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Thread ID: 26361 2002-10-25 08:19:00 FRIDAY NEWS- THE LAST NEWS POST FROM THE DUMP :( tweak'e (174) Press F1
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92915 2002-10-25 08:19:00 DEAR READERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES,
FROM TODAY, IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET AND SADNESS THAT DUE TO INCREASING WORK AND FAMILY COMMITMENTS, MONTY'S DUMP WILL NO LONGER BE COLLECTING THE BEST TRASH FROM AROUND THE NET.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE COMMITMENTS THAT I CAN NO LONGER GIVE THE NEWS AND THE SITE THE FULL ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES, FOR YOU, THE PUBLIC. SO I HAVE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY AND HANG UP THE OLD GARBAGE CAN.
THIS IS A DECISION I HAVE BEEN AGONIZING OVER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE THE DUMP HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY LIFE, BUT FINALLY IT HAS COME TO A HEAD THAT I CAN BARELY FIND ENOUGH TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPLETE AN INFORMATIVE UPDATE WITHOUT MY DAY TIME WORK PERFORMANCE AND FAMILY DUTIES SUFFERING. I SINCERELY APOLOGISE TO ALL MY REGULAR READERS.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT I AM COMPLETELY REMOVING MYSELF FROM THE SCENE. I WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR SOLVE PROBLEMS OR FIND STUFF LIKE THOSE ELUSIVE DRIVERS OR FILES FOR PEOPLE IF YOU CARE TO EMAIL ME FROM THE LINK IN THE RIGHT MENU, BUT THE REST OF THE SITE WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED.
SO FOR NOW I BID YOU A FINAL ADIEU, AND I WISH TO THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE KIND WORDS AND PRAISES AND THE CONTINUAL READERSHIP THAT HAS GOT ME TO THIS POINT AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS OF SERVING THE OZQUAKE COMMUNITY. MY BIGGEST THANKS THOUGH, GO OUT TO LOKI (BLAIR) AND BERT (MICK) WHO, WITHOUT THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND FRIENDSHIP, MONTY'S DUMP WOULD NEVER HAVE COME INTO BEING AT ALL.
UNTIL NEXT TIME WE MEET, IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF THE LATE DOUGLAS ADAMS.
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH.
MONTY
PS. IF YOU LIKE KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE NEWS OUT THERE, HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SITES THAT I GOT MOST OF THE STUFF FROM THAT KEPT THE DUMP GOING:
warp2search (http://www.warp2search.net/)
ve3d.com (www.ve3d.com)
xp-erience.org (http://www.xp-erience.org/)
icrontic.com (http://www.icrontic.com/)
xbitlabs.com (www.xbitlabs.com)
bluesnews (http://www.bluesnews.com/)
iexbeta.com (http://www.iexbeta.com)
fileconnect.net (http://www.fileconnect.net)
geeknewz.com (http://www.geeknewz.com/)
tweaktown.com (http://tweaktown.com/)
techspot.com (http://www.techspot.com/)




"Very sorry to see end of a great site. All the best wishes and a HUGE thankyou to monty for all the news. happy quakeing monty ;-)" tweak'e
tweak'e (174)
92916 2002-10-25 08:29:00 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the news has gone. -=JM=- (16)
92917 2002-10-25 08:29:00 :_| :_| :_|

Just when I was going to need it the most! :O

Oh well, thanks Monty, it was good while it lasted.

tweak'e, you'll have to step into Monty's shoes now. ;\
Susan B (19)
92918 2002-10-25 08:39:00 Well tweake' you know what you are going to have to do now....get on the computer and start surfing the net for those snippets of news that we find interesting. hehe Just kidding, :D

It is sad to see it go, :(
Sam H (525)
92919 2002-10-25 09:14:00 **** **** **** **** ******* *****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This WAS my fav reason for visiting PF1 each day. (Not that I am planning on leaving tho).

Oh well, thanks tweak'e for the news thus far, i have enjoyed it to date.

G P
Graham Petrie (449)
92920 2002-10-25 09:17:00 Bugger! Baldy (26)
92921 2002-10-25 09:37:00 > Bugger!

I second that motion. :(:_|:_|:_|
vk_dre (195)
92922 2002-10-25 09:39:00 Oh NO! :_| TOYOTA!! :O

Babe.
Babe Ruth (416)
92923 2002-10-25 09:47:00 I'm not going to have a bar of it x-(
You come back here!!!
roofus (483)
92924 2002-10-25 20:02:00 tweak'e, you'll have to step into Monty's shoes now

I second that,tweak'e (if you have the time!)
Has been a great help. :-)
Neil McC (178)
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