I mean this as a “Ha Ha” title. When posting is becoming difficult it could be because:
1. Creative Juices Dried Up- You have shot your wad and have nothing left to say. Plus everything has probably already been said, -if you had the time to read the last 10 months of threads. And if you haven’t, it will show and someone will curtly tell you to do so.
2. Canned Out- You always hated canned food, now you are a “Can Maven”. You’ve discovered how to can everything and/or where to order everything canned online. You collected canned recipes, and learned how to open cans, stack cans, boil cans, bury cans; how to raise your bed with cans to make more storage space for cans; how to make ‘can stoves’, ‘can paraffin burners’, and ‘can catapults’, for when you run out of ammo.
3. Critical Mass- There are so many Zeus’s on this Mt. Olympus, chucking down spears of authority, that you tremble to try to post. There is no safe statement that can’t be misconstrued, raked over, picked apart and blasted out of the water.
4. Housemates- Oh,- remember those family members? The ones that used to be breathing down your neck for computer time, but now they have gone to Posters Anonymous Support Group meetings for Spouses.
5. Too Impersonal- More and more new people and all the names that aren’t even names, you can’t keep it straight who anyone is, especially that “anonymous” poster. It doesn’t help to see a growing list of Anon22, Anon37, Anon47, Anon57, Anon77, and Anon88. How about some memorable names like BahamaMamaHaha??
6. Done With Adjustment Reaction- That syndrome that Melanie says we are going through, where we have to obsess about why might happen, until we can finally feel matter-of-fact about it. I can see in past threads, names that once were ever present but have passed through that need, and are no longer with us. They are the transcended experts who can now be masters of their own blog site.
7. Or, computer went on the fritz.
8. Offline sabbatical, for your own, (and everyone elses’) good.
9. In transit to New Zealand.
I post less now than I did at first, and think it’s due to becoming calmer, more accepting of the inevitablity of a pandemic. Don’t get me wrong, I pray everyday it never happens, it was just easier for me to move forward after the anxiety decreased as I prepped mentally and physically (ie food etc)
And we do need more contributions to the Humor thread!
Do my dumb bird jokes count as humor??? :−0
Yes.
oh good… I was worried there for a minute… :-)
Now I’m really off to bed… Good night all.
Well, I’ve stopped posting because Heather and MaMa do such an incredible job with the news that there’s nothing left to post. :)
Many Cats – at 02:00
There are always more news than anytwo can cover. Specialize in a type of news or an area or maybe even foreign new (using an online translator). Local news from Russia, Indonesia, Afrika comes to mind. If you you have The Google Toolbar installed, then it is just a menu item to trnslate the page, etc.
But I agree, it is impossible to compete with them :-)
I’ve stopped for the moment because my grandfather is in the terminal stage of his illness. We are all sitting around waiting for death and BF seems very distant to me right now.
That was me Lollipop
I haven’t stopped posting. I know some people feel they have to stop. I really think that I can post moderately and be OK. I can stop any time I want.
Lollipop: I hope it’s as peaceful as possible for your granddad. Condolences to you and your family. At least he got to see that you are taking care of things for your family so he knows you will be as safe as circumstances will allow in this world.
I don’t post as often as I used to (see NJ Preppie’s list), but I still check in at least once a day to read the news threads, the science threads, and hopefully all the contentious threads.
Lurky, lurky.
At times, the discussion becomes so academic, it makes us lay people feel like “dumb and dumber.” :-)
i think im addicted to this site, I wish i could say “ i can stop any time i want” lol
For what its worth - I like reading posting from all of you. They are all, or mostly :) , worthwhile.
I get about 25% of what the scientists post and thats fine.
I will stop lurking and post some more.
Thanks you ALL for ALL you have taken the time to write.
It is appriciated
Might be the captive audience thing. Noone has to read anyones postings. Lots I skip, sure lots skip me. One day I’ll find another hobby.But there is always something I learn, if not about the news, or prepping, just plain interested in human nature. And boy, if all hangs out here. I find people interesting, and getting opposing ideas on every subject under the sun is eye opening.One day I’ll kick the habit.
