LessHeard vanU

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Nice to see you Mark. I hope you're well. --kingboyk (talk) 23:40, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

I am, thank you, Steve (? I hope, it has been rather a long time!) LessHeard vanU (talk) 17:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It is I, LeClerc Steve! Well remembered, as it's been not rather a long time but a very long time! :) --kingboyk (talk) 19:38, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Do miss having LHVU areound that's for sure but understand the step away from the madness. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:45, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Of course, your name is noted on your Userpage - but I only checked that just a moment ago; I was never one that thought it necessary to check the sources before committing to publish... as you might remember! LessHeard vanU (talk) 16:19, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Lol! Sense of humour and attitude intact; account-not-hijacked confirmed :) Anyway, good to see you mate, I'll leave you in peace now. --kingboyk (talk) 20:33, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

I was wrong, it's today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Do you need the earlier one back? LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I'll tell you when I run out of kindness ;) - I have someone on the Main page who would be 100 today, DYK, but also 2 who died, see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Oh my!

I had no idea you were still - or again - kicking around here. Good to see you! (Of course I see you in that other place too but seeing LessHeard vanU is a treat!) I wonder how the old gang are doing. Stay well! Tvoz/talk 02:13, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Heya! I read the 'pedia for fun these days, and hit random article when I have a few minutes to spare. If I see something I can improve - like an USA article that neglects to mention that it is such - then I do a little edit. I log in to take responsibility for it. I have a few pages I still keep a watch on, as well. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:45, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Reading this (nearly) makes me want to creak back into action ... Abtract Abtract (talk) 20:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Lustre yet undimmed. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:16, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

lovely phrased - here, I have more for you, cake even, - to uplift while we have to miss Flyer22, Yoninah and SlimVirgin, and RexxS for different reasons, and too many others, - check out Die Fliege - the fly on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:11, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Ha ...

So you are popping your head in once in a while. Glad to see that. Always good to see a member of the Editor's Hall of Fame around. :-) Hope you and yours are well Mark. — Ched (talk) 19:54, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

...and you, too! LessHeard vanU (talk) 14:59, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Damn...

Sometimes dipping in results in a little scalding... LessHeard vanU (talk) 10:00, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

More in response to the Precious Anniversary posts, but under this heading because reasons. While the deaths are sad and deleterious to the project, it is inevitable. However, the stupidity resulting in the cessation of RexxS contributions provokes a response more in the nature of exasperation. LessHeard vanU (talk) 16:03, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! LessHeard vanU (talk) 16:07, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Carleen source?

Hallo Mark, I am delighted to see that you are still occasionally editing, as my enquiry relates to an article you created in 2006!

You created Carleen, which in 2009 was turned into a redirect to Breage. Today there was some discussion about Carleen (disambiguation) which included mention of "when the place in Wales [sic] became a redirect", and I followed up out of curiosity and created a page for Carleen again over that redirect.

Your original stub gave the name derivation, but with no ref. Have you got a source for that? (I imagine a book of Cornish place-name origins beside your desk, optimistically). Please add it to the article, sourced, if you can. Thanks. PamD 22:50, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Doubtless I have had many Cornish name source books over the years, any of which may have contained an entry for Carleen... but none now close to hand. Most publications are local, and are unlikely to qualify as reliable sources. WP:OR will provide you with the name; "Car" meaning 'fort' or more likely 'defendable dwelling/place' and "Leen" (or "lene" or "lean") meaning 'Stone(y)', which is likely how the various authors have come to the translation. If ever I find anything which seems like a peer reviewed book or website I will endeavour to include it. LessHeard vanU (talk) 16:06, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Yuletide Felicitations

If you are reading this, then you are exactly one of those people to whom I would like to wish all the best for the Season and those to come. LessHeard vanU (talk) 14:39, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

And to you. Great to see that you're around(ish). Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:07, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks!

Bishzilla thanks the little Less for his thanks and awards him a much belated but affectionate Happy New Era card. bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 15:13, 7 March 2023 (UTC).

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Ah... ten years? I misremember it well! LessHeard vanU (talk) 10:22, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays!

If you read this, then you are most likely in need of Seasonal Cheers - so, just for you, "Yay Winter! Go! Go! Go!" 12:46, 24 December 2023 (UTC) LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:46, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Well hello and happy new year to you too! Always good to run into old friends in old places. I'm not here much anymore either. See you on FB. Tvoz/talk 23:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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