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Ines I've been silent on this forum for a long time, due to ongoing health issues, but I look in from time to time and my conscience wouldn't let me ignore your post.
Ines I don't want anyone to thank me for anything.
Nah, sorry, you don't get let off that easily. If you want to know how good a moderator you were (together with Laura of course) look at the forum: almost troll free, full of lively discussion, lots of disagreements but nearly always respectful discourse. You should be proud of that.
Of course you weren't perfect, none of us are (well, except Donald Trump) but you don't need to beat yourself up over the odd mistake. I have to say that while I occasionally disagreed with you, I certainly agreed with most of your posts, and even as a self confessed fetishist I've always felt welcome here. Nobody paid you for what you've done, it was solely because you care and you want to make a difference, which you did. As for offending people, your comments to one or two folk that I can think of who were offended were absolutely spot on and deserve no apology at all, frankly I'd have banned at least one.
I've been careful to write about all your actions in the past tense as I don't want to try and persuade you to return. You know what you need; I've no idea how you managed to combine notoriously demanding medical studies with moderation of the forum. I'm retired and I'd struggle to find that time.
Leave, focus on your future and be proud of a job well done, but if you could pop back occasionally and give us a quick update, that would be great.
So finally, despite your entreaty, a big THANK YOU from me, and I'm sure many other members of the forum.
Best wishes for your future.
Tony