The Curation and Engagement Leagues - More than 25 STEEM in prizes this week!
Welcome to this weeks Curation and Engagement leagues, kindly sponsored by @carlgnash and @paulag.
To enter the leagues drop a comment below (Lifetime membership - unless you ask to be removed)
The leagues (tables) are reset each week and so any time is a good time to join!
On your marks, get set, curate!
Introduction
My general views on curation rewards (to score highly in League 1) are:
Vote before the big hitters, but not too early!
Voting in the first minute will earn you a curation reward of almost 0.000
Voting between 1 and 29 minutes will earn an increasing % of the curation rewards split - This value peaking at 30 minutes and remaining the same from this point onwards
It is commonly suggested that 15-25 minutes is the best time to vote, especially on known 'power author' posts because they are likely to have more auto-votes coming in at these times - and you want to be ahead of these votes
Voting on good dtube/dlive content, and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io, etc) can earn some very good curation rewards
Voting on @ocd posts is likely to gain good curation rewards as founder @acidyo, and @anomadsoul support these posts after giving time for other accounts to vote - you will be in front of a couple of large votes here!
As you can see, a combination of many variables such as Steem Power, voting strength, voting weight, time of vote, and more, all play a part in the amount of rewards received.
My general opinion on maximizing engagement (to score highly in League 2) is:
Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!
Use your vote on the comments of others to make yourself (vote) seen and provoke a reply
The data for league 1
The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.
The formula used for 'quality of financial curation skill' is:
Curation Rewards DIVIDED BY Steem Power MULTIPLIED BY 1000
This will return the amount of Curation rewards gained per 1000 Steem Power held
The rules (which will cause auto-filtering of your account if not met so just enter anyway and see what happens!) to appear in this league:
No programmed voting! Following a trail is OK, using a script to vote for you is not (but well done if you have done that!)
Must have voted at least once on a piece of content in the past 7 days
Must not have leased or delegated Steem Power in the last 14 days
Must not have Started a Power Down (withdrawal of Steem Power) in the last 15 days
The 2nd and 3rd points above are not 'bad' actions, but are required to reduce distortion of the figures.
And, as curation rewards for the past week are actually taken from votes made up to 14 days ago, we need a two week 'window' as mentioned above.
Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear each week, depending on the criteria above.
League 1 - Curating to maximize returns (Top 100)
The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools, including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.
This Week's winners!
Congratulations to @tony19r! A new winner again this week, topping his placing of 2nd. Previously, @tony19r commented when asked about his curation method, he said:
Playing his cards tight to his chest it seems - lets see if he'll comment further this time!
A fine job also by @palikari123, @crypto-econom1st, @voiceoff, @misterakpan, @steemitri, @pataty69, @sciack, @reazuliqbal, and @doomsdaychassis for completing the top 10 'financial' curators this week.
All of the above will be getting some STEEM :)
League 2 - Engagement and Excellence - Write on!
This the newer league which is not based around financial rewards and relates to engagement.
Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - including those powering down or dealing in delegations this past couple of weeks.
I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:
- Posts (P)
- Comments - number of (C)
- Comments - replies to replies - depth > 2 (C R)
- Comments - length in characters (C L)
- Witness votes (W) (for those proxying witness votes, your total is always 30)
- Upvotes to others (V)
- Upvotes to different authors (U V)
- Self-votes - a (getting smaller each week) minus score for this one sorry! (S V)
Firstly, if you are placed in the table above then you are doing great and are among the top 20%! - Well done everyone!
Congratulations to this weeks Engagement League winner, she's back! It's the lovely @lynncoyle1!
With almost 600 comments and around half of these replies made at a depth of 3 of more in a 'conversation' thread, this level of engagement has given Lynn top spot this week!
@glenalbrethsen is an honorable runner up (as he was last week!), typing over 150,000 characters in his 250 replies. A fine job Glen, and congratulations if you were on the receiving end of one of those walls of text!
These two are way ahead in the scoring, but @gillianpearce grabs 3rd spot (ahead of yours truly!) engaging well, and still finding the time to produce 27 posts!
Well done all 3 of you!
Excellent engagement levels and top 10 (? :D ) places for @eaglespirit, @malloryblythe, @maverickinvictus, @leeart, @fullcoverbetting, @melvadg, and @mountainjewel who will all be receiving some STEEM this week.
Do you want to be a part of the leagues? Let me know below!
Prizes
League 1
League 2
0 votes to self - Spot Prizes
Lucky number 25 in League 2
Prize courtesy of @fullcoverbetting - Well done to @crypto-econom1st!
