Posted by Janelle on May 6, 2002, at 4:12:25
I must say that the forced week off (Dr. Bob, if you're reading this, you did me a favor by blocking me!) did me a WORLD of GOOD - it enabled me to have to take the time to take a deep breath (actually a few deep breaths!), re-group, and do some soul-searching, which resulted in a fresh new perspective on things, especially the 2000/2001 boards!
During the time off, I had a *revelation*, like a light bulb went off in my head ... one day, suddenly, out of the blue I found myself asking myself the question - how would I feel about those new boards if I was BRAND NEW to this site, meaning how would I feel about them if I literally just registered, got to the PB board and read about the various boards available here?
My answer surprised me - I realized that if I just got here, i.e., with no prior knowledge of the site before the 2000/2001 boards, not only would these boards not bother me, but I would actually think they were an interesting part of the website, not an "exclusionary" problem area, but rather simply a place where posters who had been members of the site for several years and had bonded over this time could go to gab, catch up, etc. :-)
poster:Janelle
thread:4920
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