonderful, wonderful world of wine.