Knickers = Twisted ... Umbrage = Taken

[ajames54]

A step back = needed

C'mon Ladies and Gentlemen lets relax a minute.. as far a flames and
trolls are concerned this group doesn't even make it into the minor
leagues. (Take it from someone who has received actual abusive - Phone
calls - after a Usenet post.)

This Usenet is a weird place, it is a different type of communication
media than any other, it is completely lacking in outside referents.
There is no tone of voice, there is no shared history or background
nothing but a shared interest in a hobby. Misunderstandings are bound
to occur in a forum like this, not everyone looks at issues the same
way not everyone shares the same sense of humor.

Not every disagreement is a challenge ...
If someone thinks you're wrong it does not mean they think you're
stupid...
Just because it always works for you does not mean it ever worked for
me...
Never ascribe to malice what can also be ascribed to ignorance/accident
....

As a bit of a "for example"
Not to long ago I was "kill filed" ( and told off) by a couple of
regulars because they took my skepticism of a "magic pond additive"
that they happen to use as a personal attack... I'm not ****ed at them,
just disappointed because they will miss the (admittedly rare) valuable
contribution I might make.

Anyway all this is just to say ... relax a bit, this is just the usenet
not the real world..

[Benign Vanilla]

"ajames54" > wrote in message
ups.com...
<snip>
> As a bit of a "for example"
> Not to long ago I was "kill filed" ( and told off) by a couple of
> regulars because they took my skepticism of a "magic pond additive"
> that they happen to use as a personal attack... I'm not ****ed at them,
> just disappointed because they will miss the (admittedly rare) valuable
> contribution I might make.
<snip>

If I remember correctly that was the Tetra Pixie Dust right? :)

--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

[ajames54]

Benign Vanilla wrote:
> "ajames54" > wrote in message
> ups.com...

>
> If I remember correctly that was the Tetra Pixie Dust right? :)
>

Exactly!
( a bit of a flash-back eh?)

A Pixie infestation is a sign of a much larger problem, treat the
problem not the symptom...

[Lilly]

alt.politics or alt.flame = no gloves, no punches pulled and
"interesting" perceptions of reality.

Lilly

ps: might somebody point me to the "Tetra Pixie Dust" thread? Google
didn't pull it up.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On 13 Jan 2005 10:01:18 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:

>Anyway all this is just to say ... relax a bit, this is just the usenet
>not the real world..

NOT THE REAL WORLD!!!!! OMG!!! I'm gonna need therapy after finding that
out, and ajames I'm sending you the bill!!!!! ~ jan :o)


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[ajames54]

2nd try... the new google is broken again...

Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
a beer.

Lilly... at this point I don't even remember which of the various
products I don't trust that the origional thread was discussing ..

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

On 14 Jan 2005 07:04:25 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:

>Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
>next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
>a beer.

:o)
I don't drink pee... ah beer. ;o) But I appreciate the offer. Now if you
offered me ice wine, nectar of the pond goddesses, I'd get to your
neighborhood, somehow. ;o) ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Bill Stock]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> On 14 Jan 2005 07:04:25 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:
>
>>Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
>>next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
>>a beer.
>
> :o)
> I don't drink pee... ah beer. ;o) But I appreciate the offer. Now if you
> offered me ice wine, nectar of the pond goddesses, I'd get to your
> neighborhood, somehow. ;o) ~ jan
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

I thought Nedra was the Pond Goddess, er Queen?

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:39:57 -0500, "Bill Stock" > wrote:

>I thought Nedra was the Pond Goddess, er Queen?

Shhhhhh, we don't discuss this in polite company..... it can start
things... nasty things..

"Wait! Wait!" demands the Porg Queen.

<oh no, mr. bill, we've waken her!>

"Nedra is the Pond Goddess of the Middle West, or the Middle or... where
the L is she again? Oh, these ponding ledgers and my maps, My Maps!!! she
exclaims. "The dang pond fairies have been chasing each other thru my
papers once again." Swatting at them, "Off with you, off I
say!"..............



~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Nedra]

Right you are, Bill And I drink Beer!!
I'm from the Upper South ... south eastern Missouri specifically - is that
in your
neighborhood?

