Our Love For The Ledge, and The Friends We Have Met Here- Let's Share The Love~

[BTFLCHLD]

I have been reading through this weekend's threads and I can't help but think someone was passing around a big bowl of mushrooms...saltine cracker anyone?

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

I have been reading through this weekend's threads and I can't help but think someone was passing around a big bowl of mushrooms...saltine cracker anyone?

haha...i prefer cheetos when I get to an elevated state. Although, it's been awhile. Well ok, 3 months. But before that, I'd been like...over a year.

[gretchen]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

I have been reading through this weekend's threads and I can't help but think someone was passing around a big bowl of mushrooms...saltine cracker anyone?

...yes please, and a nice ginger ale

[Stew_Matthews]

I think this is where us Europeans differ a bit cos I don't 'love' anybody here

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

I think this is where us Europeans differ a bit cos I don't 'love' anybody here

I'm All American and don't "love" anyone here either. I have "met" people online in other venues and have formed very close relationships (ETA: FRIENDSHIPS, not relationships. ) that way, but not here on The Ledge.

[Stew_Matthews]

Originally Posted by jannieC

I'm All American and don't "love" anyone here either. I have "met" people online in other venues and have formed very close relationships (ETA: FRIENDSHIPS, not relationships. ) that way, but not here on The Ledge.

You express better than me the point I was attempting to make but in a more flippant way. Friendships here are important but my key personal relationships don't revolve around this website or any previous versions of it. There are a couple of people here that I hope I will be in touch with for a long time. They are genuine friends and support me.

If you read things elsewhere either in posts, or pms that have circulated, either about me or moderators on this site such as you, you'd conclude that we were pretty unpleasant people. The vitriol isn't difficult to find. Of course when it comes from people who you thought were 'friends', it is initially difficult to understand or deal with.

At the end of the day you can't change what is said behind your back but you know yourself what is true. Being comfortable in your own skin is what it is about and sometimes you have to accept that people don't reach the same levels of integrity that you set for yourself.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

You express better than me the point I was attempting to make but in a more flippant way. Friendships here are important but my key personal relationships don't revolve around this website or any previous versions of it. There are a couple of people here that I hope I will be in touch with for a long time. They are genuine friends and support me.

If you read things elsewhere either in posts, or pms that have circulated, either about me or moderators on this site such as you, you'd conclude that we were pretty unpleasant people. The vitriol isn't difficult to find. Of course when it comes from people who you thought were 'friends', it is initially difficult to understand or deal with.

At the end of the day you can't change what is said behind your back but you know yourself what is true. Being comfortable in your own skin is what it is about and sometimes you have to accept that people don't reach the same levels of integrity that you set for yourself.

Actually, I have made a friend like that here on The Ledge (sara1998- Hi Maria!), so I can agree with this. I guess the point I was trying to make is that while I have met a few people here that I think highly of, I would never say that I *love* anyone. That being said, I really enjoy this place and the people who post here. I wish that some folks would come back and post a little more.

[sara1998]

But- I thought you LOVED ME!!!!

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

If you read things elsewhere either in posts, or pms that have circulated, either about me or moderators on this site such as you, you'd conclude that we were pretty unpleasant people. The vitriol isn't difficult to find. Of course when it comes from people who you thought were 'friends', it is initially difficult to understand or deal with.

sure there are always going to be people out there, but i think you're going to be pretty hard-pressed to find someone who is going to have anything negative to say about jannie, or her integrity. yours, on the other hand, is questionable. so before you point the finger at other people, maybe you should look in the mirror and drop the innocent act.


as far as loving people on here, i have several friends i care deeply for and would say i "love" them. but not because they revolve around this board, or any other. i have relationshps with them oustide the internet and am very grateful for that

[David]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

sure there are always going to be people out there, but i think you're going to be pretty hard-pressed to find someone who is going to have anything negative to say about jannie, or her integrity. yours, on the other hand, is questionable. so before you point the finger at other people, maybe you should look in the mirror and drop the innocent act.

I'm a little in the dark here but I'll just say what I tell the people who are fighting on my old movie forum (hatreds well up from split opinions over what constitutes film noir over there): If you guys met at North Woods Inn for a dinner of Porterhouse steak, red cabbage salad, world-famous cheesebread (with Clearman's special recipe cheese spread atop it), old-fashioned Shirley Temples & peanuts (the shells of which you can toss on the floor), you'd be fast friends ere long. The Internet can be so impersonal that people don't really get to know one another's strengths & special characteristics. But I've e-mailed you both extensively & swapped audio & pet photos, & really have enjoyed it!

My favorite restaurant:
http://www.clearmansrestaurants.com/northwoods.html

I pray for peace & understanding for everyone (even my seven enemies on The Chain), & I recommend the Canadian film "Paddle to the Sea," with its extraordinarily simple & sweet tale of hopes dashed & reaffirmed as well as its lustrous visual & moral qualities. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1966 & directed by the explorer-filmmaker Bill Mason.

http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/f...v=h&lg=en&exp=