Orphans is an interesting concept, the admins both having their own main sites and yet Orphans itself has its own history and life, its own readers. There are posts I'd not put up here, the more "out there" type. I'm thinking Julia has some affection for the site as well for which she's numero uno admin.
So, thinking it was time to reopen for business, suddenly there was this by Lucy C:
The "I will never throw these away" bit ... well yes. I've heard and read many a caustic comment about "online friends not being friends" ... yeah? There are very real friends I have, e.g. in the US, Canada, Russia, the antipodes ... very real, more real than in this area and yet my immediate neighbours and I just exchanged gifts ... so that can be real too.
The obvious difficulty for us online is if Them pull the plug. There are ways around it but most don't know them ... it involves servers etc. and requires a certain knowledge base.
And it is worth it ... much good can be done. For example, there is an onliner originally from here, married a NZer who had a medical horror ... people from all over are praying for her ... and him:
It takes not a lot on our part to try to help sustain someone and online is peculiarly suited to such a thing. (By the way, that moniker is a reference to a fine northern ale from this fair land.)
Nice to see the Lucy C comment
ReplyDeleteThe Interweb is a strange and wonderful thing. As you say, one can have like minded pals from anywhere in the World. And one contact leads to another. And opinions not favoured by the MSM, the PTB, and WEF get aired. I am deeply grateful to Granpa's Scriblerus, and to NO and its offspring. Particularly Leggy
ReplyDeleteAll these blogs, if that is what they are, induce critical thought, and some people do not like this., A new Age of Enlightenment.Thank you all. Doonhamer.
And Lang May Yer Lum Reek.