I don't usually say things like this, but isn't it time for a Mod Appreciation Thread?

[Redstone]

Trying to keep GDP from spontaneously combusting must be like trying to squash all the skeeters in a BIG old swamp. In August.

Redstone

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. I've had the displeasure of attempting to hold my ground on unmoderated forums

and it's utter bullshit. Whoever decides to be the ugliest and most underhanded can then force others out.

DU is a breath of fresh air as a result of the presence and actions of the DU mods and admin. :thumbsup:

[SallyMander]

2. Seriously! They must get paid a LOT

to put up with that BS. ;)

:hi:

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. The mods should ALWAYS be appreciated.

It's as thankless and well-paying a job as a Little League umpire, and yet they volunteer their time and do it anyway.

I'm also thankful for them because as bad as I can be around here, they keep me from being worse. :hug:

[darkstar]

4. No. It's the right time

What a job over the past few weeks, with all these hot spots blooming.

Rock on Mods!!!!:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Hells yeah!

A big ol' thank you to the mods! I don't know how you do it, but I'm awfully glad you do! :toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. As a former Moderator, I appreciate you, my dear Redstone!

It is the toughest volunteer job I ever did...

It is laborious, time-consuming, and occasionally thankless...

Thank you for this thread!

:hug:

[Callalily]

7. Thanks Redstone

for reminding us.

Sending a super big to the mods. They have a difficult, thankless job, and they do it with grace and dignity!

[Robb]

8. I hate the mods! Buncha goose-steppin'

Hey! Why'd the screen go blank?!? :D

:toast: I know the job. It's tough.

[mcscajun]

17. That's 'cause Robb...

Is Still a Dingbat!

:D

It's nice to know Some things never change. :hi:

[Fox Mulder]

9. Absolutely.

A toast to the mods for their hard work. :toast:

[SPKrazy]

10. absotively

the mods ROCK!!!!

they work for free and all they get is to use the mod hot tub

and I appreciate a moderated forum

and they do have their work cut out for them no doubt about it

:hug:

:woohoo:

[Ptah]

11. Without the DU moderators, this place would be just black and white.

Someone has to draw the line.
And I like the job they do.

[Adsos Letter]

12. I will post this again...even though everyone is thoroughly sick of it...

:D

[maddezmom]

14. I'm not sick of it

It's the first time I've seen it. :thumbsup: Would make a great locking picture in GD. :hi:

[Adsos Letter]

15. Thanks!

I did some minor "shopping" on the original drawing, to include the allusion to the mods...but forgot to provide a note designating the canon as a "thread-locking device"...

Not my drawing, btw...but in the public domain, as far as I know...

:D

[Redstone]

23. I haven't seen it before. And I like it.

Redstone

[TZ]

13. Yep the mods do a great job

I particularly like it when the mods lock a thread with a witty remark. Must be hard to keep a sense of humor sometimes. A shout out to my favorite mods..Varkam and Muriel Volestrangler, whom I have the UTMOST respect for.:hi:

[Redstone]

18. But why does Muriel want to choke little underground animals?

I've never been able to figure that out.

Redstone

[Adsos Letter]

19. Exactly the question I have been wondering....

but, being relatively new here, I was afraid I would learn a secret so deep and dark that DU would send someone out to "hit" me... :scared:

Just like I wanted to ask about "Redstone"...but a fell chill came over me whenever I even thought of it... :scared: :scared:

[Redstone]

21. Not to worry about "Redstone;" nothing sinister there.

It's my name. Not necessarily the first or last, but one of them.

Redstone

[Adsos Letter]

24. In that case, I would guess "middle"...

and perhaps related to a Native American ancestry.

Or not...

:D

[Redstone]

26. Not middle, but one, and yes to your second conjecture. Indians can have many names,

not all of them bestowed at birth.

Redstone

[redwitch]

16. Yes it is.

Thank you Mods! Sorry I was an idiot today!

[DarkTirade]

20. Right now I'd wager they're too busy to read it anyway...

:P

[Redstone]

22. Christ, yes. Just playing "Whack-A-Troll" in GDP must make them feel like a

one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

Redstone

[soleft]

25. Mods are working their butts off!

Mods rule!

[flvegan]

27. Kick for the much-praise-deserving Mods.

You paint an accurate picture of their job these days sir, I think.

[graywarrior]

28. I'll bet when they're not pulling their hair out they're rolling on the floor

laughing their asses off.