From: milivella on
According to Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/about
Mark V. posted exactly 5,000 messages to this newsgroup. (I guess he
has sticked with the same e-mail address since the beginning?) Time to
celebrate him!

It's not easy to express how wonderful he is... If just one RSSer will
go to Heaven, it will be Mark.

--
Cheers
milivella
From: Sid on
On Jul 2, 5:01 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> According to Google Groupshttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/about
> Mark V. posted exactly 5,000 messages to this newsgroup. (I guess he
> has sticked with the same e-mail address since the beginning?) Time to
> celebrate him!
>
> It's not easy to express how wonderful he is... If just one RSSer will
> go to Heaven, it will be Mark.

Come now, he's occasionally confrontational, but it is poor form to
wish him death. :)

Sid
From: Mark V. on
On Jul 2, 3:01 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> According to Google Groupshttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/about
> Mark V. posted exactly 5,000 messages to this newsgroup. (I guess he
> has sticked with the same e-mail address since the beginning?) Time to
> celebrate him!
>
> It's not easy to express how wonderful he is... If just one RSSer will
> go to Heaven, it will be Mark.

Maybe I'll actually get a life when I go to Heaven.. :-)
From: Real Mardin on
On Jul 2, 5:10 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jul 2, 3:01 am, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > According to Google Groupshttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/about
> > Mark V. posted exactly 5,000 messages to this newsgroup. (I guess he
> > has sticked with the same e-mail address since the beginning?) Time to
> > celebrate him!
>
> > It's not easy to express how wonderful he is... If just one RSSer will
> > go to Heaven, it will be Mark.
>
> Maybe I'll actually get a life when I go to Heaven.. :-)

Congratulations on hitting the 5000 post mark, Mark, here's to the
next 5000.

This one's for you, courtesy of the Proclaimers (with a bit of input
from Real Mardin):

When i wake up yeah i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who logs on to r.s.s.
When i go out yeah i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes out thinking of his sophisticated
prediction entry

If i get drunk yes i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk posting to r.s.s. from the pub
[Mark actually admitted to doing this, people!]
And if i haver yeah i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to r.s.s.

And I would write 5000 posts
And I would write 5000 more
Just to be the man who'd write 5000 posts on r.s.s.

When i'm working yes i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard on his r.s.s. fantasy football
entry
And when the joy hits me from the football I watch
I'll share that joy with r.s.s.

When i come home from a MLS match yeah, i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who writes a match report to r.s.s.
And if i grow old well i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old contributing to r.s.s.

And I would write 5000 posts
And I would write 5000 more
Just to be the man who'd write 5000 posts on r.s.s.

When i'm lonely well i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who starts a thread on r.s.s.
When i'm dreaming well i know i'm gonna dream
I'm gonna dream about my next selections on Miniger

When i watch a game on TV, yeah, i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who writes a quickie MR
When the US qualify, for the next World Cup yeah,
I'm gonna, be the first celebrating on r.s.s. (unless Jimgol gets
there first)

And I would write 5000 posts
And I would write 5000 more
Just to be the man who'd write 5000 posts on r.s.s.


Well done, Mark!


RM