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Topic: RE: Prayers Requested
Mike,
My prayers and thoughts are with Ken and his family and also with you and your other co-workers. What a tragedy.
I've spent the last 23 years living within whistle distance of railroad tracks and the sounds of the trains have become the background music of my life. When I lived in Tucson, we had a flat roofed house that was about a mile from the train yard. Some days, we'd haul lawn chairs and a cooler full of cold drinks to the roof and watch the trains. When I bought my current home 9 years ago, I was happy to find another house within earshot of the tracks because the sounds of coupling cars and metal wheels on metal tracks lulls me to sleep at night. My great uncle worked for Illinois Central in the early 1900's and I am proud to be the caretaker of his old train stool.
I'm very sorry for your loss. Mike. Be safe and be well.
Connie
My prayers and thoughts are with Ken and his family and also with you and your other co-workers. What a tragedy.
I've spent the last 23 years living within whistle distance of railroad tracks and the sounds of the trains have become the background music of my life. When I lived in Tucson, we had a flat roofed house that was about a mile from the train yard. Some days, we'd haul lawn chairs and a cooler full of cold drinks to the roof and watch the trains. When I bought my current home 9 years ago, I was happy to find another house within earshot of the tracks because the sounds of coupling cars and metal wheels on metal tracks lulls me to sleep at night. My great uncle worked for Illinois Central in the early 1900's and I am proud to be the caretaker of his old train stool.
I'm very sorry for your loss. Mike. Be safe and be well.
Connie
Topic: Prayers Requested
Dear Friends;
I'd like to request that in your thoughts and prayers, you include Ken McGrath and his family. He was a co-worker of mine.....a signal maintainer for Metro North Railroad. Ken was struck and killed by a commuter train in Rye, N.Y. last Friday night. Despite a host of safety regulations for working on live tracks, railroads are still dangerous places. One of the reasons for my giving up my night supervisor position for a day foreman job is that I was getting uncomfortable working around the tracks at night. I just felt that I have been "losing my edge" as I've gotten older. You tend to get complacent with experience on my job. Ken had over 25 years experience when this tragedy occurred. This seems to be the norm according to statistics compiled of on-track fatalities over the years. The majority of fatalities seem to involve people with over 20 years on the job. Anyway... thank you for remembering Ken and his family.
Mike
Topic: Drama!
Wowzer!!!
I haven't been here for a while due to a lot of family and work issues. It seems that there have been some misunderstanding in our posting lately. I have been on the soapbox many times on this subject and don't plan to jump back up on that particular soapbox. I'd just like to remind everyone here that we are so much better off together rather than apart. I know that my attendance is such that I shouldn't preach about this right now, but I still look in on the board regularly and think about what I read here. I really do care about all of you and would be saddened to lose you. I'm sure that there are many people *****ad the posts here and benefit from them without posting themselves. It may seem unfair that not everyone participates, but we all seem to go through periods of heavy participation followed by "time off".
My point in all of this, Dear Marchers, is that we should not allow difference of opinion on a given subject to cause us to leave the board "in a huff". Let's celebrate our differences and continue to do what we came here for 5 years ago.......Love, Respect, Help, and Support one another!!!! As always, Connie got right to the point in her post listing her "self guidelines". I plan to apply them to myself and ask that you all think about the message.
Big Hugs to all;
Mike
I haven't been here for a while due to a lot of family and work issues. It seems that there have been some misunderstanding in our posting lately. I have been on the soapbox many times on this subject and don't plan to jump back up on that particular soapbox. I'd just like to remind everyone here that we are so much better off together rather than apart. I know that my attendance is such that I shouldn't preach about this right now, but I still look in on the board regularly and think about what I read here. I really do care about all of you and would be saddened to lose you. I'm sure that there are many people *****ad the posts here and benefit from them without posting themselves. It may seem unfair that not everyone participates, but we all seem to go through periods of heavy participation followed by "time off".
