On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:31:26 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:16:08 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:57:55 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:42:59 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:112ag7tbu4ga5v94g5i28tu0gjn7cb96as@4ax .com...
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:01:45 +1000, "Ozgirl"
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> "All unhappiness is due to the ego; with it comes all your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> trouble.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What does it avail you to attribute to the happenings in life
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cause of misery which is really within you? What happiness can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from things extraneous to yourself ? When you get it, how long
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> last ?" -- Ramana Maharshi
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never
>>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>> anything wise in this world.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ~Helen Keller
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is all getting beyond a joke, you all need to take a good
>>>>>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>>>> at yourselves, this kind of behaviour towards a fellow human
>>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>> shameful. I wouldn't treat a dog in this manner.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No you wouldn't treat a dog that way, but you and Julie treat
>>>>>>>>>> Susan
>>>>>>>>>> that way every chance you get, and I never see a word from you
>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>> the FOAD that Julie is throwing around all the time. Preacher,
>>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> good look at yourself before taking others to task.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Susan is not a saint and never will be. She makes unprovoked attacks
>>>>>>>>>at
>>>>>>>>>every opportunity and she gets back what she gives out. You do know
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>difference between people tit for tatting with Susan and the
>>>>>>>>>behaviour
>>>>>>>>>of many shown towards Julie.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NONE of us are saints, neither Susan nor Julie or you or I. There
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> no mistaking the term FOAD. It means **** off and die. Not nice
>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>> any means!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I hope this nasty stuff gets settled soon!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Peace!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And it wasn't meant to be nice. I am not a doormat. And I am not
>>>>>>>here
>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>be verbally abused over and over again. Seems many people here seem
>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>think it is okay to do it to me. Ah but when I do it to them? Well!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julie, we cannot possibly control other people, but if you think to
>>>>>> yourself, "what will be the result of telling someone to **** off and
>>>>>> die, will it bring peace? Will it escalate the problems? Will it
>>>>>> help anyone? Will it help me?"...... I think you will discover that
>>>>>> the answer to all of those questions is "no".
>>>>>>
>>>>>Perhaps as a Buddhist you are here to bring peace. I am not.
>>>>>
>>>>>Did their attacks help me? No. In fact I *still* don't know which post
>>>>>was
>>>>>the post that was supposed to be helpful to me. That is how this all
>>>>>started. Robert Miles left me a vague message and pinged me about it.
>>>>>He
>>>>>didn't tell me specifically which one it was. And when I said I
>>>>>couldn't
>>>>>find a post that was helpful to me, instead of someone pointing out
>>>>>where
>>>>>or
>>>>>what this post was, they just started attacking me and telling me I was
>>>>>ungrateful!
>>>>>
>>>>>> We all get on one anothers nerves from time to time. You and I had a
>>>>>> few words a while back and I was sorry that it happened and we both
>>>>>> made some effort to smooth it all over.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That needs to happen in this instance too, sooner or later.
>>>>>
>>>>>Or I may just leave. Because this has become a very unpleasant place to
>>>>>be.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Julie, for heavens sake, EVERYBODY knew what post it was, it was the
>>>> only post that appeared on ASD with the word "GASTROPARESIS" in the
>>>> heading. You keep railing on about wanting to know what post was
>>>> being pointed out to you. How did you miss it? Go look for it
>>>> yourself, nobody is going to repost it for you! I am not, and I
>>>> doubt others will either. You need to be proactive about these
>>>> things.
>>>
>>>I saw a post by Wendy that was about gastroparesis. I read it. It said
>>>that there are fewer people who have it than once thought. So again, I
>>>state... How could that be helpful to me? I was diagnosed with it via
>>>endoscopy. And it was then confirmed. Is Robert saying that perhaps I
>>>don't actually have it? That my Dr. was wrong? Or is he somehow laughing
>>>at me because I am one of the few who does have it? I don't get it. I
>>>really don't. If that was the post that was supposed to be helpful to
>>>*me*.
>>>It wasn't. Nothing wrong with the post but I just don't get the *helpful
>>>to
>>>me* factor.
>>>
>>>And then after I read the post, Tiger Lily said I needed to go back and
>>>look
>>>again. When I did, I saw the reply from Ozgirl. Again, nothing wrong
>>>with
>>>that but again, nothing helpful to me. So could you please explain why
>>>this
>>>would be helpful to me? Because truly I do not get it.
>>
>>
>> I have no idea.
>>
>> I think they saw the word "gastroparesis" and knowing you had issues
>> with it, they mentioned it.
>>
>> If it is not helpful to you, just ignore it!!!!!!!!
>
>But you see, I couldn't do that because that is how the attacks started!
>They said I didn't thank Robert! How could I thank him if I didn't know
>what I was thanking him for? I can only assume now that either Robert
>didn't read the article or... Robert simply knows nothing about
>gastroparesis. Or... I just don't know.


I would just leave it and say nothing if it wasn't helpful. I can't
tell you how many times I have done just that. Sometimes just simply
dropping it is best.

Evelyn