Paige, you are amazing! You are 10/11 years old and you write with the
maturity of someone 2 or 3 times as old as you. Kristen, you would do well
to heed Paige's words and follow her example of proper behavior.
Meg
--
Breeder of Mongolian Gerbils
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/4243/gerbils.html
Governing Committee Member & Ethics Committee Chairperson,
American Gerbil Society
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/8181/AGS/index.html
Gus: Got to find something to chew! Mom! Give me something to chew!
Silver: Gus doesn't your jaw get sore from chewing all the time?
Arrow, Slategirl, Sunkist, Lucky, Pepper, Socks, Flower, and Tiny:
Maybe if I chew on these wires long enough I will chew my way out!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paige McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks and goodbye
> Kristen, even if we don't know you, what you present and do on the outside
has
> made an unreasonable amount of people upset and hurt. Now I'm not going to
speak
> for Bill, but to me it seems you're the only reason he left. I have a
feeling
> all kinds of chaos is going to erupt now that he's left(or leaving) and
then
> *everyone* will leave, and once again you'll win the battle.
>
> Although you may be a great, bright person on the inside, what you've
presented
> to us has made us think that you're not a good person to be with. Unless
this is
> what you truly want, which you've said you didn't, I would move onto
another
> list. If you are the person you say you are, you'll care about everyone
enough
> to back up and just let everyone go to peace because god knows that's not
been
> happening.
>
> Just IMHO.
> Paige
>
>
> > Kristen Baker wrote:
>
> > Some of you may think this is why i'm here.. but none of you REALLY
ACTULLY
>
> > know me.. deep inside and the TRUE feelings I have.. i'm here to help..
but
> > not only to help.. but to learn.. I know there has been MANY times that
I
> > have made a mistake on this list, but noone knows what goes on outside
of
> > this list, in my life.. I make many mistakes with family problems and
> > friends.. and as many of my REAL friends know, it takes me along time to
> > learn how to get along and to learn how to not make such easy mistakes..
you
> > can scream and yell at me all you want, it doesn't hurt me, it actully
helps
> > me.. to learn not to REPEAT my mistake as I know I have done MANY times
and i
> > know many times things are starting look better about me, but then all
the
> > sudden go right back down.. and i apoligize, i'm not asking for sorrow,
i'm
> > just asking for you to understand.. and not judge me, becasue you don't
> > really know who i'm, just like as someone posted on the list a few days
ago
> > about the two people and should they sell the gerbils to them, because
of the
> > way they sounded.. just as we said, we don't know who they are, and you
> > CANNOT know a person through the internet, people can fake there selfs
and
> > you can never know.. but have any of you every thought that someone
could be
> > telling the truth, and you can never tell.. so none of you REALLY know
who
> > i'm, i'm speaking as well, for my friends.. on the GML, you don't really
know
> > me.. even though i sound like i could be the nicest person in the world,
your
> > not sure of that are you? I bet even you have doubts about me sometimes,
but
> > thats ok, i understand, because at times I have my doubts, but don't we
all?
> > To some of you I might be what you call a "troll" and to some of you i
might
> > be what you call a "friend" ...
>