For the most part, I have truly enjoyed the nine plus years I have posted here.

New friendships were formed, and sadly, friendships were lost, for one reason or another. Life is far too short not to enjoy it, so it is time that I cram all the enjoyment into the years I have left, as much as I can. That includes leaving behind stress and those causing it. Fortunately, those can be counted on one hand...maybe even with a finger or two left over:-)

I am very happy with the outcome of an election, that was preceded by a country also bruised and battered. I know the feeling.

Under our new president, I see a healing process, and hopefully some of the best times of her existence.

I think that by moving into another phase of my own life, I may also achieve some of the best times of my own, and so with that, I won't be posting anymore. There are far more important things waiting to be done, and when one's PRIVATE e-mails start appearing on Google Links, verbatim, as posted by someone on the board, and who was not even included as a recipient on the address line, it's gone a bit too far.

Just be careful whom you trust as a 'friend' and do NOT e-mail anything that can (obviously) find its way into showing up as a Google link to a post, or a thread you have done.

That convinced me it was time to pack it up, and I sincerely hope that none of the rest of you have to endure this type of harassment. I doubt that the internet was 'invented' to be used for such purposes, but it seems it happens. It has sort of replaced the verbal 'gossip' of my generation, and I'm glad to see that states are taking steps with laws, to deal with those.

For anyone wanting to contact me, you know where to look. My website has my address (which I've ALSO had for over 9 years!) on it.

I wish each and every one of you continued success and much happiness, as each day, one more grain of sand, flows through the hourglass of your time.

It's been fun for the most part, but not without some sad times too.

Loree

PS....My friends from War Stories will always be among my very favorite ones...for you are the 'adults' when it comes to posting and cyberspace behavior:-) Here's looking at you guys!

Evidently you have things in mind that will fill that gap that you will find from not posting here. Sure hope it all works the way you want it to.

As you know I stopped e-mailing over a year ago when I changed computers. Just never got around to setting it up on this one even though I still will one of these days. I had no idea that you had private e-mails show up on Google. Along with that I've read that Google is censoring a number of websites that they just decided they didn't like. Power really does bad things to people. Sorry that you got caught up in it all.

Hopefully you realize that even though I haven't been in personal touch I still consider you my friend. You're in good company in that I haven't been in personal touch with a lot of people that I care about. Once I do behave and set up that e-mail I will take your warning to heart though and be careful about what I say.

My very best of wishes to you and I hope that you are able to do whatever it is that you're wanting to do now.

BL

Just don't want to leave the impression that the e-mail was out in plain sight, from the link, actually the portion of the e-mail was POSTED in a 'reply' on a thread here. THEN a LINK to that thread was posted to Google, so naturally it was at first a shock to see that, but then it made me realize that when someone is angry, or whatever their excuse for doing it, that it's easy enough for them to copy personal information from an e-mail (in this case, not even addressed to the one who did it:, but provided by a 'helpful friend') then we had better be darned careful what is put in our e-mails. LWho wants them to show up in a post, on a damned thread, that you reached from a GOOGLE LINK for starts?! Not I:-)

I'm having the backyard fence moved today...so that is a good start for keeping me busy...I'll be dual purpose...the 'boss' and the 'go for' fetching posts, wire, whatever they need.

I have to get busy on some writing too....both for my web site, and the extra-curricular job I've taken on. Plenty to do, just need to do it.

Loree

You've always been a true friend, Bolt...and those are hard to come by.

Taking the Gramps route may not be a bad idea Loree. Life is too short to put up with the hazards of this internet environment. I hope you can find a happy medium like Gramps has and still share your wisdom here once in awhile. As you can see, I don't respond too often. I still enjoy reading each and every one of your posts. Best of luck to you.

Living up to my handle,

The_Watcher

That's a thought that is worthy of consideration:-)

Unfortunately, it seems that even my opinions tend to bring a fresh dumping of a big load of hate...And I always thought that everyone was entitled to those:-)

Thank you...we'll see. For now, after this short no doubt, thread, I'm giving it a rest.

Loree

PS...You've always been very kind...wouldn't it be great if kindness caught on like jealousy and hate does? We'll have to work on that one too:-)

I pray you find that which you seek. Have a wonderful rest of your life.....

PS...You've always been very kind...wouldn't it be great if kindness caught on like jealousy and hate does? We'll have to work on that one too:-)

Amen on that Loree. I try to practice a do onto others thing, more should do the same.

Well of late, my posting has been rather 'sporadic' to say the leasyt, as I have been planning this for a long time.

Most of you I know I will miss, while some, to be honest, I won't. It's sort of like going on a diet...some foods you miss like crazy, others you won't miss at all:-)

All of life is like that really...choices, and doing without some things, and it turns out it isn't the end of the world, nor fatal...either one:-)

Got your dancing shoes on? :-)

You and I seldom see eye to eye, so maybe you WILL miss that...at least in disagreeing, we didn't throw any real blows:-)

some of the hate that gets spewed here is indeed from folks that have been around as long as we have but some of it is not. Those people we're used to.

A number of times I've mentioned the Israeli software called Megaphone. It's very active. It is designed to search the net for any references to Israel or Jews that might be considered problematic for them...like the truth being told. They have thousands of volunteers who then go into the 'offending' blog, message board, forum or whatever to try to refute what is being said. They respond in the comments section of news articles also to try to make their point.

Now it seems that our own pentagon has something similar. They want all opinions to be what they want them to be. The point is that they will get into a shouting match if need be to try and drown out the information that they don't want people to have. That's one of the reasons that I still post. I may not post as often as I used to but I don't want them to win. People need to know the truth about things and they sure aren't going to get it from the usual 'news' sources.

We have a couple of very clever one's who come in here and will try to sound like they're being balanced when they really aren't. They will try and maneuver the thread to something besides the original point if they don't like that point. Being aware is useful.

Anyway just thought I'd throw that in so you can better understand some of the flak that you've taken. You do want will make you happy to do. We all need to do that.

Been here 8 years and kinda leaning in that direction myself.

I've noticed a lot of longtime Fray posters have been queitly making that decision in the last few months. The '08 election was a great chance for this forum to shine but the Slate writers weren't really up to the challenge and the Fray Editor(moderator) was AWOL for months. The chummers/spammers have had the green light and the level of discourse in the Fray dropped a few notches and it's still falling.

Have a good life

Oh Lor that is awful! I hope to God you don't go. I can only imagine how upsetting that must be. Things like that and worse have happened to me in my time around these frays...that awful msn web groups site for one where the state board of nursing's address and phone number was posted and someone asked complete strangers to smear me.

I had msn take that web site down when I sent them my credentials.

Maybe Google has a similar fail safe policy you can complain to.

At any rate...please don't go.

You're one of the nicest people on The Fray.

I'm really sorry to learn of this.

~LAM

We both recognize that the old KFS just isn't the same anymore - hasn't been for some time - so Icertainly understand your decision to move on with your life. Especially after all you have been through. I'm not sure how much longer I will be here myself - but don't forget us and drop back in whenever you are in the mood.

(((KDFR))) signing off

d;-)

Well, I don't post much, but I have been lurking around here for 8 or 10 years. Good luck to you Loree, and enjoy your self :)

the protection and enforcement of laws and rules with internet content and with prersonal property.

When all that's been violated its time to move on.