Originally Posted by AnthonyMI (Post 797700)

Well this thread sure has gotten long. Im glad I started it! Still, I have not heard from any of the people I was looking for. Are there no leads on where they went to?

Originally Posted by AnthonyMI (Post 795125)

Prolly not important, BUT it taught me a valuable lesson about not taking anything on the Internet seriously at all and learning to just, CHILLAX, click EXIT and do something actually important whenever someone started posting negative stuff or sending me mean email. Something that might even apply today since it looks like Johnny Stew is still having problems with that. Anyhow I guess you can say I "Got a life" and gave up on the internet at that point and started making real friends since my other "LEdge friends" moved on as well and I was growing up from a teenager to a college kid and then out of college and into other things. Plus I started competativly rowing and didnt have time to spend 4 hours a night chatting about what color clothes make Stevie look the thinnest and if Lindsey or Tom Petty or Don were the love of her life or what the meaning of Sara is. That kept me up MANY a late night debating with other ledgies. LOL!!!!

If i recall, someone created a clone of the ledge, christened it the Black Ledge, and a dozen or so people proceeded to talk about other ledgies and the owners of this website and post what might be considered hersery about Stevie by some of your standards. Somehow the link to the site got out there and became public knowledge and it hurt a lot of innocent people's feelings. People started posting responses on this ledge and flame wars commenced. There were attacks from both sides. Suicide bombers, kamikaze attacks, death threats, you name it. At one point the real Ledge was taken down totally while things cooled off. Both sides were to blame I think. Just a lot of hurt feelings and pettiness. This was right before the new format of the site and updated web boards where people could be better tracked and IP addresses blocked and so forth. I think I posted like 10 times after that and then decided I was in a different place in my life and moved on. I made some great friends on here though. Got me thru my early days on the internet and protected me from cyberstalkers and perverts. Of course I dont think cyberpredation had been invented in 97. I think To Catch a Predator didn't start up till mid 2000's. Anyhow, all you might learn something from this, maybe not. Just dont take things on here personal. Its not worth losing sleep over and you dont have to read anything people post. Its not real life. Its just for fun. So go out there, meet real people, make friends on here on the side, and talk about Fleetwood Mac when you have time and be nice.

Originally Posted by sodascouts (Post 796485)

I realize I'm not the best person to ask this considering how long I've been away, but where's Johnny Stew? I thought he was still a regular around here, but I don't see any posts by him lately.

Originally Posted by markolas (Post 796563)

Well, I think he got a boyfriend, for one thing. :) I also remember hearing something about one or both of his parents not being in good health.

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew (Post 797909)

I'm still around when I can be -- just more of a casual observer these days.

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew (Post 797909)

Michele let me know about this thread several days ago, and I had intended to reply sooner. Thanks for asking about me, Nancy. :xoxo:

Mark is right on all counts, re: my boyfriend and my parents having health problems (mostly my mother). I'm still around when I can be -- just more of a casual observer these days.

Originally Posted by Lauren (Post 795581)

She moderated too right?

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD (Post 798000)

yes, I sent her SYW CDs/DVDs when she was in the hospital/rehabilitation center.
I think of her often and hope the music brought her some joy. :angel:

Originally Posted by james (Post 797268)

my pleasure, it was therapeutic actually...i felt like we 'fogies' were briefly reunited at a funeral home and chatting about old friends...when i got news of V's passing it hit me with a reality that was somehow tangiable for the first time since getting online with dialup on AOL canada, eons ago...it made me realize all those former chats and exchanges were with real people, friends, not just digital connections, these were people, not just 1's and 0's...

...hey, good to 'see' you around, Lauren (your pic at your website is gone, actually the whole darned thing is gone!)...now my hesitant question (and i sure hope all worked out fine and healthy!) = you mentioned being pregnant in 08, do you have a wee one now and if so, that brings some wonderful JOY to this thread ie. V and barbara so sadly pass on, but we possibly have a new life aboard, a dear mini-Ledgie???:shrug:)

Originally Posted by Villavic (Post 797799)

I vote for Thai

Originally Posted by David (Post 795441)

I believe she used "Vianna." Another wonderful person who died some years back was Barbara H.

I wonder what ever happened to Char (Charlotte), Lindsey fan extraordinaire.

Originally Posted by AnthonyMI (Post 795906)

if this was 1997 I would be on my Apple Macintosh 6500/250 praying for a solid 28K connection, LONG DISTANCE, just so I could spend 4 hours talking to Scott, Erica, Pearl and LauraTN about things like...

1. Stevies fake boobs she keeps in the freezer next to her peas and their many practical uses. OMG. When she bumps her head she grabs one of them and uses them as an ice pack. Uses them as a stress ball when Lindsey pissed her off on the Dance tour. etc.

Originally Posted by Lauren (Post 798016)

I have a three year old little boy whose a total joy-and a handful- LOL! Hey, I am trying to get him to like Lindsey and FM. So far he just tells me to turn off GYOW when I play it- "lower mommy"! But he loves to dance and does love music.

James- what are YOU up to these day? :-) good to hear from you!