I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

I love squirrels, except when they get in my attic.

So much for the roving band of lurkers, who love to delete posts.

And the dish ran away with the spoon!

That dog has so many personalities, it's hard to tell!

Morning Barbara!

I read Rocky's post too .. nothing offensive about it!  What is offensive is people with more than one user name.  It's lying plain and simple .. making up a person with breast cancer is pretty damn low.  Obviously, alteregos have no respect for the pledge we all took when posting on this thread.

Bren

So sad that these attacks continue and nothing seems to be done to shut them down.  There seems to be individuals with multiple ids and personal agendas, therefore giving them multiple opportunity to hit that "report" button.  If there was nothing in Rocky's post to violate any rules, why was it removed?  Make people accountable and post the names of the reporters.  Do what other message boards do and track the computer id and only allow one message board id from that computer.  That also gives you the opportunity to permanently block the person abusing the system.  Something needs to be done to make us feel safe expressing ourselves on these message boards.  I've been on other message boards since I was diagnosed, and we simply don't see this.  I have not been posting as much since my post was deleted, because I do not feel safe here.  That is a sad statement to make as we should feel safer here around other breast cancer survivors than anywhere else. 

Blue, healing, positive thoughts coming your way for a successful "tweak" today.

Going to go find a squirrel to hug!

I like the squirrels, but what I can't stand are the moles.  They are tearing my yard up!  And it's impossible to catch them or get rid of them.  My dogs try, but mostly they just tear the yard up even more!  And the mole's stupid tunnels are dangerous to step in, very easy to turn your ankle in one of them.  Maybe I need a cat to hunt them down and kill them.

Bren

Maybe I need a big tiger to get rid of the moles!

Bren

My father spent years trying to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders. Then my sister gave him one of those squirrel feeders with the corn cob on it. Everyday, he'd go out and feed them peanuts. Eventually, some of them ate out of his hand. We even had an albino family - solid white with pink eyes. A tornado came through and they disappeared - he was distraught over them. Six weeks later he saw them down the street in a neighbor's yard. He was so happy that they had just relocated, but a little jealous that they didn't live in our yard anymore.

I wouldn't think she is banned - just had a deleted post, so I imagine she can still get your pmails.

Two things (there would be three, but I don't want this post deleted by the secret police) --

1) I will confess that I have eaten squirrel.  My dh cooks them with gravy in the crock pot, after which they taste like, um, ... chicken?  But I would never ever do anything bad to a squirrel that was turning around and grinning at me, or to a rabid squirrel (not sure which it is in Rocky's avatar).

2) Blue, I hope your tune-up allows you to hit all the high notes.  But, this guy sure doesn't look like he needs a tune-up....

Hugs to all...

otter

Hahaha on your picky squirrels. The ones in my yard love tulips of all colors. And crocuses. And tomatoes. I love the squirrels who post here; maybe I should get little computers for the ones around me, and encourage them to go online and leave my garden alone.



Totally agree on the sockpuppet issue. Especially on a board like this, where we're all dealing with a terrible disease, it's profoundly disrespectful when certain posters adopt multiple identities. Or repost stories they find on the Internet without attribution and pretend they're their own stories. These things totally undercut the goals of the community.

Sort of reminds me of kids picking up the phone and dialing random numbers in the middle of the night and asking "Is your refrigerator running?  Well, go catch it".  How childish is that?  I thought this forum was for grown-ups........