...as well as all of CT's postings of the past four weeks sigh... Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
REALLY?
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Gone?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
o_O And every thread she posted in, or am I wrong?
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
?
CT?
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Whoever angered CT, fix it.
[ August 22, 2004, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Holy crap - where'd she go?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
aspectre appears to be correct. I'm assuming she left because she felt her or her husband had been insulted.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I don't know - I thought that was all fixed.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Irami, if CT is leaving because of what was said on this forum, then I don't know that I am sympathetic to her leaving. As far as I could tell, nothing inappropriate was said to her or her husband on this forum.
But maybe I missed something. Dunno. If someone finds out what's going on, please do let us know. Maybe someone sent her a nasty email or something, in which case I am fully behind dishing out an internet ass kicking.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
By what? By who?
What the hell?
Come back, CT! There's so much left unsaid between us... So much hitting on left to do...
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Maybe something happened we don't know about. Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
CT leaving? That's just...inconceivable. It won't be the same without her. Come back, CT!!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
I'm hoping not, but there are many postings under her member# which are missing today but were there a couple of days ago. As well as threads in which Jatraqueros address responses directly to Claudia, ClaudiaTherese, or CT, with no previous postings by CT still remaining in the thread.
sigh... Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
[ August 21, 2004, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Well, it would be too hard to find and erase all those past posts...easier just to do the most recent.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Yes, but there's still hope.
Hobbes Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Hobbes that post was from 2003. If she did a search by her most recent posts to systematically delet them that one wouldn't have gotten caught.
Right now my hopes are pinned on Tom and Christy.
AJ
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Is Kat/Tom/AJ up to her/his old tricks again?
Sorry - lame attempt to lighten the mood. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
But I think it means that her username hasn't been deleted, just her most recent posts. *holds out*
Hobbes Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Is that something that can be done persoally, or do you have to request it from the mods?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I would think you'd have to request it... which means it couldn't be done on short notice. But remember, it's hasn't been done yet!
[EDIT: That last smilie was indictive of my mood, not a reaction to what I'd just said.]
Hobbes
[ August 20, 2004, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I understand, Hobbes. I hope she comes back, too.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
*worries*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I hope CT returns soon. I would miss her terribly if she stayed away.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I don't understand. If CT was upset wouldn't she say something? And her hubby was getting all kinds of great welcomes in his thread where he unnecessarily apologized for HIS snippy attitude in some other thread.
I'm just perplexed by a reaction this sudden and this drastic. I mean, how many people have gotten angry here and systematically started deleting their posts? That just doesn't sound like CT.
And I'll be really upset if she does leave. She was one of the first people to welcome me here.. If she goes, it just won't be Hatrack for me anymore.
I wonder if maybe she just realized (with her husband's help) that she was spending too much time here???
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
See, I'm thinking there's more to this, too.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
If she were spending too much time, I think she'd say goodbye.
I'm hoping there's a hacker involved.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Did you read Banna's last post in the "baleeted" thread?
Posted by AmkaProblemka (Member # 6495) on :
It can be very difficult to have an unpopular view here. Some people get personal, and some people take things personally that aren't meant that way.
It was probably a combination of time and emotional involvement that they decided was best spent elsewhere.
She should do what is best for her, but I am sad to see all the posts deleted.
Posted by AmkaProblemka (Member # 6495) on :
Dagonee -
Some people feel it is too attention grabbing to post a goodbye thread, and they simply leave. Some people are irritated by the impersonal "Sorry you are leaving" remarks when they know that within a short time they will probably be forgotten.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You know, it doesn't seem like CT to leave without saying something. I could see her fading out for awhile--all of us who have been here for awhile do that from time to time--but to delete her posts from a bunch of threads and just disappear? Seems odd. Really odd.
Tom? Christy? You guys hang out with CT in real life--any idea what's going on?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Maybe it's a strange glitch. *has several reasons why I don't want her to leave*
Posted by DocCoyote (Member # 5612) on :
I value CT's posts greatly. I wish I had said so out loud. Claudia-Therese, if you're listening or lurking, please don't go away. You are important to us.
