I would just like to chime in and say that even when you don’t have superdeep personal relationships with Dopers, they are still the creme de la creme.
Awwww, y’all rock!
Shirley: Callahan’s Place is a fictional pub which is the setting for many stories by Spider Robinson. http://www.callahans.org/ has more info. Also check out the newsgroup alt.callahans.
I realized that the first week of this year when I started a Pit Thread because I felt alone. The replies touched and overwhelmed me, oh, and BTW, lead to a (rather dormant) Depression Support Group being formed.
This place feels like Callahan’s to me, complete with god-awful puns. I also recommended it to a friend of mine, and I don’t regret it, even though she did come across a TMI thread I started over in GQ.
Folks, it’s a pleasure to share this board and this world with you, and thanks for giving me a place where I can get a regular fix of good conversation and bad puns, oh, and thanks for the Callahan’s links.
CJ
I think it’s safe to say that I echo the OP’s sentiment!
Everyone here is so kind, generous and just plain wonderful. Sometimes I am amazed even though I know I shouldn’t be.
I just wanted to add:
I’ve been around for almost two years now…not long by most Doper standards, but still, it’s been awhile.
These boards have been a sanctuary for me sometimes…I’ve learned a lot, laughed out loud, encountered some of the most wonderful people here. I don’t post much, but I do my share of lurking around.
I’m nobody special. Haven’t really made much of an impression here. If I disappeared tomorrow, I don’t think it would even register, except for a select few, God bless them. But the SDMB would continue on, educating, entertaining, and fighting ignorance everywhere. You guys would carry on, poking fun and bickering and agreeing to disagree and generally doing what Dopers do best. And that’s what makes us family…it’s what families do.
So I thank you, my online family. For the smiles and curses and hugs and humor and encouragement. I missed you when we were down and I’ll miss you all again when I eventually come to leave this place.
I love you guys. Thank you all.