Thankfully, there have been a good number of fun years in amongst the years that trail me.
Believe it or not, last year's 'fun' was a direct result of contributing to the MrExcel forum.
The title of one particular post caught my eye. I'm not sure that I even read the rather longwinded body of the question so despite the fact that I had no idea about solving the OP's issue, I responded, poking, gentle, fun.
The OP took it in good part and responded in similar vein. Ultimately, I went on to solve the issue, the process of which resulted in much transfer of OP's files. Since then, in just over 12 months, we have exchanged several hundred thousand words via email, 99% of which has been the most ridiculous nonsense you could possibly imagine. I've cried many tears of laughter reading the tales we've concocted.
Despite the fact that OP is young enough to be my daughter and lives on the opposite side of the Atlantic ocean, we both hold the theory that we are, in fact, identical twins who were somehow separated at birth. In July last year my wife and I made our first ever trip to the US and as part of that trip, we stayed in NY with my new 'girl friend'. We had an absolute hoot for four days including being paraded round her place of work, which was the ultimate beneficiary of my Excel help, where we were introduced and accepted as the 'Duke and Duchess of Coventry'. (They love a bit of royalty over there.)
The fun continues via email and hopefully, a reciprocal visit to the UK is on the cards.
A friend made for life, all thanks to MrExcel.