I don't know you in person. I wish I did.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Did I miss something? I thought everything was going to be OK.... so many people were saying nice things about her husband, wanting him to come back.... I wish I understood what happened. I can't imagine Hatrack without Sara. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Me either. Well, no, I can. None of us are here permenantly, and I've seen a lot of people that I thought of as fixtures of Hatrack disappear. I never like it when it happens, but what can you do.
One thing though--I feel like I know Sara pretty well, for a person I've never actually met, and one of the things that I respect about her is her finely tuned ability to sense what needs to be done, and to then do it. If she has decided to leave I can't help but think that it must be the right thing for her to do, difficult as it may be for us to wrap our minds around. I'll miss her presence here, but I completely support her if she has decided that leaving is the thing to do.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
That is a good point, Noemon. Her absence at the moment may have to do with loyalty to David, and I respect that. CT is very loyal.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
And wise. You're right that it may be a loyalty issue. The other day she was saying something about the importance of recognizing the things that could drive a wedge between onesself and one's partner. If she saw Hatrack as a potential wedge, she was wise to leave.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I just tried emailing her. Her account is not accepting mail. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Well, I will miss her well thought out posts, and her wonderful generous nature.
I hope it isn't permenante, but one way or another it seems like it was an overeaction...if this is what really happened.
When I left for work it looked as if it was all cool, even with the people who were most offended. I was looking forward to discussing his views with him, once the uproar had settled down a bit.
One of the best things about Hatrack is, IMO, the fact that so many of us here are from different walks of life, and even though we disagree on issues, sometimes violently so, most of us halfle it pretty well. I have even seen some people start out here as semi-trolls, but come around in the end, and that is a first for any place on-line that I have visited.
I thought CT understood (and liked) that about Hatrack too.
I really hope you change your mind and explain why you did this, is it is something you did yourself.
And I know I am not the only one who will miss you...
Kwea
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Is Tom posting?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You know, this makes me realize how tenuous our relationships really are. If my computer didn't work tomorrow, I'd never hear from a large percentage of you again.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Well, even if he is, I think he's unlikely to respond, for two reasons--first, Tom is kind of like a cat, in that the more you want him to respond to you, the less likely he is to do so. Second (and much more seriously), since CT has deleted her posts and set her email to block incoming messages, I can only assume that she would also ask her real life friends not to discuss with us what's going on--she's making it very clear that that isn't something that she wants to have shared.
It's sad, but I think that all we can do is let her go, and hope that at some point she chooses to return.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
::cries herself to sleep::
What, you think I'm kidding? I've been here damn near five years (pardon the language, but I'm feeling pretty strong about this right now) and there are few people I've found as consistently good, witty, nice, willng to listen, and flat-out brilliant as CT. Meeting her in person (granted, that was a couple years ago) was phenomenal. Words fail me. I am truly saddened by this news.
I hope she (and misterboy, though I haven't had the opportunity to get to know him at all, which might just set off another diatribe, but I'll spare you ) returns when she's ready to face all of us again. Hatrackers can be a daunting bunch, as well we all know. I hope things are alright, and I hope they get better.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
I feel pretty bad, actually. It's not very long ago that I asked CT to help out a friend of mine with a medical opinion/recommendation, and I've given nothing back but breathless flirting and endless compliments which, while true, are diluted by their sheer volume. Gawd.
Come to think on it, what have any of us done for her? Jesus, we're a bunch of ingrates.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Nah, I don't think so Lalo. We've been friends.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
And I'd like to add to this misterboy guy that, as much as I may resent you for taking CT off the market, if you hooked her in the first place you can't be entirely bad. At most, half-bad, and that's probably in the way women like.
Mumble mumble lucky BASTARD mumble mumble...
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
As she has been to a lot of people here as well.
That is why I feel cheated a bit....and I wasn't even that close to her, compared to others here.
Kwea
[ August 21, 2004, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I hope she comes back because I haven't forgotten and will one day...
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Noemon:
quote:...a lot of people that I thought of as fixtures of Hatrack...
