The Different Eras of The Ledge

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by David

My favorites include Ava, miriamswell, Garett & Jen (they are as one), Les, Lisa, Dan Matsumoto, probably Hayley, Brian J., Bly, sodascouts (despite her silly Stevie ideas), Brian (bjk3047), mike_nh, & even Hawkeye gets me in the funny bone.

So many marvelous people -- hundreds, really.

Thanks for the shout-out David! The feeling is mutual. I even had a dream where you made a cameo once.

I stopped my regular posting in 2005, and it really wasn't caused by any one event. I just got a little burned out. A lot of things changed for me that year.

I still drop by occasionally, but it has changed so much that it's almost unrecognizable. Still, I'm not around enough to evaluate the current trends so who knows, maybe it's changed for the better!

The thing that was great about the Ledge for me was the passion we displayed on a regular basis about so many topics. I would get into debates about politics, about lyric meanings, about whether or not Sara should be continually rendered immune in the Tusk Survivor game I was running with rezamatic... we really threw ourselves into everything, large and small. I've never found a message board that rivals the way so many of us did that! I guess that appeals more to people who are rather free about sharing their opinions though, lol.

You didn't have to be opinionated to be cool, though. I meant so many great people through this site. I loved being able to go to concerts and say "I'm Nancy from BuckinghamNicks.net, aka sodascouts on the Ledge" and folks would recognize me immediately! I can't even name all the people I met at concerts.... but I know I got into trouble with several of them. The Atlanta, Phoenix, Chicago, and Detroit crowds especially.

Some I still keep in touch with. Wldhrt35 and I are going shopping in Chicago this weekend. I'm spending new year's eve with gypsyrhiannon (Kristin, not Pip, although Pip is great too). Sorceress invited me to her home in England, but sadly I cannot afford to go! On Facebook, GardenStateGirl, darklinensuit, Merf, and Sara V (I think she went by beautyinrelease here but I can't even remember that for sure) all wished me a happy birthday. I still love all those folks, and sometimes, like with Sara V., I can't even remember their Ledge names anymore. Some others I keep in touch with are Lisa G. (lalittlecricket), Joe (downonrodeo), Farrah, Renae, Jill... I'm gonna stop with that but there are more. I love social networking for that, because there are so many other Ledgies that I've lost track of without it. Faceofglass, JohnnyStew, strandinthewind, dardragon, FeverDance, Sharon (what was her Ledgie name again?) I'm not going to go on here because it depresses me, so my apologies to those I've left out.

But change is the way of message boards, the way of people, the way of life. Posters who are in it for the long-haul are a very rare breed, and a great asset to the board they stick with.