Gary!!!

Eims
Eims Member Posts: 423

Hey Gary, I am soooooo glad you are back...we missed you Kiss

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  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    Gary

    I agree with you, Eims, but was it really necessary to create a new thread just to say that?  (The more unnecessary threads we set up the more we lose track of important threads that get pushed out of site by such ephemera.)

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    Thank you...

    Its nice to be missed...I was on a little motorcycle trip with a couple of friends...great fun!!!

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574
    garym said:

    Thank you...

    Its nice to be missed...I was on a little motorcycle trip with a couple of friends...great fun!!!

    I too am glad!

    Wonderful to see your glowing Tattooed self back here!

    Lagavulin around for all!

  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    MDCinSC said:

    I too am glad!

    Wonderful to see your glowing Tattooed self back here!

    Lagavulin around for all!

    Biker trash

    Did you sneer at little old ladies and children? Fun huh? Nuttin like getting away on the Harley's. Glad you are riding.

  • Eims
    Eims Member Posts: 423

    Gary

    I agree with you, Eims, but was it really necessary to create a new thread just to say that?  (The more unnecessary threads we set up the more we lose track of important threads that get pushed out of site by such ephemera.)

    tex you may not be impressed

    tex you may not be impressed at some of the threads up here but some of us actually like a bit of light hearted relief and in some  respect we need it.  i do appreciate your views but honestly tex some of us come here sometimes to talk about anything but cancer.  i don't see anything in the rules that we need to talk about it all the time!!!!  i am hoping you were just having an off day and we are all entitled to those too.

     

    eims x

  • TillieSOK
    TillieSOK Member Posts: 252
    Welcome back, Big Boy!  Good

    Welcome back, Big Boy!  Good to see your tattooed bicep back on here!

  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    Eims said:

    tex you may not be impressed

    tex you may not be impressed at some of the threads up here but some of us actually like a bit of light hearted relief and in some  respect we need it.  i do appreciate your views but honestly tex some of us come here sometimes to talk about anything but cancer.  i don't see anything in the rules that we need to talk about it all the time!!!!  i am hoping you were just having an off day and we are all entitled to those too.

     

    eims x

    Not impressed!

    Eims, you're right - I'm not impressed, but you're missing my point. 

    You can't have read more than a handful of messages here if you haven't noticed that I fully approve of light-heartedness here and, in fact, I'm a major contributor on that front, whether I'm having an off day or not (and most of my days are off days - I'm writing in the small hours right now because I'm in too much pain to sleep).  But I don't start a new thread for every posting.  My point wasn't about what you said (I carefully pointed out that I agree with you) but that you could have said it in an existing thread instead of starting a new one.  People starting new threads all the time, for no good reason,  do us all no favours and undermine the value of the forum. 

  • Eims
    Eims Member Posts: 423

    Not impressed!

    Eims, you're right - I'm not impressed, but you're missing my point. 

    You can't have read more than a handful of messages here if you haven't noticed that I fully approve of light-heartedness here and, in fact, I'm a major contributor on that front, whether I'm having an off day or not (and most of my days are off days - I'm writing in the small hours right now because I'm in too much pain to sleep).  But I don't start a new thread for every posting.  My point wasn't about what you said (I carefully pointed out that I agree with you) but that you could have said it in an existing thread instead of starting a new one.  People starting new threads all the time, for no good reason,  do us all no favours and undermine the value of the forum. 

    tex i know that you are a

    tex i know that you are a major contributor on this and you have helped me so much too and i am very grateful to you but this forum is not just for information but for reaching out and touching base with fellow kidney cancer sufferers, fighters and most importantly survivors so it really doesn't matter how many threads there are and for me the more the better!!!  i am sorry if i got on your goat but we all contribute here in our own way.  i do hope you are not in too much pain today and i hope you get some respite tonight.

    eims x

  • twinthings
    twinthings Member Posts: 409
    TillieSOK said:

    Welcome back, Big Boy!  Good

    Welcome back, Big Boy!  Good to see your tattooed bicep back on here!

