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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 1:35 am
Oh wow, Juju, what a storm of memories you just brought back. The 'One who will remain nameless' had me just about convinced that Tess wasn't real because she was just so damned nice. There was even a point where I thought he and she were the same person and it was just a ploy to mess with our heads. Paranoia reigned back then! LOL! But, you just couldn't help admire and believe Tess, as she took all the crap and remained calm and polite in her assertions that she was really just Tess. I look at TVCH as an extension of my disfunctional family. There are times when I'm angry or hurt by something that is written here, but I always get over it. Someone mentioned threads like "The Poster You Like Most" and I have to say that I've felt those twinges of hurt feelings when no one mentioned me (like in this thread, lol!), but I've gotten to a point where I really don't care because I don't need that recognition to feel I'm an important part of the board. It just doesn't matter because at horrible times in my life, like when my father died, I came here and I felt the caring and love from so many people on the board and I knew that my feelings were important to people here and they wanted to reach out and help me. On 9/11 I was at work with Kady and we watched it all in in horror on a little black and white TV. We were so worried about our TVCH New Yorkers. After I got home, I spent a while hugging my family and talking and then I logged on to TVCH to check on the rest of my family. I also have to say that it's always been a bonus for me that I had my real life Kady to share the board with. We have spent a lot of time talking about all of you! I've been here since the first season and I have so many great memories. In the Game I, I learned how to do basic html so that I could make a fan site for Lancecrossfire. I don't think that anyone that wasn't here at that time can understand how close a recreation of BB the Game was. Those of us that were here REALLY got into it. We had fan sites and we sent banners! It was wild and fun! I participated in Game II and I still feel guilty for voting out Juju and MissLibra. Although I hate the controversy and split that it caused on the board, I look back on it as a wonderful experience that is full of good memories. The first person I met on the board was Lancecrossfire. I drove down to Baton Rouge one day to meet him for lunch while he was at a conference there. I was reasonably certain he wouldn't be bringing an axe, but I took my daughter, April Jo, along just in case. I was so happy that I got to meet this wonderful person that had reached out to me so often with encouragement and friendship on the board. He is an awesome person and if I had to pinpoint the heart of TVCH, I would point to Lance. Another great memory is the meeting in Chicago. I can't think of that meeting without getting a huge smile on my face. It was just awesome and worth every penny I spent to go there. The absolute best memory of that meeting was riding on the red trolley from hell with my fellow passengers, Reader, Coco, Titanfan and Reiki. I have never had so much fun having a bad time in my life! If you ever find yourself stuck in hell those are the people you want to be there with! I could go on and on because I have so many memories connected to this board because it's been so much a part of my life for so many years. I wish I could name everyone that has touched me and brightened my days on this board, but it's just impossible to do in one post.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 5:09 am
Here are some of the posts/posters that have really touched me. 1. A man who was critical of everybody's posts, but then shared his story about going to an orphanage when his dad died. 2. Everybody on the board on 9/11. 3. A woman who shared how her faith was restored when her son died. 4. A girl who posted about someting that had happened in her life. We were discussing making mistakes. She later posted that this is the only place she had ever written about the incident and it had happened years ago. Her last post was that she had now forgiven herself. 5. Lancecrossfire You are the heart of the place 6. Jimmer You have supported me on this board so many times when you could have just said nothing. Thank you.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 9:56 am
Interesting Juju. I never considered Tess an imposter. She has always been one of my favorite posters. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that she thought I was stalking her. I do understand about posters being "too nice". I have never been accused of that so won't worry about that dilemna. Juju, I remember reading about some secret place where everyone was having a lot of fun but it took me a while to find your folder. It was a great place for Tess to post about your travels and immediately became one of my favorite places to visit. Others came in there and made hilarious posts. Sadly, some of the funniest posters are no longer active on the board. I don't think I ever made one single post in your folder. I was afraid of you. You did help me get into chat once and I thought that was nice of you. I also remember that when you left for your travels, you would instruct the mods to leave your folder alone. Then when you returned, would give mods permission to trim your folder. You have to realize that for a new poster to read your instructions to the mods was scary. Who were you??? lol Luckily, Tess gave me the go ahead to meet you, so now I no longer fear you. haha Of course, Lance is a sweetheart and I didn't mean to leave him out of anything. Now I need to add JMM, DRA, Kar, Half, Sea and the rest of the mods to the list. It goes on and on. BB is the show that brought me to TVCH but it was SO that got me to stay. SO generated so much interest because it was on 5 days a week. We had so much to learn and discuss. Some of us wouldn't dream of leaving our homes without making sure the tape was set up to catch SO. As often happens, SO lost some of its appeal with each new season, and I turned to folders and other TV shows for entertainment. The newer way of using folders, as a blog, if you will, still bothers me. I prefer the old fashioned way of going back and forth to each other's folders to communicate. It just seems polite to me but I know that I am in the minority with my viewpoint. However, please don't assume that someone is going to be reading your personal blogs and wonder why everyone does not respond in your folders. I skip way more folders than I read.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 11:13 am
interesting how MOST of these posts are from those that started from BB1 or BB2 is it because the extended years have made TVCH more valuable and thus worthy of posting in this thread or might it just be because the title of the thread may make people think this is more about BB moments and thus some who dont really follow BB may just skim over it in the New Messages tree and thus are not posting because they dont realize what its actually about
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 11:21 am
Lol legal. I started with BB2 when I got here and have slowly stopped really talking about BB or even reading the BB area on a manic basis like when I first got here. Maybe we've evolved??
