A Late Message But Maybe Meaningful Now

[carryover123]

After HooBoy had his stroke, I meant to post here thanking him for this site and all he had done for those of us who use it. I never met him, but he seemed to want to help others and make things better for us.

 

Well I never got around to doing that and then the tragic news of his passing hit us. The moderators and others I guess are carrying on and doing the best they can to keep things going and maintain the usefulness of this site to us all.

 

The negativity that has hit this site in the last week has given me the kick in the backside to finally post.

 

One of my favorite books is "All I really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten." The author, Robert Fulghum, states the principals that we learned then to get along in this world and should try to remember as we get older. The are as follows: Share Everything; Play Fair; Don't Hit People; Put Things Back Where You Found Them; Clean Up Your Own Mess; Don't Take Things That Aren't Yours; Say Your Sorry When You Hurt Somebody; Wash Your Hands Before You Eat; Flush; Warm Cookies And Cold Milk Are Good For You; Live A Balanced Life, learn some, think some, draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday; (some others) and, When You Go Out Into The World, Watch Out For Traffic, Hold Hands, And Stick Together.

 

While I do not follow these myself at times, I feel the need to remind us all to Hold Hands And Stick Together. It is a really difficult life out there in "traffic" and we need eachother. I think that may have been a bit of why HooBoy put this site out here in cyberspace. So we would have a place to come together and help each other. I do not think he would have wanted this place to be a site where we tear each other apart. I do not know I never met HooBoy, but his postings seem to convey that feeling to me.

 

So a belated thank you to HooBoy for this site as it gave me the confidence to hire escorts. One I have met I think of as a really good friend and it never would have happened if not for this site.

 

To Daddy, Deej, Barry, and the other Moderators, thanks for your work to continue the site. I appreciate all you do.

 

To those who post here, Chuck50, Chicagoboy, Flower, FourAces, Doug69, Rick Monroe, Anton, Benjamin Nicholas, Skrubber, Bobby Thompson, VaHawk, Eastbay Guy, SeaBoy, Juan Vancouver, and all the others, thanks for your insights, making me think, entertaining me, and exchanging ideas and sharing. (Sorry I can not think of all the names of the posters, but I hope others will add you with their appreciations).

 

I also am sorry if I have offened anyone during my presence and if I do so in the future.

 

Lets stick together and help each other. Life is to short to be hitting each other and not holding each others hands.

 

Now where is Athan with a joke?

[+ cougar]

>

>One of my favorite books is "All I really Need to Know I

>learned in Kindergarten." The author, Robert Fulghum, states

>the principals that we learned then to get along in this world

>and should try to remember as we get older. The are as

>follows: Share Everything; Play Fair; Don't Hit People; Put

>Things Back Where You Found Them; Clean Up Your Own Mess;

>Don't Take Things That Aren't Yours; Say Your Sorry When You

>Hurt Somebody; Wash Your Hands Before You Eat; Flush; Warm

>Cookies And Cold Milk Are Good For You; Live A Balanced Life,

>learn some, think some, draw and paint and sing and dance and

>play and work everyday; (some others) and, When You Go Out

>Into The World, Watch Out For Traffic, Hold Hands, And Stick

>Together.

>

 

That is one of the best "short" books ever written. Robert Fulghum, is a great writer and he is also an ordained Minister. Don't stop with that book, check out the others he has written, all are worth the time to read...

[Barry]

Thanx for your kind and timely words. Back in my corporate days, one Christmas the CEO gave all senior managers and execs a copy of "All I really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten" and made it required reading. Excellent book. More ADULTS should read it.

 

Be well Barry

[Guest ChgoBoy]

I'd just like to say, that as a moderator, Barry provides credibility to this MC. Not only does he look at things objectively, he also reflects a good guy quality. Thanks Barry.

[PacNW]

“All I Ever …” ranks right down there with “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” for its dangerous simplism. (I had to look it up – it’s essentially the noun form of “simplistic.”) What kind of asshole could be against playing fair and cold milk and warm cookies, you might well ask. The point is, I’m not. Life is complex. That’s one of the lessons you don’t learn until after you’ve graduated kindergarten. No matter how much we might want to cover our heads with fuzzy blankets and ignore that, it’s not going to change. Books like these reduce the complexities of life in a way which can only be achieved by excluding the difficult thought and challenges to the status quo that are necessary to confront serious problems like war, poverty, or racism, and work towards solutions.

 

It got ugly as all hell around here last week, culminating in Friday night’s orgy of anti-Ben Nicholas, anti-moderator vitriol. Once it sunk in that the mods weren’t going to be shutting off discussion near as quickly as they had been, it became a verbal cyber riot. To excess? Most definitely. So what? It’s been a pretty quiet weekend since then. Now that we’ve lanced a boil of resentment it might stay that way for a while. None of it changes the sincerity of the condolences and good wishes that have flowed freely for the last couple months regarding HooBoy’s death and Daddy’s taking on the site. None of it means we’re never going to say nice things about each other in the future.

 

This is all stuff I *didn’t* learn in kindergarten. Some things, like it’s OK to get angry and express that anger, I learned waaaaay later in life than most people, much to my detriment. So my point is not that I disagree with the lessons learned back then, but that I’ve learned a lot since then that serves me better as an adult.

 

>

>I also am sorry if I have offened anyone during my presence

>and if I do so in the future.

>

 

Carryover, never apologize for your presence, or for speaking your mind.

[Rick Munroe]

I agree. Barry's a truly good guy; he's the first one I turned to when HooBoy died. On the MC, he always plays fair and with a level head.

[Guest]

>That is one of the best "short" books ever written. Robert

>Fulghum, is a great writer and he is also an ordained

>Minister.

 

Well, I guess if you're a minister, all you need to know could be what you learned in Kindergarten. :+

[seaboy4hire]

>I also am sorry if I have offened anyone during my presence

>and if I do so in the future.

Carryover please never appologize for your presence! I think it is great when newbies post and give their pov. Not everyone is going to agree with you on this and some might be a bit harsh but keep your chin up, wear your shit kickers and see the glass as half full rather then half empty. I can't speak for the others but I hope that you continue to post and contribute to the mc.

 

Hugs,

Greg

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[Rick Munroe]

>see

>the glass as half full rather then half empty.

 

I usually see the glass and wonder if they give free refills. Also, asking for "no ice" gives you more Pepsi and it won't get diluted.