We all have people we know that we can trust implicitly. To gain friendship is one thing. To gain a close freindship can sometimes involve other people to bring together a "bond", and can be harder to gain. Try never to lose a bond this close lest it hurt the both of you...
Below are some of the people that allow me to take the strain off life, be it down the pub, online, or running at each other with big pointy metal sticks :-)
Dominic, (home page also here), aka Gerry, techie and beautician all rolled into one funny bundle of hyperactivity. It should also be noted that he is looking at taking over the world. If this were Pinky and the Brain, Dominic would probably be both :)
Gaz, aka DragonLord - someone I've know since Uni (mostly the latter couple of years or so). Many a time has been spent down the Bridge Inn playing pool and drinking Guinness...(instead of being in lectures!) :-)
Jamie, aka Juice - Bolton bod and generic techie. Another Uni friend...licensed to speak incomprehensibly. Has eyes set on world domination, regardless of his omniversality.
Micheal, aka KillerByte, Morat or the Ginger One - a vague being who was sent here by llamas to take over the world. Unfortuantly he has Dominic and Jamie to contend with as they have their own individual plans for world domination :-) Also a Uni friend...!
Tony, aka ... well, Tony actually :-) - a net friend down in Northampton...he's helped me overcome some problems I've been having, and getting me back on some form of track.
...and finally a generic mention to them rather dubious members of society, the Sheffgoths, and of all of the people listed here, they've probably had more cause in recent months than anyone to destroy either my sanity, my liver, or both... :-)
(*) helped to destroy my sanity :-) *grin*