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:27 pm
I only have read this page. I was curious to what the thread was about. Azriel's post said look at TVCH as an extension of my disfunctional family. There are times when I'm angry or hurt by something that is written here, but I always get over it. Someone mentioned threads like "The Poster You Like Most" and I have to say that I've felt those twinges of hurt feelings when no one mentioned me (like in this thread, lol!), but I've gotten to a point where I really don't care because I don't need that recognition to feel I'm an important part of the board. It just doesn't matter because at horrible times in my life, like when my father died, I came here and that is exactly how I feel. However this part of the paragraph and I felt the caring and love from so many people on the board and I knew that my feelings were important to people here and they wanted to reach out and help me. completely didnt occur with me nor has ever happened here in this site. My transition from fulltime worker with good lingistic/writing skills to Disabled person on meds who has lost much abilities including putting together thoughts has caused me much moderation and snarky comments from other posters who dont understand what my point was. Indeed, often the next day I can hardly understand what my point was OR notice i've used the incorrect phrase/ word (which is part of my cognitive problem) There is a clique here. Regardless of how many years a person has lurked (since BB1 for me) or posted (Since BB3 for me) if you arent 'in' with certain politically correct ideals, certain threads or certain people, you are kept on the fringes. It's taken a thick skin to keep posting here regardless. Maybe we've evolved?? Yes, I'd say this site has definitely evolved into a multifaceted site with many topics to tickle anyone's fancy.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:50 pm
Mamie...thanks for the shout-out! I don't even know where to begin, the memories are endless! But one of my favorite memories was doing the Thursday "Clubhouse Tales." It was so much fun, and Herckleperckle was indispensable in helping me get started. I remember liking doing Thursdays because we always had so much material with all the shows on Thursdays. As a result, I was frequently up til 3 am to make sure the Clubhouse Tales for that day was there when everyone woke! They were a LOT of work, and a lot of research went into them, but it was my pleasure. Equally, was looking at everyone else's. Everyone had such different styles, it never got boring or repetitive, and everyone always added their own special touches. I especially loved the "Mystery Writer" we would have to guess. (Ahem, Hermione)! There's a start....I'm sure I'll come up with more. This is a great thread.
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Bearware
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 7:28 pm
Well, I've put off adding my own memories for a while now, but I think it's time I jump in here as well. I, too, have been here since BB1, but don't really remember a lot of the controversy. I wasn't all that involved. It was actually Bunny that made me into a real reader and believer in this site. She made me laugh daily, and I found myself checking the site repeatedly each day to see if there was a new BunnyTales posted. That was my involvement until 9/11 hit, and I met (online) Fly on the Wall who impressed me with her wisdom and kindness and absolute sweetness of spirit. I actually had made a piece for the quilt, and my father had a heart attack, so I was unable to get it into the mail until too late. But even though I wasn't part of that quilt, the thought, and the effort and the prayers were important to me as well. It was nice having something to do that would take me out of my own world into helping someone else for a while. I'm usually only here in the summer, and for several years after that, I was battling clinical depression. The death of my father, being the sole care-taker of my step-mother, and juggling a full-time teaching job, graduate school, and the disasters at my own home took their toll. This became the only place I felt that I still had real friends. I never told anyone I knew in 'real life' about you guys, I didn't want to have to defend how I felt, this place was too important to my sanity. I looked forward to Tobor7's thought inspiring questions, and the evenings with Lloyd the bartender in LateNight Chatters. I didn't post much, but I was always there - sitting in a dark corner with my hat pulled over my eyes, watching, listening, and feeling like a part of something. That was important to me. This season I am more emotionally healthy, and haven't had the time to be as involved. I guess that's good news on the homefront, but I've missed TVCH! The Killtowner's thread and all the wonderful posters there became my homebase this summer, and I love them for it! I guess what I wanted to say is that TVCH helped me through some very very dark periods in my life, without even knowing it. Thanks for more than just memories!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 7:56 pm
quote:interesting how MOST of these posts are from those that started from BB1 or BB2 ... is it because the extended years have made TVCH more valuable and thus worthy of posting in this thread
Legalboxer, interesting observation, as yours always are. Speaking for myself, I am somewhat astounded that I am still here posting on an internet message board, my first ever mingling with the hoi polloi and nefarious axe murderers of the internet. So perhaps we are the ones with more to say because of the accumulated years. Certainly we oldbies hold the remembered history of the board.
