Are you going to show it to me, or must I come out to Idaho to learn it? (I've never been to that part of the country, I've just eaten the spuds from there).

I moderate a crochet forum, and am starting to not want to do it any more because everytime I try to tell someone to not post a copyrighted pattern, I get kvetched at.

I just got an email from someone I emailed earlier today, all ticked off at me because I told her not not announce that she's emailing a pattern to someone in the forum.

In forums that participate in copyright violations, one of the big indications that they've sent a copyrighted pattern is to tell the person they're emailing to watch their email. A pattern is coming their way.

This girl emailed me back, all ticked off. Apparently she has a computer program that she uses to write her own patterns (not a copyright violation unless she's using trademarked or otherwise copyrighted images) She expected me to remember that she has this program. (ummm...out of 1000 forum members...no.)

So, now she's all mad at me, and I'm still not used to ticking people off doing the moderator stuff. ARgh!

I guess I'll stay here in the MS forums that I lurk in for the rest of the day. Safer over here. No angry crocheters here trying to stab me with their crochet hooks and the odd knitting needles.

We shake our booties! LMAO!!!!!!!

Hi Cindy thanks for your checking. I am lost with this site now. I don't remember which post I wrote into to say that I miss our small cyper family. This is to big for me to read everything and keep up with you guys.

I guess in time it will work out. But with the problems with my eyes I can't read so much all the time and then loose all of you.

I was having problems past few days with pain. Thankfully today I feel
better. Tomorrow I take my darling Sage to get fixed. That has me a little
nervous. Mother feelings.

Take care.

Joyce

Which handshake are you using??

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Cindy
I'm over here (waving arms ... oops sorry didn't mean to hit anyone with the flailing arms). Arms down.

I'm here, been real busy since Dad came home after his hip replacement. I feel like Cinderella, cooking and cleaning and repeating twice daily. PT and OT were both here today. The cable box went out, had to get a new one and hook it up, snow shoveling, you get the idea. Plus checking on the pups next door. Traipsing through the cold and snow. Calgon, take me away!

I've run myself ragged. I've noticed a bit of a flare and am trying to rest when he does. It's been one week. And I'm dog tired already. Dad's happy and healing so I'm glad about that.

I'm trying to keep up, with ALL our new friends, I'm afraid I'll never catch up. Thanks for thinking about me, sweetie. Hope you're doing better and I'll be keeping an eye on you too.

Nappy says take care of Jappy! I know what you mean, a bunch of newbies and all at once. Don't feel bad, Joyce, things will settle down and we'll get back to our old ways.

The newbies are a great bunch, really, and they'll adopt us all, don't you worry.

Sage will be okay, keep the faith, my friend.

BETH!!! I SEE YOU!!!!!! Let's run into the reflecting pond like Forrest and Jennie so we can find each other!!!

I so know what you're going through with your dad. I did it 7 years ago and it really is a ton of work. I made stilts for furniture, fake floors for rolling chairs, customized everything. My brothers moved furniture and his computer... plus cooking and putting on those gawd-awful, evil stockings! I don't know how nurses do it, I'd go postal! He's 85 now and thinks he's 12. One more reason to hate that new hip!!!!!!

Try to rest, my dear, running yourself down too far won't help anyone! We sure do have a lot of new friends here. You'll like 'em just fine, they're a wiggly bunch.

I miss you guys too! Glad to see you've popped in. It's a little crazy around here, huh???

take care everyone and hopefully the dust will settle soon; our adm and mods are really working at keeping everyone rounded up.

Bless them...

((((((((((((((Joyce)))))))))))))))))) ((((((((((((((Chris)))))))))))))))) I'm right behind you guys. We may never catch up, but we are among friends. There are no clicks here.....we are one loving family.

Thinking about you Jappy and Sage too. Let us know how things go tomorrow.