Delegation Prizes
A week off this week having recently delegated to @comedyopenmic and @dustsweeper - 2 really promising projects.
Well done everyone, continue oiling that Blockchain :D
Finally
If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them
If you would like to be added or removed from my personal curation league, let me know
If you have any other comments or suggestions, please enter them into the box below
As always, thank you very much for your support!
Asher @abh12345
If you feel that the Curation Leagues are a worthwhile addition to the Steem Blockchain, please consider a vote for our witness - @steemcommunity - https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Or, let me 'manage' your witness choices by adding @abh12345 to the 'proxy' field at the same URL.
Spectacular job another amazing week for this game changing contest on steemit. abh12345 I thought you were a witness? You talk to more of us on the ground than a snake with tourette's. @lynncoyle1 half human half amazing, once again! Congratulations on the efforts this story is movie worthy, you really should be keeping a journal! Amazing efforts, a lot of recognized names, if you are finishing behind those in the green I would chat with those above and you will very very likely find someone very cool that will give you no choice but to improve yourself on this platform!
hahaha @cryptkeeper17..."a snake with tourettes" :)
This half-human, half-robot thanks you !! :)
haha :)
Yeah well you know, practice what you preach and all that.
Thanks for the words of encouragement, we're all growing slowly but surely, and in the right direction I think :)
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Wow! I really didn't see that one coming this week :) Thank you @abh12345 once again for hosting such a positive contest, and @paulag and @carlgnash for all of your support! A big congratulations to you, @glenalbrethsen, @gillianpearce, @eaglespirit, @malloryblythe, @maverickinvictus, @leeart, @fullcoverbetting, @melvadg, and @mountainjewel and everyone on this list!!
You made my day Asher, thank you :)
Thanks @lynncoyle1. I'm just about to write my own acceptance speech! 😁
haha Thank you and congratulations to you as well :)
So well said! Congratulations to the top placers and everyone involved 🌸🌸🌸
Thank you @yogajill and congratulations to you too :)
My pleasure Lynn, a great job on retaining top spot! :D
congrats Lynn! well done and well deserved :)
Thank you @mountainjewel!
You are making my day, too! You deserve to take the crown. What kind of celebration does this call for? :D
So glad that I could brighten up your day too!
And that's a good question...as I sit here with my glass of red wine :)
Congratulation @lynncoyle1 well deserved
Thank you @wolfhart :)
Great Job @lynncoyle1!
Thanks! You too :)
Thank you, and congratulations to you. It's good to get the crown out of storage, dust it off and see someone wear it. It certainly suits you. :)
I wouldn't advise, however, trading it for an ice cream truck.
Too late...there's a Mexican guy looking pretty dapper with a crown on his head. And you should see my new set of wheels haha
Well, it was your crown to give away, so hey, to each their own. I bet the crown was an easier trade than the winner's jacket was. Speaking of which, has @themanwithnoname popped in yet? I haven't seen him since last week when he said he was going on a trip. Was thinking he'd be back by now.
haha the winner's jacket...no takers here...too hot.
I believe he was going to be away for 2 weeks and would periodically check in. It's not the same without him here, is it? :)
Oh, okay, two weeks. He didn't tell me how long, and so I guess I figured one week would be more than enough time to be gone. I mean, what is he thinking? More rest and relaxation? Sheesh.
Actually, it isn't the same. I figure he's the reason why I didn't have my typical 300 comments last week. He's good for at least 30 of them, if not all 50. :)
That's okay. He's got better things to be doing than helping me with my league placement. :)
hahaha that's so true! He's good for at least 50+ for you!! :)
I don't know about 50-plus. It's not like we just sit here and comment back and forth all day. I'd take the time to go look at what we've done, but I think I'd rather just keep commenting instead. :)
The cool thing, though, is he's an equal opportunity commenter, of which you have been known to be a beneficiary of on occasion yourself. :)
The queen is back on her throne where she deserve to big!
Crazy how engaged you are to the Steem Blockchain. It is really great to see you back at the top spot. This reminds me of the moment I did start at the league. You and @gillianpearce rocking the place!
haha thanks @fullcoverbetting! That's me and @gillianpearce ... just rocking the place :)
I was going to say "those were the days" @fullcoverbetting but actually is fine now. Less intense!
