BS: olddude... where is he?

Subject: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: gnu
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 07:36 PM

Tried to PM.... gone. No post since a while back. ???

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: GUEST,Ebbie, NOT at the library
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 08:23 PM

As you probably checked, the Old Dude last posted on October 14 where he exhorted us to "have a good week". Is it possible he can't tell time?

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 08:27 PM

I'm sending him an email.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: maeve
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 08:29 PM

He's fine, folks. I'm in contact.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: gnu
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 08:42 PM

I have been informed that his recent comments regarding the "stress" at this Café have caused him to do exactly what he said he might... take a break.

I understand.

It ain't easy bein folk.

Ribbet.

miss ya bud

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 09:58 PM

Yup, me too- what Maeve said.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Oct 09 - 10:02 PM

I just had a PM from him earlier this week. This place just gets to be too much sometimes.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: Amos
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 11:38 AM

Gee, I find that hard to understand. SOmetimes it gets to be too little, but never too much!


A

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 12:11 PM

Not to put down anyone else's reaction, but I think I have finally learned that the only thing I can control is my own reaction. To me, the Mudcat is a valuable resource/outlet/connection that I won't give up- and see no reason to.

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: maeve
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 12:17 PM

I'd say that's what olddude is doing, Ebbie. For starters, he didn't start a "goodbye" thread. Dan is happy to keep in touch via email; send me a PM if I can help anyone with that. Perhaps this thread can fade away?

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 12:25 PM

I agree, Maeve.

I think Dan would probably like this thread closed but not deleted; we're in touch often (he lives not "too far" away) and I also can pass stuff along. Except messages urging him to "come back"-- I don't want to pass anything like that along.

He knows what is working for him.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 01:36 PM

Closed? I can't see that being a problem.

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 01:52 PM

Well Dan, we've all been there, and if you want to stay away, do so.
There's always Facebook and the like. Even PM's ;)
Best wishes to you whatever you decide, you're one of the good guys.

John

Subject: RE: BS: olddude... where is he?
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Oct 09 - 02:02 PM

Gnu asked me to deleted this, and as he's the originator, I feel I can honor this wish.

Dan's membership is gone. PM's won't work and I don't believe he plans on coming back. If you believe you're his friend, you'll likely be able to contact him some other way,

Jeri, as a Moderator

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I deleted Dan's membership at his request. I have to say that I share his disillusion with the prejudice and nastiness that is so pervasive at Mudcat these days. Even though some Christians have done horrible things in the name of their faith, that's no justification for the overall prejudicice against Christianity that exists at Mudcat. And even though I'm sure that it is righteous to oppose the BNP, the nastiness at Mudcat in the name of righteousness - is still nastiness. Think about those things - no, I'm not going to open that for discussion, because it will just get nasty and bigoted all over again. Dan is not the only one who has abandoned his Mudcat membership because of the bigotry and nastiness here. I don't know how these things can be resolved, but I wish they could be.
-Joe Offer-