BS: And it's Goodnight from her

Subject: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Emma B
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 12:53 PM

- I may be gone sometime.........

Mudcat has played a significant role in my life for the last few years and I'd like to thank all the wonderful friends, aquaintances, Santas and Santees that made it that way for me
I'm sorry but it's no longer the sort of place I want to hang out in anymore.

"Of all the money that e'er I spent
I've spent it in good company
And all the harm that ever I did
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night................"

or maybe a song celebrating the success of the foxhounds would have been more appropiate?

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Dave Earl
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 01:20 PM

MAB

Sorry to hear that!

Was it something we said?

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: autolycus
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 01:22 PM

I.m sorry too,tho' we've never met.


   Could you say before going (please don't) what sort of place you see you're leaving, and what it was?






    Best wishes






       Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 01:26 PM

Appreciated many of your postings...so sorry to see you go. Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Bernard
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 01:32 PM

Sorry (but not surprised) to hear it, Em.

A friend of my described the feeling as being like going to your favourite pub (bar). Good beer, good friends and good atmosphere. If one of these ingredients is not so good, you may put up with it. If the other ingredients are also lacking, you go somewhere else.

The Mudcat has no beer...

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Black Beauty
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 01:44 PM

Hi Emma, so sorry to see another member leave this site. This has to be the second or third I know of over the past few weeks.

The abuse can be hard to take I agree. Can someone not do something about this ?
Maybe remove the offensive posts ?

Love

Charlotte

Hugs and kisses Emma.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: number 6
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 02:00 PM

Adios Emma.

I can see your point on why your leaving.

All the best to you.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 02:00 PM

"Of all the money that e'er I spent
I've spent it in good company
And all the harm that ever I did
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night................"

... and joy be with you, EB.

I hope it doesn't take too long for the wounds to heal. You will be sadly missed by many.

I'll keep your glass clean and at the ready for your ultimate return... I hope.

sadgnu

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 02:01 PM

read and consider, Emma....don't say 'never'.

I have enjoyed your posts.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 02:04 PM

I hope it's just a small break you take and you come back. You will be missed.

All the best,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 02:07 PM

Emma: I do hope you will reconsider this very drastic step.

I've PMed you.

Luv

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:16 PM

Hey, Emma: I left here once myself at the height of the Martin Gibson dispeptic septic debacle. I needed some fresh air. Hopefully, that's all that you'll need and you'll bring your fine self back. Mudcat seems to go in cycles. I think we're in the Spin Cycle, right now.

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:20 PM

By not stating the reasons they leave - people who make these public exits must enjoy the ensuing thread of speculation. Attention seeking.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: bobad
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:21 PM

FOAD GUEST.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Little Robyn
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:26 PM

Why not just ignore the BS section - it's not so bad above the line.
Stick with it kid!
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:37 PM

I'll second that motion, bobad. You, 03:20 PM are the attention seeker.

EB is one of the finest people I have ever met. You, I haven't met, and I only would want to so I could kick your ass you pathetic coward.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:58 PM

Go away, GUEST of 3:20 p.m. and take the others like you with you.

The world is rude and uncouth enough without your sort adding to it.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Black Beauty
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:08 PM

From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 03:20 PM

You are a sad example and only here to stir up trouble. Please re-enter your sad little life and seek help with your social hang up problems.

Pity no one will be able to say sorry when you go. EmmaB is so nice.

Charlotte

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Peace
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:27 PM

I agree with BB, Rapaire, gnu, LR and bobad. You have no right slighting her. In the vernacular, piss off.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:31 PM

Gee, I wish I'd thought of that, Peace.

Can I say, "Go have sexual relations with yourself" instead?

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Emma B
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:38 PM

Look I said I was gone from these threads - my reasons are my own,
I have spoken to Joe and would be more than happy to explain any PERSONAL reasons to my friends or indeed anyone else who thinks it is any of their buisiness.

But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night..........

Thank you
Em

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: bobad
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:42 PM

You are one of the good ones Emma B.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Beer
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 04:44 PM

If you don't come back, well, we all wish you health and happiness.
beer

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 05:03 PM

Like clockwork eh? If it is a personal matter you could have pm'd your 'friends'. Instead you publicly posted your 'dear John' in a public forum. But no bother. Nice people can be attention seekers too.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Bernard
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 05:49 PM

No, guest, Emma has friends, not 'friends' - unlike you, it would seem from your reprehensible attitude.

Have you any idea how many friends Emma would have to PM - and she'd be sure to accidentally miss someone out. No, this is the fairest way of dealing with an unsatisfactory situation.

