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On Saturday 03 November 2007 16:52, Granby wrote:
Fred: Not to be nosey, well yes, to be nosey have you heard anymore about the TV thing? Yes I have and was waiting till the right time, but since you ask, the CBC turned down my show after thinking about it for almost three months. It was hard to hear after coming so close. I'm not sure what I'll do next. -- Regards, Fred http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html |
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Feel free tu come and 'wreck havoc' of a funfun kind, any time you feel yu
wanna 'play'. -- Pitô.ônya an hur sekkerterree, Sylvia "fuzzmonsters" wrote in message ... First of, hello to all the old friends here and also to the new ones. My first ever online experience was r.p.c. Shadrach 'meowed', Newton answered and the rest is history. Speaking on a personal note, I have not been back to r.p.c.c. on a regular basis for several years. My kitties show up for the Ball but life intervenes and I have enough to do just keeping up with email, let alone the volume of posts the newsgroup would spawn. I also found that buying a house takes up what little free time one might have. I have missed r.p.c.c but have kept up with most of the "old-timers" via email. That's rather sad. Many of us invested a lot of time, effort and even tears trying to get the group *we* wanted instead of the one the PTB and some non-meowers thought we should be happy with. I think in my case it was just such an emotional investment that I was totally spent when it finally happened and it had the effect of taking a lot of the fun out of it for me. That was not fair to the group or to the other members who have remained faithful posters and I apologize. Shadrach & Jezebel are waiting for me at the Bridge, but Jessica & Ezekiel are currently making my life interesting and I think could probably wreak some havoc around here. Radonna, aka mb, and the fuzzmonsters My personal favorite among the suggested names was "clowder", but a high poohbah news.groupie vetoed it because he didn't know what it meant. Since a split was inevitable by that point (many meowers really didn't want the split at all), "community" was the best compromise arrived at and approved. And that's the Cliff Notes version of how we got here. :-) Melissa |
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Am sorry to hear this. You worked so hard for this. I am sure there will
be something else for you, there just hs to be good people deserve good to come back to them,/ "Fred Williams" wrote in message ... On Saturday 03 November 2007 16:52, Granby wrote: Fred: Not to be nosey, well yes, to be nosey have you heard anymore about the TV thing? Yes I have and was waiting till the right time, but since you ask, the CBC turned down my show after thinking about it for almost three months. It was hard to hear after coming so close. I'm not sure what I'll do next. -- Regards, Fred http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html |
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unbelievably, yes.
: The only two things I remember being able to vote on in r.p.c were : whether the meowchat should split off, and then whether r.p.c.community : should be the new group's name. I didn't think it was such a great : name, but I voted in favor of it so the split could occur ASAP. At that : time I had a lousy newsserver and probably missed more posts than I got. : : Have I really been posting here for over ten years??? : : Adam |
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: HA! Apparently so, because you were here well before I was, and I was
here : 11 years ago. : : : "Adam" wrote in message : news:e79Xi.1385$4I.490@trndny03... : The Clowder (South) wrote: : Since a split was inevitable by that point (many meowers : really didn't want the split at all), "community" was the best : compromise arrived at and approved. : : The only two things I remember being able to vote on in r.p.c were whether : the meowchat should split off, and then whether r.p.c.community should be : the new group's name. I didn't think it was such a great name, but I : voted in favor of it so the split could occur ASAP. At that time I had a : lousy newsserver and probably missed more posts than I got. : : Have I really been posting here for over ten years??? : : Adam : : Onyx and I have been a part of RPC/RPCC since '95, Adam, and I think you : were here when we got here. : : --- Cory WOW! I can't remember when I started...maybe a year before the great split wars? When did they start? kathyG |
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Fred,
Weze wud hav cepted yur show. Weze think yur da bestest. Booker, Chappy an Snowflake Fred Williams wrote: On Saturday 03 November 2007 16:52, Granby wrote: Fred: Not to be nosey, well yes, to be nosey have you heard anymore about the TV thing? Yes I have and was waiting till the right time, but since you ask, the CBC turned down my show after thinking about it for almost three months. It was hard to hear after coming so close. I'm not sure what I'll do next. |
