In Memory of Flyonthwall
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Admin Monday, July 28, 2003 - 07:56 pm

Unfortunately, today I received this email...

On behalf of the family of Bobbi, of Flyonthwall, as she goes by here, I wanted to get a message to her special friends here at the clubhouse.

On July the 12th, she passed away due to complication with her lengthy illness.
We were all aware of her huge interest in Big Brother series. She shared it all with us, and all her posting she did here. This was a fun interest for her and I know she enjoyed it very much. Mostly because of all her friends she often spoke of at "The Clubhouse".
She knew what was possible, and made us lists of things to follow up on. (Just like her, controlling things all the way! She often joked about it and made sure I was up to speed on her note taking.) In her booklet she has so many places we have to visit and contacts to make. This is not an easy thing right now as you can imagine. So forgive me if the wording here is not gentle or informative enough. I'm sure you can understand my distress. We do not have a complete list of her email addresses, nor whom we should or should not contact, so we felt this was the best way to handle this. We apologize for this, and hope that this message will be posted so all can be notified. Mailing each of you is just not possible, and for that we are truly sorry.

Her wishes are being carried out as she requested. Everything has been family only and very private. We all know her online experiences formed many friendships. From her Lupus group to many of the message boards she visited helping others find answers to their own health issues. She was very concerned that we followed her direction on which sites to contact. We are following her request to the best of our ability at this time. One such request was to ask if any of you want to do something for us, or her, please don't feel it is necessary. It makes us uncomfortable to even speak of this issue, but we wanted to let you all know how we feel.
What she would be most proud of is if you made a donation to this sites on her behalf. (in place of flowers or cards to the family) We all know how much you cared about her, and we are grateful you all took her into your hearts and had a friendship with her here. We know that would mean a lot to her. (or to the charity of your choosing, would be just as fine in this case, we suggest the Lupus foundation or MS foundation).
Thank you all for caring and spending time getting to know our little "Fly".
With deepest regards,
Bobbi, Flyonthewall's family
Signed: Her Sis-in-Law


You will be missed Flyonthwall, God Bless.
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Hippyt

Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 04:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You're the Dude!

Theowl

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
42 DAYS UNTIL THE NEW TVCH!!! HOOO HOOOO!!!! That's if it's still on schedule. No Pressure Neil!!

Admin

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 09:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmm. There have been some setbacks, and some triumphs. I think we're on schedule. I was hoping we'd be ahead, but I don't think so.

I know a 5 month goal date, like we set, was a long way off....but given the fact that people must work, pay bills, eat, clean the house etc....it's understandable..right?

Theowl

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Totally understandable, Neil!! I've just been neglecting my countdown duties, and so just let me know if there is another date we can look forward to. Until then, is Jan. 1 still OK as a temporary date?

Admin

Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 06:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes. Perfect.

Whoami

Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 05:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, we are still anxiously awaiting....but also patient and understanding. We SO appreciate your hard work!!

Just popped by for a question. Just wondering if the new board will allow for avatars? I have a wolf I'd love to use for one. But of course, we understand if that is too much for the board to handle too! Just doing some hopeful thinking!

Mygetaway

Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 07:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow... I hadn't opened this thread forever, and am glad I did now.. :)

I knew there was talk of the new board, etc. but was out of the loop on what was going on. This sounds so cool. I'm also one of the people who have had several names here, but I didn't really venture out into other areas until later. It will be interesting to see what dates come up for me.
My email accounts were the same name but on two different isp's..

This is going to be so exciting, but I've become resistant to change in my old age...LOL I hope I don't get lost.

Admin

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 07:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The new board allows thumbnail images to be posted with each post, under your name, of whatever photo you have in your profile.

However, the programming code (Perl GD Module) necessary to take your image and shrink it down into a thumbnail does not work correctly on the Bomis server. We're looking into fixing it.

The options available as a result are: allow normal size profile images, and no thumbnails. OR force you to upload a small specifically sized image into your profile, which can then be used as the thumbnail image. An Avatar could be used for this purpose.

So it's going to be one or the other, but not both...unless we can get the GD module to work properly.

I hope this makes sense.

Hippyt

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Neil. So,you mean we would have the option to decide,or do you have to make a choice as to which it will be?

Reader234

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 12:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heck, I'm just glad to be here!! :) Either way, and I'm happy!!

Azriel

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Neil, honestly, I hate the thumbnail images posted under peoples names on other boards. It's distracting because there is always some yo-yo that gets some bouncing goofy irritating image and you have to watch it bouncing up and down the page for the last 10 posts that the person made.

Also, I wonder if those thumbnails would make the pages harder to load for people who have slow connections and for everyone at times when the board is busy?

Put me in the forget the thumbnails all together file. :)

Twiggyish

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 05:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hate those thumbnails, too.

Admin

Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 10:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
To clarify, I would have to decide on a board wide scale which option we want. It's not a per person option.

I like the thumbnails, but I understand how they are disctracting and annoying. I believe what we have now works well, a lot of people enjoy placing photos in their profiles, why ruin it? Unless we get the GD module working, things will remain as they are. :)

Thanks for your input.

Hippyt

Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 11:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds good to me,thanks for all your work!

Twiggyish

Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
=)

Luvmyjrt

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 11:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
TVCHer's: I recently started a thread about quilting for charities. Although TVCH is not a charity, anyone interested should check out this thread. My initial thought was for anyone interested to make a quilt in memory of FlyontheWall that we could auction off at the TVCH website to provide some needed income to TVCH. Mods, is this appropriate? If not, there are many charities in need of quilts. Please consider stopping by!