Past members

but almost60 just took a break and is back as almost70. I wonder if JimWins still has his dog? The cobra in cobra666 refers to his Shelby Cobra sports cars. A sense of humor is critical for surviving cancer. My understanding is that someone actually demanded that CSN ban anything funny or humorous as inappropriate. Lets all be dark and grim! My response to that is that if such a person is out there that he/she get the help needed. It does not anger me. I just feel for him/here being in such a state of mind. It cannot be helpful to recovery. I wish them only the best.

peanut butter said:

Banning of members

You know, I may be wrong about what I am ging to say but I'm gonna say it anyway. I know this site is mostly for people seeking info about lymphoma, but when someone takes the time to brighten up the posters day and then they are banned is a crime. Now, if they offended someone they should be warned about it. Like I stated in an earlier post it becomes so boring with constant depressing text. Like so many members who post for info only and we never hear from them again, a few take the the time to put a little humor in the day. They do not have to do this by any means. I noticed when certain members become staples and then they no longer post it becomes a big void in the site. It may be time for me to take a break myself and just go back to only reading the ocassional post before I get in trouble and get banned for expressing how I feel. NOT  really comfortable posting where BIG BROTHER is breathing down my neck and worrying about the single member who may get offended. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Dang, 2 Shelby Cobras and took the time to even post !!!!!

I would feel blessed to have even one. Then there is always  the lottery!

peanut butter said:

Private message

Would you believe I got a pm from an anonymous member saying, " I hope you realize this site is for Lymphoma members with existng problems and not for hobbies and good ole' boy adventures. This disease is no joke."

I don't need this !!!!!.

That anonymous Private messages (PMs) were even possible. Don't you have to log in to post? Of course our usernames on here are anonymous in a sense. So I assume some people have multiple usernames. I stopped using PMs when I discovered the ones I was exchanging on this site were being read by the CSN staff. Nothing "private" about that. Still I hang around as I have benefitted from some of the messages posted on this site.

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 said:

Various and sundry....

At random:  (1) Yes, CSN sniffs our "PM" underwear (but in a proud, socially-conscious way);  (2) Cobra continues to be a close friend with at least four active members at the Boards today, including myself;  (3) Yes, his moniker referred to the 1966 Cobra Mustang;   (4)  Shady, my brother owned a 1968 Shelby GT 500.  The 500 differed from the GT-350, in that the 500 had a dual-quad 428 engine.  He sold it years ago, or I'd send you pics.  Clean, original versions today always bring at least $100,000.   A few of the only muscle cars today regularly fetching more are original, genuine Hemi Barracudas, hemi Dodge Challangers, and Plymouth Superbirds.  Clean, genuine, hemi-engined Superbirds regularly list for around $300,000.  I can recall as a kid, in 1969, when my aunt drove past the Plymouth dealer in East COlumbia, SC, and there were two brand new Superbirds on the lot.   New, they cost about $5,000 each.   Today, those two in new condition would be worth close to a million dollars.   Hemmings and DuPont Registery routinely has a few.\

Keep your drawers washed people,

max

..... the Sports car evolved from the Bristol, not the Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra. I recall his and his son's are replicas with Mustang running gear. There I go again - being a good old boy with an MBA, a degree in physics but with a Love for anything mechanical.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/prototype-ford-mustang-shelby-gt350r-3-85-million.

peanut butter,

Almost 70 last wrote here roughly five years ago, to the best of my knowledge. Before that, she moved to rural Oregon to be near family. She later had a recurrence of lymphoma -- ocular I believe, relating of course to the eye. Very rare. I hear from Cobra once every few years. Last I heard, he is still well.

I have nothing from or about Jimwins in probably eight years or so. I believe he lived in Western NC. The person who knew him best was (I think) Rocquie. She writes perhaps once a year or so of late.

In general, participation here has been WAAY down, compared to ten or so years back. I used to read here around twice weekly, but now seldom look at who has posted more than twice a month, or even less often.

I agree that this site is not a chatroom for discussing cars or anything else exclusively. However I think the occasional mention of a car, a grandchild, going fishing or anything else in passing is enlightening and shows there is life after cancer. Life does not necessarily end when you are diagnosed. One still has interests and that can, in some cases, help those in despair. Since I was accused of being a “good ole boy” I will quote Junior Samples from a long ago TV show. This is NOT how one encourages people.

“Gloom, despair and agony on me

Deep dark depression, excessive misery

If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all

Gloom despair and agony on me.”

He sang that in humor and demonstrated you need to be able to laugh at yourself. It was a joke!

I only saw it a time or two but I thought Junior Samples self pity song was hilarious! I read Archie Campbell, Buck Rogers and other real singers sang it but every week a different person would join in. Junior was one who occasionally joined in. At that stage of my life I lived in Asia and seldom saw American TV.