MetaTalk posts tagged with thanks and shoutout

MeFi prevents brain damage!

desjardins — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:56:47 -0800

Hey, AskMefites, thanks for potentially saving my life. I asked this question about my anxiety over getting a sleep study and was reassured by a dozen Mefites. Bolstered by their encouragement, I made an appointment for a sleep study. I got the results last week, and they were shocking. I stopped breathing 394 times in a 6 hour period. My oxygen level dropped to 72%. This is obviously not good. My doctor said that people with my severity of apnea are at high risk for heart attacks, stroke, and brain damage. But thanks to y'all, I'm getting it treated. AskMe rocks.

Thanks, mattbucher!

mrbill — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:13:08 -0800

I'd like to publicly thank MeFi user mattbucher for helping make last night a wonderful experience. It started with this AskMefi post about Freemasonry back in 2007. Matt answered some questions and invited people to email him if they had any other questions about Masonry. My grandfather had been a Mason, so I'd always been interested in the organization. I emailed Matt, and he was very helpful in steering me towards more sources of information. Unfortunately I went into the hospital about a week later, and the Masonry stuff got dropped by the wayside. In June of this year I contacted Matt again, and he gave some more pointers about contacting some local Masonic lodges to find out more info. I sent out emails, and ended up visiting a local Lodge a couple of times before I submitted a petition for membership in August. Due to some staff changes at the Lodge the process took a while but my membership was eventually voted on last week and I was accepted as a member of Gray Lodge #329 here in Houston. Last night was my initiation as an Entered Apprentice Freemason. Matt drove from Austin to Houston so that he could meet me in person and attend. He had dinner with everyone, participated in the ceremony, and presented me with a Masonic gift afterwards. I'm having a hard time putting this into words - but it all boils down to "neat things happen when people meet on MeFi". Matt, thanks for the help, the advice, and the friendship.

User Shoutouts

pjern — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:50:52 -0800

Callout time- I'd like to publicly thank both Aidan Kehoe and Your Time Machine Sucks for taking time from their busy lives to help me remember some good times and help bring some memories for me into better focus.

Adding Favorites

koeselitz — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:37:23 -0800

This is the thread where we say that the "add favorites from page" icon being tested rocks.

Shoutout!

t0astie — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:37:32 -0800

I hope this is the right place to do it... I just would like to give a great big shout-out to everyone who took time to answer my newspaper job interview and tryout questions.

I'm hired!!!

You all rock, but CunningLinguist, croutonsupafreak, frogan, M.C. Lo-Carb! and game warden to the events rhino rock lots.

Thank-you.

And thanks Mr Haughey for making a place where, within minutes, people who had the exact answers I needed were chipping in advice, reassurance and perspective from all over the world. That's pretty damn amazing. You rock too.

User Shoutout!

wheelieman — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:58:38 -0800

I just want to thank y2karl for making MeFi amazing and interesting. His posts never cease to impress me. Thanks Karl!!

I thank each and every one of you.

swlabr — Sun, 21 May 2006 08:57:54 -0800

Not Important Just Expression: I just have to say that I love metafilter. I have been aided in so many ways for years, by this wonderful place. I don't know when I started, but I know it carried me through 9-11 for example. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the founders and maintainers, for the ethic and for helping us maintain the spirit. I thank each and every one of you.

No More Captcha

bardic — Sat, 06 May 2006 12:04:37 -0800

Captcha is gone. Thank you Matt.

Email from Marshall Oak.

mathowie — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:17:42 -0800

Remember Marshall Oak, the star trek photoshopping guy? He found us! (email inside)

digaman's awesome!

snsranch — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:20:07 -0800

This guy just unknowingly hooked me up. For years I have been blown off by doctors with sypmtoms that I finally have a name for.

Thank you digaman! This may not seem like a big deal, but it is to me. To answer the question in your OP, yea, I was until I read all of your links.

Thanks for the community warmth.

schroedinger — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:57:08 -0800

Metafilterites rock. After posting this, I not only received a great number of helpful suggestions, but in my inbox today found a number of emails offering donations totaling to well, well, well over the amount of money I spent on the puppy. Unbeknownst to me my RL friends have also been holding a collection, so today has been a wonderful reminder of the generosity of friends and strangers and how awesome people are in general. Thank you! You guys are great! [MI]

"My Comments" Shoutout

Miko — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:16:55 -0800

Thanks for "My Comments". This is a great thing for MeFi.

Yay Metafilter!

mike_bling — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:51:12 -0800

Why are the users of Metafilter so great? I'm serious. I lurk a lot and have for years, but I have yet to come across an online community that actually works other than this one. Is it the 5 dollar donation? The name? What? I love metafilter!

AskMe Shoutout

Nelson — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:50:45 -0800

Dear Matt, thank you so much for Ask Metafilter.

Thanks!

brundlefly — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:53:26 -0800

Not sure if this has been done yet, but: I'd like to thank all you MeFi-type-persons for all you've done for those of us displaced by Katrina. I know the relief fund helped me out quite a bit. Kudos, folks. Kudos. You're good people. I don't care what anybody else says.

Shoutout to the Mods

edgeways — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:13:56 -0800

In amongst all the sniping and callouts I just wanted to interject that I find MetaFilter and AskMe on balance a very worthwhile place. Things can be frustrating sometimes in some of the more contentious posts, but this place has been a wellspring of information and thought.
Thank You Mathowie, Jessamyn, and thank you Metafilter community.

Shoutout for the Mods

orthogonality — Sat, 07 May 2005 15:45:55 -0800

I'd be remiss after publicly joining in the criticism of silent edits by the admins if I didn't publicly thank jessamyn for demonstrating that she does listen to complaints. Thanks jessamyn!

Happy Birthday AskMe

contessa — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 06:22:50 -0800

Happy Birthday, Ask Metafilter! Best thing ever. Thanks, Matt.

AskMe inspired job

littlegreenlights — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:11:41 -0800

Thank you thank you, AskMe! [more specific thanks inside]

Asperger's Shoutout

amberglow — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:08:43 -0800

Just a shoutout to everyone in the Asperger's Syndrome thread -- really interesting, and civil, even with disagreements. Ponies for everyone! (and Lairbob, SpecialK, and calwatch get thoroughbreds)

Thanks everyone

Joey Michaels — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 10:04:45 -0800

Is it all right to use MetaTalk to thank everyone for wonderful links yesterday? Matt, that was a great thing. I can't recall being so moved by a website before. Thank you, everyone, for that. (and sorry if this is not appropriate for MetaTalk)

Thanks, Matt!

kaefer — Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:46:32 -0800

OK, either everyone has decided to take a day off of MeFi, or the new server is finally in place. Kudos to Matt (and the rest of the mefi crew), the site really smokes.

Shoutout for Projects

Mo Nickels — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:28:48 -0800

I'd like to congratulate Jerry Kindall for his service to the Metafilter community: He runs the MeFi Projects Announcement list, which has recently begun announcing people for hire once a month. It was a year old on April 16. Thanks, Jerry.

Merry Christmas, and Thanks!

tilt — Mon, 24 Dec 2001 18:52:35 -0800

Merry Christmas Matt! (and everyone else BTW!)
Thank you Matt for what you have created and your obvious passion for sharing knowledge and may you and yours be blessed in the new year!

General Shoutout

luser — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:19:23 -0800

No real comments or complaints, sorry -- just writing to say that MeFi is very interesting and entertaining today. As it is most days. Thanks, Matt.