A confession

82brutus · **Reply #30 on:** August 24, 2013, 02:17:06 AM

Seeing as we'd have no home without him, it sounds like we are definitely way past due. Thanks for letting us know!

sawman · **Reply #31 on:** August 24, 2013, 02:31:06 AM

This is in no way a gift taken from us, but I consider it a gift received. Please send him all of our regards. Thanks Boss!

gregozedobe · **Reply #32 on:** August 24, 2013, 02:35:25 AM

It's always OK to break "the rules" as long as you have a good enough reason, and that is certainly the case in this instance

Monrogue · **Reply #33 on:** August 24, 2013, 02:54:44 AM

Very generous gesture Grant, and it sounds like it's well deserved for this Guido fella

. Thanks go to him as well for helping to keep MT.O online so that it could thrive and become the awesome community it is

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #34 on:** August 24, 2013, 03:17:28 AM

Chances are we would have found another home, and likely with another terrible server company like the one we were trying to leave. Price was a huge factor, and Guido was well outside of our price range. Even so they ended up finding us a workable solution and we couldn't sign on fast enough.

We might be paying more with Guido than we were with Serverloft, but we are getting a heck of a lot better service, so all in all a more than fair trade.

Def

detron · **Reply #35 on:** August 24, 2013, 04:04:40 AM

great service at a fair price is better than fair service at a great price, especially in the IT world.

the other rule I scream at work is

nobody wants to fund backup, but they sure do expect a recovery. the money IS worth it.

Nhoj · **Reply #36 on:** August 24, 2013, 06:35:02 AM

He deserves it! Do a good deed def. Do it!!!

frjack · **Reply #37 on:** August 24, 2013, 06:43:08 AM

Cool move, Def. Good man, yerself!

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stealth007s · **Reply #38 on:** August 24, 2013, 08:18:43 AM

Excellent stuff Def!¡! Sounds like a well deserved overdue gift!¡!

Whoey · **Reply #39 on:** August 24, 2013, 11:35:43 AM

When you consider that the sites were constantly outgrowing the hosting we had be it with Belaxis or with Serverloft and we were paying for non managed servers, now with Primerelay we are getting managed servers. This allows the Primerelay team to do what they do best, and us to focus on the content and keeping the site software itself running smoothly rather than having the additional burden of maintaining a server secure as well.

We're paying more for a lot more resources as well, and I think overall the sites are finally running better than ever. There has been the occasional outage, but usually short lived (and in the server world nothing is 100%) and at least we get a human response, not some colocation drone message when something goes wrong. They work with us to find solutions, not let us hang and keep bleeding the hosting fees while things get worse.

When Guido found out about his tumour his partner was pregnant with their 2nd child, she was already going through a very bad pregnancy, and was in and out of hospital regularly. You can imagine the news that the father of her children had a potentially fatal tumour put her immediately back in the hospital as well. The type of tumour typically metastasises to the lungs, once that happens, it's pretty much a no return situation. While waiting to hear the news even I was pretty depressed about the situation, it just didn't seem fair. It was a pretty heavy few days but eventually we found out the good news that his lungs were clean, and he was going to start a round of medication to shrink the tumour down before they operate to remove it.

There is so much more to this story, but I think we've perhaps shared too much already so out of respect I'll leave this here.

Gareth · **Reply #40 on:** August 24, 2013, 01:09:57 PM

You'll get no argument from me boss.

Mercury · **Reply #41 on:** August 24, 2013, 06:54:11 PM

You're a good man Grant, I'm with ya. Prayers for Guido and a heartfelt thanks for everything.

AlephZero · **Reply #42 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:53:35 AM

Great choice, Def!

Always keep you friends close, your enemies closer and your server people as tight as you possibly can

Chako · **Reply #43 on:** August 25, 2013, 01:13:32 AM

The only mea culpa I see...you haven't given the man something until now.

Roc · **Reply #44 on:** August 25, 2013, 06:03:33 AM

Thanks to Def for showing us that there are still people out there that think like this and thanks to Guido for hooking Def up. Karma is a beautiful thing.

RVER · **Reply #45 on:** September 03, 2013, 04:43:26 AM

Very nicely done!

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J-sews · **Reply #46 on:** September 03, 2013, 04:59:53 AM

Indeed!

Micah, please pass along our appreciation to Guido along with our best hopes that everything goes well from here on out with his health and his partner's pregnancy.

Rs217 · **Reply #47 on:** September 03, 2013, 05:25:48 AM

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #48 on:** June 07, 2014, 01:06:02 PM

Just to bump this one back up.... I completely forgot to post this message I received from Guido when he (finally!) got the OHT:

Quote

Hi Grant,

Many thanks for the fantastic gift you got me!

What a stunning piece of gear! I am not sure if i will ever use all the features it comes with (unless i run into a bear or smth) but it has served me well over the past couple of days when I have been reworking some computer equipment.

Naturally its first task was opening a bottle of beer

I cant wait for my two girls to grow up and take them on their first outdoor adventures but im sure i will enjoy it for many more moments in the time to come.

Thanks again for the pleasant surprise!

Wow, yeah!
Guido.

Def

lowtech · **Reply #49 on:** June 07, 2014, 01:47:19 PM

Thank you for bumping this thread - I missed it the first time around and I, too think it was the right thing to do.

derekmac · **Reply #50 on:** June 07, 2014, 02:58:56 PM

Glad to see that he's liking the OHT!

toolguy · **Reply #51 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:08:51 PM

It's always good to give to someone that has provided help in your endeavors.When the person receiving the gift expresses their appreciation you've received the ultimate reward.

It's also satisfying to know that you've created a new multi-tool-guy.LOL

n4vgm · **Reply #52 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:10:23 PM

All I can do is add my voice in approval

Very proper use of a resource for not only the members but LM as well. The Good Will - Positive vibes - Mojo will be forever part of Guido's story when people he come in contact with say "Hey, that's a really cool tool! Where did you get it?"

Proud to be a small part of a group like this!

And all the best to Guido and his family and business!

colt 1911 · **Reply #53 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:28:49 PM

Thumbs up , your a good man.

Sak's rule !

Aloha · **Reply #54 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:36:44 PM

Great to know he's enjoying the tool. All the best to Guido and his family, uh one thing tho, does he have a SAK to partner with that OHT?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #55 on:** June 07, 2014, 05:40:26 PM

We'll figure out what SAK he needs during his next health crisis!

Hopefully that will be a long time in coming.

Def

Sent from a digital multitool

macabee · **Reply #56 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:06:53 AM

Certainly have my backing.

Cheers

scattergun13 · **Reply #57 on:** June 08, 2014, 12:33:41 PM

Just found this thread and would like to add a couple of thoughts...
1st- Very classy move Grant. Best wishes to Guido and his family.
2nd- And equally as moving, is all the approval and well wishes from the selfless, genuine members here at MT.O. This is the only forum that I belong to. Grant's gesture, and the group's response are exactly why, this is the only forum I belong to.

to all on this one.
Stew...

Capn · **Reply #58 on:** June 08, 2014, 03:53:16 PM

Bless you, Grant.

duckman1975 · **Reply #59 on:** June 10, 2014, 11:24:16 AM

Wouldn't have it any other way

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