Thank you Gear! Very cool of you.
Don't go being all nice to me though. My 2 closest friends are badass (but sweet) men. Whenever we get together, we razz each other relentlessly most of the time. I'm accustomed to that kind of welcome. Stay away from references to my ID (doesn't mean you can't still call me sock/troll/man) and I'll stop the "paranoid" jokes. Fair deal? Other than that, I enjoy scrapping with you (and serious exchanges) any ole' day - you're fun.
So, here's how I'm gonna respond (but I've got head to work soon) to this nice gesture.
I've been missing my dad a little more since I started hanging out here. He was really smart and funny and stubborn; like most of you here. He was the king of wiseasses too. He had 4 daughters and no sons. Big burly hippy guy, surrounded by 5 women at all times for most of his life. He had 6 dogs in the last 30 or so years. All male. All named "Son". He loved to razz his girls with same tired old one-liners, mostly just to get on our nerves. It worked. I miss those stupid one-liners so much now.
So, let's play battle of the insulting one liners for a bit. Up for it?