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Northstar

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 11:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, I'm the thrid person glad that Cyn is home, and I'm glad she has a smart woofer.

Abby7

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 11:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I wish I hadn't stumbled upon the cnn.com story about the dog and the community center thread about Avery. I'm glad the Moderators posted the thread, however, and thank them.....just wish I hadn't read the whole thread. Not tonight anyway. The dog story was enough for one day.

Cyn

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 12:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am a bit more grown up.

Right now I am going to bed without checking anything else in any of the other threads.

Right now I just finished typing with a group of you folks in chat and had a really nice time.

Cyn

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 06:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am already up to begin my 10-14 hour work day.

Right now I have to put my jacket on and head to the office.

Right now I am thinking that it'll be morning again until I can check in here again.

Webkitty

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 06:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am bleary eyed from not getting enough sleep last night, but I agree with Cyn, I feel more grown up somehow.

Right now I am also glad Cyn's puppy walk was safe last night.

Right now I can remember long days at the office, and driving through dangerous winter conditions to get there, and I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore. (but I'm happy for those that love their job and don't mind it)

Right now I would like to thank everyone in this thread for their hugs last night, I mean it. But I'm over it and ready to roll

Right now I would like to thank Neil and the Mods for the gift of tvch.

Right now this is me (just picture me like this, its close enough, lol)

Squaredsc

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 06:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
right now i am at work, glad that cyn walked her dog and came back ok, i did like juju said and clicked on her profile and saw her and bob living it up in paris, wow. right now im debating telling dh about the whole avery thing or not.

Zachsmom

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 07:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am laughing that Yuhurus waiting room & Lurker adoption agency are right about each other..:)

Juju2bigdog

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was going to post this in Squared's folder, then thought better of it and came back here, just in case the d.h. reads Square's folder and she decides not to tell him. Then if she hasn't told him, she will have to.

Square, in your case, I would recommend not telling him, especially since he already has doubts about you meeting any of the folks here, AND you would like to go meet these folks in the Big Apple. I told Bigdog in a sort of offhand way and instead of being amused or sympathetic, he went on an attack about why I shouldn't be wasting my time hanging out here. Not that I am going to pay any attention to that, but it just sort of surprised me.

Heyltslori

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 07:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I'm going to agree with Juju. I was upset last night and talked with a friend about it, who proceeded to give me a lecture about trusting anyone online. It is very difficult for some people to understand the sense of community and family you come to have with people you've never "seen". {{{juju}}}

Fluff

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
About to go to my dorm room. Hoping I won't have to curse out my roommate.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 07:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
juju i would expect the same reaction from my dh as you got from bigdog, my mother is also leary of the 'net for the same reasons.

fluff, where have you been hiding? right now i hope things will work out between you and your roomie.

Marysafan

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Same experience here. I told hubby...I had been telling him all about MS Avery. He was VERY nice about it...but he said..."I am much more cynical than you when it comes to trusting people, but you are the way you are and I didn't want to spoil your fun. You go ahead and believe what you want...if it makes you happy."

but there was this whole air of "I told you so"...even though he didn't actually come out and say it.

Crossfire

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You know, this is probably not going to be popular, but I tend to somewhat partially agree with those who council caution.

It is the very 'sense of community and family' that makes one more vulnerable. In such situations, I would even recommend that people experiencing such things keep their real life counterparts informed about what is going on.

Lets face it, most of us here have no idea who each other is, and if you build up a wall of secrecy, and distrust, between your virtual, and real worlds, it could cause real life problems.

It is things like a 'sense of community and family' that allows children to disappear. Adults may be less likely to disappear, but it also happens, but adults tend to get taken for their money online.

Like I was saying, probably not popular sentiments to put out, but I think it's worth repeating.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
yep mary, also dh was very skeptical about rogue's story too. oh well, at least we have mod's who are looking out for us and have our backs.

right now im wondering where jed is and hope he is ok and not dancing without us.

Grooch

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I feel like posting in Green.

Right now I wonder what the CR designers would call it.

Halfunit

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crossfire - popular or not, I think you raise very good points.

I had DH read the post from the Mods, after I read him all of the Avery posts. His only comment was, "It doesn't surprise me."

I think he was gentle for two reasons. One, he knew how upset I was over the whole thing, and two, we met via AOL so he knows that a lot of good can come from online experiences! :)

Heyltslori

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I understand what you're saying Crossfire, and I agree that people should be cautious, and not confuse their "real" lives with their "online" lives. What I am saying it that it is sometimes hard to explain to people who never go online why I like to hang out here and why I feel that some of these people are indeed my friends.

Crossfire

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh absolutely, I am in the same situation.

People who do not participate would have a hard time understanding, but you just never know how these things work.

Those you talk to and are friends with, probably are good and decent people, but at the same time, this is a public forum, and you can never really know who is watching. Lurkers might not have your best interest at heart.

Take the NY trip for example, who knows who is watching the plans being formulated, watching to see where you guys plan to meet up, and could end up following one of you back to the hotel.

Again, ugly thoughts, but they are real considerations, and some of you will be on your own without your normal safety systems, a bit disoriented.

I apologize for the horrible things I am saying, but I just want to be sure no one sneaks out to the big city without taking proper steps. The 'sense of community and family' and desire to make contact might cloud peoples otherwise good sense.

Heyltslori

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
No need to apologize Crossfire. All of your points are very valid and should be taken into consideration.

Crossfire

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know, I just feel bad pointing this stuff out when I know many people here have very tight emotional ties to this place.

Of course at the same time, that is why reason why I make the statements anyway.

It's a no win situation, thanks for understanding though. :)

Halfunit

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crossfire - if you didn't care, you wouldn't have posted it. A reality check is a very good thing every once in a while!!!

Marysafan

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
See what I mean! We care about each other!

Crossfire

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Back to our regularly scheduled programming. :)

Webkitty

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ditto that Half. Crossfire, you posted that because you care. What a guy!

I agree about the New York thing. My dh is giving me a hard time about it. If I didn't have my big strong NYC savvy son to stay with, there is no way my dh would let me go by myself. (he still may not, we'll see)

Twinkie

Friday, January 10, 2003 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going to be staying with my friend Sasha in NYC and if hubby doesn't go with me Sasha will be tagging along on all of our outings. I feel very safe with him. He's covered border wars.

I chose not to tell hubby the latest about Avery. Maybe I will at a later time. Right now its hard for me to deal with.