> I decided that I needed to write this to you all, mostly in light of this recent "Ressurection."
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> For those of you who don't know me(as I am a rather recent addition to RinkWorks), my name is Sam. I go by the nickname HalfWitt because it would be confusing to go by 'Sam' for obvious reasons. I found out about RinkWorks from my beautiful girlfriend, Tess, and have been addicted to it from the beginning. I would think this is brief enough, so I'll move on to what I really want to say.
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> First I must begin by thanking Sam.
> Tess let me read the email you sent her concerning this recent episode, and I must say thank you. Thank you for being such an amazing person and for caring so much about her. There are very few people I have met who are such kind, wise, and caring people. For all others reading this; You are very lucky to have Sam here. I hope that everyone else here knows what you are really worth.
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> Next, I must thank everyone else here who has ever chatted with me, or posted to one of my comments, or anything else. It is so amazing to find such a collection of great people in an online community; especially one as close-knitt as this one. In the meager 18 years of my life, I have found that truly lifelong friends are very hard to come by, and even with my limmited experience here, I already know that there is an amazing amount of them here. Thankyou all for being the kind of people who watch each other's backs, and support each other when it's needed. This place is astounding, and I hope I never have to leave.
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> Once again, Thank you all.
> Your fellow Rinkie,
> HalfWitt aka Sam

I couldn't agree more. I am rather new to the community here also, but I can't wait until I am accepted by everyone here as a good friend. I know it will probably be a while, but I am a nice person and would be thrilled to be friends with all of you. I already feel closer to some of you than my friends in real life. Without RinkWorks, I don't know what I would do with my free time. Again, thank you Sam, for such a great opprotunity for intelligent conversation, humor, and entertainment.

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