quote:have slowly stopped really talking about BB or even reading the BB area on a manic basis like when I first got here. Maybe we've evolved??
LOL, Mocha, me too, me too. Evolved might be too fluffy a word for it, however. Burned out on the earnest, life-shattering absorption with it might be a better characterization.
quote:to read your instructions to the mods was scary. Who were you??? lol ... Luckily, Tess gave me the go ahead to meet you, so now I no longer fear you. haha
Hahahahaha, Rosie!!! Be afraid, be very afraid. I am reallllllly scary. Uhhhhh ... remember how I made it snow in Los Angeles when I came to visit you? And how lucky you were to get the heck out of town before the snow came instead of spending the night in town?
quote:I still feel guilty for voting out Juju and MissLibra. ... Someone mentioned threads like "The Poster You Like Most" and I have to say that I've felt those twinges of hurt feelings when no one mentioned me
Azriel, I can't speak for MissLibra (whom I dearly miss and dearly love), but don't feel guilty for voting me out. I had a dying modem and barely made it to the point I did before it totally crapped out. I missed the end of The Game because the computer was in the shop. As to your second point, just about the time I really came to value your contributions to this board (as one of the thoughtful, intelligent politically conservative voices, and I am not a conservative), things began to change in your life and you stopped contributing as much. I am very sorry we didn't get to meet in Shanghai this year. But, hey, you never know, I met Zed in London in 2002.
quote:that is exactly how I feel. However this part of the paragraph and I felt the caring and love from so many people on the board and I knew that my feelings were important to people here and they wanted to reach out and help me. ... completely didnt occur with me nor has ever happened here in this site. My transition from fulltime worker with good lingistic/writing skills to Disabled person on meds who has lost much abilities including putting together thoughts has caused me much moderation and snarky comments from other posters who dont understand what my point was. Indeed, often the next day I can hardly understand what my point was OR notice i've used the incorrect phrase/ word (which is part of my cognitive problem) There is a clique here. Regardless of how many years a person has lurked (since BB1 for me) or posted (Since BB3 for me) if you arent 'in' with certain politically correct ideals, certain threads or certain people, you are kept on the fringes. It's taken a thick skin to keep posting here regardless.
