My long overdue departure.
The end of an era.
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Snowman | Discussion: Community
3 months ago I started in a new job as a delivery/courier driver, and it has kept me way too busy to keep track of anything going on in the world of skinning.
On average 12-15 hour work days leaves me with very little time, if any at all, for PC'ing. This has though given me plenty of time to reflect on the 1½ decade of my life that I have dedicated to skinning, and I've come to the conclusion that it is time for this old 'skinosaur' to finally and definitively call it quits.
The only direct connection I have left to skinning is through my duties as moderator here at Wincustomize (I was headhunted from Skinbase, by big boss Brad (frogboy), back in June 2004) but to me that is just not enough to keep up my interest, and without going into too much detail, this has become more of a drag than a joy the past years.
All I can say is that we're doing the job with tools held together with old gum and worn duct tape.....
The admin section is in worse shape than the main site.
Plus there really isn't use/need for the current amount of moderators. Submissions have dropped to a dead minimum. What we now see in the modding queue in a week we could easily see in a day a few years ago.
So one less moderator wouldn't give much extra work for the remaining moderators.
Anyway... My main reason for finally calling it quits is that I have no applications left to skin. Offcourse, I use plenty of skinnables on a daily basis but none that I find any joy in skinning for.
The last application I found fun to skin was RightClick, and we all know the fate it suffered.
Skinning is a dieing art. No one seems to be wanting to face this fact, but I've been seeing it coming from years ago.
Also, 1½ years ago I got back together with my ex-wife, whom divorced me partly for my skinning addiction, 7½ years ago.
It currently is no problem, but this time I won't let anything PC related get between us. My choice is clear on that point.
This is not a decision just of the top of my head, nor is it the first time I've considered leaveing, but the past times I've mentioned it my fellow moderators always convinced me to stay on.
I doubt as many will try to stop me this time, as I've noticed some of my previous allies for unknown reasons have 'turned their backs on me'.
But hey, it's a free world, I guess, somewhere....
So, there you have it.
Another one bites the dust.
I can though be contacted, if anyone wishes so, through my Facebook page or my email. 
PS.: Paul or Spencer, IF you happen to read this just go ahead and remove my admin access (if at all possible).
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Reply #23 Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:11 PM
Gonna miss you Snowman but life goes on and we gotta go with the flow. Good luck to you sir.
Reply #24 Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:15 PM
You've got a deal, bro!
Du fyrene er to av mine favoritt gutta på WC. Jeg skulle ønske jeg kunne bli med deg i sommer.
Reply #25 Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:19 PM
I am so sorry to see that your leaving us 
[e digicons]:'([/e] will you come back and visit us from time to time ? don't be a stranger 
Reply #26 Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:21 PM
First off, you cannot use that "skinosaur" word you lil ripper! I'm pretty sure it was a word from that old thread on Skinz.org you need to be more creative when you skin your words! Secondly, I've seen *cough* skinnerz like you that say they are leaving only to return after a few weeks (cuz life gets boring and we cannot skin that) and thirdly, ummm you better atleast pop up once in a while over at me and that dutch guys pad!
Doreen wishes you well "always" and also waves hello to Jafo (that other skinosaur)
XOXOXOX
Reply #27 Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:43 PM
Now look what you've gone and done....
....ya woke up Doreen!!!!
For all you 'young'uns' out there...take a squiz at Doreen's UserID number....
[I was a gentleman and held the door open for her on 'login'] ...
Reply #28 Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:57 PM
Hmm you could look at my UserID and say that is a veryyyy young looking number orrrr very ancient!!! hehe
Hello you Jafo! My brothers all need to stop wasting their time on this desktop skinning and join in on the party that is iPhone skinning. Mmmm sexy stuffezzz http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-5-new-skins-themes-launches/818429-exxos.html
Struggling to create the thousands upon thousands of required images to theme your iPhone is nothing compared to the sheer Hell it is doing all the manual file transfers of those images to your phone anddd the scripting and pulling your hair out as well as killing your eyeballs looking at such small image files is jusss ectasy! (The challenge is awesome)
Reply #29 Friday, February 15, 2013 12:41 AM
All the best for You, Snowy ! Not much left to say, what You already didn't.
Reply #30 Friday, February 15, 2013 3:49 AM
Best of luck in your future endeavors and I think it is admirable that you are putting your family first. You will be missed but only you know what is best for you! 
Reply #31 Friday, February 15, 2013 4:19 AM
I hope you and the missus are still coming to see me in the summer!!?? (You'd better you big Danish Pastry!)
Ya know I loves ya really........ 
On a side note........ DOREEN!!!!!! 
Reply #32 Friday, February 15, 2013 5:35 AM
Dor!! Hey, sexy skinner-lady. Long time no see.
No, sorry. That won't happen. My job, which in fact is nothing short of my dream job, is keeping far too busy.
This time real-life really has kicked in.
There's a bigger chance of getting Crae back into mainstream skinning than me returning.
Bryan: Your door had better be open when we arrive.
But I sadly cannot promiss that it will be this summer.
Helene (my girlfriend) may soon fall victim to the 'awesome' Danish welfare regulations, which in the end may force her to sell 'our house' and ultimately move to a more expensive appartment.....
Reply #34 Friday, February 15, 2013 6:02 AM
Sorry to hear that Snowman ive always been bad at saying goodbye - iwish you the very best i can imagine, to you and your wife hopefully you guys have some good quality time with that much of work, i did work 14-16 hours a day aswell for one year it is sometimes horrible and you actually just want to drop down and get some rest when you get home from it, therefore i can understand it a bit but it is still bad that you leave ... take care and dont work to hard !
would be still cool if you could find the time to login on the weekend sometimes just to say hi.
Reply #36 Friday, February 15, 2013 6:57 AM
Well good for you Snowman. I've grown quite fond of you over the years and you will be missed. I wish you the very best in all that you pursue.
Reply #39 Friday, February 15, 2013 7:39 AM
Sad to see you go, Snowy ...but like someone said, all things come to an end...eventually. Best wishes for a good life!!
Hey Doreen, good to see you!!!
Reply #40 Friday, February 15, 2013 8:47 AM
Sorry to see you go Snowman, thanks for your contribution to the community over the years.
All the best in your future endeavours! 
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Reply #21 Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:38 PM
See ya around on Facebook, Morten.... I will miss seeing you here.