Face to face...

You know, this website seems to be tipped between shiny happy people and those who just can't seem to let even the slightest insult pass without getting into a fencing match about it.

I put myself in the second group, sadly..I'm a sucker for an insult or bad quote and will always draw forth my rapier and charge in. It's dumb.

I know for a fact though, if we were all to meet up, face to face it just wouldn't be like that. Think about it.

Abby, with her amazing internet wit and humour, would just sit in the corner perving at me, barely able to form a sentence. Jane would just be climbing things..Sibby would be sitting with old the old farts, listening patiently to their stories whilst peeling the labels off her beer, Jordan would be wiggling his piercings at everyone...I'd be listening to Ingrid explain the mysteries of my life, my pupils so dilated I'd look like Puss in boots from Shrek.

My basic point is, we'd all get along, I know we would...this website stuff is utter bullshit, it's not real, all the fights we have, they are fake.

Still, roll on the next religious debate!

/wink

Lol, Kevin.

Some people on here may act different than in real life and we will never know.

I am pretty much the same in real life as I am here. I love to talk, love to share all that I know with others and I even get payed to do it, lol. Sometimes I can see from people's eyes they get overwhelmed with how much I talk and then I stop, only to go on after a few minutes, ha ha.

I am not afraid to speak up in real life, just as I have done here. I still carry the scars to prove it. But I don't really enjoy to be in an argument or be a witness to it..life is so short and should be spend making a worthwhile contribution to society. I prefer "friends"to walk out on the friendship to keeping my mouth shut. If the truth cannot be said, the friendship is not real.

The posters on the board are not the scary cyber creeps by the way, they dare to show themselves and are basically harmless, a pain in the butt maybe ( sometimes!!), but I think they are ok, all of them.

Going back to the office now, will roam around in your Facebook pics lateron, ha ha!

Have a great day, my friend *super hug*

I was on jury duty once and the judge instructed us not to talk to the other jurors about anything but the weather. I am the kind of person that is so outspoken that even talking about the weather could get me and people like Al Gore in trouble . I am not just talking about global warming or being from Tennessee. I have a few more things in common with him. I was going to stay off the boards until the weather improved . I like to think, in the box, as well as outside the box. If you add fuel to the fire in an internal combustion engine you can get some where
The fire from the Sacred Heart does not harm anyone. I once was in love with a junkie, and though I hated what was killing her with a passion, I loved her. She was more of an outlaw than I will ever be.
A dear poet, moderator, and member had this to say, not even many moons ago.

"The boards active is one thing, but the disrespect, bickering, and drama dwelling is not tolerated."

"I see that you are still angry due to your three days in the penalty box for helping to fuel a fire. That was a while ago and holding a grudge is not the way to live. "

She not only has never met me face to face, she does not know me . Like another dear poet once said "I am not asking for sympathy because that is just a word in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphilis" . He would agree that holding a grudge is not the way to live. Go ahead and label me as religious I have worn much more degrading labels

It was about this time a few years ago that I took a young lady to a drama called "The Passion of Christ, and though she, like the junkie, stole a lot more from me than my heart, I have been blest with forgiveness and strive not to hold grudges

I would not have thrown God, words, or rules in anyone's face if I thought they could not heal

PS Sherry, Positively 4th Street does not reflect the way I feel about any members now

Again, if anyone will copy and paste anything I have posted that is offensive to them, I will edit without mandatory moderation.

