Re: Yep

On 8/25/2026 2:02 PM, Tara wrote:
> On Aug 25, 2026 at 4:47:06 PM EDT, "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Unless Love, and some others were to re-appear, I'm out of here too.
 >
Just come out and say it.

ABSFG quotes file - 6:

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.buddha.short.fat.guy/c/P5JFf8Sa3dQ/m/-prkNKFsBAAJ

"Fine were all liars, hypocrites, vajra morons, zen no minds,
evil, doomed to hell, Brahmin bastards, thervevandin twits,
vegan terrorists, and not a fuckin buddhist in the house.
Can we move along now." - Sanford