Hey, this sudden disappearance of Ruby makes me think of something.
It's not uncommon for members of the forum to disappear for awhile. Almost everyone including myself has done it at one time or another.
After all, we DO all have real lives outside the forum.
But what would happen if one of us actually had a problem? What if Webguy got hit by a semi on his way to work? Would anyone EVER think to let us know?
In most cases probably not! We'd probably just never hear from him again and be left to wonder what happened.
We need some kind of emergency warning system or something!
Maybe I can get some of those first alert buttons that everyone can wear around their neck, but instead of calling 911 they would send a post to the forum saying "HELP, WEBGUY HAS FALLEN AND HE CAN'T GET UP!"
You know JR, I've thought about that too. (Mostly from the dream I had that WebGuy got killed by a mugger.) I think I'm going to let my hubby know that if I pass away, an email has to be sent to everyone in my address book.
It feels anti-climatic for me though, because like I said, as the person who started this station it seems like I shouldn't be struggling to be in sixth place.
I get more excited when YOU guys hit the numbers because it means we're keeping you hooked.
It's weird that you should mention that, JR. I have thought about that, too. My hubby would never think to let you guys know if anything happened to me. I will just have to post from the beyond if anything every happens. I think my spirit will be that powerful. Muhahahaha! Sorry, that's the best I can do for a sinister laugh.
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I just thought of something. What if we're together when the bad crap happens. OH CRAP!
That would truly be crappy. I guess the FFR gang would just have to assume that we found ourselves up Crap Creek in an insufficient vessel without the requisite propulsion gear. Thanks for the craptacular thought!
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
You know, a lot of us had made friends on this board, and a lot of us have at least one contact that can get in touch with someone else if we didn't hear from them for too long. I can think of 3 different people (not including Mz [I did say different people, and she falls into the more unusual category]) who have a way of contacting me outside of the internet.
Mad Mema wrote: the FFR gang would just have to assume that we found ourselves up Crap Creek in an insufficient vessel without the requisite propulsion gear.
That would be right up there with the defecation contacting the rotating oscillator.