I noticed I feel a bit irritable today with doomday scenarios. I think there are days when people are testy, I would say even quarrelsome, there are the days when the trolls come in waves, pick your day and you’ll either respond, or sit back and say, so what. So far I”ve felt like responding and putting in my 2 bits.
Lily - I agree with you on the quarrelsome thing!! I have found so much info here to help me prep & get me going in directions that I had not even though of - the info has been invaluable - food, storage, water, security, cooking - on and on. But I can’t take all the posting with people fighting over how this is the end of the world and that their doomsday scenario is the exactly what will happen. But then again, like you said about skipping postings - it is my choice not hear their opinions. I found I either have to stick to the particular thing I am prepping that day - concrete instructions of food storage or herbals or steer clear of any opinions. If it happens it will be bad enough - I don’t need to be depressed now & not able to enjoy anything in life. I can’t tell if I am just done with my adjustment reaction or just numb and depressed! :-)
I fear that I am so addicted that I will not stop posting until the net goes down. I love the personalities here, and I am sorry when I see some of the posters fall by the wayside. I hope they are still out there lurking, still engaging, at least silently, in this monumental conversation. If a pandemic happens in the nearterm, many will have not had the chance to sort things out the way we have.
NJ Prepper - I am still LOL big time. You made my day. thank you.
I think we have all worked so hard, with prepping and posting, that we are hitting a little patch of PF (Prep Fatigue)
Soon to launched thread
How to cope with PF….
Still lurking frequently just not entrenched in the prepping as much but I still check in, read and find good ideas to use. There is definitely a serenity in feeling prepared to the point of comfort. I enjoy the new posters. They bring a fresh outlook. I do get a little annoyed at newbies that open so many new posts instead of reading or reasearching the old posts. They seem like they don’t want to do any work, just give me a list with everything I need for my personal situation and exactly where I can get it and I’ll be on my way. A bit impatient. Newbies, enjoy the wiki for all it’s worth! It’s fabulous. You never know what you’re going to find around the next corner. Sit back and enjoy.
OOPS! I meant to say “newbies that open so many new threads”.
Some will go on posting even when the net goes down.
boss came by and wanted to know if I was working. Janitor on nights. always lurking.
Lugon: Great idea! Journals to be adapted for posting on the fluwikie when it comes up again (after the First Wave?). Keep that laptop powered by the sun or whatever and have plenty of memory.
I am so grateful for this forum. Most of what I know about BF came from here. I love the diversity of the posters - the techs, the bios, the moms, etc… To think - I came here 2 months ago knowing absolutely nothing, and tomorrow morning I go the the Texas Pandemic Summit Meeting in Austin. I have you all to thank. Information is a wonderful thing.
I turned back into a lurker when the website was so slow several weeks ago. When I was finally able to connect again, I felt overwhelmed with all the new people, new threads and new rules. I’m still here every day.
I love this community we’ve created and I pray we are able to stay connected through thick and thin. I would miss you all so much if I had to cope by myself!
Lollipop - My condolences and best wishes. May the support of your friends and family help you through this painful time.
NJ Prepper: “It doesn’t help to see a growing list of Anon22, Anon37, Anon47, Anon57, Anon77, and Anon88. How about some memorable names like BahamaMamaHaha??”
This is Anon47. How did you know my real name was BahamaMamaHaHa? What were the odds?
Lollipop, I can’t say it better than Many Cats or FW have….I’ve seen my 88 year old mother and my 2 oldest cats (the oldest 22 years) die in the last 10 months, my 22 year old cat just this past Wednesday. I know cats aren’t human, but in my house they are family since we have no human children. I understand how distant you feel right now from BF.
I hope that you can remember all the good times you’ve shared with your grandfather and if he can still communicate, that you can discuss them with him and thank him for all he has done to make you come to be and have such a great life.
God’s peace cover you and your family and give you comfort & rest,
Rose
ah Rose… now you can get a couple of kittens. there’s nothing in the world quite like a kitten to liven things up. one thing about fluwiki is that it’s softer, nicer than the other sites. I remain grateful for it’s existence and the interesting personalities that people it
I’m-workin-on-it.