Sunshyne, you are different because of your disabilities. And I don't think a lot of people here realize that you are sometimes posting through pain and medication. But you DO keep hanging in there, and you do keep on plugging away, and that takes a lot of courage. I think you have felt a little of the love here when you posted about whether or not to go to the friend's wedding. Quite a few posters took the time to help you sort through your options and focus your feelings on what would work best for you. That is love and affection TVCH-style, and you got yourself a piece of it because you trusted the people here with a little bit of your personal world. And yes, there are cliques here, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. There are a few people who continually post silly pictures in each other's folders. More power to them. If you think about it, however, we are all in one much bigger clique here, the TVclubhouse clique. It's not a bad clique to belong to, not bad at all.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 8:39 pm
Wow everyone--wonderful reading all of this. I admit not understanding that someone would think I'm the heart of TVCH, although I am bright enough to know that is a huge compliment. To those that think that, I am honored you would think so highly of me. I was one of the people that was 100% sure Tess was Tess and not someone else. The treatment she took from a few people (folks who are no longer here) was very unfair. One of the things that has been important to me about TVCH was that the people who have been around awhile don't treat the newer members like "newbies". It seems like for the most part, newer members are treated more like new members of the family. I hope in time everyone has something that happens or they see at TVCH that has a special place for them. It's great to hear from people who haven't been here very long but still had a special experience here. There is a lot of passion here at TVCH--people who care deeply about something or a number of things. And they are willing to share that passion. That is something I also hold very dear about this place.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 8:40 pm
thanks juju
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 9:07 pm
of course i never fit any mold I have said this in previous posts the last couple of years but I came here due to Starting Over – which was strange since I never stayed at any message board for more than a day in my life but then I was reading the starting over board for a few weeks to get advanced summaries (skipping ahead to see what happens in a book ) but those summaries were kept away after that board got out of hand, and I ventured to this other place where I heard that jan was posting summaries on – and signed up just to be able to post in the SO thread – but then started to explore the rest of the board. I didn’t really get that it was a BB board for a while since I wanted nothing to do with BB – yes I watched it during the summer whenever there was nothing else on at that time slot, but I always thought it was a horrible reality show and wished it would go away – so I wanted nothing to do with those BB threads – but hey, other TV threads were here too – like survivor or American idol, and real tv shows too and for the first time I had an venue to talk about TV. Now I can talk about anything to anybody, which makes it easy to converse with people in any setting – but none of my friends in my whole life had cared about TV – my parents didn’t watch it, my friends didn’t watch or didn’t talk about it – while I had it on 24/7 just like others do with the radio. And for almost 30 years I patiently held in my commentary but always wishing I could find someone that I could turn to the next day to say “what an amazing music sequence they played when carter and lucy were being attacked” or “who do you think will live after that shoot out on general hospital on Friday” or “no season will ever top Season 2 on American Idol” etc… and then poof – TVCH came, I stayed a day, then a week, then a month, and now almost 3 years (next month) though it feels like much longer… and even though my level of activity has risen and fallen as real life has changed with employment/unemployment and other activities, I never considered leaving because once I make friends, they stay my friends for all time – and regardless of the level of friendships with various posters here, it is a constant in my life that I think about daily, even if I don’t post. And ironically, I have evolved in another way since the more I am here, the harder it is not to stay tuned to BB – and especially with the all stars, I definitely read the threads more than I ever would have in the past (well, like I said, I never would have read the threads in the past) And I enjoy all parts of this board – from games to news to movies to shows etc – which is perfect for me since I love being involved in every interest in life and learning about things and people along the way. I also see this like any other place in life – the good, the bad, the not always pretty – frustration and joy, smiles and sighs – but just like we should never walk away from life, I never see a reason to walk away from TVCH.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 9:45 pm
So many moments. So many wonderful memories. My first "moment" probably started with the Riddles thread. And in conjunction with that, when my Mom had her stroke. I had spent the summer of 2002 creating and then running the Riddles thread. We had real Riddles back then. Not the ones we use now. I remember creating the thread, wondering if there would be much interest. Boy oh boy was I in for a surprise! That thread took off like a wildfire! People were responding to it at a pace faster that a live chat room! It was so popular, and people were chomping at the bit anxious for the current answer, and for the next riddle. I ended up having to tell people when I was leaving the computer for a few hours for dinner, chores, errands, etc. Cause if I didn't, people were anxiously posting "where are you?" within minutes of my last post. It was phenomenal. In that thread, 3 people stand out to me (though of course I adore everyone else who has ever participated in the thread). It was the first place I remember seeing Bob2112. And, to tell you the truth, I wasn't sure I liked him too much at first. The main reason (I realize now) is cause he shares the first name of my x-bil, who is about the biggest....well, what is it Thumper's Mom always told him? If you can't say anything nice......Anyway, I found Bob to be a huge presence in the thread. He was so boisterous and full of life, and I wasn't exactly sure how to receive that at first. Maybe I was even a bit jealous he could attract attention so easily. At any rate, I came to love our dear Sponge. And thankfully realized he had absolutely nothing in common with that other guy named Bob. Neko saved the day (and the thread) by taking over as Riddle Master when I had to spend more time at the hospital and such during Mom’s recovery from her stroke. I’m forever grateful to her for that. And finally Tess, who thankfully is indeed a real person! I consider Tess our family’s guardian angel. The simple fact that Tess exists at all plays a huge part in my Mom being alive today. You see, I used to head off to bed a few hours before Mom. But that night, Tess was in the Riddles thread responding to my riddles. She and I were the only ones there. Truth be told, I was pretty tired and wanted to head off to bed. But since Tess was there and seemed to be wanting to continue on with the riddles, I stayed up and complied. If I hadn’t been up and doing the riddles with Tess, I would have been in bed