Thank you all for the stimulation over the years... for me my lurk-quotient has fluctuated depending on the sensitivity of my day job :p

Been lurking since the start of PA, and before that listened to Hard News on bFM. Cheers Russell, especially for sharing so much of your time and your life…

I miss having free time to read, let alone post things!

Thanks. You should have seen me on a good day ;) I received a job offer from a PAS member a couple of years ago, which I didn't take as I thought it wasn't on my career path... whatever…

It's a well-conceived, non-obvious compilation from the era and Bruce's sleeve notes are excellent. Also ... Janine from the Playthings. God, we used think she was alright.

You can buy it directly from Flying Nun.

Must check that one out.

Noisy, funny, controversial, social, different, exciting, educational – says it all and says it for me. Congratulations RB and all.

No, thank you!

One of the nicest things about meeting the many contributors here is now when I read those wonderful words, I can hear your voices saying them.

The OGBs, and other offline…

...and how many lurkers have popped up too. Where's Linda Lurker! That's what I wanna know. If she doesn't show .I'm off to the pet shop to make sure she's still alive.And Stella's coming with me to say hello. :)

have had time, tide, friendships, singleness, and childlessness all past me by in that time.

Give me time. :)

And that can't be looked past either. Without Public Address, I wouldn't have been asked to be the House Tory on Public Address Radio (joke!), which lead to this and this and, less directly, this. And while I really need to pull finger from…

In the nicest possible way of course :).

For us ex-pats, this sane window and the perspective it provides into our homeland is especially cherished.

Ha! That possibly doesn’t narrow it down that much.

enjoying a vibrant music scene.

Oath. Oddly enough I’ve just been listening to Bruce Russell’s great __Time…

Which is why, like many others I'm certain, I closely read not only the initial piece, but every comment. I'm less sure about commenting if I've not.…

I very strongly endorse this comment.

I too really like that about PAS, which is good because my opinions are many and varied, often all at the same time.

But PAS is also a place where you are allowed to have your opinion changed and admit it. It's OK to be wrong here. That really is an important thing.

So cheers, Russell! It's been a hell of a ride, and I'm glad to have…

This makes me tremendously happy, Hebe. Thanks. You have made a great contribution to our threads, so glad it worked out that way.

If politicians insist blogging has only existed for 4 years, to advance an unproven theory to the contrary is to blaspheme against the word of the politician.

great idea

Or even a word-of the decade?

I nominate "hacker"; if we allow phrases, then "malicious hacker" or "physical separation".

Also, congratulations Russel and co. on blogging for so much longer than blogs have existed. I seldom comment here now, but discussions I have been involved in , and…

I was thinking this, and looking back at earlier WOTY yesterday.

Kicking myself for not thinking sooner of the possibility for Whole Binders full of Carly Binding Referendums.

A character count would be easy, obviously. A word count, less so, and would involve a bit of discussion, but certainly neither meaningless nor impossible. It's not so much a characters:ideas issue as a 'discrete units of meaning' issue, and…

The source I saw said 800,000, in translation. Is it even a meaningful thing to count, in original? Presumably such counts are very hard to make, since the number of characters per idea is not fixed, and ideas are…

I bags 'kiosks'. On Keith's behalf..

Thank you, Islander.

I've appreciated having PA/S available since I left NZ in 07 and indeed before I left. I vaguely recall someone, maybe Che, helping me find waffles in Wellington, which was most kind.

Good luck with the future.

Yeah.

So just barging in with no respect to the regulars.

But (gulp) fuck it, RB. Planet, bFM, this ... thing,…

Said in the voice of Sargent Schultz

I'm here so often I thought I was really in the thick of it but I see I've only notched a measly 200 odd posts. Still, I'm happy to be mostly…

As someone who was right in the middle of that morass, (I think a hefty part of my count came from said-thread) I do like the way that the one person I was at loggerheads with therein (and…

I suspect that, since the PAS version of Godwin's Law is "Any thread that achieves sufficient post volume eventually turns into a copyright debate", copyright still wins :P

But yes, I am proud of my…

Have to say, I wouldn’t exist without PAS and Capture!

