-=> Bailiff wrote to All <=-   
      
    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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