Re: Yep

On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:24:12 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Aug 25, 2026 at 5:10:57?PM EDT, "Dude" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 8/25/2026 1:43 PM, Tara wrote:
>>> On Aug 25, 2026 at 11:23:09?AM EDT, "Tara" <[email protected]> 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
>>> 
>>> Disregard my statement about what Ned said on BlueSky. Those were my words
>>> paraphrasing his. ("Too crazy" are my words). I prob shouldn't have repeated
>>> that anyway because he didn't say it here. No class, me. Sorry Ned.
>>> 
>> So, I'm thinking it was that other guy that said he quit he quit absfg.
>> What's funny about that is Ned went over to BlueSky and Tang went over
>> to Facebook. My theory is Ned thought the group was going too far right
>> wing and he couldn't stand it.
>
>He just didn't like the way the convesations were going. 
>
>>  For decades this has been a far-left
>> board dominated by liberals. YMMV.
>
>Funny how it has to be either one extreme or the other. It Mirrors the U.S.A
>in that respect. But why not, because most here (far one or the other) are
>Americans. 

Especially in the view of a con man, it can't be neither.

When I first arrived here after apz died, tang was still here and a
few others who gave inspiration and humor and zest to the group.  

Wilson was the only rightie here and he was doggedly beating his con
man drum as nobody listened.  Tang tried to talk him down and
eventually declared him crashed which accomplish absolutely nothing.

As I have seen in other group endeavors, bad members drive away good
members an prevent attracting new good members.  Eventually all you
have left is unzesty, uninspired, unfunny whatnots.  

Some of the loss surely was simply people getting old.  I remember
liaM one time saying how surprised he was when advanced old age
suddenly arrived one day.  I am 81, how old must ned have been?  How
old must julian be?

>Bfn
-- 
Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away