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Ezgoing

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aww, Bernie, so sorry to hear about your little furry friend's demise. We enjoy the squirrels that frequent our yard and have even been able to recognize and name several. I hope you'll soon have another four-legged critter to share your time, but in the meantime, know you have lots of two-legged friends here.{{{{Bernie}}}}

Auntiemike

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Clio: wouldn't it be amazing if that iguana passed the naturalization exam but people educated in this country cannot! Being a naturalized citizen myself I am glad to hear that Tennessee welcomes immigrants. ;-)

Beruthiel

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the warm fuzzies, Ezgoing, I DO value my two-legged pals!

I also have a mom porcupine who visits every spring with her baby. Climbs right over the back fence and nibbles the bark off the apple trees, and also all the leaves from the strawberry plants. The first year she came I didn't know, and wondered what the heck was flattening all my flower beds overnight. Now I hear her and put a light on, and she retreats. I've no idea why our yard is more attractive than next door's because they have apple trees too, and a veggie garden.
We have a green strip outside our back fence which leads down to the river so we also get coyotes at night too, skunks, and the occasional deer or moose ends up being tranquillised and returned to the wilds. I guess the river valley is a wildlife highway and they sometimes stray into the city. We've even had black bear and cougars on the evening news once in a while. I like to think that they're all out there, just don't want them getting into trouble in the city.

{Hope this isn't too off topic! Sorry!}

Cliotheleo

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! You don't know how true that is Auntie. We have one of the most liberal drivers license policies in the world so folks come from all over to get one here. Talk about a fun way to spend a day, hanging out in line at the DMV. A real cosmopolitan experience!

Marmosquirm

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beruthiel- it may be off the topic but it's fun to hear about (the wildlife you get, not your poor dead squirrel!) But the squirrel reminds me of when my boyfriend called me on his way to work crying because he'd hit a squirrel. I had to go find it on the road down from our house because he couldn't be late. It was already dead :-( but I saved it in a box for him until he got home so he could say goodbye to it.
OK, now that's way off the topic but it just reminded me of it and since the feeds are on FOTH I have nothing else to do.

Buggles

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beru, I'm so sorry to hear about your squirrel I just LOVE those savvy little cuties... been hand-feeding them for probably 7 years. I even gave a Toastmasters speech once on 'how to tame a squirrel' LOL. My coworkers dubbed me 'Snow White' It's very heartening to learn here that squirrels are appreciated by so many They share the earth with us, we may as well enjoy them!

Fat or skinny... conniving or sweet... they can be an exciting alternative to our hamsters

Wendo

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beru, I, too, am sorry to hear about your squirrel meeting an untimely death. Hope a new one comes around soon. :)

Beruthiel

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm going to miss those little scrabble sounds between the floorboards over my head at night, keeping me company in the wee hours.

Sunshyne4u

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
at least it was fast......no suffering. Funny how we get attached to critters eh? Even if they really arent our pets, we appreciate their presence and company in the yard.

Katlady53

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Beruthiel, I have two possums who keep getting into my trash cans and spreading trash all over the driveway. I'd gladly ship them to you. :)

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, the word filter cannot distinguish the context of the word used. Hopefully, knowing that your choice of words can be used in ways that violate the rules of the board, you could pick a different synonym for cat and not be too bothered about the small effort needed.

As for your posts, you may want to review the rules. Commenting on moderation is not allowed. Bashing, baiting, name calling, and posting in a disrespectful manner are also not allowed.

At times perfectly good posts are removed when they respond to a post that has been removed--the response post would no longer make sense, so is removed for thread continuity.

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
See, like the post above I just made--it responds to one removed, so it doesn't make any sense at all. This post and the one above will be removed shortly.

Gidget

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Lancecrossfire. I'm sorry but I can't help fuming. At first I thought it was funny that a word like "p" cat was filtered and words like hotdog spelled with a "w" are not.

And I commented about the filter, not the moderator originally.

If filters are very stringent then they serve their purpose. If the "p" word is excluded but not the "w" word, then the filters are more reflective of regimes most North Americans despise.

I'm afraid this venue has become too self righteous for my taste.

I have friends on other non-debate areas of the board so unlike others I won't huff away completely.

Fortunately for me I believe in karma and the power of the universe.

Lancecrossfire

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I understand your comment about the "w" word compared to the "p" word--I can promise you that if there had been a history of the "w" word being used over the course of time inappropriately, it would be included in the filtered list as well. Up until last year, the word used to describe Chiara in a negative way was not filtered--but it was used so frequently that moderating it as a slam was not possible.