    LIV2RYD

    Hubby and I would be hard pressed to find a better form of therapy than a nice long ride on our Harley.  So, Keep Calm and Ride On, Gary!! 

  • Eims
    Eims Member Posts: 423

    LIV2RYD

    Hubby and I would be hard pressed to find a better form of therapy than a nice long ride on our Harley.  So, Keep Calm and Ride On, Gary!! 

    oh god you are all making

    oh god you are all making want a harley!!!  i'd love that and i know its gonna take me a few more years to persuade my hubby to do it with me!!

    eims x

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647

    LIV2RYD

    Hubby and I would be hard pressed to find a better form of therapy than a nice long ride on our Harley.  So, Keep Calm and Ride On, Gary!! 

    Nice long ride...

    Does 3,200+ miles in 8 days qualify?

  • Eims
    Eims Member Posts: 423
    garym said:

    Nice long ride...

    Does 3,200+ miles in 8 days qualify?

    wow gary well done

    wow gary well done you.........did you know that ride has 2 meanings here in ireland??!!!!  google it Laughing

    eims x

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    Eims said:

    wow gary well done

    wow gary well done you.........did you know that ride has 2 meanings here in ireland??!!!!  google it Laughing

    eims x

    Awwwww...

    Yer makin' me blush Embarassed

  • twinthings
    twinthings Member Posts: 409
    Eims said:

    oh god you are all making

    oh god you are all making want a harley!!!  i'd love that and i know its gonna take me a few more years to persuade my hubby to do it with me!!

    eims x

    Gary is hardcore!!

    Eims, there's nothing quite like it!  Granted, we don't do 3,200+ miles in 8 days...that's hardcore!!  Hubby would be in hog heaven on a ride like that but, I tend to sit the overnighters out.  We do our fair share of fundraiser runs and I'll tell ya what, there's nothing quite like the sight of hundreds of bikers bringing toys for tots at Christmas time...just warms the heart!   My hubby would LOVE for me to learn to ride and have my own Harley but I'm perfectly happy riding b****, as they say.  Perhaps if you got a bike, hubby would follow suit.  It's some of the best quality time we share.

  • MDCinSC
    MDCinSC Member Posts: 574

    Gary is hardcore!!

    Eims, there's nothing quite like it!  Granted, we don't do 3,200+ miles in 8 days...that's hardcore!!  Hubby would be in hog heaven on a ride like that but, I tend to sit the overnighters out.  We do our fair share of fundraiser runs and I'll tell ya what, there's nothing quite like the sight of hundreds of bikers bringing toys for tots at Christmas time...just warms the heart!   My hubby would LOVE for me to learn to ride and have my own Harley but I'm perfectly happy riding b****, as they say.  Perhaps if you got a bike, hubby would follow suit.  It's some of the best quality time we share.

    I've heard . . .

    That Gary is "hardcore" in more ways than one.

    I am seaching for cast lists from some "studios" now for proof!

    Laughing

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    MDCinSC said:

    I've heard . . .

    That Gary is "hardcore" in more ways than one.

    I am seaching for cast lists from some "studios" now for proof!

    Laughing

    Hold the applause...

    My core may have softened a bit over the years, but I'm still bad to the bone.

    Ya know what they say..."I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was!"

  • Eims
    Eims Member Posts: 423
    MDCinSC said:

    I've heard . . .

    That Gary is "hardcore" in more ways than one.

    I am seaching for cast lists from some "studios" now for proof!

    Laughing

    love it xxx

    love it xxx

  • Galrim
    Galrim Member Posts: 307

    Gary

    I agree with you, Eims, but was it really necessary to create a new thread just to say that?  (The more unnecessary threads we set up the more we lose track of important threads that get pushed out of site by such ephemera.)

    I have to agree with Texas on this one

    Yes, theres no rules to what one can post, or when, or how often. and no one here would or should police this forum.

