Goodbye and farewell!

After 9 years it seems the end of the road for HIVE and myself. Anyone who has been following me is likely to be aware of my grave disappointment of the STEEM/HIVE fork and disdain for those responsible.

The logic was, therefore, understandable to me when @hurtlocker decided to police my posts and remove any rewards from them; even my Merry Christmas post ironically. It was not for my past attitudes that he chose to do so but for my comments on one of his posts in which he asked if one considered downvoting an attack. Apparently by answering the affirmative was enough to bring the wrath of his stake down upon you. His stooge @antisocialist followed his lead. That one hurt a bit as he has had my support for many years.

@hurtlocker is a more polite @berniesanders and he even persuaded me that taking anything from the reward pool might be considered a bit hypocritical considering my attitude of the governance of HIVE. That is here nor there, however, as the truth is that HIVE is no longer important enough for me to bother fighting about it. Departure seems the more sensible approach.

A great many of this community holds a special place in my heart. They have been the reason that brought me back, eventually, after the fork and they make it the hardest part of my leaving.

Powering down will take a while and you may see me in some comment threads, yet by and large this is my farewell. My feeling is that it has been 9 years well waisted!

May the wind be at you backs!

✌️& 💛