Have a blest holy week
http://youtu.be/xtmJZ1ATFKM

I honestly used to service septic tanks for a living. So I literally got paid for digging it up
There are some things I don't like to joke about and I am offended at Bob's last post. There is no evidence that Kevin has engaged in the activity that a certain member is joking about.

author: bob shank
status: member
date: 2011.04.21 07:47

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"You must be one of the most intelligent people you know....because I swear sometimes you talk like a crackhead trying to score a 4 dollar bag for 3.50....lmao

note to self...we always love, or hate what we fear most" BS

any way I neant to share this poem to show how much I despise grudges

The Beloved I Never Had

It makes me unhappy. It makes me so sad
When I think of the beloved I never had
Never mind my love buried in a hole
Troubled, tortured; in mind, heart and soul

Where she took my heart I could never tell
But I know my love will not go to hell
I didn't know why she wouldn't take it before
But it will be hers to keep forevermore

It's amazing how a grudge followed her to her grave
The song sung says our Lord followed her so He could save
I would rather follow the good Lord than to follow a grudge
I believe the Lord will lead us to heaven where He is the judge

Only love could know the joy sorrow, and pain
To die from the hatred that no one can explain
I cannot explain why it makes some people mad
When I talk about the love that I never had

They say I should forget her because she broke the laws
Although she seemed to be, at last, a woman with a cause
Answer for me this question. Make sure your answers are true
What did my love take from me, that yours never took from you?

The woman that inspired this is not buried far form me

John told me (only person I've met from PnQ) I'm about what he expected. Whatever you think of me on the net, I'm probably the same to you in person... then again, a lot of you don't like me here and I've never met someone who didn't like me in person. Not since middle school.

Who knows. I'm sure if any of you dared insult me in person as much as I've been insulted on PnQ, I would be humiliated and might start crying. It's impossible for me to hold a grudge or stay mad at anyone for anything. Runs in my family. Extreme sense of forgiveness.

Maybe Kevin's right. I'd be climbing things, playing scrabble, or playing with someone's dog. I never get tired of animals...
If there's a PnQ reunion at some point, bring your pets and watch me go.

I do peel off beer labels. I shred them to bits.

I'm pretty shy in person. I very very very rarely have ever gotten in a fight with someone. In that respect, I'm probably sassier on here. But then, people in general are probably nicer to me in real life than they have sometimes been on here, so there haven't been very many opportunities to get me riled up. I'm quite even-keeled (at least around 99 percent of the population).

Scrabble?
Did someone say scrabble?
Oh my goodness that is the only thing I miss about my ex husband, our games of scrabble were awesome.

Unlike Sibs, I am the exact opposite of shy, though it wasn't always that way. Now I am very outgoing. I talk to people everywhere all the time. Am usually told I never meet a stranger. I could probably talk the ears off a billy goat if given the chance.

I think if we all were to meet face to face, there may be some that I might clash with, but not for the lack of trying to get along. I think we would all have a blast.

I would definitely enjoy it, if I could come out of my shell a little. And if anyone is going to do that... it's probably you bunch.

Kay, I would play you in Scrabble anytime.

Well this turned into an interesting little who are you really thread.
Nice going there, Kevs.

Lol, Kay. For me it was the same, from shy to outgoing. Now my best friend tells me I am the most cheeky person he has ever seen, ha ha!

I would love to meet with you some day, I have this feeling we'd get along really well:)

Like Bob, I met a few people from this site and they were exactly the same in person (from what I could tell from a short visit). Bob is exactly the same, he speaks his mind, but is also kind, respectful and is a great friend. I don't think that would be the case with everyone, it is so easy to be who you WISH you were on here!

^^

I only agree with you partly, Deana. Although it is possible to make people believe you have a certain appearance(by using someone else's pictures, certain avatars of sexy men/ women in say cartoon-style) it is not possible to be a regular poster on the boards and never fall through, especially when you have been active for many years. One is bound to make contradictive statements somewhere along the line!

So yes, for tricking people with the avatar, but no to being able to fool people all the time..unless you keep a really low profile and only comment to poems, then you have ample time to think over every word to make them match your "creation"so to say.

Well, for all that, I'm Irish, raised Catholic, from Tennessee, living in Texas, Family Law attorney: argumentative? ARE you kidding?

That has been a five-fold burden to work through.

Now, in person, pretty much the same as what I am here. Except for my epic arguments with my wife.
They're usually my fault.