Good to see @lynncoyle1 bakc at the top as you say! 😊
I guess that it is the first time that I did notice a typo in your reply 😁
I am getting nostalgic now. Me in the top 10 and you 2 at the top of the league! Until Glenal came by this how it was, week in, week out 😁
Lets see if the three of us can repeat this. Meaning myself in the top 10 and the two of you on the top 2 places.
You may change the order 😁
Happy commenting!
I'm not going to be in the top two places @fullcoverbetting. Unless @lynncoyle1 and @glenalbrethsen take time out. 😁
I'm happy to land in the top ten. Being third last week was a bit of a fluke a think. As soon as someone else ups their game just a little I'll be gone.
That's fine with me. 😁
I'll be looking out for your return to the top ten though!
Regarding the typo . . . I'm more than a little harassed at the moment. The computer shop wiped all my photographs from my computer yesterday and I've just spent six months organising them into folders.
I'm in the process of trying to get them back but no luck so far. 😢
Ouch, that indeed can create a lot of frustration. Keep calm and think positive!
I am doing my utmost best to catch them up but just like in your case, this probably will never happen!
Ulthough the world cup is approaching fast, which will give me lots of posts to comment on.
I will have to profit from the first two weeks because them I will be on a holiday!
My wife is already pissed that I have to take the laptop with me to keep track of the world cup contest!
But some sacrifices have to be made to support the Steem ecosystem!
I don’t believe it that you third place was a fluke. If you got there, you deserved it!
Oh dear. Your poor wife @fullcoverbetting. Having you work on your computer whilst on holiday is bad enough but doing it in the name of football just adds insult to injury! 😂
I'm not doing well with thinking positive about the photographs. I'll myself the day to wallow as I see if I can save any of them. After that I'll just have to accept it and start all over again. Or not. Right now I can't face the thought of starting all over again.
Maybe I'll allow myself to wallow until my son has had a chance to look at it and then, if it's as bad as it is, I'll just have to let it go. 😢
Congratulations from a newbie aka plankton. I was amazed by the sheer depth of this post and the message it conveying. As my primary purpose with Steemit so far is posting on a daily basis and doing some comments now and then but this tabulation and statistics made me wondering and pondering about myself.
For this duration for which the calculation is made, your contribution in the form of letters were more than 100 thousand...Amazing...I think it need me a 3-4 days leave with leaving all earthly stuffs to do even half of that...
Kudos to you and Congrats again...
Stay blessed..
aww thank you @angelro! When I began on steemit, I too focused on my own posts, but quickly realized that more relationships can be formed with genuine commenting, and it's through those relationships that I gauge my success :)
Asher, its so great to see the engagement levels week to week. I'm happy to see @malloryblythe and @eaglespirit jump to top 5 too! That's awesome!
And of course, all hail the Queen @lynncoyle1, she truly is amazing and I'm always thrilled to see her spread her uplifting and wonderful messages all over this place! And @glenalbrethsen was just edged out, so my guess is the King and Queen will duke it out this week as the royal order will be restored! Congrats to both of you this week, you both deserve it as you are terrific engagers for sure!
I also want to thank all those that participate every week, as @paulag's data shows, this league (which highlights engagement) is a perfect indicator of retention. If you're engaged, you stay.. Simple as that! So thanks for highlighting it and giving us a fun way to measure this activity!
Thanks for the generous $0.50 steem 0 vote spot prize too, I will donate that to @friendsofgondor to support @fulltimegeek's stewardsofgondor. I also want to thank you for supporting @dustsweeper with your personal delegation too, that is helping to get that program going and helping many newbies/minnows in the process!
Thanks Dave
It's a pleasure to support the @dustsweeper imitative, one that clearly and directly benefits minnows.
The top two had it between them this week, streets clear of the chasing pack, and I agree that I don't see anyone bridging the gap this next week.
Also, great job with the @friendsofgondor project, that one is growing steadily and supports a host of solid steemias.
Cheers
Ash
Thanks Asher (on both compliments)... And yes it should be fun watching the 2 engagers going to town. I have my ticket to the cheap seats and ready to watch :)
Thanks Dave...It's feels so nice having the crown back on my head :) And congratulations to you my friend!
Yes, its back where it belongs! I am happy to see you and Glenn duke it out again this week, and look forward to seeing both the King and Queen lead the way again this week too :)
haha thanks Dave :) You really like to rally things up, hey you rallier ?!! :)
Well, thanks for the congratulations.
