Lord Emeritus of Keypicking HallisChalmers
Posts: 2070
Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:46 pm
Location: Hell
Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:50 pm
KeyPicking.com - New Ownership
Effective immediately, I have transferred ownership of KeyPicking.com to Elbow and MBI.
I have arrived at this decision after enduring a life altering personal experience over the past week – the impending death of my mother from Stage 4 liver and lung cancer. This is a hard lesson to learn – but one that I hope each one of you will take a few minutes to ponder.
All too often we all get involved in our pursuits – taking them so seriously that we forget the truly important things in life. Our egos push us to challenge others for stupid reasons – just to prove that it can be done. We enjoy causing misery to others, cloaking ourselves in the anonymity of the internet – while hacking and destroying other people’s dreams and pastimes.
Others feel “entitled” to a certain position of status and self-importance – they lull themselves into believing that they are better than others solely because their abilities are so weirdly focused – that they have lost perspective of their own family lives and ultimately become obnoxious drunks, rattling on about how great they are – how more deserving they are.
As I have struggled to come to terms with the death of my mother within the next few hours, I realize how truly stupid it would be for me to continue with something that has lost all meaning to me this week.
Gentlemen, lockpicking is a great hobby – and for some of us a vital part of an honorable profession.
But for the majority of you – don’t let it become such an all-consuming passion that you turn away and neglect your loved ones. Because one day, you’ll be standing in my shoes – wondering that if you might have been just a bit less focused on picking that high-security lock and more attentive to the health of your loved ones – you might have been able to spot the clue that indicated how truly sick they were.
I want to thank all of my friends that I have made on KeyPicking.com for their fierce loyalty to the forum – and to me personally. I especially want to thank Sideshow Mick and his wife for their support in this difficult time. Also, I want to thank Jruther, 45Cal, Bouncer and Awol70, for their invaluable help in moderating this forum.
Lastly, I want to thank Elbow and MBI for picking up the flag and moving it forward. Thank you guys – the forum could be in no better hands.
Although I will happily assist with the transition over to the new ownership, my role here is finished. I may pop in to say hello to a few friends, but my desire to pursue this hobby has burnt out completely and been replaced with a wave of grief and self-recrimination.
Good luck to you all.
HC
I have arrived at this decision after enduring a life altering personal experience over the past week – the impending death of my mother from Stage 4 liver and lung cancer. This is a hard lesson to learn – but one that I hope each one of you will take a few minutes to ponder.
All too often we all get involved in our pursuits – taking them so seriously that we forget the truly important things in life. Our egos push us to challenge others for stupid reasons – just to prove that it can be done. We enjoy causing misery to others, cloaking ourselves in the anonymity of the internet – while hacking and destroying other people’s dreams and pastimes.
Others feel “entitled” to a certain position of status and self-importance – they lull themselves into believing that they are better than others solely because their abilities are so weirdly focused – that they have lost perspective of their own family lives and ultimately become obnoxious drunks, rattling on about how great they are – how more deserving they are.
As I have struggled to come to terms with the death of my mother within the next few hours, I realize how truly stupid it would be for me to continue with something that has lost all meaning to me this week.
Gentlemen, lockpicking is a great hobby – and for some of us a vital part of an honorable profession.
But for the majority of you – don’t let it become such an all-consuming passion that you turn away and neglect your loved ones. Because one day, you’ll be standing in my shoes – wondering that if you might have been just a bit less focused on picking that high-security lock and more attentive to the health of your loved ones – you might have been able to spot the clue that indicated how truly sick they were.
I want to thank all of my friends that I have made on KeyPicking.com for their fierce loyalty to the forum – and to me personally. I especially want to thank Sideshow Mick and his wife for their support in this difficult time. Also, I want to thank Jruther, 45Cal, Bouncer and Awol70, for their invaluable help in moderating this forum.
Lastly, I want to thank Elbow and MBI for picking up the flag and moving it forward. Thank you guys – the forum could be in no better hands.
Although I will happily assist with the transition over to the new ownership, my role here is finished. I may pop in to say hello to a few friends, but my desire to pursue this hobby has burnt out completely and been replaced with a wave of grief and self-recrimination.
Good luck to you all.
HC
Not to mention very generous. I can't express enough my sorrow for your loss. Losing close loved ones is a very very difficult and trying thing.
