Such a Great Topic, and one I feel I should add a comment on...

Today is my FT Anniversary.

As I start my 5th year I sit back and love to think of all the good things that this community has brought me! There is NO WAY I could have ever imagined how much I could have grown from a "silly Internet Bulletin Board". It is truly mindboggling.

My knowledge of airline and hotel programs isn't nearly complete, but I think it's pretty **** good!

My knowledge of things to do at destinations and my desire to go places I have never heard of has exponentially increased b/c of what I have learned from my readings here.

It saddens me that due to my lack of traveling I really can't add much to many conversations nowadays, but this doesn't scare me b/c of all the friends I have made here. And it is those relationships and friendships that I have made which I can truly take away from FlyerTalk and make me feel at home here even if I never step on a plane again.

I sit back and realize that I am a pretty lucky guy. So many people here have indeed touched my life, whether they simply gave me support through my unemployment, helped me w/ my computer, gave me tickets to a ball game, bought me a beer, invited me to their wedding or taped a TV show for me b/c my VCR sucks, this place is full of wonderful people! (and that is my understatement for the day)

Soooo....

RANDY... thank you very much for giving us this forum as a place to communicate, share, learn and grow. It truly has impacted at least one person on multiple levels.

EVERYONE ELSE... thanks so much for making this community everything that it is. It is the truly giving spirit here that everyone has that makes FlyerTalk the place that it is!