My Committment to JWD (page 3)

Englishman

Amazing,

Well I like you, you're in my top 10 list of favourite people here.

Englishman.

Truth exists;only falsehood has to be invented. -Georges Braque

waiting

In acuality, there are few people that we meet - face to face - that we can't find something to like, if we take the time.

At least that's my take on it. However, who wants to take that time with every person all the time? Very few do, or even want to. So what? We keep adapting, hopefully.

But on the web! Take away warmth of personal contact, eye-to-eye contact, body language, tone of voice, smile (or lack thereof), charisma (if any), looks, smell, (*cough* - perfume) ........and so much more - and the task of liking someone (particularily if we don't hit it off right away) is much more difficult, imho.

Takes some leeway on our parts, again imho.

Julie & I get along - at least when we go to Baby Showers. I almost always enjoy your fine posts, Amazing - and your humor.

And Eman has a garden any good gardner would lust after..........

waiting

ladonna

Amazing,

When I first read this thread, down to AMNESIAN'S reply, or whatever it was, I just thought "I've had enough of this bitching."
Now I come back and read your humour and I really had a great laugh. It is rather like "love your enemies, there is nothing they hate more".
BTW, I am greatly enjoying your series, and I don't know if you saw my reply, but your briefcase story was one of the funniest Xdub stories I have ever seen. I was ROTFL Thanks!!!

Eman,
I cannot imagine anyone not liking you!

Ana

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Julie

Hi Waiting,

You said:

Julie & I get along - at least when we go to Baby Showers.

LOL Ain't it the truth. Seems we certainly discovered some serious common ground there, we were both young, poor and had less than perfect circumstances re: deliveries. I guess that is how friendships do actually begin, finding some common ground.

Now that there are nuns in the picture, well, I guess there is no telling where it might go!!

Regards,
Julie, who is glad to have former adversaries become friends but doubts she could ever even *pretend* to be in love with Amazing

Valentine

Yeah,6 threads going today.And you don't have an ego prob Amazing???? Your swollen ego wont let you let anything go w/o the last word eh? You still owe me anaopology for calling me a liar. You never proved it.You just said that when I responded to your 'daughters' threat to kick ass. Sooo,that makes YOU the liar now doesn't it.

Now THAT is funny lololololol..........Tina,who's time is too valuable to waste on ego-tripping blowhards who still think they make ANY rules lol. Get thee back to the kh!!
Damn! You really do need some sick sense of power and dominance to feel 'whole',don't ya. lolololol.
BTW,
ROFL at your lame attempts at humor you're using here to cover up the dents and cracks your ego had too take. lol Can you say 'bondo'? I suggest you see if your local college has sarcasm 101,you need a lot of work on that. I was going to let this go in peace until I saw you had to yet AGAIn drag my name in it. Everytime you do that I will tell you and that swollen mass of psychic shit of an ego to fuck off.

I'm surprised your head fit in the baptizing pool,seems the ocean would have been more apropos...............and the swelling continues.........on........and on...........">

Todays Affirmation:
The complete lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.

Eric

I think I get it now:

Amazing + written committment = Humour.

Are we having fun yet?

Eric

Julie

You know Tina, I have been meaning to talk to you. You are so ambiguous, I feel you lack the confidence to *really* say how you feel. Perhaps you should work on that shyness problem you have...

Julie

Amazing

Ahhhhh Tina: Well, bout time the ole' third person of the Holy Trinity showed up ... you sweet little dove you ... just keepin me, the old Devil in Check now sugar ... XXX OOO XXX

6 threads today? My, you do need to go back to remedial math. LOL

Hi, Julie: The new reply is in the mail. Thanks

Prisca

There are generally 2 types of people posting on this thread - those that take themselves waaay too seriously, and those who have learnt to laugh at themselves.

Amazing - I was starting to think you were in the former group. Fortunately in this thread you have proved you are able to laugh at yourself, and at the absurdities of others.

Good for you.

hillary_step

Jukief,

One last comment and then I'll shut up. Back in 1993, when I first got involved in the internet, I met some great people--some of them, like Alan, Marilyn, Kent, JanH, Norm, Ginny, and others--participate on this board. There weren't many of us ex-JW internet participants in those days, and we all formed friendships that endure to this day. We all wrote each other so often that we finally started a cc list, which evolved into a listserve that we named philia. For a while it was a delightful place. We have lively, interesting discussions. No one attacked anyone else. We allowed each other our foibles and differences of opinion; we were able to discuss controversial subjects without calling each other names or making personal attacks. But then philia started to change. We lost control of who joined, and soon the list had hundreds of people on it. People argued and sniped at each other; it was not a pleasant place. Eventually, every single one of the founding members left the group.

Thank you so much for posting this today. Perhaps these Boards become victims of their own success and like revolutions, as they grow, they devour their own children. They can be the most draining of places emotionally and like yourself my heart sinks when I see yet another round of bloodletting and spitefulness. I try and view those kinds of posts as the manure from which beautiful flowers might one day grow, but, then again, I am a romantic at heart.

For some reason, this seems to happen in every large internet community, and it happens here. That's one of the reasons I don't participate much; I don't like name calling, judgements, and personal attacks. For that reason, I've limited my participation in this forum and will continue to do so. I prefer to get to know people on a one-by-one basis. I've found too often that internet personas aren't a true representation of people's personalities.

Jukeif, I think that more may follow your example in time and I could not agree more. Ros, does a wonderful job on the 'mailing-list' front, and though I participate little, I have noticed an influx recently on the 'Beacon' list.

Thank you for your much-needed words - HS

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