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 Ba> I couldn't have found this "feed" without the help of
 Ba> Dallas, but I'm happy to be here.

We *all* need help now and again, no matter how much our pride wants us to
do it all ourselves. Healthy or not. Abused or not. Victimized or not. We 
all walk this planet with our own burdens and baggage.

 Ba> I think everyone has some sort of survivor aspect to them --
 Ba>  some situation they've managed to overcome, and eventually
 Ba> would like to share.

At your leisure, Bailiff. Me, a series of medical mistakes called 
"iatrogenic" care left me diagnosed with a "fibroid neuroma" on my sciatic 
nerve. In English... Pain.

 Ba> Reading the messages here (and there are over 350 for me to
 Ba> still read)... I just wanted to say hello to everyone.



One thing you might want to do, is just get a flavour of what we are about, 
how we interact... From there, I'm positive you will slip right in. I had 
to take a break from fido recently. I let the evil internet into my home 
and have been spending WAY too much time on ebay, but thankfully not too 
much money.  Besides that, my domicile needs all sorts of work 
so one of my struggles is to get that done. 

I owe Ardyth (likely) fifteen messages (Ardyth: Sorry lovely, I'd like to 
dig into the topics, but I'll just carry on anew.) but topics fly, and 
frustrations are bandied about. It's an ebb and flow thing.

 Ba> - Shiloh

Shiloh... Welcome aboard, if I may be so bold. The only real bullying that 
happens here on fido, is if some idiot tries to stomp on someone, then we 
regulars tend jump on *them* like mad-dogs. The moderators (AKA: Dallas ;) 
then "bullies" us to keep our saliva in check, and reminds us that it is 
*his* right and responsibility to keep ALL us in check. 

Since I returned to fido about (Taking a wild guess.) ten years ago (I used 
to run my own BBS decades ago like Dallas is doing.) I've rarely seen a 
moderator act, and even then, so gently a new person would hardly realize 
it.   

Feel free to "look" stupid! We've ALL been where you are with this forum of 
communication. We are here to help one another AND to be helped. 



... James
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