Nedra

"Bill Stock" > wrote in message
...
>
> "~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 14 Jan 2005 07:04:25 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:
> >
> >>Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
> >>next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
> >>a beer.
> >
> > :o)
> > I don't drink pee... ah beer. ;o) But I appreciate the offer. Now if you
> > offered me ice wine, nectar of the pond goddesses, I'd get to your
> > neighborhood, somehow. ;o) ~ jan
> >
> >
> > ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
>
> I thought Nedra was the Pond Goddess, er Queen?
>
>
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>I'm from the Upper South ... south eastern Missouri specifically - is that
>in your neighborhood? Nedra

What do they call your region? Hurry before the Porg Queen comes back, she
has such a nasty temper, being winter and all.

Looks like your temp is currently like ours and snow too. Sneaking under
desk before the Queen sees me tapping away here. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Bill Stock]

"Nedra" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Right you are, Bill And I drink Beer!!
> I'm from the Upper South ... south eastern Missouri specifically - is that
> in your
> neighborhood?
>
> Nedra

Wow, a Pond Goddess who drinks beer. I'm sold. :)

I'm in the Frozen North (Toronto), which at the moment deserves its
reputation.

> "Bill Stock" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 14 Jan 2005 07:04:25 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
>> >>next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
>> >>a beer.
>> >
>> > :o)
>> > I don't drink pee... ah beer. ;o) But I appreciate the offer. Now if
>> > you
>> > offered me ice wine, nectar of the pond goddesses, I'd get to your
>> > neighborhood, somehow. ;o) ~ jan
>> >
>> >
>> > ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
>>
>> I thought Nedra was the Pond Goddess, er Queen?
>>
>>
>>
>

[Nedra]

NOAA says We're in South Central of the USA.

Looks like you doing the fairy tale thingy again, Jan? If yes, look out
below!
No telling where this might take us - - ROFLOL

Nedra

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >I'm from the Upper South ... south eastern Missouri specifically - is
that
> >in your neighborhood? Nedra
>
> What do they call your region? Hurry before the Porg Queen comes back, she
> has such a nasty temper, being winter and all.
>
> Looks like your temp is currently like ours and snow too. Sneaking under
> desk before the Queen sees me tapping away here. ~ jan
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>Nedra wrote:
>NOAA says We're in South Central of the USA.
>
>Looks like you doing the fairy tale thingy again, Jan?

I heard it was decided we are all living a fairy tale in here?

Sad thing is, I lost all those stories on the Kingdom of Zort. :(
~ jan
~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Ka30P]

Didn't I used to be a hand maiden or something? I could use a dragon to thaw
out the bird feeder. More snow last night.

kathy
kathy

[Nedra]

Yes indeed you were handmaiden - to, I think, Jan.
I can't remember the name of my nieghbor who said I should be goddess
of the Upper South .... of course an argument ensued ....
Oh my, what innocent fun that was.

Nedra

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> Didn't I used to be a hand maiden or something? I could use a dragon to
thaw
> out the bird feeder. More snow last night.
>
> kathy
> kathy
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:25:30 GMT, "Nedra" > wrote:

>Yes indeed you were handmaiden - to, I think, Jan.

Yes, alas, she has been promoted. To what I know not. ;o) <--<BEG>

>I can't remember the name of my nieghbor who said I should be goddess
>of the Upper South .... of course an argument ensued ....

Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though she
hadn't been keeping up with the newsgroup. In her absence we sectioned off
into regions, heaven forbid, was SWCBN ticked at us. Then there was the guy
who got all up tight with our blasphemy. <s> It's a for fun, sci-fi,
fantasy, folks. He didn't get it.

>Oh my, what innocent fun that was.

Truly t'was. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Bill Stock]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:25:30 GMT, "Nedra" >
> >wrote:
>
>>Yes indeed you were handmaiden - to, I think, Jan.
>
> Yes, alas, she has been promoted. To what I know not. ;o) <--<BEG>
>
>>I can't remember the name of my nieghbor who said I should be goddess
>>of the Upper South .... of course an argument ensued ....
>
> Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though
> she
> hadn't been keeping up with the newsgroup. In her absence we sectioned off
> into regions, heaven forbid, was SWCBN ticked at us. Then there was the
> guy
> who got all up tight with our blasphemy. <s> It's a for fun, sci-fi,
> fantasy, folks. He didn't get it.
>
>>Oh my, what innocent fun that was.
>
> Truly t'was. ~ jan
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

--
Mr. Bill
Frog Prince, The Kingdom of Zort.

