Having been out of town for a while, back in the UK to be specific, I am rather late to this party. However, being late in no way lessens my heartfelt thanks to Crandell.
Dealing with such an enormous community, open to everyone, with all the hackers, trolls and simply those that are intolerant and rude. Maintaining a fun environment, where you feel it is safe to have kids browse and contribute. Helping out all those that struggle with technical issues. And doing it all as a volunteer! This was a huge commitment, in many ways an unenviable position to be in. I think Crandell did a marvelous job and I am very thankful that he and others have stepped up to the footplate.
Crandell, enjoy your retirement and I look forward to your ongoing contribution as a regular forum member.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Crandell,
now that you are no longer moderator, you WILL stay with the forum and post frequently?
Or will you be one who goes amongst the missing to a point where we all say someday down the road "Where has Crandell been? WHat happened to HIM?"
Hope you don't retire permenantly form the forum!
FOr he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny!"
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
thank you for your work at this forum.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
Come to us http://www.westportterminal.de my videos my blog
Crandell,I'm grateful for all you've done for this community as well. Like the others have said, you have maintained a steady hand on the controls and thus kept this a consistently harmonious forum - with just enough dissonance to keep things interesting.
I'll still look for your posts as a see you an excellent modeler and a fountain of wisdom.
You've done a great service here and you have more than earned your retirement.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Geez, I poke my head back in after a lengthy absence to see what's going on here, and this is it?
Crandell, I can confidently say from knowing you on and off the forum and my occasional visits over the past few years that you have made this a much better environment than it was 4 or 5 years ago. I don't know where you get the endless patience and forbearance that comes so easily to you, but that combined with your thoughtful, professorial tutelage have changed things for the better here. I can easily say you have a much longer fuse than I, and when dealing with online bar fights you managed to handle it all without ever throwing a punch.
Enjoy your "retirement" (are you at least getting a gold pocket watch?), and post photos of that diorama.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
It's not easy moderating a forum. It takes a special person to put themselves between a rock and a hard place while trying to remain neutral. Thanks for your hard work.
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Mike Kieran
Port Able Railway
I just do what the majority of the voices in my head vote on.
Thank you for a job well done.
Craig North Carolina
There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.....
Crandell,Thanks for doing a fine job as moderator!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
What can I say that hasn't already been said? You've done a great job and your soft-spoken diplomacy will be missed. Now that you don't have to be glued to the computer so much, you'll be able to spend more time on your modelling efforts and to get out and enjoy what I consider as one of the most beautiful areas in Canada.
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Crandell... Crandell? I know I've heard that name around somewhere. OH YES... I remember now!
What a fine job you have done over the years you've been moderator and I'm pleased to count you one of my bestest online friends.
Jarrell
Thanks for doing an often thankless job.
Those of us who have been around a while remember the "dark days" when trolls ruled the weekends after the MR staff went home. Crandall's work as a modeler / moderator helped end all that nonsense. We're all grateful.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Crandell:
THANK YOU !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
As I've said to you before in private I'll say hear in public: Ya' done good, Bud! It has been a real privilege to serve together with you here in the past as it allowed me to personally grow and hone my own diplomatic skills by your example. Yea, we made some mistakes - no argument there - but we learned from them. I know that Norris and John have and will continue to greatly benefit from your tutelage behind the scenes.
Okay, the switch has now been officially thrown, Crandell. Back the steamer up into the siding and enjoy some well-deserved down time. Glad to know that you'll still be around.
Gratefully,
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
selector I couldn't begin to tell you how much your comments mean to me, gentlemen. It warms me greatly that you have taken the time to compose thoughtful compliments and well-wishes. While they tell me a lot about the way you regard me and my service, they tell me as much about the quality of the membership on this forum. I won't run away, I promise, but I'll think twice if a bunch of you do leave. Deal? Warm regards to you all, and ever gratefully, Crandell
I couldn't begin to tell you how much your comments mean to me, gentlemen. It warms me greatly that you have taken the time to compose thoughtful compliments and well-wishes. While they tell me a lot about the way you regard me and my service, they tell me as much about the quality of the membership on this forum.
I won't run away, I promise, but I'll think twice if a bunch of you do leave. Deal?
Warm regards to you all, and ever gratefully,
Crandell
Aw, shucks, t'weren't nuttin'. Ya deserved it.
Maybe now you can stop into the diner and have a , or a , or a and be "one of us" and tell us how you really feel about things!
Thanks from me as well for your very adult and considerate contribution to this forum. Your succesor has big shoes to fill.
Mike
A big Thank You! Crandell !!!
what could I add what has not yet been said?
You did a wonderful job as a moderator, cooling down the sometimes heated discussion while keeping the forum a vivid one. Never did I regard you as a member of the "forum police", but always as a help to give discussions the right direction.
I am glad you won´t run away from the forum and I am looking forward to your contributions and pictures.
Thank you for your service!
Thank you Crandell for helping make this one of the best forums on the internet. Exaggeration? I don't believe so. I've visited several, though not all, and I believe this to be one of, if not the best one there is. Much has to do with the members sure, but it only takes a couple bad apples to spoil the basket. We talk about how this forum gets a bit nasty however it is nothing compared to many others break into mayhem quickly. I attribute that to the work you and the few others have done.
A couple times you have had to remove a post or two from me. Each time you took the time to explain why you did in a very civil and kind way. And each time, after reading what you had to say I walked away realizing you were right and actually glad you removed it.
You are a class act and a first rate moderator. You never seemed to overstep your boundries, push the envelope because you could, spitefully take advantage of your position or do anything that could be deemed unprofessional. You will be missed in that capacity, but I am glad not in our community. I always enjoy your photos of the layout and am looking forward to seeing your new project. Enjoy your "retirement".
Now get busy and glue your fingers to something!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
NOOOO!!!!!!!That's a shame. But I know youve said you were busy Crandell, so many happy retirement for you! Just don't be any stranger than you area- I mean, a stranger around here.
-Morgan
You've had a very tough job and you've done it with the three Big C's IMO: Care, Class and Consideration. You've been an excellent moderator and you'll be sorely missed as such. Luckily, for the rest of us, you'll still remain a contributing member and that's a BIG Plus, especially for me, personally.
I can't wait to see the results of your projected Dioramas--if they're half as good as that beautiful layout you had to abandon, they'll be Jaw-Dropping!
My personal thanks for all of those years you've spent keeping the rest of us Playing Well With Others, LOL! You're a very special guy!
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
CTValleyRR Maybe this'll be like Dallas, and we'll come back in a couple of days to find it was all a dream..... No? Rats.
Maybe this'll be like Dallas, and we'll come back in a couple of days to find it was all a dream..... No? Rats.
Yeah! Crandell will come back incarnate in a new episode.
Thank you Crandell, you have been a true voice of reason.
Sheldon
Crandell, I can honestly say that you've been among the very best of the moderators I have known in all my years online and over a couple of dozen forums.
Your calm, collected, and level-headed words of wisdom will be sorely missed. I hope you won't be a stranger after this!
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -- Henry Ford
Hope to see you on Weedend Photo Fun.
Best wishes,
Richard
dkawala I just wanted to announce that Crandell Overton (username: Selector) has decided to step down from his role as a moderator on these forums.
I just wanted to announce that Crandell Overton (username: Selector) has decided to step down from his role as a moderator on these forums.
WHAT????
Please, tell me it's all a bad dream.
Oh well, he certainly deserves a break after four years of herding cats on this forum. A job well done Crandell! Please feel free to sleep in tomorrow...
Crandall,
Thanks. Not an easy job, but you did it well and we all benefited.
Paul