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Post by tallguy on Dec 20, 2016 21:48:52 GMT -5
I never paid attention to individual stories so cannot relate names to situations, but as a former moderator I do remember many of the names. Could it be kdamron you are thinking of?
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Post by msventoux on Dec 20, 2016 21:55:17 GMT -5
I never paid attention to individual stories so cannot relate names to situations, but as a former moderator I do remember many of the names. Could it be kdamron you are thinking of? I'm pretty sure that was her. Like suesinfl, I always changed her name to a spice - cardamom.
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Post by msventoux on Dec 20, 2016 21:58:21 GMT -5
What about the lady who worked, but her drunk abusive husband didn't because he was supposed to be remodeling their house? She wasn't on for long, but I've wondered about her and hope she got out of that situation. She was scared to take the kids and leave but the posters her kept encouraging her to seek help. I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel.
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 20, 2016 22:02:55 GMT -5
A few of us started out on the old CNBC business board. The subject choices of discussion areas were named for the two hour segments of the shows on CNBC Squawk Box, Closing Bell, and so on. Some of the actual people hosting the shows would also post on the various boards with the posters, back in the day, where the network did not think they would be sued by unhappy posters for bad information, etc, lol. After CNBC Message board closed down, I believe, it was merged into the MSN boards, but I cannot remember for sure. Memory serves me Paul was on the CNBC boards also. Once we migrated to MSN the politics board was a riot, but you also learned a lot of information about politics in general. Bobndc was the moderator of the politics board, who represented himself as some sort of "in the know politician" who was proven to be a fraud by a fellow poster and forced off the board. Our Presidential politics threads were great. You think there were hard feelings here on the Politics board, lol, not even close to the threads back then. I believe dj was there posting under another name at the time, but Paul was also well represented there. The amount of talent and thread discussions were rather detailed, I assume because MSN had such heavy participation useage, including many people from around the world We also had great discussions on the investment boards as wxyz had mentioned earlier.
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Post by suesinfl on Dec 20, 2016 22:10:59 GMT -5
What about the lady who worked, but her drunk abusive husband didn't because he was supposed to be remodeling their house? She wasn't on for long, but I've wondered about her and hope she got out of that situation. She was scared to take the kids and leave but the posters her kept encouraging her to seek help. I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. Yes, that is the one I was thinking of.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 22:18:03 GMT -5
Man, you guys all have great memories...then again, I suck when it comes to names, I have to look at the signs of the people in the cubes around me that I've worked with for years sometimes. But, when I hear the stories, they all come back. I sure wish some of those threads could have been saved.
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Post by suesinfl on Dec 20, 2016 22:37:16 GMT -5
She who shall not be name, made me roll my eyes so far out of my head, I thought that I would never find them again. I also think that the head banging gave me a couple of concussions at times.
Although entertaining, I will say that the advice/ideas that were given has helped me a lot, so I'm thankful for different insights.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Dec 20, 2016 22:50:30 GMT -5
I'm beginning to question how my membership here might threaten my husband's safety after reading the last few posts and recalling the poster who had 6?, 8? kids and her husband was found dead in his car at a rest area?
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Dec 20, 2016 22:52:43 GMT -5
What about the lady who worked, but her drunk abusive husband didn't because he was supposed to be remodeling their house? She wasn't on for long, but I've wondered about her and hope she got out of that situation. She was scared to take the kids and leave but the posters her kept encouraging her to seek help. I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. Was one of her children -- a son -- autistic or severely learning disabled?
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Post by Pants on Dec 20, 2016 22:53:21 GMT -5
I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. Yes, that is the one I was thinking of. terri i think.
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Post by Sharon on Dec 20, 2016 22:53:42 GMT -5
I'm beginning to question how my membership here might threaten my husband's safety after reading the last few posts and recalling the poster who had 6?, 8? kids and her husband was found dead in his car at a rest area? She lost her husband right around the same time that Kdarmon? lost hers. I also wonder about the lady, I believe she was Widow2006 or 9 whose in-laws took a bunch of clocks that her husband had made. I have always hoped that she got the clocks back.
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Post by Pants on Dec 20, 2016 22:54:46 GMT -5
I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. Was one of her children -- a son -- autistic or severely learning disabled? Unsure but there's another poster here who fits that bill who also had trouble with her husband. That was les. Don't know if terri also had a disabled son.