Edged out is right. Second week in a row. I'm not sure if duking it out is how I would describe what I will be doing this week, but I would rather not have a repeat of this past week. I just had a hard time finding things to comment on. It was like half of Steemit went on pre-Summer vacation or something. Or they were hiding. That's probably even more likely. :)
Does seem to be a bit of a vacuum. You should really check out some of the entries in thedarkhorse's pay it forward curation contest. He is posting a new one tomorrow. I've been judging and finding some really good posts; the bonus is someone else is doing the footwork :)
Well, thanks for the idea. I've seen the Pay It Forward post before. I can't remember if I ended up looking at any of the posts or not. At any rate, I'll see about checking back there.
Someone was wondering a few weeks back what this place would look like when Summer came and i was like, "Well, it could be the same since half the world will be going into Winter." I guess the northern half might have more of us than the southern half does. Still, it's not even June yet. People need some priorities. Okay, they've got priorities. I'm the one who apparently now needs a life. :)
My first time placing in Leage 2! Thank you Asher!
Bravo Mallory, your competition post certainly caused a stir and is perhaps the main contributor to your placing this week? Nice one :D
That and I basically spent the entire week on here. The contest certainly kept me busy and responding to people, and then joining up with the daily freewrite selfie contest kept me posting as well. It's been a good week!
Welcome to the club!
Glad to hear you feel it was a good and worthwhile week, same again next time? ;)
We'll see! It's just in my personality to binge when I get excited about something, but binges don't last forever. I'm still going with the freewrite contest. The prize is just too good to give up now, though I have no idea how I'm going to keep this up for 50 days. I also don't have a ton of SBD to keep giving away in overly extravagant contests. :p This league is great motivation to keep going with it though!
I'm the same, but have been on the binge for a year now :)
50 days is a long time, hopefully this and the leagues will keep you trucking!
Awesome @malloryblythe, you had quite the amazing week! I'm very happy to see you place this high, its truly a wonderful feat! :)
First time and you made it to the top 10. Well done you! Congrats!
Congratulations @malloryblythe! It's good to see new faces in the Top 10. It's amazing what can be accomplished, isn't it, with time, effort and motivation. Well done, again on the curie. I have a feeling they'll come around again. Regardless, having a contest to generously give it away is very gracious of you, too. :)
Congratulations to the friendly @ lynncoyle1 almost 600 comments in one week is great work! That's why I always say you're the sympathetic soul of the platform, my friend @glenalbrethsen again runner-up
with 150,000 wow characters! your keyboard is really burning and you always have the right words in your comments and in the third place @gillianpearce plus 27 publications, is that you really put your heart into steemit, a thousand congratulations to you and to all the others well done.... it is an honor to be a part of this league and I have to name the mind of all this; my favorite statesman @abh12345 who gives us the opportunity every week to give the best of ourselves and stand out on the net, a big hug for you and a thousand thanks... this league team is my favorite!
PD:I hope my translator is helping.
Thanks @melvadg!
Yes your translator is doing really well, I'm happy to be your favorite statesman! :D
Well done on your score this week!
Thank you so much @melvadg! Your translator is working beautifully :)
thanks to you, always kind
Thank you @melvadg. Your translator is doing an excellent job. 😊
Good to hear the translator's working! happy day
I very much admire everyone who is writing in a second language @melvadg. It's hard enough when English is your first language. The extra effort you must have to put in is truly commendable! 😍
Congrats to you too @melvadg! That is awesome work on your part too! :)
It's done with love, thank you for your kind comment.
I'm late to the party, again, but it's good to be here and thank you for the kind words. I'm glad to be your friend. :) My keyboard, however, wasn't burning up nearly as much this week as it was used to. For some reason, I couldn't find as much to comment on as normal. I don't know why. I went around looking where I normally do, and added a couple of spots, but it was like people just disappeared. I'm going to guess I'm the only one that happened to.
Booyah!! Not upvoting oneself makes a Huge difference!! Woo Hoo!!
Yes you have been very close to the 10, and the 0 upvotes this week has done the trick. Well done!
Have you calculated if it more beneficial to upvote or to go for a top 10 position? I'm going to be honest and say that if you upvoted all your own posts this week, you would likely earn more than the prize money. But where's the fun in that!?
muahahah yeah thats why i never did it before. i think i just wanted to test it out for a week to see for myself. also, i do feel its beneficial bc i was able to share more with others. i made alot of new baby (noob) friends this week and im in the freewritehouse contest so i was able to upvote more there too, instead of using it on my posts. i feel i will continue to not upvote my posts for that reason. thank you asher for all you do and i hope to hear you play some of your fav songs again! you sound great!! xoxo
This is great to hear! I do feel that the 'hidden' benefits of saving your VP for others will bring more value back to minnows, than self-upvoting.
