TheStoner wrote:According to his profile Reverend Tristan joined TM in November 2006 - over three years ago. This makes me wonder how long you have to be on the forum before you stop being a "newcomer"! Anyway congrats to all the winners.

Well me and a certain queen that doesn't want to give her crown up spoke about this earlier.
I joined in Nov 2006
First post in Jan 2007 then didn't post again till Jan 2009. I'd forgot I'd become a member and it was HER that reminded me about this forum.
So as it goes I guess I am a newbie, kinda threw me earlier that I got best newbie a year after HER and I've been performing for years and years and years
Well thanks for the 3 of you that voted for me, I've just got a few people to thank, my mum and dad for spawning me and letting me watch far too much TV including Paul Daniels, PD for allowing those magic sets to go on sale all those years ago.
I can still remember performing my first trick to my dad on christmas morning an about 1984 all good memorys, he still says 'How the $*!& did you do that'
I'd like to thank Faire for reminding me about this place, I'd like to thank Paul Bell for being Paul Bell and giving me a new string to my bow (so buy his books and use the material in the real world if you dare, go on I dare you

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I'd like to thank Mandrake for letting me swap my user name and for helping with problems that I've had.
Lyndon, where is Lyndon when I want him? I'd like to thank him too.
Craig Browning, love him or hate him he does make me smile
Mark Lewis for being Mark Lewis
Tomo for creating such things that make me realise I will get round to sorting some of the things I want to do out, cheers mate and I really need to talk to you about some 'THINGS'
My Daughter for saying I look smart when I go out to gigs and beliving in magic
Our Lass (Don't ever tell her I said that in public) for suffering my projects over the years.
One shout out to the northen monkey who know's who he is if he's reading this and cheer up mate it's not all that
sorry it's for newbie of the year?????
I'm not a newbie, god!!!
oh and this is the longest post I eve did on here init!!