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Post by Sharon on Dec 20, 2016 22:59:01 GMT -5
Earth Muffin who started the original coffee shop had posted about her family having the flu and that they were going to go visit relatives out of state for a few days and she never posted again. I always wondered why and hope that all is well with her family.
Westerngal and Georgia peach both posters that just faded away.
ETA: There was also a lady who lived someplace where there was a lot of snow. I believe her husband drove a snow plow. They were doing a lot of repairs on their house. She too just faded.
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Post by Sharon on Dec 20, 2016 23:24:23 GMT -5
There was also a woman on the old MSN boards, Chartersux, who chose not to follow us over here.
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Post by saveinla on Dec 20, 2016 23:39:47 GMT -5
I'm beginning to question how my membership here might threaten my husband's safety after reading the last few posts and recalling the poster who had 6?, 8? kids and her husband was found dead in his car at a rest area? Didn't she come back as - InsertCoolName or something? She had 5 or 6 kids and her DH was a trucker and died a week of kdamron's DH died.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 21, 2016 1:54:50 GMT -5
What was the name of the woman Oregon whose husband was a cowboy/ farmhand and they lived in pure poverty? They had a couple of very young children and she could not figure out how to get him to do something so their children would have a better chance (this cowboy thing was his dream). I hope she found a way out of that situation that left her happy.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 21, 2016 5:38:27 GMT -5
There was also a woman on the old MSN boards, Chartersux, who chose not to follow us over here. I'm sure some posters here are just fine with that.
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Post by gs11rmb on Dec 21, 2016 9:10:00 GMT -5
What was the name of the woman Oregon whose husband was a cowboy/ farmhand and they lived in pure poverty? They had a couple of very young children and she could not figure out how to get him to do something so their children would have a better chance (this cowboy thing was his dream). I hope she found a way out of that situation that left her happy. I think that's the woman who was complaining that she worked 3 jobs but still qualified for food stamps. When pressed for details it turned out two of the jobs took just 1-2 hours a week! I did feel sorry for her though.
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Post by gs11rmb on Dec 21, 2016 9:12:29 GMT -5
One of the posters I remember most vividly is Ameiko. He lived in Atlanta in a neighborhood just a couple of miles from mine. He was one of the most misogynistic human beings I've ever encountered and I often wondered if I was ever standing next to him in Publix because I know he would have been judging me!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 21, 2016 11:30:32 GMT -5
Earth Muffin who started the original coffee shop had posted about her family having the flu and that they were going to go visit relatives out of state for a few days and she never posted again. I always wondered why and hope that all is well with her family. Westerngal and Georgia peach both posters that just faded away. ETA: There was also a lady who lived someplace where there was a lot of snow. I believe her husband drove a snow plow. They were doing a lot of repairs on their house. She too just faded. Westerngal I believe as a poster who moved over to the other board. She lived in Houston. Sometime around 2004ish? She posted on the board that she had stubbed her toe on the shower door a few months earlier and it hadn't healed. People told her that she needed to see her doctors that wasn't good. She came back a few weeks later and picked a fight and left. Then she came back and apologized. As it turned out, her non healing toe lead yo a diagnosis of stomach cancer, and her body was riddled with it. Her goal was to see her son's wedding in a few months. She did, then stopped posting. Several weeks later, her son signed into her account to tell us his mom had died a week earlier. I think I remember her telling the board that she had left instructions with her son to let us know.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 21, 2016 11:33:03 GMT -5
What was the name of the woman Oregon whose husband was a cowboy/ farmhand and they lived in pure poverty? They had a couple of very young children and she could not figure out how to get him to do something so their children would have a better chance (this cowboy thing was his dream). I hope she found a way out of that situation that left her happy. Was this lisamomof5? Last I remember of this, he had gotten a job as a farmhand and were given a small house to live in. I seem to remember her having major car difficulties and because they were do far away from everything, the car problems made it worse.
