Re: A farewell to the place I called home
 

Ken,

I'm very glad I was able to share some time with you in 2003 durring the San Jose and LA regionals. In addition to being dedicated to your work, you have fun too. I'll never forget you beating Dave with that noisemaker. :D

Fair winds and following seas on your journy Ken, you have the ability to do what you want. (I second the motion to come back when your kids hit Lego League.)


Wetzel

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Good luck in all you do

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I second that.

These forums wouldn't be as great without all of your help.

I think every time I've seen a thread you've started in the 'Forum Help / Comments / Suggestions', I've immediately thought "Doh, why didn't I think of that?" or "There's that Ken .. always striving to make this a better place."

Thank you.

We'll miss you.

(You'll be back. haha)

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Ken,

It has been great getting to know you over the past years. You will surely be missed on these forums, but we all know that you will make a big impact with your future endeavors. Thanks for being a friend, and please stay in touch.

Andy B.

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Ken,

Just the best of luck to you. You have been a great help to these forums. You will be missed, but yet you are taking on a bigger challenge then what FIRST could ever throw at you and that is life. Good Luck to you and your future

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Ken,
I'm so glad I've had the oppurtunity to get to work with you over the past few years. You've been a great inspiration, role model, and friend to many of us. Good luck with everything you do in the future. We'll always be there with you in your heart.

-Mike Walker

See ya later!
 

Thank you everyone, thank you for your support.

I guess I just got beaten at my own game… For one of the longest post I’ve ever written, you guys responded with the largest amount of replies I’ve ever seen. Thank you. I want to respond to all replies, but that’s going to generate another long message, so instead I will thank you individually.

I’ve written numerous posts in this forum, among the masses are serious debates and long message about GP/FIRST, questions of the week, forum newsletter, “Remember that thread?”, forum comments/suggestions, and so on. They are not the best things in the world, but I am proud to say that each contains a little bit of me in there, and if you really know me, you would know I am not a very open person. I hope some of you got to see the impact FIRST and Chief Delphi Forum have on a random teenager. This thread is my final report for my FIRST experience, with all the evidence presented through out this forum and its archive. I don’t expect anyone to finish reading the longer messages, as I’ve said, they are there because the writing experiences are very fulfilling, but I hope that someday, you too, will discover the joy of writing and communicating and decide to write your own long CD forum messages.

If you ask the Chinese teenager who just signed up for robotics, he would never be able to tell you this is what he will be doing 6 years later. Funny how things work out in life. There seems to be order and design in the randomness and chaos out there. Maybe one day I will figure out the Question to the Ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and everything, but for now, I am willing to be one of the tiny dots in this universe riding on the great wave of life. Some day, some where, I promise to come back and fight with you guys once again to change the culture and make this a better world!

Many of you asked me to keep you guys updated. I would love to do that. The best way to contact me would be to e-mail through my Chief Delphi Forum profile, I will make sure the e-mail address is updated. Otherwise, you can e-mail me your e-mail address to wheres_kenny at hotmail.com and I will bug you every once in a while (I swear I didn’t just make that address up yesterday!).

Oh look, this just turned into another long message ;-). This is it then (for now anyway ;-) ).

See ya later!
Ken L.

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good luck ken....once you've dealt with the stress of FIRST everything else is easy so I know you'll be successful in whatever you do.....gl bossman


btw you can't escape FIRST somewhere down the line you'll be back, ask Mr. Fluck he tried to escape a few times before it is like the borg or something....

Re: See ya later!
 

Re: A farewell to the place I called home
 

Ken,

It was cool to see you at sacramento. i knew you would come back sooner or later. apparently it was sooner.

good luck on your "12-step program" for quiting your constant involvement in FIRST. I know you will take what you have learned and apply it in your future.

Thanks for all you have done for robotics out here on the West Coast.

Matt Durstenfeld
on behalf of Team 254

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Ken--

I've known of you only through your occasional responses. You have, however, always left me impressed with your knowledge, thought, and gracious professionalism.

Your absence from CD will be a noticeable loss.

Take care.

--Petey

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Ken,

I'll miss you. Good luck in all your future endeavors, but knowing you, you don't need luck. I know you'll succeed in whatever you do.

~Christina