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"The Clowder (South)" wrote in message ... "Stormmee" wrote: [small snip, but thank you and everyone who's said kind things.] I always wondered how the ball started, how the calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I wondered how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first time who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the point is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us are sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to understand the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft fur her cats "Add to the life"....YESSSSSSS! I would *love* to see new stuff added to the Ball. The important thing to remember is that this is a *creation*. People thought about things to do and then threw it out there to see what would work, what would stick. For the first two Balls, the Calling was just a list. I think Gretchen Marie posted them, but GM was also doing so much else for the Ball, (and has ever since...now *she*, and her successor Little Kitty deserve an enormous amount of credit and applause) and nothing was said about the Calling and who was going to do it for the third Ball. So, Mietze volunteered, and added a speech. The idea was to make the Calling also a brief Tribute to all of the Honorees on the list, in case some didn't have individual Tributes in the days that followed. Another idea, which came along later (but not much later) was Laura Ann's guestbook, now done by the current spokeskitty from Laura's House. It's one of those ideas that stuck, people have fun with it, and, after Laura died it's become a small tribute in itself to her. As far as I'm concerned, it belongs to that House to do until they choose to hand it off, or the Ball is discontinued, because they created it in the first place. I thought it was a lovely touch, having Piglet join Ralph & Kissa at the table this year. Melissa Little Kitty's mural/frieze was a nice touch too. Sylvia, sec to P2nya |
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Yes, all the words came from our katz. Most of them came from RPC, where
evil hoomins tormented us. Imagine Me being accused of baby talk?!?! Hah! hoomins are stoopid, as all kats know. Our task is to help these poor hairless beings emerge from their dark caves into Bast's light. So, TIger, I have been absent many years. Tell me what has happened here. What events have I missed? Who are the new katz? Colette (settling into her listening pose, ears forward and alert) : thank yousef fur sharin dat how dija kulet da wurdz? dija start gettin : demselves furm rpc, which wuz befur we hadda pooter anna net, Tiger : squiffer wrote in message : ... : Ahem, I am Colette, a veddy smart kat, and my own dear sekretary started : the : glossary. It was long ago, and before this group existed. As I am of both : a : literary and scientific mind, I veddy much appreciate all the curious : minds : and their questions. Ahem. That is all fellow furrrrsons. : Colette : : "Stormmee" wrote in message : ... : :I don't think anyone has ever complained about the work Melissa has done, : if : : anyone needs to se her dedication they need only go and look at the : walk... : : bear in mind that honest questions and a desire to understand the : dynamics : : of a group can often be interpreted incorrectly or not as they are : : intended... it seems to me that all of the newer members are doing : something : : I did not have the courage to do when I first started reading here, I : think : : around 99 but am not sure... I always wondered how the ball started, how : the : : calling got started, Melissa is the only one I ever saw do it and I : wondered : : how that came to be, if there had been someone before, why/how did it : : change... just like I wondered when reading the glossary for the first : time : : who could be that creative and wonderful to catalog all of that... the : point : : is, I think the group is filled with love and I think that some of us : are : : sensitive to keeping traditions alive, and others of us want to : understand : : the traditions keep them and add to the life here at the community, soft : fur : : her cats : : wrote in message : : oups.com... : : Hello to all. My cats Oprah Anne and Princess Pasha played here for : : years (starting in 1996) when I was able to get rpcc through : : newsgroups via my dialup account. When that dried up, and I had to : : rely on the more difficult to follow internet groups on a dialup : : account, I had to give it up for a variety of reasons, the biggest of : : which was lack of time, although I did check in occasionally to see : : what was going on. This group was always about fun and love for me, : : and I can only hope it will remain so for all of you.. : : : : I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful work that : : Mietze (by way of Melissa) has done for all of us over these last : : years. She alone has remembered the names of those cats, dogs, : : ferrets, other furs (even a snake or two), and hoomins who have passed : : to the rainbow bridge during the past years. She puts their names in : : her Walk of Remembrance and has worked tirelessly on the behalf of all : : of us to keep the names of those we've loved alive forever. This : : year, my beloved Lissa's name was called after she died shortly after : : last year's Jellicle Ball. There has been no one more dedicated to : : this task than Mietze/Melissa has been, and I wish to thank her for : : that. : : : : That said (and I wish to make clear this is not aimed at those who : : simply asked questions), I would like to add that those few of you who : : have *complained* should be ashamed. If rpcc no longer wishes to have : : a Jellicle Ball, that's fine, but it is a sad day when some in a group : : of people who have supposedly been brought together by love of their : : furs should attack someone who has done nothing but try to give some : : consolation and solace to those who have lost their loved ones. I : : have to wonder if those who have been so quick to criticize will step : : up to the plate and remember those who go to the bridge this coming : : year. : : Ellie Terrell, former rpcc-er and mom to kitties Princess Pasha, : : Phoebe & Emma : : : : : : : : : : : : |
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I thought it was a lovely touch, having Piglet join Ralph & Kissa at the table this year. Melissa Little Kitty's mural/frieze was a nice touch too. Sylvia, sec to P2nya- Hide quoted text - When she agreed to do the frieze for the wedwink, I had no idea it would be so wonderful! The description went far beyond my expectations. Gosh, all the cats and hoomins who purrticipated in the wedwink were wonderful. Julie |
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