Double Olympian

[Martin Johnson]

Congrats! Outstanding job!

Marty

[Umapathy S]

Clay,
Many hearty congratulations sir. I always learnt some thing new from your posts every time. Always regarded you as my virtual Guru (Teacher).

The forums is honoured by your presence. Please continue the same good service.

cheers
Umapathy

[Mark Greene_1]

Congrats good sir! You actually deserve this in spades, as many of your bunnies from the past to continue to provide help and insight.

Thank you for your most excellent contributions

mark

[Helen French]

Congratulations and very very well done Clay! You are doing such a great job here and thanks for sharing your wonderful knowledge.

Your answers helped me a lot of times as like others and hopes you will continue doing this.

We are sorry, we donot have another big hat for you yet :((

Shiju

[S.K. Chan]

I bow in respect and ever grateful that you're always here to share your knowledge. All the best and CONGRATULATIONS on your achievement !

[Tim D Fulford]

We are not worthy..... Well done Clay

Tim

[W.C. Epperson]

Perhaps a halo?

Oh, that's right: He doesn't always maintain angelic benevolence. I still remember the Pepsi coming out of my nose when I read his remark:
"Does he want an apology for his ignorance or his stupidity?".

I think we should give him a raise.

[Zigor Buruaga]

Many congratulations ... and thank you very much !!!
When I have a problem I only need to search in the web and I??m sure that if the solution is not posted in this forum I have a real PROBLEM.
All of you have helped me many times ( and I never post a question ), A. Clay, Steven Protter, James Fergusson, Patrick Walleck, Bill Hasell, etc, a lot of guys sharing their knowledge.
So, thank you very much Clay, and all of you guys. Olympian, Kings, Wizards, Graduates, Pro??s ... not really important, only people who help others ... that??s great !
So, congratulations to all, and keep your postings please.
And sorry for my poor english ;-)

*** Please no points for this. ***

Kind regards,
Zigor

[someone_4]

Wow Mr. Clay

You are a true inspiration for any system admin.
Keep up the great work and hope that you are around for many more years and never stop passing on the knowledge that you have.

It would be great if you wrote a book or at least an e-book.

Best wishes,
Richard

[Caesar_3]

Congratulations Clay,

good work!

Caesar

[James Murtagh]

Congratulations Clay!

A truely remarkable achievement, averaging almost 700 points per month in your five years here. I hope the forums still provide a place where you can learn from too, even if you never need to ask.

Regards,

James.

[Rita C Workman]

Congratulations My Dear Mr. Clay !!

So well earned...so well deserved ! It is a pleasure just to sit and listen to your knowledge....

Hope to see you (& Patrick) in Atlanta !!
Rita

[Sorrel G. Jakins]

Clay,

This is for you. (see attachment).
Ditto on the electrician story - this is how legends are born.
The hammer is my favourite. I am waiting for someone to write a song about "Bang Bang Clay's Date Hammer came down on his head..."

Sorrel (120 points) Jakins

[John Collier]

Clay,

I wish I knew what to add to this thread that would be meaningful, but it looks like most of it has been said already.

All I can think of at this time is to add my most sincere Congratulations to you on this wonderful achievement and to thank you for all of the time that you have contributed to this forum.

So many people have learned so much from you (including myself). If you were to never post another response you would still go down in forum history as one of the greatest resources that this (and perhaps any other) forum has ever seen. I hope you will choose to continue sharing your vast knowledge with the rest of us as unselfishly as you have done in the past.

Again, many MANY thanks to you for all you have done for us all.

I???m sorry I won???t be able to make it to HP World this year. I would love the chance to shake you hand and thank you in person???

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi boys and girls:

Thank you for the kind words and remarks. I must say that I learn a great deal about systems by participating in the Forums. It is true that I have a fair amount of "free" time but only because my boxes almost run themselves and VP/O oversees everything but I initially worked like crazy to get everything as stable as it now is.

I still don't know if I will attend HP World this year. I haven't received a "No" but neither have I received a "Yes". My company was acquired by DuPont last year so the decision chain is now much longer than before.

JP : I do not have an exaggerated level of self-confidence; I have an EXACT level of self-confidence --- and I state that most confidently.

I would also like to make a small correction: I was not the first Olympian; that distinction belongs to JRF --- and I suspect that he too will soon get a double heaping helping of Green Salad (though I wish it were turnip greens).

Warm regards to all my friends (virtual and otherwise),
Clay

[Jeff Schussele]

Clay, excuse me for my misstatement & I certainly send sincere apologies to JRF.
Guess my memory is failing me, but I could have sworn you edged him out.
It was what - about Mar/Apr 2002?
Oh well....hell getting older, huh?

Cheers,
Jeff

[Frederic Zeller]

Wow

It's really impressive

Congratulations

Fred

[Frederic Zeller]

Wow

It's really impressive

Congratulations

Fred

[benoit Bruckert]

HI CLay,
Everything was said, what can I add ??
Just a personnal congratulation...,
thanks for all your efforts to help us being better sysadmin
regards
Benoit

[Doug Dell]

Hi Clay,

As the unintentional author of what is probably the funniest Forums thread, I want to add my congratulations to all the others.

Update: The engineering consultant is still on barely speaking terms with my boss and me. We were at a reception a few weeks ago and he went out of his way to avoid us!

Best wishes and thanks for all your help,
your pal,
Doug

[Chris Vail]

Yo Clay! AMAZING! Does that make you Pope or something? Perhaps demigod? HP owes you a few favors. At the very mininum, a T-Shirt or 20. Thats an incredible achievement.

I learn a lot from you.



Chris

[Donny Jekels]

Wow!!!

Well Done Clay!!!

just WOW!!

[Jay Bollyn]

Congratulations, Clay!

You are the Man!

According to my calculations, I should reach 40,000 points sometime later this century.

:-) Jay