Life's story

You cant be a diva Karlee... you have no sparkly tiara yet.
Guess that means I am not either... but lord, how I try. Sniff.
:-)
Diana

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"Karlee in Kansas" wrote in message
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"Joan8904" wrote in message
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| Do we all have to tell our life's story on this group?
| A little bit about sewing and quilting is enough.
| DM
|
|
| Amen. I cannot begin to tell you how little I care about reading about
other
| people's trials and tribuations. OT usually takes care of that problem.
But
| often the quilting answers are buried by responses that have no
relevance
| whatsover. Like everything else, gotta take the bad with the good.

Herin lies my point. You learn to skip posts. You learn to ignore what
you don't want to read. Joan has been here for longer than me, and I have
not heard her voice her opinion on OT posts until now. Either way, IMHO,
we are all allowed our opinion. Joans opinion is that she doesn't like
the
OT posts. My opinion is that I love them. Neither opinion is wrong,
neither is right. We agree to disagree.

|
| However, if you upset the board 'divas,' prepare to be scorched. :
They are
| very tolerant of most everything except criticism.

I by no means,do I consider myself a diva....I'm just overly cranky today.


BTW, on a side note for Joan, I'm taking "Grassroots" to the hospital with
me for some labor music g

Karlee in Kansas who is wondering if/how she can get her favorite 311 cd
autographed.......


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| joan
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|
| joan o'reilly
| New 311 Album--EVOLVER--July 22nd
| www.311.com


|

RCTQers, I think it's time to start ignoring this thread.
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Teresa in Colorado

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"Mika" wrote in message
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"buddy" wrote in message
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Do we all have to tell our life's story on this group?
A little bit about sewing and quilting is enough.

God bless you my child. You obviously have needs that will take a higher
power to help solve since you are turning down any help that could
possibly
be given here. It's sad that you feel you must shun these wonderful
people.
Besides, WE don't ALL tell our life story on here because the word WE
includes yourself and I don't recall you posting your life story here. If
you don't want to read every post then just hit the delete key or hit CTRL
T
to mark the thread read and be done with it. Something you might want to
remember though is that by getting to know people and their life story and
by sharing your, people are more willing to share their knowledge of the
things that you want to know such as quilting. No one if forcing you to be
in this NG but yourself. YOU make the choice to be here.

Mika

Karlee --

Sending good thoughts for a quick and easy delivery and a healthy baby.

Love in Stitches,

Coleen

"Karlee in Kansas" wrote in message
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Maybe its hormones, maybe its me getting impatient
with labor (according to my doctor last night, I've been in the early
stages of labor for about 2 days and it feels like I'm not ever going to
give birth), but either way, you opened your mouth, and I know I'm not the
only one that is going to come running to the defense of the group, for
the
groups sake. There are other quilting forums out there (they have already
been suggested), or you can go to MSN or Yahoo and start your own. Be
forewarned though, quilters love to chat, and you will probably find
yourself amassed in an ocean of OT posts wherever you go.

Karlee in Kansas

I agree with Karen. I read this group all day long. Sometimes I mark
lengthy threads as read when I have fewer minutes to browse and other
times I read them all, reply when I want to and go to every link offered
to see what I may be missing! This group has the nicest people as
members although there are one or two who like to stir things up.....:-)

My quilting has improved greatly because of the info gleaned from this
group.....

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Laurie G.
"If you're not going to snort, why even laugh?"

Queen of Squishies wrote:

This ng is just like my real quilting group. We talk about everything under
the sun, and sewing and quilting when it comes up too. I love this group.
I can be myself here, and if I ask a quilty question I get several very good
answers. Thanks guys!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

I thought that was a very friendly explanation.... and if anyone disagrees
with me I will sic the divas on them. :-)
Diana, with tongue firmly in cheek about the divas. Who are the divas...and
what do they want??

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"Patti" wrote in message
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This kind of message always upsets me.
It sounds so accusatory. There are no compulsory revelations here.
We have here the age-old subject of group dynamics.
It is wrong to expect that this group should be any different from
physical groups of people, gathering because of a common interest.
Please read the following three paragraphs as applicable to cyber and
physical groups.:

There are those who were founder members of the group; there are those
who have been around in the group for many years; there are those who
have come along each month, and their membership is, by definition, for
a longer or shorter time. Their knowledge of one another is usually
proportional to that time. There are those who belong, but who are
either too shy to take part in a conversation; or who simply do not wish
to do so - or even may not attend meetings. If other members are not
aware of this they cannot, of course, be included; if they are aware,
then these folk are usually encouraged to participate fully. If they do
not wish to, it is their choice, and that is respected.

