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Peter Gurry Australia (Verified User) Posts 9255 Dogs 18 / Races 25 22 Nov 2020 11:17
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20 today, well done G-Data for a great website, good for a laugh and a place to meet new freinds, may you last another 20 even if most of us wont. - Macwollie
Mary Crotty Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1116 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 Nov 2020 16:58
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Well done to all involved ,Happy Birthday .Long may you last.
Kevin Stow United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 205 Dogs 298 / Races 1 22 Nov 2020 18:12
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Tony,
I can only echo your views on what a great site this is and massive thanks to Gunnar, Anja and Gwen for creating it.
As a racing owner and now rehomer I wish more in the sport, but also in the adoption community, used it as the PR it can be to show how many of these wonderful athletes are loved and cared for all the way from cradle to grave.
Tony and Dick, I have no idea re. the counter. In the early years, I would not have known if a counter was in place, nor did I keep count for myself. It was years later when I saw everybody's numbers, WOW - and yes, we're all in this together! For me. it's been a joy and a privilege to be a part of the Greyhound Data Team!
Richard Gray Australia (Verified User) Posts 2231 Dogs 11 / Races 9 22 Nov 2020 18:36
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Never knew about the counter either,"hiding in plain sight" Happy Birthday and look forward to the other arm initiated by G-Data EXTERNAL LINK getting to G-Data's numbers in the years ahead.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12957 / Races 40209 23 Nov 2020 03:54
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Thank you everyone for your kind words and supporting Greyhound-Data.
Rich, you now have 3 years gold membership well done.
Daryl Barrett Australia (Verified User) Posts 1739 Dogs 1 / Races 0 23 Nov 2020 08:15
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G'day Tony,as a matter of intrest,could you possibly put up the very first post & replies,that were put up on Greyhound Data...just for old times sake,who knows,it might inspire more replys on the subject ?
Cheers mate.
PS,shit,i give RICH a run for his money,i got 4 agrees...yeah righto, it was a combined total from 2 post's,LOL.
Tony Gallagher wrote:
We will be running a competition in the forum to celebrate GD's birthday.
Simply find what you consider the best post ever posted in the forum and repost it in this thread and the winner will be decided by the one that has the most Agrees.
This should be really interesting.
The winner will receive Gold Membership for the next 3 years.
The competition closes at 6pm on 22nd November 2020 German time.
Richard Gray Australia (Verified User) Posts 2231 Dogs 11 / Races 9 23 Nov 2020 08:21
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Tony, throw it to someone that contributes to GD on a regular basis or the next participant that signs up for the next life membership of the "world Greyhound Organisation"
Richard Gray Australia (Verified User) Posts 2231 Dogs 11 / Races 9 23 Nov 2020 08:23
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Or just give it to Daryl as he seems like a good bloke, lol
Steven Martin Australia (Verified User) Posts 7681 Dogs 180 / Races 66 23 Nov 2020 10:26
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Yes, Congratulations Tony & all those that kicked off the site some 20 years ago. Back then it was just a Pedigree Site with the forum thrown in a couple of years later. Great times. Great site & Great relationships have been formed.
Pat on the back for everybody who has contributed.
Werner Scholz Germany (Team Member) Posts 2370 Dogs 265174 / Races 2012830 23 Nov 2020 14:57
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20 years, where have they gone?
I remember the beginning when the database was not yet written in php.
I created an access file to enter races and pedigrees. This file was sent on floppy disk to Gunnar who uploaded it to the server. Eventually these files became too big and the "new" Greyhound Data was born as PHP database.
Oh man, those were the days. There was no counter to think of yet.
Thank you all for supporting Greyhound-Data
//Werner
Daryl Barrett Australia (Verified User) Posts 1739 Dogs 1 / Races 0 23 Nov 2020 18:11
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G'day Rich, Thanks for your'e kind words & your'e very generous & admirable gesture to give your'e membership to someone else,you are are a very decent fella. Rather than give it to someone,maybe it could be auctioned off,& the proceeds donated to a charity or greyhound adoption group of your'e choice ?.Just a thought Rich.
Richard's gesture is just one of the many,many reasons that make Greyhound Data such a wonderful site for all of us " Dish Licker "fans, & dare I say,tragics,lol.
See ya Rich.
Richard Gray wrote:
Or just give it to Daryl as he seems like a good bloke, lol
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12957 / Races 40209 23 Nov 2020 19:39
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Werner Scholz wrote:
20 years, where have they gone?
I remember the beginning when the database was not yet written in php.
I created an access file to enter races and pedigrees. This file was sent on floppy disk to Gunnar who uploaded it to the server. Eventually these files became too big and the "new" Greyhound Data was born as PHP database.
Oh man, those were the days. There was no counter to think of yet.
Thank you all for supporting Greyhound-Data
//Werner
Hi Werner, good to see you are on the mend.
Werner is our Database Manager and has been with GD from the beginning and if look under his name you will see Races 1795553. That is the number of race results Werner has entered onto Greyhound-Data, just under 2 million!!!. (Probably a lot more as the counter did not exist at the start of the website). A fantastic achievement mate, its been great working with you over the years.
Dick Ciampa USA (Team Member) Posts 798 Dogs 15458 / Races 3395 23 Nov 2020 21:06
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I can't imagine putting in almost 1.8 million races. That is quite a feat and I hope you keep it going. Thanks for all your time and patience in doing this.