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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:29 pm

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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:30 pm
Oh yay lots!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:33 pm
Scoot, please don't read this.
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Noone needs to worry. Those are the blunt scissors for kids. Scoot, I told you not to look! |
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:34 pm
At least I wasn't driving...
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:35 pm
ROFLMAO!!!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:39 pm
NT...you should know better than that 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 1:39 pm
karuuna, were you able to locate the T-shirts?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 1:58 pm
Cnd, found the box, haven't opened it yet.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:13 pm
great! i hope that there's a good variety of the larger ones as you remembered.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:15 pm
I need small 
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 10:20 pm
I think I'd want a big one and then mail it to TVCH buddies to sign, and have them mail it on to someone else...and eventually it will get back to me with a touch of everyone on it. :-)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 1:36 am
OR we could fax or snail our nickname signatures (Mameblanche for me, obviously,) to one person who would arrange them in a nice design and have them printed onto the shirts... 
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 11:57 am
OK, I'll even pay for my pink XL. I'd prefer a LG or even a MD, but I can sleep in an XL. I wonder what the design looks like? A cup of coffee by a computer monitor with a TV set off to the right? That's what my visual view of life is when I'm sitting on my blue exercise ball, typing away to my TVCH threads.
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 12:09 pm
OK, I want to talk about loneliness. It's kind of a topic that doesn't get discussed enough. We talk about weight, or sex, or health, or tv shows, a lot more than loneliness. As if it doesn't exist? Because if someone brings it up, the natural reaction is to try to help, and say the things we've all heard a thousand times before: get active, join a bowling league, volunteer, join the Lions Club, join a church, a dating site, blah blah blah. I've done some of those things. It hasn't helped. I joined a church last year and I haven't connected with but a couple of "acquaintances". Very disappointing. I'll be 57 next month. The thought of dating becomes more scary or more painful or less interesting of a prospect. What are the chances that I would hook up with someone? As I get older I think I am less willing to compromise and I still ...(better not go there...) I have one actual friend who I eat breakfast with on my day off. What if he would die? He's 62 and not in great health and poor. Would my phone never ring? There's this woman at work, who is married and who likes me. I have this urge to call her on her cell and flirt with her. People contact. Human contact. Is this the future? My adopted kids are in three different states and we are not close. It's fun coming here and writing, sometimes, but the feel of the cold keys on my hands is not the same as the feel of a warm woman who loves me... Just in a pensive mood...
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 12:11 pm
I'll buy one, too.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 2:01 pm
I hope Twiggyish wanted to buy a t-shirt and not a pensive mood. Newman, if you don't want a response that looks like advice, what kind of response would please you? What are you looking for in a response....sympathy, empathy, compassion? Seriously, what would make you feel better if you were to read it. The older I get the more I am willing to compromise and I am using the meaning of that word in the sense of a positive agreement for both parties. There is not a perfect person out there that has every one of the characteristics on my wish list. As wonderful as I like to think I am, I know that I have a lot of things missing from most women's wish list. Thank goodness women have been willing to compromise and allow me to warm my hands occasionally.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 2:19 pm
That kind of seems like circular logic there Glen. If Newman knew the answer and what he wanted to hear, he wouldn't ask the question. Or would he? All I can say is it must be terrible to be very lonely. One comment I can make is that some people who are lonely are also depressed and their depression makes them avoid people. If they do seek out people, they may not be a lot of fun to be with. It's a vicious circle. So the simple solution to loneliness is seeking out other people that you like and once you find them, acting in a manner that will make them want to be around you. How to do that is another question that I don't know how to answer.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 2:26 pm
Jimmer, I don't know the answer to your questions but I think that you have to just be yourself around other people. I doubt that acting would work?
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 2:41 pm
I want to reply to Newmans post but im running out the door, but just quickly, I get it Newman..alot of your post I can relate to compleatly.... I do have dogs. But!!... and I think what Jimmer had to say makes some sense as well... I think about this loneliness thing alot.....
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 3:18 pm
Jimmer wrote... "All I can say is it must be terrible to be very lonely. One comment I can make is that some people who are lonely are also depressed and their depression makes them avoid people. If they do seek out people, they may not be a lot of fun to be with. It's a vicious circle." Jimmer, I didn't say you could talk about me. For those who know me, most know I am a very lonely person. I have real human contact maybe once a week. (My mom or daughter stop by) I have a female friend, well, I'm always there for her, but she's never there for me. I can't talk to her about my issues because she really doesn't listen. I don't want to burden my mom or daughter discussing my loneliness and isolation with them. No one calls to invite me out. No one calls to invite me over. 98% of the time, I'm home alone. I've quietly accepted it most of the time. TVCH is a big part of my life. It is here I find friends and feel less lonely. In the last month-ish, I've changed my anti-depressants and am feeling better. I actually invited an ex-boyfriend over to visit. No hanky-panky, just easing my isolation a bit. Trying to get used to having people in my house. His ex-wife invite me to their daughter's surprise sweet 16 party. I'm might try to go. The anxiety I feel about being around that many people is scary. I'd rather be lonely than face that anxiety. I really want to try to get out, to be less isolated and lonely...but the fear, the anxiety. Most of the time I choose loneliness.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 3:30 pm
didnt we go over this months ago?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 3:41 pm
I don't think that we can go over it often enough Pamy. Loneliness is a very big issue and if it helps people to talk about it then I am all for it. Kearie, I hope you will take this as a compliment. I find it so hard to believe that you could be lonely. I would never have guessed that except from what you have posted about it. You are such a great communicator here at TVCH. I do believe you of course, but it is amazing (and wonderful) how people come across differently here where they are comfortable.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 3:45 pm
Jimmer, maybe it is circular logic but since this topic was talked about previously and the replies were ideas to help but as Newman pointed out that he tried some and they didn't help. I read Newman's post as to be saying he wants to talk about loneliness and it should be discussed but he would prefer to avoid the natural inclination for people to offer help. If someone can tell me what they don't want, they should have some idea of what they are looking for if they make the effort. I know to refrain from offering any advice and I was asking how to participate in the discussion if I choose to do so. What kind of feedback would indicate his thoughts or message was understood.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 3:57 pm
Jimmer, When TVCH first opened, it was discussed a few times that perhaps LanceMan would drive up to Spokane and meet Whit4U (or Whitney something) and myself. Lance lives in Tri-cities about 2 and a half hours south. I was too scared to meet them. I just couldn't do it. Eventually I met Whit when I loaned her something. I still have never met Lance.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 4:02 pm
Kearie, too bad you passed up the opportunity to meet Lance. Wasn't it some kind of sunlamp you loaned to Whit?
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