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Lemony Snicket – ROFL!! That was me and most of my friends!!! And I’m not even a guy!
Musser zoger – you are a riot! But we know you wouldn’t hurt a fly 😉
Obviously abusive situations are a whole different ball game.
s2021 – How are you? I have been wondering/thinking/worrying about you often!
And thanks to you for commenting. Anonymous or not, I still get butterflies when I let people read my poems!
I used to spread peanut butter on chocolate bars and microwave them for 10 seconds. Mmmmmm
now THAT’s funny!
I’ll go tell my son he can unpack.
I didn’t know if this belongs here or in unsent letters, and it doesn’t compare to the stuff you guys have been posting, but it was definitely born of pain:
Dear Rebbes,
Or his hands either.
When you have had enough of him not being the one who
Attended the optional class
Wrote the winning essay
Or placed in the science fair.
I hope you will stop and take the time to notice that
He is also not the one who throws papers on the floor in the hallway
He never takes food from the other boys bins
He is not the one who rides other kids bikes without permission
Or puts English music on his ipod.
Though he may fail your written tests, he learned your lessons.
He listened to your tone, and he felt your passion.
Though you wished you could teach him Rashi, you taught him persistence, consistency and taking risks.
From some of you he learned about power and abuse.
From others, trust and safety.
For those of you who taught my son the person, instead of my son the student, I thank you for making him the Gd fearing, beautiful, boy that he is.
Signed,
His mom
I’ll give you my first born son.
Hmmm, you can’t send me an address or bank account number. . . how about I just have to make sure to respond to all your posts that are at the end of threads?
tryinghard – the odd thing is that they had just hired four suitable nodes last week.
coffeeaddict – I’m stealing your title.
That doesn’t sound like appropriate Bais Yakov behavior!
Go Goq Go!!!!
Or were you looking for something more substantial?
Soliek – I totally agree
I didn’t want to say anything but I know why the posts didn’t go thru yesterday. I went into Sam’s Club and was there for quite a while. There was a group of 8 men standing and arguing about coffeemakers. I left but forgot something and returned later to find that they were STILL there, huddled around a newer model that adds sugar and stirs your coffee for you. Finally, one of them jumped and said, “Oh my Gosh 42, no posts have gone thru since got here!” I didn’t think anything of it til I checked the coffee room.
42 – LOL my favorite tape!
Yes, but I like to call it my “real” birthday 🙂
Yossi Z. – Hey! Me too! But not quite the same year . . .
Zeeskite – why are you allowed to talk like that? When I have been fed up with posts I remain quiet. Nobody ever talked like that and got away with it before and I’m not sure why its okay now. If Jothar is bugging you, ask the mods to mod him. When other people are nasty or annoying we live with it, just like in Real Life. Suddenly everyone is free to speak out against someone? It’s not that I agree or disagree with his opinions, I am just VERY uncomfortable with this kind of ‘behavior’.
I think we all have different definitions of fun . . .
always here – *I am NOT being argumentative, just voicing a parallel comment* I get what you are saying but I (personally) find the rebuttals to him more intrusive than the comments. And, honestly, both together don’t compare to the occasional posts/posters who are biting, flippant, not-quite-sensitive etc who really hurt people personally and have sent me on what AYC called extended ‘vacations’.
Middle Path – I hope you will take that as a compliment but I have been wanting to read that post and can’t find the time at work. Paragraphs would have helped. But I will NOT give up, and I have no doubt that it will have been worth it in the end!
I’m with ya Goq
I can’t speak for everyone but I know for myself (and others who’ve concurred) that it is VERY hard to take phone calls during shiva because there are usually many people sitting in front of you waiting to see you. IMO the best thing is to say that you know that it is probably busy by the house but you just wanted him/her to know you were thinking of them and that you will call again after shiva. It was a big relief to me when I would hear that.
I miss candy613
Mazel tov, someone I know got a job somewhere! Kein yirbu!
He didnt start the minyan thread.
CB – I, who am on board for shmira 100% was also thinking what onegoal said because monsey is not a small town. When someone says they are from Buffalo or go to “school x” it narrows you down, but when you said that saying you are from a huge community is revealing I too assumed you were joking. I hear that you are not, tho and respect that. You obviously have more info than we do.
