To my friends here

Dearest Canncom family-

I haven't been on much lately as maybe you've noticed. I recently started a new full time job with lots of overtime, and no longer have either time or internet access at work or home to be on as much as I would like to be.

I'm working in a field I love, sustainably-produced food, but in these hard economic times it is becoming apparent to what extent we really do consider it a luxury to buy food that was grown in an ecologically-responsible manner, and the people still left at the facility are running ragged and short-handed, without the capital to upgrade systems for efficiency. We just keep fixing things as they break- elbow grease is the thing we need the most of. It's a challenge that I feel up to, but I also feel at the end of every day as if I've been beaten about the arms and shoulders with a baseball bat; sore, bruised, filthy, and exhausted. I do nothing but work and sleep, and spend my few days off dealing with the amount of manure-caked laundry that builds up fast in this line of work. My garden is on a back burner, but stabilized so I don't lose genetics- I'm just not really doing much with them at the moment. It's a lovely collection of ornamental houseplants until I get a moment to figure out where to go next.

I can't thank everyone here enough for all your support over the years, and the camaraderie that we got going here. I've been awed by your gardens and personal resilience through adversity- illness, natural disaster, family tragedy, and legal problems- you have all inspired me to be a better and more giving person. I feel that it is time to focus that locally. With so few hours in the week, I owe it to my friends and family to make time for them, and try to make a positive impact in my hometown.

I'm still going to try to come back and check in whenever I can, but it's not going to be often. I miss you guys but it is time for this rolling stone to roll along to the next project. Keep fighting the good fight. I promise I will be too.

Love,

Stinkyattic

We will always have your stickys. Keep on keeping on...

Hey Stinky ,
We know where to find ya .
Takin care of your own biz. is far more important than this site . esp . in the condition it's in right now . Any deader it'd start to stink .
G/B Sis .
Crispi :jointsmile:

... there goes my best 'fantasy girlfriend' :D ... ya better stay in touch, ya lil cutiepie !! :computerlove1:

Well, I was wondering... Best regards, sister. and please keep the channels open.

i'm glad that everything is coming together for you stinky! i can't think of another person on the board who deserves it more (not that i know anyone for that matter)! i'm sad to see you go, but i can understand that it is time for you to move on.

thank you for providing answers, tidbits, theories, expericence and knowledge! you have been inspiring as well as somebody who one should aspire to be like!

i hope life treats you well in whatever journey you decide to embark on. godspeed!



-shake

Stinky, you are the most sincere, nicest, inteligent person I have not met, but your posts echo the greatness that is you.
I hope you are rewarded well, in this life, or the next.

p.s. I still think you should publish a book.

been wonderin where u were
have fun good luck

now whos gonna point out my bad advice?

Get back here as often as you can stinky. We'll be missing you.

Thanks Stinky for all your help, you helped me out on several grows, you will be deeply missed.
Thanks
Big Len

Thanks for all your wonderful information stinky! You've been very inspiring to me.

I have not known you long Stinky but in the short time I have been coming here I have found your help to be extremly valuable. Best wishes to you and be safe in whatever adventure you decide to embark upon.

Tinytoon

I'll miss you Miss Attic, next time I'm having a wee dram I'll give you a wee toast, haste ye back.
And may the hinges of friendship never rust.

All the best

NCM

play like a superstar...party like a rockstar...grow like stinkyattic

I am really going to miss you! :(


But, I'm glad it is a job you love that is keeping you away! (rather than you frantically looking for a decent job while working as an underpaid burger-flipper!)


Take care of yourself! But don't forget about us! :hippy: :smokin: :stoned: :rasta: :pimp: :rastasmoke: We'll all be waiting for your next visit!


Granny :hippy:

Congratulations on the new gig. I hope it all works out for you. :cool:

On a personal note, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you've taught me.
Your patience, tolerance and knowledge will truly be missed. :thumbsup:

Bummer when life changes ones course, as it affects sooo many. But good luck on your journey, and please keep in touch.

Rusty.

Stinky saying goodbye :(:sadcrying This has to be one of the 7 signs before the end of days. I'm gonna miss her :sadcrying

...:thumbsup:...

Been missing you.