My point in all of this, Dear Marchers, is that we should not allow difference of opinion on a given subject to cause us to leave the board "in a huff". Let's celebrate our differences and continue to do what we came here for 5 years ago.......Love, Respect, Help, and Support one another!!!! As always, Connie got right to the point in her post listing her "self guidelines". I plan to apply them to myself and ask that you all think about the message.
Big Hugs to all;
Mike
Topic: RE: Connie's Guidelines for Connie
Thank You Connie!!
As always, you get right to the point and your logic is unassailable. I wish that there was some way to have your self-guidelines appear as "pop-up" on this and other similar message boards to remind us that we are all different and look at things differently. I agree that "Rules" are not a good idea, but we sometimes need a gentle reminder that we are different; our thought patterns are different; but we are all here for the same reasons.
Mike
As always, you get right to the point and your logic is unassailable. I wish that there was some way to have your self-guidelines appear as "pop-up" on this and other similar message boards to remind us that we are all different and look at things differently. I agree that "Rules" are not a good idea, but we sometimes need a gentle reminder that we are different; our thought patterns are different; but we are all here for the same reasons.
Mike
Topic: RE: Connie's Guidelines for Connie
you are such a great influence.
I'm going to take these to heart.
I'm going to take these to heart.
Topic: RE: Connie's Guidelines for Connie
Namaste. (hands together...bows).
I'm with ya Connie. on all points. Just don't change the way you express yourself. I absolutely LOVE reading your posts. And I'm gonna tell you now...although I may have told you before...if you ever decide to write a Novel about anything, I'll be your number one fan. Minus the whole "Misery" thing.
You are so darned expressive in your writing. I love that...Namaste greeting/respect. It's absolutely true. We are all one and no matter what, we have to recognize the good in everyone best that we can because the light of God is within us all. 
My personal rule is that I will try to make people feel good and happy, because whenever my time comes...it's how we make people feel that truly will matter. 
I'm with ya Connie. on all points. Just don't change the way you express yourself. I absolutely LOVE reading your posts. And I'm gonna tell you now...although I may have told you before...if you ever decide to write a Novel about anything, I'll be your number one fan. Minus the whole "Misery" thing.
You are so darned expressive in your writing. I love that...Namaste greeting/respect. It's absolutely true. We are all one and no matter what, we have to recognize the good in everyone best that we can because the light of God is within us all. My personal rule is that I will try to make people feel good and happy, because whenever my time comes...it's how we make people feel that truly will matter. Topic: RE: OT: Dog Advice Neede
If you ever decide make a secret survellance video I DEFINITELY want to see it!!! hahaha!!!
Topic: RE: Dear Connie, Kim, and all other interested parties
I think the thing is when we say thing in general about there being cheerleaders on here...well honestly there's like only a handfull of us that post. Me, pammie, kim, connie, you, joan .... very few so its just a matter of wonering who I guess. My pom poms did deflate a little I have to say. (smiling). I was just being a brat and really didn't take it to heart.
It's easy to misunderstand things on here. As far as the internet is concerned. I met my husband on the internet. (laugh) so i know it's possible to make a serious connection. I thought you meant you didn't connect with us here on the Marcher board and were nervous about posting any private things. Defintely don't blame you there at all if that's what you meant. I don't go into real personal details here as well, there is alot I dont mention but i mean thats normal, totally understandable since...you know anyone on this whole site can read it and run. So feeling at home can be a little hard. But I myself try to block out the fact that there may be others not posting...watching or whatever...I bite the bullet and just know that I'm speaking to my few friends that post every day and I'm very comfortable with them after 5 years. There are some personal things I will share. :)
As far as being frank and blunt. Hey, we all are at some time and point. and it can be a very good thing. But then again, I think sometimes there is a small line that can be crossed that will hurt and that all depends on the delivery. I still think this is all water under the bridge because it all comes down to the fact that we dont REALLY know whats stewing in someone's head when we dont know them personally off the boards. We dont see how they are 24/7. I guess instead of us telling people they are in denial about whatever illness we think they may have... we don't really know for sure. So maybe a suggestion would be better instead of an absolute assement of someones mentality in a bit of a mean way. Hey, don't get me wrong. Therapy wouldn't hurt any of us really. It's a positive thing even if we aren't clinically depressed. Don't need to be to go to one. God knows I'm sure I'd get some benefit out of it myself. lol...we don't want you to go back into your hole. All in all communication is just the way we work. good or bad. harsh or not. it gets the mind stimulated despite our feelings. Makes us all think. Definitely not something we can't handle since we are all friends. I'm hoping! We can certainly move on.