Me too, I'm almost a total arsehole now :-)
Nah, I love you all, really.
Thank you Ruusell for giving us less than productive opinionators the opportunity to spread our vile propaganda against those that feel more entitled than…

How many words does 3 Kingdoms have? And translation or original? I've managed the first chapter in a student's edition of the original (nice little footnotes explaining odd or rare characters), but damn, that was hard work. Frustrating, cos I actually…

Thanks, Russell and everybody.

Late to the party, as usual, but I really want to add my congratulations to Russell and all the rest of the immediate and extended crew.
I'm casting my mind back, trying to recall when I first read Hard News, it…

It's knowledge, bro.

(I can't believe no one said that yet.)

I honestly think that's the key to it. Actually being there in the discussions.

That's what they all say.

Guys, seriously, I know nothing.

Same, I'm dumbfounded. capital T for tolerance round these parts, and to echo Che and Paul: PAS=turangawaewae. You are a champion Russell, sincerely...and everyone else champions too; best supporting champions, associate champions, para-champions, but most of all, just damn fine people.

tas lov'…

I've been reading since the very beginning yet I rarely comment – the intelligence, wit and breadth of knowledge on display has often left me feeling any point I might add has been covered – and stated far better than I could.…

Last year was the only one in the last 6 in which I spent more than 4 weeks in Aotearoa, and during those six years I've felt closer to home…

So much this with a side order of co-signature. I suspect my base code views on most things haven't changed a lot over the years, but they've…

but selecting them is part of the art, sir

Thanks and praise be to all who contribute to making this the only blog-site…

I'm just in training.

Off a measly sample of 4 random pages out of the 660 I've written, I derived…

Oh Bart. Pretending you don't know there are things I'm not saying because they're even worse.

Yeah right, pretend that there are things you won't say.

Dude, you've been to PAS gatherings. What do you think?

Surely he wasn't displaying them at the bar

Heh. Now, that reminds me of a story I can't tell...

I'm grateful for the opportunity to have made online and offline connections with so many smart, decent people who've enriched my life.

Which, I hardly need add, is the most-commented post ever — 2203, ahead of the main Hobbit post (Anatomy of a Shambles) with 1696 and…

That, possibly. And I used to have an avatar, which appears to have gone missing.

But then, I would not want to cast aspersions on Hadyn’s excellent attributes.

To be fair we have had a couple of conversations about Megan's... "attributes".

But ... how can some "recognise" you from Public Address? Your awesome syntax?

Total words in Public Address posts in 10 years: 4,006,730

In Hard News alone: 1,491,048.

Will look for some data viz love for more.

I feel…

It's okay, I still have his PA login details...

Are you asking permission of Hadyn in particular, or more generally? Because if the latter, yes. And if the former, yes.

Can I tell my favourite PAS story now? ;)

ps. I…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTR5EVI1TK8&feature=endscreen

PS has been illuminating, revealing and educational since I tested the water.

Thank you…

27 pages of WIN

It's definitely eating into your coffee drinking time :-)

not necessarily a good sign :)

You have enabled a high standard of cogitation and reflection amongst multiple generations as I should tell you that two of my friends who lurk here and have for…

I keep thinking "I"ll contribute when I get some money spare" but that never seems to happen and I got engaged two weeks ago so I suspect it won't happen in the next few years either.

And thanks for the vast circle of knowledge I've been able to tap…

Well, as the author of the post that started it, I was going to thank Russell for the opportunity to foment the Thread Of Doooooom[tm]! (Not that we had the faintest inkling what it would…

And I wonder how I can say how much PAS has changed my life. It’s given me new ideas, new perspectives, new insight. Engaging in the discussion has been…

I for one would be most keen. Cheers Geoff.

Hmm--not so much a 'rich' lecturer but well-paid for what I do....

dot tumblr dot com.

Animalistic penis-brains! I'd forgotten!

I dunno. The word slag isn't used nearly often enough.