After half-assed attempts at growing for 40, (odd, and I do mean odd), years, you inspired me to gather my excrement together.:)

I'm sure you'll be popping back in now and again.
Just grateful for the timing that left you free to "hold my hand" while I floundered about.
No worry, you've created dozens of "graduate students"
to fill in for you.
We'll try to make you proud.:thumbsup:

Love and aloha
Weeze

awwww!:jawdropper: you'll be greatly missed ! what if we get you a laptop with one of those satellite WIFi cards !! or we could send a couple dozen workers from cali to help with the fields :D wait can't we talk about this ? don't just leave us , we work can work it out :hippy:
we'll goto councling etc whatever it takes plz plz don't go :sorry1:

hey stinky, goodluck on the new adventure ! I wish the best for you and your adventure, plz don't forget too, stop and take a little time too relax and smell the pretty flowers along your path. . . Veggii
:wave1:
:hippy: :hippy: :hippy: :hippy: :hippy:

And please check in often. I am forever in your debt. Thanks for sharing so much of your wisdom with us. And thanks for your skills as a mod--lotsa challenges there, for sure. But you pulled it off beautifully.

Your fan always, DH

You'll be back! :) We all come back.

G/L with the new position!

Congrats and good luck.....I'm sure all things will work out fine.

:jointsmile:

Congrats!! Thanks for all you have done. This site is like a plant that just keeps growing and giving! :hippy::thumbsup::jointsmile:

Mmmmm it sounds like you are fighting a truly good fight :) I am so happy for you, and I hope it is as rewarding for you as it sounds. Do your thing and dont worry about anybody but yourself. We'll still be here :)

And you'll always be in my signature :D

All the best of luck to you dear lady

:giveflower: hope to see you around stinky, you've helped me plenty, from the past of being a noob, to the present of me being a noob

God I miss you. You helped change my life. I'm going to miss that kind of guidance.

I think that before too long you will be manager of your job which will give you more time to visit us at cdot. That's how I'm leaving it anyway.

Much love,

wh

the Force is stong with you Stinky and I have full confidence you will keep strong and fight the good fight while takeing care of your own. So I know this is not good by but Godspeed, and till next time.

Oh just had to throw in we do think you are a growing guru, and have taught us volumes, on growing and much more.

For that I thank you

hiya Doll ! just wanted to throw my name in the "we love stinky" thread.


Dive:stoned:

Shit....one of the FEW that stuck up for me through the LED beginnings, lol...Helped me along so much. Wife and I wish you the best, and hope all is well. I consider you among one of the few selfless people I have ever had the pleasure to know.
PLEASE keep some channels open...there are MANY who TRULY love you as a person, whether MEETING you in person or not. You are someone who's name will always be known around this community, here, and other forums. F.U.C.K.E.M miss ya as well.....lol

we love ya queen stinky
good vibes

When I first signed up at this site I didnt read the rules very well and I got spanked by Stinky twice on the same day it sucked.But it gave me time to read thru alot of posts and learn alot of things and get some ideas about other members. Stinky you made me a Smarter and Better person. For this I will always be grateful and hope that someday I can do the same for someone else. I wish you the best, and peace for you, your freinds and family.

I looked forward to Stinky's spankins ... 'Queen of the Lash' :computerlove1:

Good luck with the new project, Stinky! I'm glad you got a job doing something you already know you love to do. Having a job that sucks up too much of your time is a lot easier to handle if you like the work and believe in its importance. Sounds like you like it, and it is definitely important.

We are all going to miss you around here. You did a GREAT job as a moderator, keeping a lid on the BS. And at the same time you also contributed even more as a fellow member, giving good advice on growing and on a lot of topics that are even more important than growing, sharing your intelligent thoughts and ideas, making good jokes, being a good friend. You have touched a lot of lives. Be sure to come back as a member as often as you can.

Now back to the farm! That compost pile ain't gonna turn itself, you know!

Geepers, missed this one and have been missing you Stinky. No wonder why the boards are so dull and slow lately. Well, we are losing our :pwomen MODS here. I don't see Birdgirl either! Like no one notice's! Have a tear in the eye!:abduct:

I have left a few posts saying, "Stinky will be by to help!" Guess not! Bummer! Please keep your social group open??

btw; thanks for being so kind and nice in your spankin's :joint1:-doing it with the class we have come to expect, reason with sincerity and hope and most of all for master grower and Prof.!! You need to start a school like Oaksterdam!!