Your 'argument' is flawed... wrongly accusing Emma of attention seeking when you are seeking attention yourself in a more cowardly way stinks, too. You are seeking to provoke a response because you take delight in irritating people anonymously. So sad.

Judging from your posting style - correct spelling, good grammar, fair punctuation - you are far more educated than you would wish us to believe.

You really ought to know better. Go pester someone else.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: My guru always said
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:34 PM

Oh Em, I've only just started really looking at what goes on in BS over the past few weeks and it looks rough mostly. So sorry to hear you've taken this step, I'm sure you've thought long and hard. It would be nice to think you'll change your mind and come back when things are settled down. I hope you do Honey.

Catch you at Straw Bear or the next Fest, keep smiling,
Hil x

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:37 PM

Rough as a badger's arse, m'dear, which is why it takes a certain sort of proctological prestidigitation even to juggle newts down here - and that's from a newcomer.
If you have any sense, get up above the line as fast as you can. Go on without me.................

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Ron Davies
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:44 PM

Robyn has the right idea. It can get rough below the line. Above the line there seems to be no problem--as far as I know.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:46 PM

I go away for a week and look what happens. Really sorry to hear this!

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:49 PM

I go away for a week and look what happens. Really sorry to hear this!
Aha - gotcha! Remove one small object from the larger equation, and everything goes wobbly. But I can forgive you. Ish.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 07:48 PM

I'm going away for ever.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: pdq
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 07:56 PM

How can we miss you when you won't go away?

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Hawker
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 08:45 PM

sorry to see you go Emma I enjoyed your posts and our chats on mudchat, hope to meet you when I come up to mum's sometime.
Cheers Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Girl Friday
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 09:16 PM

This is confirmation, if ever I needed it, as so many people are being deeply upset by the contents of bs threads, that it stands for BULLSHIT!

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 10:06 PM

There are more than a few good BS threads: Sitting at the Kitchen Table, MOAB, the Taverns, 85,000,000, and many others. It seems that only when threads become politicized, when opinions are expressed without regard for the opinions of others, that ugliness breaks out.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: MBSLynne
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 05:44 AM

And when unknown Guests hide behind their anonymity to abuse nice people ...or indeed, to abuse anyone

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: GUEST,Lawrence Oates
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 06:32 AM

I'm just going out now, I may be gone some time.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: akenaton
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 07:27 AM

The Mudcat ladies do seem to be a little "fragile"..............with a couple of "nippy" exceptions :0)Ake

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: IWTATBM
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 07:50 AM

Does this include the 85 billion thread too Emma B? You'll be missed there very much. You'll always be welcome to any of the 85 billion gatherings and parties we will surely have. Take care and if you are ever in Ambridge....

I might even quit Mudcat myself, forever this time.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Azizi
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 08:56 AM

Oh, no Emma!

I hope that you really aren't leaving Mudcat. We need you here.

I hope that you'll reconsider your decision and come back.

I'm sorry that I didn't get to know you better.

Positive vibrations,

Azizi

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: Gurney
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 05:32 AM

I'm a little surprised by the current crop of public leavetakings. The Mudcat has been much more abrasive than it is just now. We do seem to allow unpleasant people leeway, but even unpleasant people have something to offer, if only to serve as a horrible example.
I developed a thicker epidermis just being here, and wouldn't leave lightly. The world is full of prats, but not the Mudcat. It feels to me like any family, very slightly disfunctional, maybe, but ready to help when needed.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: jacqui.c
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 09:35 AM

Nicely put Gurney.

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: MBSLynne
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 09:56 AM

Not necessarily sensitivity that causes people to leave. I went away for a while because instead of making me feel good, as it had before, Mudcat had started to stress me out and make me feel less than happy. All the bitching and nastiness and the fact that you didn't seem to be able to join an innocent, enjoyable thread without someone (often anonymous Guests) coming along and spoiling it. I drifted back gradually, but I still only open maybe three or four threads when I come on here, whereas I used to read heaps of them.

When one's family becomes a headache, a break away from them is often a good idea

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: And it's Goodnight from her
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 11:29 AM

"I developed a thicker epidermis just being here, and wouldn't leave lightly."

That is true of many longtime posters here. But that isn't necessarily a good thing. It just means your tolerance level for abuse rarely gets reached. If you tolerate high levels of bad behavior as a habit, you become inured to it. Others don't, and newcomers won't think much of you for insisting that abusive, bullying behavior is acceptable and should be allowed to remain the standard/norm in the forum.