So the filtered words you wouldn't expect have resulted from their continued use in negative ways--not in the geographic region of the board or moderators.

And I respect your level of moderation you are comfortable with.

Gidget

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Again thank you. I wish I could convey what I meant which you have interpreted to have something to do with geography. I really meant something political. But alas I cannot think of a way so I will let it go and be on my way.

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the "tha-thump" noise on the weight bench is driving me INSANE! .......... at least now I know what it is, before NOT knowing what it was was driving me INSANE!!! :)

Spunky

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ooops, we splattered the whole board with complaints when there was this thread still on.... too funny!

Crossfire

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Should this now be the things we don't want to complain about thread now? Hehehe.

Eeyoreslament

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 05:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would like to complain about every single person who writes DON'T WATCH as their response to someone's opinion. People don't put their opinion out on the board to get told what to personally do with their life. I know I personally write comments as mere 'food for thought' and in hopes of inspiring someone to challege the content of my post, as opposed to challenging whether I watch this show or not.

We aren't FOOLS, we know if we don't like the show we can not watch.

Since when has this board been a place where we can't come up with new and interesting options, or negative comments about the state of the current people or state of the game (within the rules of the moderators).

Some people need to consider the substance of their posts before posting.

(Maybe I do too...I'm not perfect.)

Gidget

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 05:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would like to complain about people who put absolutely no personal information in their profiles. I mean, I know it is their right, but how borrrrring.

Carrie92

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've got something to complain about.
The producers, who have been proven to be reading the comments on the site, have shown quite clearly that they could care less about what we think.
I'm speaking of the oft-debated topic of the past 2 weeks - Ali/Jun's disgusting comments, their choice NOT to air them, but instead to air SEVERAL times Robert's tame-in-comparison digs about women. Those of us who viewed it in this light wanted certain segments to air for the purpose of the jury, especially since Robert left the house clearly favoring the one whose comments were most vile. I would say that in reading the posts here and on other sites - where articles have even been written about it - there was a majority who agreed with this summary.
But, alas, the producers had other things in mind. After all, there are probably only a couple thousand of us, as someone else (forget who - sorry!) stated on another thread.

So...... (and now I'm getting to my complaint, lol)
why the long FOTH today?

Gina8642

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Carrie - Just as an FYI:

Yes, BB choose to re-use one clip of Robert's misogynist rant ad nasuem. But, on the LFs (which I watched much of) Robert would go into one of these angry rants at least once a day. In addition, several additional times a day he'd engage in highly derogatory conversations about women (not angry venting, just cheerful misogyny.) BB was simply lazy by reshowing the one rant and not showing a variety of his misogynistic statements.

So, while it may be unfair that Jun & Ali's particular vile statements were never aired - they only said them once or twice each, please realize one couldn't begin to count Robert's vile statements in regards to women.

Also - while BB never aired the Ali/Jun comments you are talking about, they did air many other offensive things they have said - so it isn't fair of anyone to say Jun & Ali's editing has been wholly positive compared to Robert's.

Just trying to balance the view.

Jbfrommi

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, it's not a good idea to put personal information in your profile. There's too many nut cases using the internet.

Sanfranjoshfan

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 01:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jbfrommi - I gotta agree with Gidget about the profiles....but I agree with you, too. Too much information might not always be the best thing for everyone.

For me, I usually check the profile to see whether a poster is a man or a woman, to see how old they are, and to see what area he or she is from. Those 3 things can make a big difference in how I view certain posts....and I don't think that's enough info for a psycho-cyber-stalker to find anyone in particular.

I don't mean to imply that I would automatically have more (or less) respect for a post that was written by a 75 year old man from Palm Beach as opposed to a 16 year old year old girl from the rural area of the midwest....but that info often puts a statement in a cultural context.

Yeah....some folks might use that info to automatically pigeonhole a poster, but for me, it simply adds dimension to their perspective.

Jmm

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 02:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to agree with Sanfran here. I cringe when I see a persons full name on the profiles (just scares the devil out of me), but I do like to know the approximate age, sex, and area that they are from (just the state or province is enough). I also like the personal quotes and why you should get to know me, they tell so much about a person without giving the cyber-stalker any info.

One good reason to put at least the area that you are from in your profile is so that people trying to set up a TVCH group meeting can be sure and send an invite your way. You wouldn't want to miss that, they are so much fun.

Jbfrommi

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 02:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like to keep them guessing ;-)

I've had bad experiences on message boards before, and ended up with a inbox full of porn.