ignorantly snoozing away when Mom had her stroke. I still remember being here typing away, Mom calling me into the living room to “help her stand up” and seeing that she was in a dire way. I called the ambulance, signed off with Tess, and the rest of my world changed forever. If I hadn’t been doing riddles with Tess, I would have come downstairs several hours after the fact, and I shudder to think what condition I might have found Mom in. It wasn’t until a later discussion with Tess, that I found out that she too was very tired that night, and also wanted to head off to bed. But she felt I was the one who needed to interact, and she stayed up to accommodate me. There was definitely another force working there that night. And Tess was the medium for that force. For a few days the Riddles thread became a sort of prayer room for people leaving well wishes for my Mom’s recovery. There were also notes in my folder, and in the Prayers thread. The outpouring of support is something I’ll never forget. I eventually turned the Riddles thread back over to the Riddlers (with Neko in control), and used my folder for updates on Mom’s condition. I spent many a late lonely night after coming home from the hospital to pour out my feelings in my folder. The world around me was surreal at times, and TVCH was my grounding zone. I truly don’t know what I would have done without this place to home in on during that time. Eventually, we ran out of riddles. And the Riddles thread dropped down to the bottom of the Games folder and then disappeared. I cried the day I opened the Games folder and found the Riddles thread gone. For obvious reasons, that thread had become so much more to me than just a game, or just a thread. Sometime after, I said something about it somewhere else on the board, and within a few hours of that post, a wonderful Mod had restored the Riddles thread to its proper home. That’s when I resorted to the “mindbender” type questions we use now. I just wanted to make sure we had something to use so the thread would never die out again. And to this day, I am grateful more than anyone could realize to everyone who participates in that thread and keeps it alive.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:53 pm
Well Lance, I wasn't going to post anything since I guess I still would be considered a "newbie". I thought I would just sit back every night before bed and read all of the wonderful and interesting thoughts and stories posted by some of the "oldies but goodies" around here! After reading your last post though, maybe I'll try and collect my thoughts and write a little bit sometime in the future. I definitely have had some extremely special moments here and have met some of the most kindest, loving and giving people I have ever met in my life! Thanks so much for starting this thread, Lance! I think for a newer member like me, this is a wonderful way to find out lots about TVCH, it's members and all that went on in earlier years!
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 11:46 pm
Baby, I sure hope you do post to share what you feel is important. Length of time at TVCH may provide for a great chance to have experienced something you never forget. At the same time, someone here for only a day may have gone through something amazing for themselves. And I realize special moments don't always equal good. It's nice of they can be good, however like life, good and bad can be found in the same place. We all contribute to each other.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 4:28 am
I met Tess a few times and I am still not sure if she is real. LOL,just kidding, I adore her.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 4:40 am
I don't want to sound prudish, but the reason I like TVCH is because it is moderated. When I first started posting I was also excited about the fact that with moderators around, at least one person would read my post. Thanks to all the moderators and board administrators who keep us in line.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 5:42 am
I am not sure where to start with this post. My thoughts are so all over the place of what I want to say first, so if it is a bit jumbled, that is why. I have been a member here since 2003. I first came upon this place during BB1. I was so amazed at the summaries that were done during the 3 months of the events in the house. I luckily found this place again during BB2. It was a Godsend since the live feeds were not free anymore and I didn't purchase them. I can remember going into chat a couple of times and holy crap, I have been on other chats before, and you are just ignored and given trojans or worms. When I entered the chat I had all these people say hi to me. They actually talked to me like a person. I never felt like a lurker or outsider. I was at home in chat. So after finally registering in 2003, TVCH was the first place I went to in the morning and the last place I went in the evening. It is still that way. They have been there for me through the good times and the bad. I remember the night of our first barn fire March 2, 2005. It was 2 something in the am. Nick was at the fire, I could see it from home and I was home here with the kids sleeping in their beds. I didn't know what to do. I posted in my folder "barn is on fire..." Eeyore immediately came to my aide. We each signed on msn and chatted and she helped me through some of the worst moments of my life. My best friend Sharon arrived here, I went to the fire site with dh and she stayed on TVCH and keep updating the board with the events. Shortly after the fire, Wappy came aboard and opened a folder to send wishes and cards to me because of the fire. I couldn't believe the outpouring of love and prayers. It was so unbelievable. Dh couldn't believe all these people that we "don't know" are sending us all these well wishes. We even had requests of people coming to help in the rebuilding of the barn. We suffered a 2nd barn fire on May 1 this year. This was of the new structure we just replaced and had up and running in late September, 2005. Our lives were in devastation again. So hard to believe we had to go through this all over again. But, with the help of so many generous, caring people here, I was able to overcome another fire. I have met so many wonderful people here at TVCH and in February, I was able to finally meet some of them in Toronto. I then organized a mini-meet in London this summer and was able to meet some more amazing people and get to bring these cyber people to life and give RL hugs to people that I already knew. I have another very special friend here at TVCH and we chat every morning. She has helped me more than she will ever know. I love her dearly and hope we can someday meet in RL, to blossom our friendship even more. I love that we have this board, it is a “one stop shopping kinda place” You can come here to check your mail (folders), you can see what the weather is like, what is happening in the news. Health, family, cooking, cleaning, organizing (which reminds me, TVCH helped me come up with my cleaning business name “Colleens Cleaning and Clutter Control”) You can get any information you need by posting a request for it and you have a dozen links to check out. I love the BB areas, the television area etc. It is a place that I laugh, cry, smile, console, learn, make friends, chat and I just love it. I do like the fact that it is a clean club too. It is nice to come somewhere and not have porn, swearing (although I can and just get red dotted hehe). I want to thank Neil for starting up the BBFC and for everyone else for making it what it is today. TVCH is my second family. I have made so many wonderful new friends here that without this board, would never knew they exited in the world.