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Post by swasat on Dec 21, 2016 11:40:26 GMT -5
There used to be a lady on the old MSN boards who had this saying quite famous on the board: "You can move the shit around in the yard but its still shit and you'd still be waddling in it" and "Your suggestions will be valued directly in proportion to your contributions". LOVED the quotes!! I filed them in my Quotable Quotes folder for use I think it was a "kamaora" or something but I can't remember.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 21, 2016 12:25:12 GMT -5
What was the name of the woman Oregon whose husband was a cowboy/ farmhand and they lived in pure poverty? They had a couple of very young children and she could not figure out how to get him to do something so their children would have a better chance (this cowboy thing was his dream). I hope she found a way out of that situation that left her happy. Was this lisamomof5? Last I remember of this, he had gotten a job as a farmhand and were given a small house to live in. I seem to remember her having major car difficulties and because they were do far away from everything, the car problems made it worse. The story is right but I don't think that was her name. Didn't Lisa lose a son or maybe even two?
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Dec 21, 2016 14:42:52 GMT -5
What about the lady who worked, but her drunk abusive husband didn't because he was supposed to be remodeling their house? She wasn't on for long, but I've wondered about her and hope she got out of that situation. She was scared to take the kids and leave but the posters her kept encouraging her to seek help. I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. That was Terri.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Dec 21, 2016 14:45:45 GMT -5
What was the name of the woman Oregon whose husband was a cowboy/ farmhand and they lived in pure poverty? They had a couple of very young children and she could not figure out how to get him to do something so their children would have a better chance (this cowboy thing was his dream). I hope she found a way out of that situation that left her happy. I remember her, but don't remember her name. She was trying to make it work on like $900 per month take home pay, or some other very low number.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Dec 21, 2016 14:49:02 GMT -5
One of the posters I remember most vividly is Ameiko. He lived in Atlanta in a neighborhood just a couple of miles from mine. He was one of the most misogynistic human beings I've ever encountered and I often wondered if I was ever standing next to him in Publix because I know he would have been judging me! Oh yes, I remember him. What a charmer. I just love a guy who thinks his particular naughty bits make him vastly superior to approximately half of the world's population.
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Post by swasat on Dec 21, 2016 15:17:58 GMT -5
Anyone know what happened to ElusionsofGrandeur? She got married to a guy with kids, was pregnant, really short on money and wondering how they could pay the private school tuition for her step kids. I think she had a sound head but just made so many poor choices consistently and didn't want to see the obvious solutions. More like she wanted some kind of miracle that would solve all her problems
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Post by imawino on Dec 21, 2016 15:33:05 GMT -5
What about the lady who worked, but her drunk abusive husband didn't because he was supposed to be remodeling their house? She wasn't on for long, but I've wondered about her and hope she got out of that situation. She was scared to take the kids and leave but the posters her kept encouraging her to seek help. I vaguely remember that one. If it's the one I'm thinking of, they were living in a kind of run down house and owned the adjacent house that they wanted to sell or turn into a rental. He spent his days drinking/smoking in the second house and not accomplishing anything on the remodel. Wasn't that Terri?
eta: I see a couple of others beat me to it.
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Post by swamp on Dec 21, 2016 15:33:30 GMT -5
One of the posters I remember most vividly is Ameiko. He lived in Atlanta in a neighborhood just a couple of miles from mine. He was one of the most misogynistic human beings I've ever encountered and I often wondered if I was ever standing next to him in Publix because I know he would have been judging me! Oh yes, I remember him. What a charmer. I just love a guy who thinks his particular naughty bits make him vastly superior to approximately half of the world's population. and wanted an Asian woman because they are subservient. Or so he thought.
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Post by imawino on Dec 21, 2016 15:48:11 GMT -5
I was a latecomer to the MSN board. I think I joined around 2009, starting on Smart Spending after seeing something from Donna Freedman. Morro Bay Mom started posting there just before or after me, and Dutt, Pepperdoo, and missrigby were frequent posters. And a guy who always called missrigby "Eleanor", but for some reason I can't think of his name right now. My first post on EE was in a thread about guns, and Doc Pig was arguing with me about full auto (it's legal in Oregon to own full auto weapons, but he thought there was no way that was possible, and I must be confused with semi-auto). Spydah eventually taught me the ins-and-outs of facebook, and clued me in on some things to let me know that I might want to be pretty careful about allowing my identity to be figured out. So, I must have come on just right after the stalking incident(s). I think that is the same time I joined.
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