[Meowkitkat]

for over 2 months. It crashed in July. That was only 14 months after he rebuilt the site with new and improved equipment and software to prevent a bad crash again. That was when a major donation push went on to be able to procure the equipment and software. For months prior to the crash, the site was so slow.

BT1 was a wealth of info and had a lot of members. These people were left out of support and with no info, had no place to turn. It seems interesting that emails went out this week to say BT1 was coming back. If that info is in the database, how did the emails get sent?

[DocJohn]

There's only one person who can answer that question and he's not here, sorry.

John

[just laurie]

I'm a JL loyalist and will be back at his forum in a heart beat when it is up. He ran it on a shoe string and a prayer during his volunteer time long enough to get my family through one of the darkest times of our lives. I refuse to jump on some sort of "JL is evil" band wagon.

Laurie

[Chemar]

I sure hope this thread isnt going to deteriorate into a battle zone again!

My personal and sincere request to everyone, whether you like JL and OBT or not, is to focus on what this place is meant to be, a place to get and offer support and information. It was not set up to be negative to JL and OBT, but to offer a place for us to be able to continue helping and being helped.

If and when OBT comes back up, some will go back and say goodbye here, others will only want to be here, and some will visit between the two. But nomatter the preferences, we all are part of a greater community that should surely be able to transcend all that.

[lor]

I agree with Chemar. Think about it, why did you really come or come back in the first place?

BTW: John Lester has been 'near us' for years. When my son was in grade 2 I started visiting. Today he is in year 3 of college. Just think of all that time JL's put in (but yes, I know, who said he has to)

[Thelma]

I sure hope this thread isnt going to deteriorate into a battle zone again!


If you anticipate the negative you will end up creating it

I guess a lot of people would feel so much better if this site had come on maybe even as to 2 weeks before Braintalk went down but it didn't.

That is why some are leary about the protestations of caring and interest in them and thier welfare.

It is going to take a long time to gain respect and to have them believe you all.

Will it be? I don't really know.

It is a work in progress that has many pitfalls to overcome,

Particularly when it follows so close to the original product and has all of the same members.

I understand the few who were banned being here as they needed a place to go but my confidence in others to stay is wanilng.

Anyway good luck to you all as I am off to fight my battle once more. I know ilt is a useless trip but the desire to live out stretches my desire to die.

I will be able to read the site but not be able to post so before the hurrahs start let me say this.

Your all good people and don't let your own personal wants and dislikes as well as political and religious philosophies overtake the good of all who come here.

Bye for now and hopefully see you all back here in about 2 to 3 weeks.

Thelma

[Chemar]

Originally Posted by Thelma

[Anyway good luck to you all as I am off to fight my battle once more. I know ilt is a useless trip but the desire to live out stretches my desire to die.

I will be able to read the site but not be able to post so before the hurrahs start let me say this.

Your all good people and don't let your own personal wants and dislikes as well as political and religious philosophies overtake the good of all who come here.

Bye for now and hopefully see you all back here in about 2 to 3 weeks.

Thelma

Thelma..........I hope your battle proves victorious and I will look forward to your return. (yes, really! )
You are a unique voice and your honesty in expressing yourself is refreshing in a world of phoney gobbledigook.

Hamba gashle
(African for "may you go and return in peace" )
Cheri

[annie]

Originally Posted by Thelma

[B]Anyway good luck to you all as I am off to fight my battle once more. I know it is a useless trip but the desire to live out stretches my desire to die.

stretch, dear lady, stretch.

i am holding you in my heart.

[paula_w]

Originally Posted by Thelma

I sure hope this thread isnt going to deteriorate into a battle zone again!


If you anticipate the negative you will end up creating it

I guess a lot of people would feel so much better if this site had come on maybe even as to 2 weeks before Braintalk went down but it didn't.

That is why some are leary about the protestations of caring and interest in them and thier welfare.

It is going to take a long time to gain respect and to have them believe you all.

Will it be? I don't really know.

It is a work in progress that has many pitfalls to overcome,

Particularly when it follows so close to the original product and has all of the same members.

I understand the few who were banned being here as they needed a place to go but my confidence in others to stay is wanilng.

Anyway good luck to you all as I am off to fight my battle once more. I know ilt is a useless trip but the desire to live out stretches my desire to die.

I will be able to read the site but not be able to post so before the hurrahs start let me say this.

Your all good people and don't let your own personal wants and dislikes as well as political and religious philosophies overtake the good of all who come here.

Bye for now and hopefully see you all back here in about 2 to 3 weeks.

Thelma

I'll miss you Thelma......wishing you the best.

Paula

[KittyKat]

READERS -- see new post, subject 'thelma' if you would like to wish thelma good luck regarding her paragraph below ....

THELMA -- see new post above. i don't know you and have only read a few of your posts. but i just wanted to say that i greatly admire you and have become a fan of yours!

i really like your 'style' because of your positions on different topics and the way you express yourself. i can read between the lines and see that you are a good, kind, smart, compassionate lady, who is also very opinionated and isn't afraid to voice her opinion!

in fact, i hope i can be just like you when i grow up!!! lol (actually, i am over 50 so i guess i am already supposed to be grown up, huh? lol hmmmm ... i'll bet my husband wouldn't agree that i am already grown up!!! lol)

anyway, i want to wish you luck on whatever it is you are getting ready to go through that you briefly mentioned in a post on 9/30/06. whatever it is you were referring to (see below), it sounds very serious and maybe even life threatening???).

i hope to get to know you better when you return in 2-3 weeks (and you WILL return, trust me!!!). meantime, while you are gone i'll do lots of stretches (lol) for you!!!

hugs and kisses and good wishes for you!! here's a few roses too (if i can figure out how to load them here! if not, just make believe you see them!!! lol)

GET WELL AND COME BACK SOON!!!

p.s. if you can read here while you are gone, why can't you post, at least briefly, just to say how you are? just go to yahoo.com and open an account and come back here as 'thelma2' maybe? just a thought ...
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Originally Posted by Thelma

Anyway good luck to you all as I am off to fight my battle once more. I know ilt is a useless trip but the desire to live out stretches my desire to die.

I will be able to read the site but not be able to post so before the hurrahs start let me say this.

Your all good people and don't let your own personal wants and dislikes as well as political and religious philosophies overtake the good of all who come here.

Bye for now and hopefully see you all back here in about 2 to 3 weeks.

Thelma