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	Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season! Pity about the Vikings. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:02, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Where are you old boy? Hope all is well. –xeno^talk 05:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Ditto. I miss AN:K StarM 02:55, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Old Boy?" Oy, looks like I was gone a bit too long this time, lulz. I can't haz adminz. I remember back in the dusty days of 08-09 when it was fiercely debated (citation needed) whether admin rights could be stripped. I was adamantly opposed to indefinite admin rights and thought they should retire with inactivity. Glad to see that is what's happening! In brighter news, the Twins are above .500, all is well in the world. Thanks for stopping by Xeno and TC.  :-) Keeper | 76 00:59, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Always good to see your name pop up on my watchlist, even if it's just to say that you still don't want to hang out with us anymore. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:39, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I'm just that kind of guy, Floq. Although, in my current state of nostalgia digging through my talkpage archives from the past year, I found the nuke/don't nuke discussion for WP:AN/K. Some kind words were said there and I had a good chuckle. I can't believe I started gnoming about in this place coming up on 10 years ago. Good times! Be well - Keeper | 76 01:44, 2 May 2017 (UTC).[reply]

You too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:06, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Surely there are some twins articles that need some fluffing/protecting/zhuzhing/admin stuff is easy for any one with common sense....but srsly hope all is well... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:46, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Dusty" days or Dusti days? ;) <3 Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 06:18, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So glad to see you pop up in my watchlist, and glad I had my monthly ish check in to see this. Twinkies above .500 and Vikes have a QB. Crazy season in St. Olaf! Hope you're well. AN:K and the current state of the White House. Oof StarM 03:29, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Maybe not a wild one. It's been 10 years since you gave encouragement to me when I first started editing. I've never forgotten your kindness and good advice. Take care. --RexxS (talk) 01:05, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Rexx - thanks for stopping by once again! 10 years, really?? Gosh. I thought I was an old guy back then, what does that make me now? Keeper | 76 04:49, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say I'd root for them for your sake, but I'm committed to the Jags' bandwagon. What a weird season. StarM 03:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm almost ready to talk about that game. Almost. Go Twins! Keeper | 76 04:37, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota Miracle! Alas I was rooting for them in the following game because #Beagles. Hope you're well. StarM 15:47, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Everything about that game was horrible and terrible and horrible. At about 1:30 left, a non-football-literate friend of mine asked why the Vikings were using their timeouts at that particular juncture. I then proceeded to explain roughly how the game would go on to end. :-( Ed is a Saints fan ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 00:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why did I think you were a Pats/Sox fan, Ed? The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad games were the two that followed. StarM 02:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You around? —usernamekiran(talk) 00:44, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No Keeper | 76 04:43, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nine years since I became an admin, Keeper. Nine! Enigma^msg 00:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just hope I dont have to put {{not around}} on your talkpage :)
—usernamekiran(talk) 14:04, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

:) Keeper | 76 02:18, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Let's go Giants! Hope you're well, friend StarM 23:12, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Star Mississippi, good game yesterday, eh? ;-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 15:58, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This team is insane. You have a crap pass D, and we run. Luckily I like Brees, but I have no idea how he didn't light up Giants' D StarM 01:54, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you done with Eli yet? Saquon looks high potential. OBJ looks like a diva. I'll take my Diggs/Thielen/Cousins trio any day over the mess in NY. Good to hear from you as always Star! Keeper | 76 01:28, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you surface in the next fortnight or so and feel like some light reading, have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Packers sweep/archive1 as gridiron is not my area of expertise by any means.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:53, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can help on the football side if someone can walk me through FAC or link a tutorial StarM 01:53, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A good way to start is to start reading and think, "is there anything about this that could be made better?" Essentially, an article should fulfil the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria. Have a look at WP:FAC though. There are not many American football articles that are Featured, so some more interest would be fantastic! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:41, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, wait, wait. You want me, a diehard, pain-loving, heartbroken lifelong Vikings fan - to help you get a PACKERS article to FA status? Dream on, Cas :-) (and seriously, good work. I glanced at it, it looks very well written) Keeper | 76 01:30, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This should be like FB...and I can reply with an XD emoticon...oh wait....