[Nedra]

Hooray! We finally have Mr. Bill, Frog Prince and he comes already
christened in the
Kingdom of Zort. Always wanted a Frog Prince who drinks beer ;-)
<chuckle>
I think Mr. Bill would like to see
more of the tale, Jan ... what do you think?

Nedra

"Bill Stock" > wrote in message
...
>
> "~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:25:30 GMT, "Nedra" >
> > >wrote:
> >
> >>Yes indeed you were handmaiden - to, I think, Jan.
> >
> > Yes, alas, she has been promoted. To what I know not. ;o) <--<BEG>
> >
> >>I can't remember the name of my nieghbor who said I should be goddess
> >>of the Upper South .... of course an argument ensued ....
> >
> > Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though
> > she
> > hadn't been keeping up with the newsgroup. In her absence we sectioned
off
> > into regions, heaven forbid, was SWCBN ticked at us. Then there was the
> > guy
> > who got all up tight with our blasphemy. <s> It's a for fun, sci-fi,
> > fantasy, folks. He didn't get it.
> >
> >>Oh my, what innocent fun that was.
> >
> > Truly t'was. ~ jan
> >
> >
> > ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
>
> --
> Mr. Bill
> Frog Prince, The Kingdom of Zort.
>
>
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:55:35 GMT, "Nedra" > wrote:

>I think Mr. Bill would like to see
>more of the tale, Jan ... what do you think?
>Nedra

I would love to rerun it, but I lost all but Chapters 7-9. Bonnie, PGofE,
did you happen to save them? ~ jan <--Alter-Ego PQ


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[news groups]

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

> On 14 Jan 2005 07:04:25 -0800, "ajames54" > wrote:
>
>
>>Jan, I don't know about the therapy bill... for me that would be the
>>next pond addition. But if you're ever in the neighborhood I'll buy you
>>a beer.
>
>
> :o)
> I don't drink pee... ah beer. ;o) But I appreciate the offer. Now if you
> offered me ice wine, nectar of the pond goddesses, I'd get to your
> neighborhood, somehow. ;o) ~ jan
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
Bailey's maybe?? :-)))

[Bonnie]

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
>>Nedra wrote:
>>NOAA says We're in South Central of the USA.
>>
>>Looks like you doing the fairy tale thingy again, Jan?
>
>
> I heard it was decided we are all living a fairy tale in here?
>
> Sad thing is, I lost all those stories on the Kingdom of Zort. :(
> ~ jan
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

East here, I'm a little late - the delayed holiday
celebration and guests have gone and I'm only now catching
up. I think I saved the stories - no idea where though.
This could take a long time to hunt them down. I may find
them by Spring!

--
Bonnie
NJ

[ajames54]

Welcome to the neighborhood..
That means there are at least three of us...

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:39:31 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>East here, I'm a little late - the delayed holiday
>celebration and guests have gone and I'm only now catching
>up. I think I saved the stories - no idea where though.
>This could take a long time to hunt them down. I may find
>them by Spring!

I knew it was you, that had once mentioned saving them. Yes, when you have
the time, I would be SO PLEASED to get them back on my system. :o) ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Derek Broughton]

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

>>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:25:30 GMT, "Nedra" > wrote:
>
>>Yes indeed you were handmaiden - to, I think, Jan.
>
> Yes, alas, she has been promoted. To what I know not. ;o) <--<BEG>
>
>>I can't remember the name of my nieghbor who said I should be goddess
>>of the Upper South .... of course an argument ensued ....

I can, she was from Dubya's neighborhood (well, the state at least, it's
just a little place).
>
> Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though

Cannot be Named? You don't think she'd actually hear if we did use her name
do you? That snit must have been 4 or 5 years ago, and I haven't heard a
peep from her since.
--
derek

[Benign Vanilla]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> Didn't I used to be a hand maiden or something? I could use a dragon to
thaw
> out the bird feeder. More snow last night.