It's always referred to as the Mortgage Slut thread, which means that I was wrong originally. My bad.

Dude. It was your finest hour.

(My bad, it should be Mortgage Slag)

Neither! (I have a *terrible* memory for arguments with people I don't know very well. Also – and this sounds bad, kinda – I've had so many of those sorts of discussions that they all blur into one…

The Mortgage Slut thread was so good I immediately thought of it again when I saw this week's Listener cover. Keeps on giving...

The Great Blends are always a good time, and they…

DON'T. (Also, the Mortgage Slut thread, which remains, to this day, my favourite/most annoying discussion I've ever had on the internet.)

Congrats to you Russ and everyone that has made #PAS an awesome place to be. Now, has anyone mentioned that cool copyright…

On reading this, my other persona, who started in 2009, was tempted to come out of retirement to say thanks too. Yeah, it was an education in those early…

Just to say (I suppose…

Of course! That phrase was my gateway into all this.

Snap. Regular bulk site subscriptions seem easy enough to set up just as automatic payments. Allocating payment to individual contributors takes either editorial engagement, or a crowd-voting system, or both.

I hear that more than I care to admit

and b) I’m quite tempted to go look now. But I won’t.

Best you don't, I was a bit of a dickhead. But I like to think I'm marginally…

I have to confess that a) I don't remember this at all, and b) I'm quite tempted to go look now. But I won't.

I must say I am almost daily thankful for the time I finally heard from you that morning after the night before on Simon's balcony with All The Whisky in Singapore.

I really thought I'd broken the…

Word, and enough said from me.

Many thanks, Russell. Just... thank you. And I would be very happy to run with some sort of micro-payments / subscription system.

Also, Dr Tibby, I haven't forgotten that you referred to me…

Yeah, but you've made 500-odd fewer posts. Wait, I think that maybe looks worse for me.

The stumbling block for getting cash off people online is to actually get them to make the payment, rather than just having a vague intention to "get around to it". A regular, small payment means you only have to do this once per person, rather than…

The Bugle recently adopted a similar funding model. It's a popular podcast that started out as part of the Times Online – then got cut in…

And here's me getting excited about approaching my century...

I started listening to Hard News while driving a truck as a school leaver, which may or may not have involved me making…

I would also be happy to…

+1

But eventually found the courage! PA is my daily fix. Congratulaions all

But your brain is better for it, isn't it darling? Yes it is. Good boy.

You do realise that's on the spectrum?

"I'm going to regret clicking this link .... MY EYES!?!?!?!?!"

Some of you know what this place has meant to me more than others, but I've been feeding my mind and spirit with Hard News since it was ether and I'm proud to be able to contribute…

So thanks Russell and the gang for doing the hard lifting, seriously appreciated.

congratulations Russell and team on being 10 years young

Has anyone said…

but well done and congrats Russell; I don't know how – or ofttimes why – you've managed to keep on keeping on.

still don't get house but...

This place is ace, bro. Thanks for everything, and looking forward to more fun in the sun.

I find it hard to believe it is 10 years since you launched PA and over 20 years since HardNews (I still remember discovering HardNews on BFM in 92) went to air.…

Ahahahahaha yeah nah.

I’ve engaged offline to try and bring people around.

For serious, the amount of work Russell does to make this community what it is that you can’t see from in front of the curtain? Mind-buggering. Cheers, dude.

I’m overwhelmingly grateful…

Public Address showed me voices and opinions and ideas I hadn't realised I needed.

PAS gave me a place to speak and listen and be told I was a twatcock at times.

Great Blend showed…

Now to read the post.

Public Address is a seriously amazing community of intelligent articulation.

It has been a pleasure working with you over the years and here's to 10 more years!

Yes we can!

Alastair Thompson
Scoop.co.nz

Oh now you say nice things :P.

And no not that I remember so say it again ... needy moi?

It’s still mine. Congrats.

I can’t come near to describing accurately what Public Address has brought into my life. Friends, laughter, not a few tears. Most importantly, it has been…

aw shucks