I thought it said Moneyscoop and was kind of confused at first..
Unless you live on the west coast you should really be in bed now, shouldn’t you?
The camera has to be attached to a computer that downloaded skype and set up an account and is calling another computer that has a skype account. Then you ‘call’ the other computer and press the video call button. It has to be a good computer though or the video will make the program freeze.
Jothar – Not to change the subject but it sounds like not having facebook often solves half the problem.
observanteen – I’m with you about not liking being given half stories but don’t be scared in that way. What he, and others, are trying to say is that there may be people looking for info who will try to contact you as a friend (or whatever else he is referring to). If you DO NOT respond to their gesture you should be okay. If someone catches you off gaurd by claiming to know you or someone in your family then you should be suspicious, or at least cautious. But if nothing comes your way you certainly don’t need to be worrying. It’s like warning someone not to open the door for strangers. If nobody knocks than don’t worry. But if they knock and you don’t recognize them, don’t take their word for it that they are your long lost buddy from kindergarten.
Does that help???
You are so right. Sometimes it is lack of empathy and sometimes people are just trying to avoid pain at all costs. I’m one of those annoying moms who, when I see my kids do this, will say, “It sounds like you don’t like that she’s in pain, why not just say so”. I figure that if I introduce the concept enough while they are young it will be in the back of their psyche somewhere to pull out when they need it.
moi aussi – thanks for that name.
It just figures I go to a davening thread and find it full of side conversations.
Jothar- how were you able to pick up so much information that we don’t see? Is this someone you know? I am just wondering how it all went right over my head, I am generally not that clueless.
*Syag* CR Shomer- self proclaimed
I agree. And his comments usually are calm until someone starts making fun or putting him on the defensive.
I beg to differ aries – when people have nothing to do they usually sit and post on the CR!
Goq – Did you hear that?! Just press FRESHNESS and you get better coffee!!
Jothar – I would really like to join the Shomrim. I am very cautious about what we put online and what my kids are allowed to do, but only because it makes sense and I’ve been warned. I am curious tho, you said you know several people on the CR who have had issues. How do you know so many people on the CR? I only know the people I already knew from RL.And are you saying you know of a stalker, or you are being cautious because the odds are for it?
Either way, do I get a cool Shomrim jacket?
2scents – mint and raspberry are “two scents”. Or were you just ribbing?
I also love these fun threads. “irons with spray starch”
supergirl – read it again in pig latin while listening to Lipa on headphones. It is so much easier to understand that way.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the man who lost an entire family (wife, child and in-laws) in a van on train tracks. Yes, I am embarrassed to have forgotten his name but I think of him often and wonder how he is managing now. I think losing a fourth family member has made me focus much more on other people’s loses and worry about how they are holding up. (Not focusing on the negative, ch”v, but being empathetic)
“PhD” is Dr. Pepper! How ’bout “one tipsy poster”?
You have too much time on your hands, don’t you have dishes to wash?
BPT and Dr. Pepper – oh the nostalgia!! When I first found the CR this was the exact conversation going on and I remember feeling so left out and wishing I could be part of the ‘fun’
You must not mind indoor recess.
I did. And I do think you are funny. I am just trying to post less. Sorry. I guess that just proves how wrong it is to refrain from posting, it can actually bring unnecessary pain to other posters.
Regarding the money issue – It is understood loud and clear up front that if you pull out you dont get a refund because there are waiting lists for every seminary and they could have filled that spot and gotten the funds that are figured in to their budget. If that isn’t okay with you, then don’t sign up.
(run on sentence to the extreme)
Arig – I commend you for doing what was best for your daughter!! Yes there are times when Hashem wants us to persevere despite hardship, but there are other times when Hashem wants us to do what’s right even if it goes against the norm (or the wallet). So Yasher Koach and I wish your daughter and you much hatzlacha. In the zchus of choosing your kid over money (not to imply it was an issue of yours), may you be rewarded with enough money to make up for the loss!!
*The Syag*
I love the bubble gum cigarettes that have a coating of corn starch on them that make a cloud of dust when you blow them.