I am bummed.:sadcrying Assumed you'd be here forever! :greenthumb:

I was already missing your posts and info.; Now, I know why and am very saddened.

Naturally, I am very happy for you. To be blessed with a job in a field you love! We should have organized and started an Oaksterdam College in your area! What a hoot that would have been!

Will look forward to your coming back and hope you :jointsmile: :rastasmoke: before you post, those are the best and funniest. You are one of he most rounded in knowledge I've seen here and respected, more than you can imagine, by most here! When you work that hard you don't need the hassle's from here. You always held your coolness, even in adversity!

Doubt there will ever be anyone as good as you on this site again! Just when I was gonna need your advice the most!!! Stay in touch and don't work your ass off. Sounds like you are so tired and exhausted you need a rest. Hopefully, you'll have that company whipped into shape in no time and have it on mostly auto pilot, so you supervise and have some energy for us when you get home!

Will be as happy as I can be for you. Was worried you took another job on another site when this board went down, since you were going thru a bad spot at the time. Guess not.

You were the light of this Forum. Too bad it doesn't pay enough to an experienced person like you that has so much passion for the grower and keeping the genetics clean! I won't laugh so much anymore!:angelsmiley:

Since you haven't been around, it seems like people have to keep coming back and saying, 'no response'! Didn't see much of that when you were here. WE all really do notice and you need to know that!

A nice time of your life to set back and take inventory anyway! Hope you have time to go have some fun, at least. If you do and get out this way-holler, you know there are a lot of us that would help you out, no matter what!

Regardless, I am very happy for you in this new endeavor:jumphappy:! See ya back here full time when you own the company! We all admire a hardworker that has worked so hard to be where you are! :greenthumb: I have nothing funny in my book right now! Was hoping to bump into you at a Nug's n Jug's, NV!! Oh well! Was hoping to see your Black Indica this year! (think that was your other choice)!

Will miss and pray for your continued happiness, :jumphappy: Oh crap--you have met someone else at work haven't you. Don't pull one over our eyes now! What's his name? Please don't say MJ (his initials is what he goes by)! Hopefully, he is not in Alaska either! :rasta: :rastasmoke: :p :bong:

Hope to see you around and settled into your new way of life! You have to admire someone like you, no matter what. You have wonderful work ethics and the whole package. Now, that you are not a mod--you gonna marry a few of these offers you had here! Cannot imagine you not having done so already- with all your genetic knowledge and all!

You take care and remain with the best of care from myself and many others, I am sure! PR :) happy 4 you and see u around!

I dont know you personally and you gave me a warning or two,but your a big part of this commmunity and I'll miss you.

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

and no longer have either time or internet access at work or home to be on as much as I would like to be.

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Man that's like the understatement of the year. It's like she's hanging with Jeff Probst on Survivor but not even in the main camp but on survivor island. Shit win the next reward challenge and tell Jeff to hand over his iphone or crackberry and get online.
:(

hope all goes well and hope to see ya in the future you rock:D

Stinky-
gotta admit i too was wonderin wtf, ok, now we know.

sad n glad
sad your leaving, glad youre happy

your kung fu is strong
your karma is stronger

you will get back many times the love you have given.

i will join the choir in wishing you the very best in all you aspire to.:pimp:

Rock.

I miss you guys every day. Work is keeping me busier than I wanted it to, but I think it's healthy in the long run. I'm trying to bring some long-standing dreams to fruition, and spend as much time as I have with the local med growers. I feel like this is a very temporary time in my life. I am learning so much, and feeling so grounded. Farming suits me far better than research. My true love is making things grow. It's hard, and the money is really minimal, but in the big scheme of things, grad school is so much more expensive! Hahaha! I have a couple of really fascinating co-workers and the self-produced medicine scene surrounding a sustainable ag farm is really impressive!
I'm feeling terribly guilty for not maintaining as frequent correspondence with you guys as I'd like to, but my neighbors put a lock on their wireless so it's a tidge inconvenient, lolololol. I'll get it sorted out shortly.
Talk to you soon. Really. I miss you more than you can imagine.

Much love,
Stinky