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It's the doldrums for this northerner. The local football team found a spectacular way to grasp defeat from the claws of victory and missed the playoffs. In better sports, pitchers don't report for over a month. What to do. Keeper | 76 04:42, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

snowshoe? At least Ed will be happy - rooting for his boys and grateful to them for drop kicking the Beagles. Is your basketball team any good? Last I followed them,Christian Laettner was drafted. Hope you're well StarM 04:00, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Star Mississippi and Keeper76: Highway robbery. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 02:37, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh maybe I'll learn to ping now. Are you suing? <g> That was crazy StarM 03:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Star Mississippi: The pings are so fancy, right? Much better than having to leave {{talkback}} everywhere. No lawsuit from me, but next season could be rough. Literally the last chance, because there's no way they'll be able to meet Michael Thomas' asking price. (But they don't have a first round pick. Or third. Or fourth. Sigh.) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:11, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@The ed17: let's see if I did that right. Last year with Brees too, right or do you think he goes another year? Michael Thomas is fun to watch as is Kamara. Plus as a Giants' fan I'm duty-bound to love Ingram. Keep, hope you're thawed from this week's awful weather. StarM 03:01, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@StarM: You did! It has to be the last year for Brees. After this, the salary cap will start catching up with them. Like, there's no way they can keep Thomas after his rookie deal is up, they're not exactly going to get a lot of low-cost drafted players this year, and there will be $10.5 million in dead money for Brees alone. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@The ed17: ooph, I feel you. Giants going to need rookie QB to come in Barkley year 3 to afford him, the QB and maybe OBJ. Although the cap has gone up, salaries have gone berserk. StarM 19:25, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:10, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

... and again today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

and Yankees/Twinkies on our TVs. Hope you're well, Keep! StarM 15:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

5 months (to the day!) later, and here we meet again! Hope you get to go to the stadium, I'm hoping to go for Game 3. Go Twins! Keeper | 76 23:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

hah, clearly didn't look before I commented. Merging my note below into this section. I didn't make it, but hope to for ALCS if they make it. Too funny that we had a two sport rivalry weekend StarM 21:40, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

wouldn't be without Yankees/Twinkes. Hope you're well StarM 01:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oh memories. 12 years ago. How is that even possible?!?! StarM 17:19, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

but is it really if the Yankees aren't playing the Twinkies? Hope you're well in this 2020 upside down land StarM 22:03, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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they'll be missed in pinstripes. Hope you and yours are well in these continued crazy times. Play ball! Star Mississippi 01:51, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A year to the day later! I found my password (and don't have a recovery email, so it was actually serendipitous...). Sanchez and Urshela both one-and-done, on to greener pastures. The Twins Way (tm). Never much cared for Gary. Gio was fun to watch. Hope you're well, TC! :-) Keeper | 76 23:38, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You have been added to Missing Wikipedians. IMiss2010 (talk) 13:53, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I miss me too. Keeper | 76 23:36, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw that you were removed from Missing Wikipedians. Glad to see you're still around, even if only for a little while! I hope life has been treating you well :) Acalamari 02:59, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AN/K is back, baby! - Adolphus79 (talk) 13:13, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi folks! I found my password so I could log in again. Don't know if I've found the passion for editing articles anymore, (who am I kidding? It was always all about the talkpages for me, I'm just glad I did my RFA before anyone really noticed how lame my contributions were lol). And I definitely haven't had the time from RL craziness. Hope you are both well, thanks for keeping ol' Keeper watchlisted. Keep those spammers away! I'll try to pop in now and then. And also, sweet JEEbus that RFA was like 15 years ago. Impossible. If I was old then, what am I now??? Keeper | 76 00:36, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Star Mississippi alerted me you were back. HOW DARE YOU abandon me? Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 15:09, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi friend. Wanted to be sure you saw this. What a huge loss and along with you, one of the first Wikipedia editors I knew. Star Mississippi 01:04, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, that's really tough news! I remember David being a calming and kind presence in whatever spaces he made an appearance. One of the good ones. Keeper | 76 00:41, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. Such a presence in the best sense of the word. Star Mississippi 21:37, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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