It's easy to misunderstand things on here. As far as the internet is concerned. I met my husband on the internet. (laugh) so i know it's possible to make a serious connection. I thought you meant you didn't connect with us here on the Marcher board and were nervous about posting any private things. Defintely don't blame you there at all if that's what you meant. I don't go into real personal details here as well, there is alot I dont mention but i mean thats normal, totally understandable since...you know anyone on this whole site can read it and run. So feeling at home can be a little hard. But I myself try to block out the fact that there may be others not posting...watching or whatever...I bite the bullet and just know that I'm speaking to my few friends that post every day and I'm very comfortable with them after 5 years. There are some personal things I will share. :)
As far as being frank and blunt. Hey, we all are at some time and point. and it can be a very good thing. But then again, I think sometimes there is a small line that can be crossed that will hurt and that all depends on the delivery. I still think this is all water under the bridge because it all comes down to the fact that we dont REALLY know whats stewing in someone's head when we dont know them personally off the boards. We dont see how they are 24/7. I guess instead of us telling people they are in denial about whatever illness we think they may have... we don't really know for sure. So maybe a suggestion would be better instead of an absolute assement of someones mentality in a bit of a mean way. Hey, don't get me wrong. Therapy wouldn't hurt any of us really. It's a positive thing even if we aren't clinically depressed. Don't need to be to go to one. God knows I'm sure I'd get some benefit out of it myself. lol...we don't want you to go back into your hole. All in all communication is just the way we work. good or bad. harsh or not. it gets the mind stimulated despite our feelings. Makes us all think. Definitely not something we can't handle since we are all friends. I'm hoping! We can certainly move on.
Topic: Connie's Guidelines for Connie
I'm posting some rules of engagement for me and me alone. I'm not asking anyone else to follow them, and I've changed my mind about rules for the board. I think Margo is right. If we have rules, that implies that someone has to moderate and someone has to enforce or police. I could see a set of rules causing more harm than good. So all I'm doing here is sharing with you all my code of conduct for my participation on this board and any other online group I come across. I'm not asking any of you to agree to this or police me on my behavior.
1. If I ask advice, I'm going to remember that I asked for someone's opinion and not argue with it. I can quietly take it or leave it, but it sets people up to fail if I ask their opinion and then criticize or question what they give me.
2. I'm going to presume good intent. If someone takes the time to respond to me, it's a safe bet that they mean well, no matter how it's phrased.
3. When I reply to a post, I need to remember that smiley faces aside, there is no inflection in my tone and my smile or grimace can't be seen. I may need to be very explicite about my intent or emotions when I reply to someone.
4. I will honor and respect our differences. I'm glad that there is no one like me because I can learn from others.
Namaste (Lots of translations, but my own is "The divine in me honors the divine in you" )
Connie
1. If I ask advice, I'm going to remember that I asked for someone's opinion and not argue with it. I can quietly take it or leave it, but it sets people up to fail if I ask their opinion and then criticize or question what they give me.
2. I'm going to presume good intent. If someone takes the time to respond to me, it's a safe bet that they mean well, no matter how it's phrased.
3. When I reply to a post, I need to remember that smiley faces aside, there is no inflection in my tone and my smile or grimace can't be seen. I may need to be very explicite about my intent or emotions when I reply to someone.
4. I will honor and respect our differences. I'm glad that there is no one like me because I can learn from others.
Namaste (Lots of translations, but my own is "The divine in me honors the divine in you" )
Connie
Topic: RE: Drama Free Posting about Food Intake!
oh good grief... it blanked out that the doctor wa$ (Hitting on me) lets see if that works....
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