Breathing Space...

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:20 am

Posted by T'L in another thread -

Hi again everyone..just another plea for rational, civil responses here. No flaming, inappropriate comments etc.

I agree with T'L. We were all props for each other last night - it was the busiest I had seen this board in months and it really warmed my heart, but we shouldn't forget the forum rules....and the fact that we are a multinational community here and things could get very easily out of hand. This is not directed at anyone, there just seems to be quite a few new threads raging and pointing fingers...

I do not envy T'L and Mr Sleep at the moment...

Take it easy all...it will be impossible for all of us to stay rational at the moment

I thought I would create this topic for a bit of breathing space...I really do not want to get involved in the other threads just yet as I feel too emotional about it all to stay impartial...

This is space to chat generally. Of course we will discuss the recent tragedy - it is on everyones mind at the moment but I would respectively ask that any serious debating about specifics be redirected to one of the other threads...can we please just chat and spam and take it easy in here, staying sympathetic to all of our friends out there.

Thank you!

I will start by welcoming all you guys that visited us for the first time yesterday under such tragic circumstances. I hope you found some solace in here and will be back soon to chat

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:27 am

Agreed Yshania

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:29 am

Where's the beer?????

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:32 am

Em well you see we were singing 1,000 bottles of beer on the wall, and well...as we sang we knocked them off.

Sorry.( snigger )

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:33 am

*Ysh is busy dragging in a HUGE crate of the wet cold stuff when she glances over her shoulder*

DP!!!! *hugs* How are you? Are you ok?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:34 am

Thanks Ysh

Here Dp *hands him a guinness *

Saigo · Post by **Saigo** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:34 am

Been a bad year for you, huh, DP? Glad you're here.

I'm not going to take the time to read every thing -- did we hear from Waverly?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:35 am

Hey i hope that crate is really huge

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:35 am

heya

I've got a question
why the hell when i get quoted my name changes from Aidan to Aiden, ??
I'll not get into the MASSIVE difference between the two( whole celtic meanings etc )
but why?

[ 09-12-2001: Message edited by: justAidan ]

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:36 am

Originally posted by Saigo:
Been a bad year for you, huh, DP? Glad you're here.

I'm not going to take the time to read every thing -- did we hear from Waverly?

Yeah Waverly is okay.

@DP i heard about what happened, i am sorry

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:38 am

The breathing space is nice as a great deal of threads surrounding this tragedy are becoming heavy.

I wish to express my deepest sympathies to all those who have lost people close to them. Now more than ever, we need to come together as a people.

It took until this morning to realize I was more closely affected to this tragedy than I thought, on two notes, one bad and one lucky.

For the bad, turns out the gentlemen who works the exit gates at the parking ramp where I work lost his son yesterday at the WTC. I speak to this man briefly every evening after work, on my way out. A security guard in the building, whom I know, informed of this sad news this morning. I don't know what to say to him tonight when I see him. I was told he is working today.

For the good, turns out one of my good friends from college had recently taken a job there and was spared. Fortunately, he wasn't there. Another friend of mine told me this morning and that he traveleled to the southern states on monday.

I also read another story how a young man had changed his flight plans yesterday morning at logan Int'l airport. He was supposed to fly out on flight 11, I believe. Can you imagine how overwhelmed this person must be?

Hopefully, we can all take comfort in the fact that there are still many who were spared this tragedy who could've just as easily been there yesterday morning.

This seems a lot more real today than yesterday.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:39 am

@justAiden - thanks

@T'L - no worries - I thought we could all do with it

@Saigo - hi! how are you

@Mr Sleep...

*Ysh goes back out to the garden for another crate and a few packets of crisps*

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:41 am

Posted by justAidan -

I've got a question
why the hell when i get quoted my name changes from Aidan to Aiden, ??
I'll not get into the MASSIVE difference between the two( whole celtic meanings etc )
but why?

Oops sorry

I can't spell

May I call you just 'just'?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:42 am

Originally posted by Yshania:

*Ysh goes back out to the garden for another crate and a few packets of crisps*

I hope they aren't beef and onion flavour

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:44 am

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Yshania:
@justAiden - thanks

[/qoute]
you see that "e" should be an "a"

hmm what type crips are there?

[ 09-12-2001: Message edited by: justAidan ]

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:45 am

@Ned - re your good news you must be so relieved

Re your sad news, I am sorry to hear that. It is difficult to know what to say to people in this situation..the sad thing is he is so very well aware that he will be one of thousands that have lost a friend or family member. His son is a sad statistic.

I would just say that I was sorry to hear his news, that would give his son an identity in the face of this catastrophic loss...

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:47 am

Ok - for those of you with the munchies we have...

Skips
Wotsits
Hula Hoops
cheese n onion
beef
plain
and salt n vinegar.

I do have a single bag of pan chips and a dip - no fighting over them though...

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:49 am

Originally posted by Yshania:
Oops sorry I can't spell

May I call you just 'just'?

hey i can't spekl either.
Aidan's fine

you shoudl hear the stories about people asking me about my nickname.

"Hey you nicked after the hero from battle tech KEWL! "
no I'm not
" hey it that guy from half-life yeah?"
no this is my name
"woot?!?!"
My NAME is Aidan
"???"
.....
" yeah it from....." etc

justAidan · Post by **justAidan** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:50 am

Originally posted by Yshania:
Ok - for those of you with the munchies we have...

Skips
Wotsits
Hula Hoops
cheese n onion
beef
plain
and salt n vinegar.

I do have a single bag of pan chips and a dip - no fighting over them though...

I hear my wholesome dinner ringing so I'll pass on the crips till later.
cya then

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:51 am

thanks ysh. Your support is appreciated all across SYM. I'll have a beer if there are any left.