Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
Some innings!
As many of you will be aware, Jules has been running VLC for well over a decade. When he assumed control, the site was neglected and drifting aimlessly; with the support initially of family and friends, he slowly but surely dragged it back despite the shadow cast by relegation from the Football League and those six years in purgatory. To have developed an active membership against that depressing backdrop is no mean achievement, and he did it through an astonishing personal commitment. Given his own well-publicised struggles with mental health and the efforts of those who did not wish to see him succeed, he would have been forgiven for throwing in the towel long ago. Fortunately for almost everyone, he refused to do so.
Consider 100,000 posts, if you will. As Barney will attest, numbers become difficult for the human mind to compute as they grow larger. If each of those posts took one minute to compose (and many of them took Jules considerably longer) it would take 69 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes to complete the task in one unbroken sitting. It has taken me over ten years to complete a busy 25,000 posts, so I find the thought of 100,000 posts simply mind blowing. And we have not even considered the fact that the majority of site earnings has been donated to Lincoln City FC.
I met Jules through my own membership of the site and I now count him as a close friend. I am sure many of you feel the same, even if you have never met him. Many members have stated how the site helped them through the darkness of the pandemic and through difficult times in their own lives, and I think that is his real achievement. To help other people from a position of personal adversity is the mother of all accomplishments, and all too often flies under the radar.
All he has to do now is reach 200,000.
As many of you will be aware, Jules has been running VLC for well over a decade. When he assumed control, the site was neglected and drifting aimlessly; with the support initially of family and friends, he slowly but surely dragged it back despite the shadow cast by relegation from the Football League and those six years in purgatory. To have developed an active membership against that depressing backdrop is no mean achievement, and he did it through an astonishing personal commitment. Given his own well-publicised struggles with mental health and the efforts of those who did not wish to see him succeed, he would have been forgiven for throwing in the towel long ago. Fortunately for almost everyone, he refused to do so.
Consider 100,000 posts, if you will. As Barney will attest, numbers become difficult for the human mind to compute as they grow larger. If each of those posts took one minute to compose (and many of them took Jules considerably longer) it would take 69 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes to complete the task in one unbroken sitting. It has taken me over ten years to complete a busy 25,000 posts, so I find the thought of 100,000 posts simply mind blowing. And we have not even considered the fact that the majority of site earnings has been donated to Lincoln City FC.
I met Jules through my own membership of the site and I now count him as a close friend. I am sure many of you feel the same, even if you have never met him. Many members have stated how the site helped them through the darkness of the pandemic and through difficult times in their own lives, and I think that is his real achievement. To help other people from a position of personal adversity is the mother of all accomplishments, and all too often flies under the radar.
All he has to do now is reach 200,000.
. Despite all the ups and downs you have built and keep this site running amazingly. When you look at the ‘league table’ for forums and their use/membership the Imps forum is right up there as one of the most used, including Premiershite and Championship clubs. That is testament to your efforts and keeping it topical and informative. As someone who emigrated some 19 years ago I miss seeing the Imps regularly ‘in the flesh’, though I watch almost every game on I-Follow, but often this site is ahead of the club website in news and (apart from the occasional poster) I love the exchanges on here. I would be lost without the forum and that is testament to you and the endless hours of work you do for it. I for one appreciate it hugely - thanks Jules 