    However, if everyone uses the forum for posts that might as well could be sent as private messages, this place would be swamped with posts and impossible to navigate. Example: I have been out of the loop for 4 weeks due to vacation, and just off the top of my mind I could have posted:

    "How did the examinations go Djinnie?"

    "I hope youre alright Fox, all things considered, after starting IL-2?"

    "Anyone heard from Nano recently? I cant see any recent postings from him"

    "Why is Michaels avatar a dog now? Did I miss something?"

    "Eims, arent your scans coming up soon? Are you okay with the scanxiety?"

    All of the above I could have sent as pm´s or found a relevant thread for. Point being, as Texas wrote, lets not clutter the board more than we have to.

    And Eims, I hope you know, but i will state it anyway, this isnt directed to you, its a general observation and comment intended to be for everyones benefit :-)

    /G

  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    Galrim said:

    I have to agree with Texas on this one

    Yes, theres no rules to what one can post, or when, or how often. and no one here would or should police this forum.

    However, if everyone uses the forum for posts that might as well could be sent as private messages, this place would be swamped with posts and impossible to navigate. Example: I have been out of the loop for 4 weeks due to vacation, and just off the top of my mind I could have posted:

    "How did the examinations go Djinnie?"

    "I hope youre alright Fox, all things considered, after starting IL-2?"

    "Anyone heard from Nano recently? I cant see any recent postings from him"

    "Why is Michaels avatar a dog now? Did I miss something?"

    "Eims, arent your scans coming up soon? Are you okay with the scanxiety?"

    All of the above I could have sent as pm´s or found a relevant thread for. Point being, as Texas wrote, lets not clutter the board more than we have to.

    And Eims, I hope you know, but i will state it anyway, this isnt directed to you, its a general observation and comment intended to be for everyones benefit :-)

    /G

    I have to agree

    Thanks for backing me on this one.  EIms's reply has made me so despondent that I am close to the point of abandoning CSN in despair, particularly in view of the degree to which the forum has become trivialised in recent months and there's less and less value in coming to the site.  

    When I said I've been a major contributor here, I was referring solely to the matter of being light-hearted and I feel that, along with Gary, I've been a leader in doing that!  I think it's one of the crucial elements of the forum. 

    However, the forum is for "kidney cancer" and anyone who wants to avoid thinking about cancer should go elsewhere rather than sabotage the forum by talking about everything other than cancer.   I find it depressing that a valuable resource is being subverted by much rushing to offer hankies and soothing words whenever some one thinks they may be about to go down with a cold, or is in a blue funk just because they have a scan coming up.  In any case, it's not a helpful attitude to talk oneself ill with worry about essential procedures that are designed to help protect one's health.

  • Galrim
    Galrim Member Posts: 307

    I have to agree

    Thanks for backing me on this one.  EIms's reply has made me so despondent that I am close to the point of abandoning CSN in despair, particularly in view of the degree to which the forum has become trivialised in recent months and there's less and less value in coming to the site.  

    When I said I've been a major contributor here, I was referring solely to the matter of being light-hearted and I feel that, along with Gary, I've been a leader in doing that!  I think it's one of the crucial elements of the forum. 

    However, the forum is for "kidney cancer" and anyone who wants to avoid thinking about cancer should go elsewhere rather than sabotage the forum by talking about everything other than cancer.   I find it depressing that a valuable resource is being subverted by much rushing to offer hankies and soothing words whenever some one thinks they may be about to go down with a cold, or is in a blue funk just because they have a scan coming up.  In any case, it's not a helpful attitude to talk oneself ill with worry about essential procedures that are designed to help protect one's health.

    In the end

    Its about making this site user friendly and meeting the wide range of needs. One way, and I have considered mailing CSN about it, would be to have sub forums to make the sorting and navigating easier. A pretty standard feature in forums with numerous posts

    Off the top of my head:

    Main forum Kidney cancer (of course). Once you click on that, possible sub forums could be:

    Sub forums:

    Caring and sharing

    Treatment and diagnosis/prognosis

    News and developments in kidney cancer treatment

    Off-topic

     

    /G