how and why did you decide to "ledge" it?? - Page 8

michelle2677 · #**106** 01-24-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by danax6

You made me read that Tusk Survivor thread. Don't think I forgot about that.

whaaaaaaaaaat the f*ck??

I have no clue of what you are talking about...

(seriously)

strandinthewind · #**107** 01-24-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Ah, nostalgia!

I joined when TISL came out. Stevie was touring and I wanted to know more information. Before that, I was on a S&L listserv, and then I switched to a fanfic listserv. I was quite prolific back in the day.

I used to post several times daily on this and of course on my own board. However, when my board was shut down by Marty for security reasons and I couldn't figure out how to get it back on line, it was pretty discouraging. Then, as I started stressing more and more and more about my dissertation, I found it harder to enjoy posting, and eventually the posts dwindled down to the rare and occasional.

I had so much fun. I'd sit down at my computer and one of the first things I'd do was click on the Ledge. The Stevie-Lindsey debates were so prevalent then that I put it in my sig. I, after all did have the ethos of having a site for both.

I remember the Survivor I ran with rezamatic - I really cracked the whip on that one!

It's not all rose-colored memories. I remember the fights. I remember one time spending over an hour writing a response to a political thread, knowing that I would get mercilessly tag-teamed by dissention and gldstwmn, with The Tower occasionally joining in and of course ever-diplomatic Jason. I remember the feuds. I remember the time I was threatened with a ban when I complained about threads being locked or deleted. I look back on it now and realize - hey, it was part of the fun!

I've met so many Ledgies, some of which I'm still close to off-board. I do remember the long nights in BN chat with Cathy, Curtis, Brit, Lux - even Gaius popped in sometimes. Some nights, when something dramatic would go down, the chat would be packed! There was a time when Johnny Stew and I talked on AIM amost every night for hours, too. Things have changed, but the memory remains.

I could go on and on about those days - I was here a LOT.

I'm still stressing, but when I see threads like this, it does make me want to post more, and update BN.net, and all those things that would make it like it used to be. And then I remember that I have to turn in a chapter in a few days and all my good intentions go to pot. Maybe some day I'll become a regular again... after I can find joy in the little things once more. Of course by then most people will have forgotten who the hell I am! Do you all pity me now? Don't worry, I'm done whining!

I'll say one thing. I've been on non-FM message boards and the drama here is a heck of a lot more fun!

We have had some good times my friend. Long phone calls - concert shoe decisions, waiting for that DAMN soundstage

-- your entire board. Remember when that woman told me I did not see what I saw and let her have it

I suppose I have calmed down a little - dating someone seriously tends to do that. In any event, I go to your board every couple of weeks and it's great to see Renae, Cathy, and the gang. Remember when you get one or two band members (Javier, Taku, and maybe one more) to post. What a rush!

ontheEdgeof17 · #**108** 01-24-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Oh my god. How could I forget this?

Ouch. That was painful to read.

Reading it does make me miss Hillary and diss.

gldstwmn · #**109** 01-24-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Didn't it turn out that rose.gypsy was Bill Gamelson?

I'm not sure we ever figured out the true identity of Rose Gypsy.

JazmenFlowers · #**110** 01-24-2007, 07:29 PM

god, I'm gonna have to go back and read this whole thread.

I joined first back in 97 or 98 under a different screenname...I want to say it was sillydreamer79. in fact, this was back when The Ledge sold demos and boots and VHS tapes of concerts. I ordered like $200 worth of stuff and I'll never forget the day I saw the box on my doorstep.

anyway, I went off to college and never really got online and then a couple years later, I decided to revisit this place and couldn't remember my screenname and password so I created another one (this was back when you could use free email accounts). I didn't post for a while b/c everyone I knew, besides Travis and Johnny Stew, were gone. then, I slowly seeped into the groove and been here ever since.

strandinthewind · #**111** 01-24-2007, 07:29 PM

Here is the Chicago pic.

Here is one from the second Atlanta SYW show - THAT was a night!!! Goldie - remember going in my friend's fab. house for Zantac LOL

strandinthewind · #**112** 01-24-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Haha! I know who you're talking about.

and that other guy was there sitting in the middle a few rows from us - he kept glaring at us - whatever

sara1998 · #**113** 01-24-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Here is the Chicago pic.

I looked bad. I look like I was on drugs. Well, I was on anti-depressants... lol.... I'm sure, we were posing in a Banana Republic!

strandinthewind · #**114** 01-24-2007, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sara1998

I looked bad. I look like I was on drugs. Well, I was on anti-depressants... lol.... I'm sure, we were posing in a Banana Republic!

I will NEVER forget that day!!!!

Also, I will NEVER forget getting rid of that shirt I was wearing as it was a tent - I called it part of the Delta Burke collection

carrie721 · #**115** 01-24-2007, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Here is the Chicago pic.

can you ID everyone? i only recognize you and maria.

strandinthewind · #**116** 01-24-2007, 07:38 PM

In the first pic., from the left - gldstwmn, lalindsey (sp. ? ) - sara1998, me, and Sulamith (Sharon)

sara1998 · #**117** 01-24-2007, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

In the first pic., from the left - gldstwmn, lalindsey (sp. ? ) - sara1998, me, and Sulamith (Sharon)

lasindy Lisa, she hasn't posted in a few years. She lives about 30 minutes from me. Back in 2001, she sent me a CD of the Buckingham Nicks album. It was the first time I heard it. We talk every now and again, but not often. I saw her sometime last year and we went to the Sheryl Crow concert together.

Damn, I was big in that pic...