Any person entering a group, for the first time, cannot know the
history of each and every member - instantly. Over time, some knowledge
may be acquired (or not). Gradually it becomes apparent that there are
those with whom a friendship could never be formed - not that there is
anything wrong with either person, simply that the 'chemistry' is not
there. On the other hand, there are those who immediately 'click' with
another member and a friendship begins. This may be superficial or deep
and close, just depending on how things pan out. There are as many
different personalities as there are members.

It certainly takes time to find one's feet in any group. At first, it
might only feel 'safe' to discuss topics germane to the purpose of the
group. Gradually one might feel freer to introduce other topics which
one might feel would be of interest to others. Later on, one might ask
for help on personal matters; or one might turn to them in time of
distress. And so it grows.

On this newsgroup there are people who are geographically close, and
others who even belong to the same Guild. This does give them more
familiarity and they can post pithy messages, to one another, within
the group which could, if one was not aware of the existing friendship,
appear excluding of others. This will always happen in any group. It
is inevitable. I have to be one of the most thin-skinned people on
earth! yet I came to understand this quite quickly. There is no
malicious or cliquey intention at all.

As to your - or any other newbie - being an 'outsider', it takes a
considerable time for everyone to become aware of a new member. If you
have been reading for any length of time, you must have seen how new
members are joyfully greeted. You will not get known if we do not see
you, or know your name - even an alias to sign your posts (many are used
within the group). This is not a criticism, just an explanation of why
you might be feeling so. Your opinions do count, of course.

I dislike your use of the word 'junk'. But, using your analogy in spite
of that, many people have found great treasure in a junk drawer; others
derive pleasure from riffling through, especially if there are
circumstances whereby their acquisition of knowledge and opportunities
for chatting with others are limited.

If you would like to try a really strict On Topic quilting group, you
might like the British Quilt List (BQL) a Yahoo group. You simply sign
up to subscribe. It is not restricted to British nationals - there are
several people from the States who are members. There is a membership
of about 700. I am not advertising for them, as I am no longer a
member.

I hope to goodness that this post is read in the spirit in which it was
written. I would be mortified in the extreme, if anyone thought I was
starting a flame war here. Those who know me - anywhere - would know I
could not do that.
.
In article , ruffian
writes



Do we all have to tell our life's story on this group?
A little bit about sewing and quilting is enough.
DM
I don't think you are forced to tell anything ( or read anything)
that you
don't want to......
Flossy
Malvern England ***** Queen of Plaids ******
http://photos.yahoo.com/flossy3353


I agree w/Buddy and disagree w/Flossy. This NGrp is like looking in a
"junk drawer": You want to find something you hope is in there
somewhere, but you have to wade through a lot of stuff to find it. It
does no good to say "ignore everything there but what you're looking
for" We are human, yet almost as curious as our cats.

I'm new at quilting, get help here, and appreciate it. Some of the
"old hands" who know their craft well and willingly share their
experience also like to talk about a lot of other stuff with their
friends.

Some might respond that I'm paying the price of admission by being an
"outsider". Like a child: be seen if necessary, but not heard. Your
opinions don't count here. Power sometimes corrupts. I don't like it,
but it's "their" NGrp by sheer number of posts.

On balance, it's worth my time, since it's the only game in town. And
thanks for sharing information on quilting.


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I have no idea. I'm only in charge in my house cuz I know where stuff is!

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Wendy
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
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Im glad you arent too. There would be no living with you then.
Pssst... how do I get to be a diva? Id like to flame sometime.
Diana

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"frood" wrote in message
. com...
Sure glad I'm not one of those!

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"Joan8904" wrote in message
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snipped However, if you upset the board 'divas,' prepare to be
scorched.
: They are
very tolerant of most everything except criticism.

joan


joan o'reilly
New 311 Album--EVOLVER--July 22nd
www.311.com

Karlee in Kansas wrote:

I'm going to crawl out of the woodwork to comment on this one. YES its
long, but that is my normal MO. Either read or delete, its your choice,
but remember, you asked.

Gently snipped!

Oh, goody goody! She's still with us!

REALLY looking forward to the good news, and sending comfortable speedy
delivery vibes from the top of the cold damp North Downs!

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Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Diana Curtis wrote:

Im glad you arent too. There would be no living with you then.
Pssst... how do I get to be a diva? Id like to flame sometime.
Diana

Buy a flame thrower and a pool wiv a high board... ;P

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Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

This is a troll, ignore it. However, nice little thread we got going,
hmmm??

Cheers,

lynne in Toronto

buddy wrote:

Do we all have to tell our life's story on this group?
A little bit about sewing and quilting is enough.
DM

Mmmm, smallish goats...

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Wendy
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
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How can you tell for sure?? Does it smell like a troll, look like a
troll.... eat smallish goats like a troll???
casting aspersions around like that...tsk tsk.
hahahha
Diana

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