I seem to remember, I was deemed the Court Jester, so I will kindly avoid
this thread further.

;)


--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:52:33 -0400, Derek Broughton >
wrote:

>> Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though
>
>Cannot be Named? You don't think she'd actually hear if we did use her name
>do you?

I was taking my cue from Harry Potter. :o)

>That snit must have been 4 or 5 years ago, and I haven't heard a
>peep from her since.

Well we sure don't want to start anything up by naming names of the
unnameable now do we? ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>"Ka30P" wrote in message
>> Didn't I used to be a hand maiden or something?
>
>I seem to remember, I was deemed the Court Jester, so I will kindly avoid
>this thread further. BV

And rightly so. :-D ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[San Diego Joe]

"Benign Vanilla" wrote:

>
> "Ka30P" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Didn't I used to be a hand maiden or something? I could use a dragon to
> thaw
>> out the bird feeder. More snow last night.
>
> I seem to remember, I was deemed the Court Jester, so I will kindly avoid
> this thread further.
>
> ;)
>

Me too, I think I was the village idiot!

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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[Derek Broughton]

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:52:33 -0400, Derek Broughton >
> wrote:
>
>>> Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even though
>>
>>Cannot be Named? You don't think she'd actually hear if we did use her
>>name do you?
>
> I was taking my cue from Harry Potter. :o)

I tend to Harry's point of view - and feel free to name unnameables...
--
derek

[Nedra]

Derek .... Ohhh this is too good to pass up, sorry Jan. I know your just
kidding
anyway. She who is unnameable can be found on the last page of the ponding
magazine, "Water Gardening". She
always prints an article on that last page: goes by the name of Kellie
Sisson.

Nedra
Lotus Garden:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
Backyard Pond:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:52:33 -0400, Derek Broughton
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>> Yes, She Who Cannot Be Named wanted to be THE Pond Goddess, even
though
> >>
> >>Cannot be Named? You don't think she'd actually hear if we did use her
> >>name do you?
> >
> > I was taking my cue from Harry Potter. :o)
>
> I tend to Harry's point of view - and feel free to name unnameables...
> --
> derek

[~ Windsong ~]

"Nedra" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Derek .... Ohhh this is too good to pass up, sorry Jan. I know your
just
> kidding
> anyway. She who is unnameable can be found on the last page of the
ponding
> magazine, "Water Gardening". She
> always prints an article on that last page: goes by the name of Kellie
> Sisson.
=========================
Didn't she post here a few years ago? What am I missing? Why is she called
unnameable?
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"People who live in glass houses should make love in the basement."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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[Nedra]

Carol,
She and Jan got into a big snit over something - I confess
I don't remember the details.
Any rate Kellie is a writer and has a couple of books to her credit.
Btw, I forgot to post her last name ... it's Snider.

Nedra

Lotus Garden:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
Backyard Pond:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
"~ Windsong ~" <P@P> wrote in message
...
>
> "Nedra" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> > Derek .... Ohhh this is too good to pass up, sorry Jan. I know your
> just
> > kidding
> > anyway. She who is unnameable can be found on the last page of the
> ponding
> > magazine, "Water Gardening". She
> > always prints an article on that last page: goes by the name of Kellie
> > Sisson.
> =========================
> Didn't she post here a few years ago? What am I missing? Why is she
called
> unnameable?
> --
> Carol.... the frugal ponder...
> "People who live in glass houses should make love in the basement."
> http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:40:15 GMT, "Nedra" > wrote:

>Carol,
>She and Jan got into a big snit over something - I confess
>I don't remember the details.

It wasn't just me... but that's all I wish to say about it. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[~ Windsong ~]

"Nedra" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Carol,
> She and Jan got into a big snit over something - I confess
> I don't remember the details.
> Any rate Kellie is a writer and has a couple of books to her credit.
> Btw, I forgot to post her last name ... it's Snider.
>
> Nedra
========================
Oh, OK. I come and go from here as you know, so had no idea why she left.
I read her articles in the pond magazine.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
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