My pleasure each week, thank you for listening in!
yes, at first i was hesitant because i did not have as much to share. now that i have expanded a bit and i'm sharing what was given to me by delegations and such i figured it would be nice to do this. if i couldn't afford it and i saw myself not gaining anything then i would prob change my mind. after all many of us minnows do not have that much to spread around. thank you again and i will definitely listen in again. great stuff! plus i just delegated to PAL too ahahah i love the music being played every time i go in there.
Hey! Nice to see you up in the Top 10. Well done. It's been a long time coming, and I'm glad you found the combination of different things that worked for you. Now, it's just onward and upward, right?
hiya GB!! can you believe it?? you been cheering me on all along and thank you for that!! i won't be #1 like all you all but this is a great group and i love just hearing from you. it was touch and go with my frustrations but figuring it out was pretty cool. making different adjustments and such. thanks again!!
Well, you deserve all the credit for placing where you did last week. I didn't want to see you give up out of frustration when it was readily apparent you had the numbers and were accomplishing good things.
And as far as being No. 1, never say never. I've been knocked off the top spot twice now, so you never know what's going to happen. I keep trying to figure it all out and the landscape keeps changing. Someone will have a surge, or I won't be able to find much to comment on, and the next thing I know I'm congratulating someone else for reaching the top spot. :)
@glenalbrethsen whoa did i miss your comment ??? i thought i responded to you and how strange too! now that @lynncoyle1 got me onto fast reply it picked this up ... who'd a thunk it. :)
i greatly appreciate you taking the time to encourage me sweet man. it did make a difference and the formula is wicked ... i dropped down 5 for less characters ... that abhhh i dunno ahahahahaah
knocked off the top ahahah yeah noooo not for me ... i'd get stressed out and competitive and let all else fail. as it is i'm in this huge freewrite competition and its gettin crayy crayyyy
Booyah is right!!! Congratulations @eaglespirit :)
woo hoo!! thank you queen lynn!! i don't expect to ever reach #1 and that's okay. i do not have that kind of time. i feel i'm on too much as it is ... doh! big hugs and beer cheers! ;) thats our thing
haha I love our thing :)
me too!! just had some Gluten free last night that was pretty good 😋
Great job @eaglespirit! I'm happy to see you so high!
dave!!! thank you so muchhhh ... my self u/v was killin the formula score .. so now i see whats up. :)
nice to see you here and i might need more dust stuff ... someone called it fairy dust and i may need more hehe
that's good, more dust stuff is certainly available... In a way its awesome to see people get dust, it means they are talking to the people with small votes... And isn't that how we build a community?
that's a really good point actually and most of the time i was thinking they were the cheap voters ahahah i try to tell ppl about this but for most its just confusing and they feel .01 is good enough incentive as a gesture of "hello and i'm here." but if it is in fact true that most are from babies (i call planks/noobs) then i am all for spending the extra cash. thanks again for all you do!! ;)
yes I think most of the people give what they can, just have no idea it is wasted... and now its not ;) ... And thank you for the nice compliment :D
yes exactly, its such a crazy thing to do and now look SBD is down .. don't get me started ahahahah
you are so welcome and very deserved. :)
Well done for making it to the top ten @eaglespirit. You're not far off the top three! Keep at it. 😁
yay! thank you GP, so kind of you to come on by and say congrats ... i'm not in it to be #1 like you all but it was interesting figuring out the formula. maybe i had too much time on my hands hehe
I am most definitely not in it to be #1 @eaglespirit. I'm actually not competing at all these days. I only did that for the first two weeks after I joined and I didn't like the feeling it gave me.
If the League didn't exist I wouldn't be doing anything differently.
I enjoying engaging with people. It's the main thing that keeps me here. In fact I'm in a bit of a Steemit slump right now. This morning was really quiet because I was up late last night.
When I came back this evening I found there were more people around and that picks me up again. 😊
oh no kidding? for some reason i thought i saw your names up there and cool that it isn't your weekly goal! good for you.
what kind of feeling did it give you? i think i would feel a lot of pressure, and as you can see, (maybe not) but i am the same way. i enjoy engaging and have been since day 1. i was just upvoting myself and that took me to the lower numbers. i had not seen this league until about 1-2 months ago and i'm almost on steemit 6. i can't believe that, wow!!
i hear ya about slumps, i get that way too .. i was away this past weekend and in a contest so sort of HAD to come up with creative ways of expression and kind of a bit of pressure. oh well, thank you for commenting back and telling me your thoughts. i thought you were a queen on here ahahahaahahahaha silently feeling you are ....
yay re: pick me ups ... weekends are seriously a ghost town on steemit ...
