Re: Yep
Tara <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.buddha.short.fat.guy |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Aug 25, 2026 at 3:24:15 PM EDT, "Dude" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/25/2026 8:23 AM, Tara wrote: >> On Aug 25, 2026 at 9:32:20 AM EDT, "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Aug 25, 2026 at 8:05:27 AM EDT, "Creon" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> At Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:51:02 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Creon <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Whatever you do... >>>>>> ...don't talk about __________. >>>>>> >>>>> In ABSFG - >>>>> Your stories. And >>>>> now that Ned is gone, anything that makes you vulnerable…. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I miss Ned. :( >>> >>> me too >> >> Ned (John) wasn't afraid of feelings or their expression. He had talent, wit >> and passion - humanity. And he possessed incredible organization and research >> skills to the point of "oh no not another mile long list". :) >> He was a fan of Emily Dickinson and often posted her poetry. He built amazing >> intricate boxes, building inside the box something he wanted to say or telling >> a story. He loved his Mary. He kept an absfg quotes file. >> >> And he made me feel.....good - just knowing he was around. He said: "The Thing >> We Talk About is The Thing We Love." >> >> After he stopped posting here, he wrote on BlueSky about why he left absfg. He >> said that it just got too crazy for him around there. >> >> But he popped in one day and said: >> "Just because he doesn't talk doesn't mean he doesn't listen". >> Ned > So, I've been reading these posts for decades and responding to some, > but I've got to say 99.9% of the informants posting here over the years > turned out to be assholes - with their own biases, prejudices and > opinions, Ned included. > > It's been my experience that most informants posting here want to be > anonymous - I really have no idea who you people are, where you live, or > what you do for a living. > > Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to I guess. > YMMV. > > Having said that, Ned always hated me and took it personal, but I > wouldn't be in any chat room without a dude like me: a place where you > can post anything you'd say like in a bowling alley. YMMV. Understood. No worries.