So sorry about your cats. Have four of them myself. I like my smooth skinned children just fine, but I REALLY love my furry kids. I’m grateful that they’re indoor cats so that I don’t have to worry about them cozying up to a bird carcass. Sounds like you gave your cats really long and wonderful lives. You should think about a new kitten - they are so joyful!
Bona-fide lurker. I’ve been here a while, posted a few times. Awkwardly shy, even in anonymous discussion groups! Everytime after I post, I cringe, and think “now why did I even bother to post that?”
Gha. There I go again…
thanks for the humor Kodos and repeat it often, please (chuckles)
Shy Kodo. We all cringe at our own postings. That doesn’t stop me, and now that you have taken the plunge, stated your reticent nature, join us.
finds himself running around in circles… but should I or shouldn’t I buy the damn solar system (no not earth, mars and the rest)
Kodos
I understand perfectly. I try to step lightly on this world. Being invisible in away is comforting. It took me five minutes to start typing this little ditty. We will both hang in there and be insecure together. The Homer Simpson “Doughhh!!”
I’m-workin’-on-it
Boy, do I understand about the cats!! As I am typing this, I am sitting here with a dying cat on my lap. He came to me 7 years ago with feline Leukemia. We gave him a great life. . .and in return we received Joy, Joy, ever new Joy. He has been my best bud for quite some time now. He will rest out back among the lily-of-the-valley he loved so much.
I don’t post often, but I lurk. But that lurking has paid off. Yesterday at work, I had to explain to every one on our shift about our company’s response to Blood Born Pathogens. A routine discussion. You know, We are trying to protect you from the transmission of HIV - Hepatitis B and C. Then, being the subversive that I am. . .What for it! Snap! I started the discussion on Avian flu. Lively, I must add. By the time I had propounded the myriads of information gleaned from the wiki. I handed out 13 “Owl’s Prep Lists” to interested, if not terrified co-workers. I don’t post often. But I listen and there are quite a few out there like me. Listening. Taking it in, and then, when the time is ripe. Bamm. We smell interest, it’s like evangelizing. You kinda know when to put your two cents in and when to leave well enough alone. Thanks Fluwikians, for your posts they are all read by somebody sometime.
Thanks to ALL of you who have cats, love cats, like cats or have just seen cute cats! :-)
Aren’t they all just precious, no matter what age?
I did lose my 16 year old kitty 6 days after my mother died, and last week my 22 year old had to be put to sleep due to a lung tumor. But I don’t need kittens right now, as much as I love ‘em and would take ‘em all in because I still have my furboys — Danny 12, Gabe 10, Inky 8 and Tiger 8 AND we have a stray cat that’s taken up with us that I had neutered 3 weeks ago just so he couldn’t make more of those precious kittens!! :-)
Black Jack hasn’t become an indoor kitty, but it’s not from my not trying….I have made him sleep inside at night but my other boycats haven’t accepted him yet, and I don’t know how much my being stressed about little Jenny dying has affected them all, but I’m sure it has although I’ve tried to keep that from happening, it’s impossible not to convey some of that and I know they pick up on it.
Anyway, I lurk a lot too, although when I found this place I posted right away just because I was sooooooo glad to find you guys.
I have 5 stores to ‘hit’ today — the first was Wallyworld & I dropped $333 there, but $60 of that was on 2 new duffle bags & a $38 mini frigerator over in the cooler section that runs off your wall plug OR your cigerette lighter in your auto. It’s weird because it not only cools down to 40 degrees but it heats up to 120 degrees!
I figured if I had opened small mayo jars (don’t have packets right now) or what ever I’d fixed for someone sick that they didn’t want to finish, I could hold over in that little fella so that at least it wouldn’t spoil.
Also it would be good for chilling applesauce to aid in giving medicines (pills) to someone who can’t swallow well.
I’ve still got Winn Dixie, Bruno’s, Big Lots & the Dollar Tree to go…..just came home to check on the furbabies & put the milk away.
Thanks again not only for your condolences but for caring enough about people in general to be here in the first place — your compassion and concern will be greatly rewarded.
Rose
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