Ahhhh, beeejeezuuz.. I've avoided posting on this thread but here is my t'pence worth of a list

My list of 20 (in no particular order, except for number 1)

1. Northerners Gal - kind of obvious

2. Win2Win/The Boss/Keith/Beezlebub - Dry humour and wit, plus he's the one who allows us to slander one another

3. Tawi2 - Gave me tons of advice over 2009:beatnik2:

4. Alan - Bought me dinner in Cebu and told me lots of useful stuff

5. Florge - Good advice also, very open and honest :cwm35:

6. Gary2Jessica - Sound Lad (Northern speak)

7. James Hubbard - Some good tips and a friendly guy

8. ginapeterb - Awesome advice on his website and in the threads

9. Fred - For the 2009 joke thread alone, but gives excellent advice to newbies too

10. - PennyBarry - when I was new here, Penny quickly became known to me as a good source of info

11. Jam07 - for the cute avatar... And some good issues raised

12. Sim11UK - Knows his stuff, good for advice:lol2:

13. joebloggs - Fellow Manc, nuff said

14. Aromulas - The Godfather of the forum

15. LadyJ - Honest and frank, though your avatar scares me

16. Arthur Little - The Grandfather figure of the forum, welcoming to all

17. nigel - If I compile a bad joke book, you will be my source

18. aposhark - your advice and concerns are always noted

19. Somebody - Again, knows his stuff and is a good brain to pick

20. walesrob - For putting up with all those welsh jokes without banning me

And anyone I forgot to mention, apologies..