It just made me feel miserable @eaglespirit because it turned into a "should". The thing is in my heart I don't care about winning but I have this competitive side that once engaged takes over. It's like it has a life of it's own.
It's weird writing about it now because I don't feel like that anymore and it's hard to connect with feeling that way. It's almost like some instinct gets triggered and I respond before I'm aware of it.
Anyway, I'm just glad everything has settled down now.
Keep enjoying yourself @eaglespirit. That's the main thing isn't? 💙
Yes, I can imagine, which is one of the main reasons why I stated I am not going for #1. It would make me way too competitive ... it's in the Indian blood.. Wahahahahah
Yes, it is about enjoyment and I am nearing my 6th month and its all about consistency and enjoying. One thing on my side is loving to write and I have learned so much and continuing on with that too. It's very important to me as well as learning from folks like you.
Makes it all worth it! :)
Well I'm honoured that you're learning from me. Can't imagine what but that's great to hear anyway. 😁
I must be nearing my sixth month. My my. That's flown by.
Unfortunately I don't love to write, I sort of tolerate it, but I do love to take photographs and I love to chat. 😍
Congratulations to all winners! and to @lynncoyle1 for assuming your role once again at the top...lol..keep it up!
To @abh12345 I have to say man, it feels good to be a part of your contest, you're doing a great job here, it's been real and consistent. Thanks for doing the good work that you do!
Well, thank you for the kind words. I can't speak for everyone, but I appreciate them as they pertain to me. :)
I want to echo your thoughts regarding the good that is happening here in the leagues. If you're feeling it and seeing it, then others are seeing it to as we get out on their posts to curate and engage. So thanks to you, too, for being a part of this.
I'm glad that you feel the same way! @glenalbrethsen
Oh... and nice to meet you :)
Thank you @abh12345! So we have an other italian in the top 10 😀 congratulations @sciack
A good spot - The Italians making their presence felt - but not at the World Cup! :O
ahah... unfortunely :((
They will be missed - and there will be less red cards and dives! haha
:P
Bwa the Portugueses will probably continue to do this :)
Still strange a World Cup without Italy! I do have lots of Italian friends, so it is time for some payback on the friendly banter front :)
Thanks @voiceoff! You did a fantastic score too!
Again, congrats to everyone!
And @lynncoyle1, glad to see you wear the crown again. It suits you perfectly. <3
I was surprised to see my name in the list however - I haven’t been very active.
But to use the famous words of Schwarznegger: I’ll be back!! ;0)
I was also surprised, and didn't expect to see you at all considering. But, I will not be surprised when you are back! :D
Thanks, Asher. You’re a good guy :0)
(I’m not sure what the fact that I’m in the list means for the level of activity of everyone else who’s not in the list. But then again... being in there made me smile, and that was exactly what I could use right now ;0) )
:)
This community is full of good guys, I'm glad to be a part.
See you back in the top 10 soon :)
Nice to see you, surprised or otherwise. How did the surgery go? That was last week right? Starting to feel better, I hope. Congratulations on showing. I wondered if our numbers over all were down, too. I know mine was. Haven't finished below 30,000 points in a while.
Tnx, @glenalbrethsen.
It went well, tnx. Slowly starting to feel a little better - too slow, taking into consideration that I wasn’t even fully recovered from the previous surgery, and I’ve been down since February. I’m trying to get myself motivated again, but it’s not easy. But I’ll get there... eventually ;0)
For the numbers, I would need to check on that
I'm glad it went well. Sorry it takes so long for the healing part, but when it takes this time (crossing fingers, hoping, praying, and whatever else), it will finally be worth it. Then, I would suggest not overdoing it. You'll still want to be careful, right? No tackling the dog, no wrestling chipmunks, maybe sitting down while you plant the garden or in some other more amenable position. Avoiding jumps from airplanes, bungee jumping, skiing, rock climbing, other types of plunges to your death. You know, the basics. :)
Lmao!
Yes, the basics :0)
For now, my girlfriend is doing all of the gardening jobs for me. All i need to do is take careful strolls around and tell her how I want it. Quite a luxurious start of the gardening season, to be honest... Yesterday she even went in while i was still asleep, so she’s actually starting to like it, hahaha.
I am so happy!!!
Thanks Asher!
Nice job @sciack, the Italian connection in the top 10! :D