I just filtered thru the thread and saw that some people have questions about the Thursday's thread...

As the 'bartender' there I want to apologize to the people who may take offense to the content.

It was born from a touchy situation and since it's inception everyone has been good enough to participate with almost no supervision.

We have had no fights, flames or ?????

It is an 'understood' rule that we police ourselves and even though there are times that the content MAY border on the edge, I think we pull it back, in time without being offensive.

It may seem like an advertisement for drinking, smoking and behavior only adults participate in,
I think that it is more parody than anything else..

The idea of a 'cyber bar' lets us tell dumb jokes, laugh, eat and act silly-without being drunk.

The thing that amazes me is the people who regularly stop in and contribute their personalities to the thread...

In last week's thread someone posted a note saying that they do not post, but they do read and do enjoy the banter.....to me, If someone can laugh about a joke or some banter, I feel good about myself and the people who really enjoy the silliness.

I personally DO NOT LIKE the threads where people post sick animal tales.....not because they are offensive to me-for the simple reason that it breaks my heart to read about them.

There are threads that TICK ME OFF but I would rather keep my Ire (land) to myself....

Sometimes it's better swallow you ideas than to open the flood gates up and really get angry...

Just because we have a site to 'flex our speech muscles' doesn't mean we HAVE to bench press every topic.

The best part about the Thursday thread is while I have had 'interactions' with people before, they are good enough to stop by and participate in the thread. It's not for everyone post in and would not expect everyone to do so....

I'm sorry if I have made it SOUND like it's MY thread.....it's not..it belongs to everyone and
I do take pride in the fact that Karen and Paul haven't had to shut it down or repirmand anyone about the posts within...

That is a source of pride to me and I think it can survive in that mode......

Again, Apologies to all who are offended....

and thanks to Karen and Paul for letting us do this week after week!