I wanted to add my own welcome as well. Graham has been very much involved in the UKY community since I started, though more behind the scenes. He's also been a huge supporter of my own involvement, and that's something that has helped me tremendously in my settlement here.
Graham is a great question answerer. And he comes up with solutions that one doesn't always think of first. He's a natural for this board and I'm really pleased he accepted the position...and thanks to Leah for recognizing that he'd be great for the job!
It was with a travel question that may have started our relationship off, actually. I needed to get from point A to point B and at a time that was incredibly awkward, to catch a plane.
I was in a pub two nights before I was to leave my first visit to England and someone casually asked me "When is your flight?"...
My answer caused the entire room to shudder. "Wha...?" Turns out that my plan wasn't exactly going to work. Then came a slewful of suggestions, pouring out from everywhere. I wanted to put my hands over my ears and run out the door screaming. Well, I did sort of do that. I ran to the nearest phone box and called Graham, the voice of reason I'd met a few days earlier. "Help!" I cried.
"Let me have a think and I'll get back with you," he calmly said. And he phoned back within five minutes, apparently seated at a table with all sorts of timetable books in front of him.
Things that don't go as originally planned are not always the worst-case scenario. The twist of fate that happened next is something that changed my life. I'll let Graham tell you what happened next.
I don't expect your travel questions here to have such a dramatic difference in your life, but Graham is good at solving AtoB problems and he does know timetables almost to the point of memorization.
Congratulations sweetie
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