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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 6:02 am
Skootz, I read your Daily Inspiration every day. Thank you.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 6:06 am
I forgot to mention the Facts about you thread....that was the first thread where I got to know many of the people here
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:07 am
Ginger, I know exactly what you mean. 
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:44 am
I was laying in bed last night thinking about this thread, and I have another precious memory: In September of 2004, I got married. When "Mr. Bandit" first proposed Valentine's Day of that year, TVCH was really the first place I came to share my joy. I'm sure y'all knew before a lot of my family and friends! From February on, we had a Wedding Planner thread and I think there were about 3 of us planning weddings at the same time. With every new detail, every favor gotten, every task checked off the perverbial wedding checklist, we posted the latest. We sought your opinions, asked for suggestions, and we got all that and more. As my wedding day approached, I got pages and pages of well wishes from so many people here. I printed them all out and have them in my wedding memory book. Even as I was on my honeymoon in Cancun, I remember one particular night when DH was inside taking a shower, and I was out on the patio listening and watching the Carribean waves crash before me, and I thought to myself "I can't wait to go back and tell the TVCH all about this place." Again, I thought of TVCH before my RL friends and family. Funny how that happens. I sure you guys!
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:11 am
I love this thread. There has been so much that I have forgotten about posters here. Their joys and their sorrows. I started a thread a few years ago. It was for a TVCH Christmas Charity exchange. The concept, instead of giving gifts to each other, we would give to a charity in another posters name. We had a huge influx of new posters and I wanted people to get to know each other. People would say "I am in". Then I printed everyones name out, put it in a hat and Zachary would draw names. It was wonderful. How many people benefitted because others gave to a charity that they normally would never have?
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:33 am
I've been thinking about this place alot too, and something that makes me happy, but a little ashamed too is all the memories I have of people helping me. I can remember at least a few dozen people that have done something really special for me, gone out of there way for me, but I can't say that I've done the same. I'm going to work on that!! I promise!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:50 am
RG..listen up! You did a lot for me! You offered us an invitation to stay at your resort for a few days at no expense to us. Which was HUGE! But it turned out to be so much more. It had always been a dream of mine to stay in a cabin by the lake, but that was never going to happen because we had always used our vacation time to go back home to see relatives. A couple of times (every ten years or so), I would just put my foot down and say, "I want a REAL vacation darnit!" And we would take a trip somewhere...and feel guilty the whole time. Hubby could never see the point of staying at a cabin when we could stay at the camp up in the woods behind the house if we wanted to go rustic. And he never would have agreed to go and spend that much time with those "computer geeks" I seem to be spending too much time with. BUT...because I felt you needed us...and I was able to explain to him that we would be doing a good thing. Well then, he was perfectly okay with putting on his white hat and coming to the rescue. He often asks how you are doing, says what a good time he had, and he even bought a little loon with a baby on it's back to remind him of that special time. It was one of the best vacations I ever had, and as it turns out...could possibly be the last one I'll ever have. So when you are making your list of people that you have done nice things for...put me right up there at the top. I'll never be able to tell you how much that meant to me or how grateful I am for what you did for us or how welcome you made us feel. You made it possible for me to realize a dream! What a gift!
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