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1. rorya 1,870,968
2. zorvek 1,605,704
3. saurabh726 1,048,290
4. chris_bo... 654,793
5. byundt 557,538
6. nutsch 425,528
7. jeverist 371,758
8. patrickab 350,998
9. ahammar 273,691
10. matthews... 273,297
11. spattewar 235,814
12. RobSampson 231,214
13. webtubbs 231,134
14. jpaulino 203,083
15. dj88 187,041

1. zorvek 8,910,195
2. byundt 7,300,627
3. rorya 5,565,699
4. matthews... 2,836,425
5. jeverist 2,782,027
6. patrickab 2,106,561
7. roos01 1,898,139
8. mvidas 1,529,253
9. webtubbs 1,327,526
10. fanpages 1,234,522
11. saurabh726 1,141,869
12. MalicUK 1,059,396
13. brettdj 1,042,576
14. chris_bo... 844,299
15. mgh_mgha... 645,610

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Congratulations to roryaour new double Genius

Zone: Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

Tags: excel, inside

Congratulations to our new double Genius rorya! Patient with the clueless, writer of lucid explanations, and terribly good at Excel--couple that with a dollop of tenacity, and you reach 2 million in a year and a fortnight.

Some people make steady progress answering a lot of easy questions. Others enjoy tackling anything that comes up. Rory is one of the latter, and sometimes his innovative solutions leave me gobsmacked because they make the "impossible" seem so easy.

Rory has an advantage: he lives and works in Great Britain and appears to have a significant other who doesn't mind his plowing through the daily onslaught of questions from bewildered colonials. Whatever the case, Rory seems to have found his stride, and shows no signs of letting up. Now if we could only get him to use more colourful expressions...

User defined function used in a data validation http:/Q_21979767.html
Adding worksheets to a selection using Sheets(xxx).Select FALSE http:/Q_22155913.html
Putting a picture inside a cell comment http:/Q_22398342.html

Woohoo Rory!

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Zone: Software

Question Asked By: byundt

Solution Provided By: rorya

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05.03.2007 at 05:36AM PDT, ID: 19022598

Rank: Genius

rorya:

>> "appears to have a significant other who doesn't mind his plowing through the daily onslaught of questions from bewildered colonials"

Clearly, you have never met or spoken to my wife! The abuse I get for all the time I spend on "that @#*%$~@ computer" would embarrass a navvy. Or maybe you meant my boss, who has no idea.... ;^P

As for the colourful expressions, there have been a few times I've had to try very hard *not* to use them...

Thanks for the 'Woohoo' but I really must get on if I'm to reach Legend in my own lifetime! :)

Keep 'em coming.

Rory

Accepted Solution

05.03.2007 at 07:03AM PDT, ID: 19023307

Rank: Sage

LoNeRaVeR9:

Rory:

I remember when you started. You quickly caught up with me and I did all I could to keep the pace for about a month. It was then I realized I was sorely outmatched. You are a great asset to EE and a wonderful Expert to know. I have learned so much from you and always look forward to reading your responses when I see you have answered a question. It's great to have you here and I hope we enjoy your company to Legend status and beyond.

Kindest Regards,

Jaes

05.03.2007 at 07:18AM PDT, ID: 19023426

Rank: Genius

rorya:

Jaes,
Thank you kindly! It has been, and continues to be, a pleasure to be here - though achieving a balance between time here and my other commitments is not always easy, hence the number of times I decide to "just make one last post" and find myself still on at 1am ... :)
I'm also glad to say I am still learning things from you all, which makes the whole experience even more worthwhile! (and makes it easier for me to justify to myself)
Oh, and of course, there's the stylish T-shirt....
Rory

05.03.2007 at 10:56AM PDT, ID: 19025364

Rank: Genius

patrickab:

Rory,

It's always good to learn from you. You're a mine of information and what's more you're always happy to share it with others. I can vouch for that ridiculous time in the early morning - just how you do it I really do not know. I don't work so it's no stress for me but you must be fast becoming an insomniac. I reckon there's at least one other insomniac in the upper list!

Well done!

Patrick

05.03.2007 at 01:03PM PDT, ID: 19026389

Rank: Genius

roos01:

Rory,
Congratulations! I think you managed a very good piece of work. Since you are now double genius I don't want to bother you with phrases like:
- Do you still have a life?
- Can't you stop for a while so we can catch up with you.
- Even writing you comments backwards they still make sence,
- Which question bot are you using
- are you connected to your PC
- are you using excel to monitor EE and when a certain word occurs your macro automatically post a possible solution.

Like I said I won't bother you with these questions/phrases. Just keep up the good work!!!

Well Done!!!
Jeroen

05.03.2007 at 03:52PM PDT, ID: 19027603

Rank: Genius

brettdj:

Rory, congratulations from another bewildered colonial :)

05.04.2007 at 01:55AM PDT, ID: 19029541

Rank: Genius

rorya:

Thanks, all! It's nice to know I'm contributing to the bewilderment of the colonies... :)
And yes, I admit I did at one stage have a web query keeping track of posts!

05.04.2007 at 04:46AM PDT, ID: 19030092

Rank: Genius

matthewspatrick:

Rory,

Awesome job! I suspect that in about 12 minutes or so you will pass me
on the leaderboard, and all I can say to that is hat's off. In the short time
you've been playing here I have learned quite a lot from you; I still marvel
at the solutions Brad mentions up top.

Best regards,

Patrick

05.04.2007 at 06:49AM PDT, ID: 19030697

Rank: Genius

rorya:

Patrick,
Thanks - I think it'll take longer than that! (and I'll be away for the next week or so) :)
The next target is such a long way away though... :(
Rory

05.05.2007 at 12:24AM PDT, ID: 19035552

Rank: Genius

roos01:

During the cleanup proces I found a comment which shows how well Rory reads other comments and also the funny part of Rory when he probably found the secret life of Patrickab.

http:/Q_22489308.html

I have to say although these discussions shouldn't be in a serious question, though it gives a good view about interaction with each other and surely makes cleaning up a bit funnier.

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Congratulations to roryaour new double Genius

Congratulations to roryaour new double Genius