Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
As some of you may already know a longtime Mod and Admin here at Northwest Dive Club, Spatman, is in the process of moving on from scuba diving. I can't count the number of years he's served in one or both of those roles for us, and I am sad to see him go, but at the same time the reasons why he's moving on are undeniably important and rational.
Matt has always been one of the first to help out a new member find their way around the board, or to keep things around the here civil and organized. Much of the behind the scenes work to keep the site humming along and working for everyone can be attributed to Spatman's good work. Countless updates to the source code that went on under the hood were carried out by him during the wee hours of the night, so that we could all enjoy conversing, planning and sharing our many dives without much interruption. Perhaps most unnoticed were his tireless efforts to keep spammers off of the board, a mostly thankless and always endless job that many of us don't notice, but we all benefit from greatly.
Please join me in thanking and wishing our NWDC brother the best in his new adventures in life and parenting, and may the Force always be with him!
Matt has always been one of the first to help out a new member find their way around the board, or to keep things around the here civil and organized. Much of the behind the scenes work to keep the site humming along and working for everyone can be attributed to Spatman's good work. Countless updates to the source code that went on under the hood were carried out by him during the wee hours of the night, so that we could all enjoy conversing, planning and sharing our many dives without much interruption. Perhaps most unnoticed were his tireless efforts to keep spammers off of the board, a mostly thankless and always endless job that many of us don't notice, but we all benefit from greatly.
Please join me in thanking and wishing our NWDC brother the best in his new adventures in life and parenting, and may the Force always be with him!
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
You'll be missed spaty.. I'm glad we got a chance to reconcile before you left and how gracious you were about it.
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- I got a good squirt in my mouth
- I would imagine that there would be a large amount of involuntary gagging
- I don't know about you but I'm not into swallowing it
CCR discussion on Caustic Cocktails.
- I got a good squirt in my mouth
- I would imagine that there would be a large amount of involuntary gagging
- I don't know about you but I'm not into swallowing it
CCR discussion on Caustic Cocktails.
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Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Life moves on ... lots of friends who no longer dive, most because there are other priorities in life (like family) that require their time and resource.
Keep in touch, dude ... I'm enjoying watching your little girl raising her daddy ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Keep in touch, dude ... I'm enjoying watching your little girl raising her daddy ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Damn! I'll still see you in town but no more endless amounts of driving to dive!? What a bummer. When are we going warm water diving you weenie?
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Thanks, Calvin and all the rest of you, for the many years of fun dives and laughs and the occasional online brawl to spice things up. I'll be checking in once in a while to see how y'all are doing, plus selling off some gear as it gets uncovered among the piles of crap in the basement.
And now that I'm no longer a representative of NWDC, I won't be as polite when I tell some of you that you're idiots.
j/k
Mostly.
And now that I'm no longer a representative of NWDC, I won't be as polite when I tell some of you that you're idiots.
j/k
Mostly.
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Let's talk about warm water diving while we drink beer instead of sitting in the car for hours smelling your farts.ORDiver wrote:Damn! I'll still see you in town but no more endless amounts of driving to dive!? What a bummer. When are we going warm water diving you weenie?
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Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Pthhbb! Dave's farts smell like roses. Yours smell like 3 day old roadkill in South Georgia in August.spatman wrote:Let's talk about warm water diving while we drink beer instead of sitting in the car for hours smelling your farts.ORDiver wrote:Damn! I'll still see you in town but no more endless amounts of driving to dive!? What a bummer. When are we going warm water diving you weenie?
Come to the nerd side, we have pi!
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
**Pinch it, don't stick your finger through. You're just pinching a bigger hole.
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Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Sit in a pickup cab with him for three hours after he's dined at one of his favorite I-5 gas station food counters. I dare you.Penopolypants wrote:Pthhbb! Dave's farts smell like roses. Yours smell like 3 day old roadkill in South Georgia in August.spatman wrote:Let's talk about warm water diving while we drink beer instead of sitting in the car for hours smelling your farts.ORDiver wrote:Damn! I'll still see you in town but no more endless amounts of driving to dive!? What a bummer. When are we going warm water diving you weenie?
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Your moms farts are worse. Especially when she pulls the covers over your head.
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
I don't know what's worse, my mom's farts or you being in bed with her.ORDiver wrote:Your moms farts are worse. Especially when she pulls the covers over your head.
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Are you new here?Tangfish wrote:Well this thread took an unexpected turn!
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
unexpected?
Only met you once or twice, Spatman, but it was fun. I have pretty well given up diving too, physical issues, but I still hang around as a cyberdiver and enjoy everyone's reports and pics. Hope you can continue too.
Jim
Only met you once or twice, Spatman, but it was fun. I have pretty well given up diving too, physical issues, but I still hang around as a cyberdiver and enjoy everyone's reports and pics. Hope you can continue too.
Jim
<Penopolypants> "I, for one, would welcome our new cowboy octopus overlords."
<LCF> "There is ALWAYS another day to dive, as long as you get home today."
<LCF> "There is ALWAYS another day to dive, as long as you get home today."
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
+1 to above. Cyber diving can be fun....
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Don't worry, I'll still be checking in for sure. You guys ain't rid of me that easily.
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Bummed I never got a chance to dive with you!
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What about Ricky?
The ocean is a lousy teacher. First you get a test, then the lesson.
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Ricky has been MIA for a few years, I'm sad to say. He disappeared in transit somewhere between Penopolypants and Grateful Diver. But his legend will always live on.KneeDeep wrote:What about Ricky?
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Ditto, buddy, along with quite a few other folks in the NWDC community.Jeremy wrote:Bummed I never got a chance to dive with you!
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Thank you for making this place ROCK!
Outside of your fellow admins and mods, I don't think any of us can truly appreciate what it takes to keep this board running and moderated. As a fellow member who continues to enjoy the NWDC experience, THANK YOU! for everything you've done to keep this place pretty damn cool!
Outside of your fellow admins and mods, I don't think any of us can truly appreciate what it takes to keep this board running and moderated. As a fellow member who continues to enjoy the NWDC experience, THANK YOU! for everything you've done to keep this place pretty damn cool!
Re: Thank You Spatman (aka Matt Spiro)
Ive never met you but I would aswell like to give my thanks, thank you
From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.-Jacques-Yves Cousteau