hi... !!!!!! I'M SORRY !!!!! Eeep. Well there's my apology out of the way, on to the old explanations thang. Andy - Congratulations Microsoft Dude! Anyone else whose good news I've missed - Hooray for you! As for me, well... Here's my news. Firstly I'm in good health, that nasty hernia that gave me so much trouble last year is well and truly gone (good riddance!). I had a great Christmas with my girlfriend (now of 11 months, ya me!) I hope you all had a spandangly festive season too. In case there's any muslims out there I know it's a little late but Eid Mubarak to you and appropriate secular greetings to the rest! My A-Levels are going great and I'm really keen to do well becaue I've received an offer from Keble College Oxford to read Philosophy and Theology. Which leads me to... -------- THE IMPORTANT BIT ------------- It's clear to me and probably to you guys that I can no longer justify claiming to be an active member of this SIM. It's tough but real life is really taking over right now. So, I would like to request sanction from Andy to step into the background and lurk for a while, things change and come the summer I may have more time on my hands. I'm truly sorry to be discontinuing my active involvement with the SIM, but I WILL BE BACK! Contact me OOC at alec_keena@xxxxxxxxxxx anytime, this email address should stay open but I'm not sure... Peace and a thousand million thanks for the great times we shared and will share again! Alec :) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ********************************************************** USS Vanguard: http://ncv80221.netfirms.com/default.htm Gamma Fleet: http://gammafleet.startrekrpg.org/ FreeLists: //www.freelists.org Vanguard Archives at Freelists: //www.freelists.org/archives/ncv80221 **********************************************************