umm... did we just get censored?

[HamaLee]

Hear hear. Travelling is so important, and I wish more young people (especially american young people) would travel more.

I agree, traveling can be such a great experience and chance to learn new things. Unfortunately for me, and I imagine for many other young people (American or otherwise) it's rather cost prohibitive. And socially, something reserved for "rich kids" :eyeroll:

When I was in high school I took advantage of a two-week exchange program to France at an incredible deal. Even then, with few financial obligations to speak of (I only had to pay for my car/insurance in high school as far as bills go) it still took SO MUCH EFFORT to scrimp and save every penny so I could pay for that trip (and I worked a LOT). I'm glad I was able to forgo new clothes, shoes, eating out and trips to the movies for months to pay for that trip...but with financial obligations now, it's sadly going to be a lot of years before I get that kind of opportunity again I just hope I won't have to wait until retirement!

HamburgKnitter I agree with you and it's so incredible for you to live somewhere with such diversity so close by. Totally jealous!

I also think this thread has taken such a neat turn into an interesting conversation. Huzzah!

[nsavage]

I so totally love this forum. I try to read a lot of the threads and posts but can't seem to squeeze in all. I think it is great that people share their lives on here. I don't get to talk to alot of people around where I live because my neighbors and friends live very busy hectic lives. I think the mods are great. I made a post about a pattern I found and couldn't quite get a good pic of it so I typed out the whole long bloody thing. I ended up getting a message from a mod about my post being edited because they said that I infringed on copyright laws. At first all I could think was "d@#*, I put alot of work into that" and that I was under the impression that to infringe on copyright laws was only if you were trying to make a profit. But then I realized that regardless of what I thought, the mods only did what they thought was right. In the future, I will refrain from typing out that whole long pattern and just post links to the freebies and such. And now it seems I digress from the topic. All I really wanted to say was that to be a mod here must be hard work and that I seems that they do their level best. I find it awesome that I can come on here and find all sorts of things of interest and varying viewpoints. And just how nice was that of Amy to put that topic back up for us to look through even though she didn't have to. I mean WOW how many other forums will actually take the time to do that? I have found that alot forums will just block someone from accessing... not me, but I have gone to some and wondered why I don't see any new posts by certain members. I hope that everyone stays so understanding on here and that no "bad" people who like to be overly mean ever come over to our happy little home here. Happy Every Kind Of Day To Everyone (that is to say any holidays or special days coming up that I don't know about)

[KellyK]

[CarmenIbanez]

Well I've been around now for two years and the quality of the peeps is totally as great as the first day I joined!

[PaperGirl]

Well I've been around now for two years and the quality of the peeps is totally as great as the first day I joined!

OT!

I watched Starship Troopers the other night, and saw that the main girls name was Carmen Ibanez...

Inspiration? :thinking:

[BinkyKat]

. Happy Every Kind Of Day To Everyone (that is to say any holidays or special days coming up that I don't know about)

NSavage... great post! Love that last part

Well I've been around now for two years and the quality of the peeps is totally as great as the first day I joined!

CI...yes, I agree, the PeepQualityQuotient *PQQ* is off the charts!

[brownishcoat]

OT!

I watched Starship Troopers the other night, and saw that the main girls name was Carmen Ibanez...

Inspiration? :thinking:

It's from the book, not the movie.