I think that being a "fixture" is a heavy burden, much like being a pastor over a congregation. CT definitely connects with people on a pastoral level.
I'm sad that her posts are gone. She actually responded to me once, and that was something. Now there's a void.
Fortunately so many good people remain here who are willing to lift other's burdens.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I'l, gladly relieve you of the burden of you wealth, skillery?
Wanna play pool for it?
Kwea
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
I thought I was imagining things when I noticed a lack of her around here lately, I wish I was.
I will miss CT, she was one of the few hatrackers who I've never quarreled with, or been upset with, in fact I think even when I'm at my worse (acting like a stupid 17 year old) she still said nice things about me. I hope her and her husband heal their wounds, what ever they are, and return to us, so we can welcome them back.
JT Stryker Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
I *really* hope that we're all just making too big a deal out of this, because if CT is really gone...
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Whatever the reason, I hope that CT does realise she will be missed.
From what I've seen of her posts, she is a wise lady and no doubt has good reasons for this.
All the same, I will be sorry not to be able to see her posts.
imogen
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Shan told me that Fallow is gone too. Is there a connection? A weird glitch in the system?
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
If she did leave, I hope she'll at least check back to see this topic.
We'll miss you, CT.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Fallow gone?
He's probably still miffed that I superglued that stupid wig on him.
How often does Hatrack tear itself apart at the seams and re-invent itself? This is the second gyration that I've observed since I joined six months ago.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Depends on what you mean. There are plenty of people here who have been posting for years, but people change, and most people fade away gradualy....while new blood such as yourself comes in to "replace" them.
Not that I am suggesting that CT, or any of the other peole here are replacable ona one to one basis, but time doesn't stand still for anyone, or any place on the web.
We have a larger porportion of "old-timers" than any other site I have been to....
Kwea
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
What the???
What's going on??!
*tries to catch up*
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Tsc...
I don't know if I'll get to sleep again, now...I'll be thinking too hard, for that.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
It had to have been something major, right?
She's to strong a personality to just let some fluff, or not, get to her, right?
I'm lost.
I still don't know why Ralphie left.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Spend 24 hours off-line and look what happens.
CT, Mister Boy, you have to do what you have to do, and I know all the pressure we're heaping on probably doesn't help. But you will both be missed, and I hope you decide this is a hiatus, not a departure.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Please come back!
CT is one of the few people left of my list of "Hatrackers I must meet some day" and now she's gone....
Farmgirl
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Speculation has been running rampant El.
Nobody really knows if she really has left or there was a profound glitch affecting her posts.
I must confess a certain curiousity to the reasoning if the departure was voluntary, but I also respect her decision to leave.
-Trevor
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Just curious - what do y'all mean by "gone?"
She's still listed as a registered member.
I don't pretend to know what the post deletions were about, but I know that she's said several times over the last few months that she felt she needed to withdraw into a "smaller space" for awhile - or words to that effect.
Perhaps this is just the hiatus she's been talking about.
Hope so - and hope she's doing OK.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I think out most beloved members have the hardest time at Hatrack. There's a lot of pressure involved in being an icon, and when you are as kind-hearted as CT and Ralphie, they can't say no to people who need them - need something, need the wisdom and the love. The only choices are the give what is needed or else not look - that's part of why we love them, but it's also why I think they cannot stay.
The only way to stay is to be able to sit and see a need and not move to fill it, and that isn't in either of their natures.
In case either reads this, I want to say something. Y'all know how incredibly much I love and respect you both, and I love the kind-heartedness that is your fatal flaw. You can stay. You can stay and not save everyone that needs it. I say that as someone who has many times enjoyed the benefits of y'all's wisdom, but I'd rather live without it if it takes too much. The best thing about this community is that there are people to take up the slack. *hug* It's a big world with a lot of hurt, but it doesn't rest on any one person's shoulders. It's okay to come just to take from us sometimes. It isn't sustainable otherwise.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*hugs*
[ August 21, 2004, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Take care until you return. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Que Sara Sara.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Be well. We'll all miss you.
Dagonee
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
We will miss you here. Take care.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I'll miss having you around, Sara.
Please do what you need to take care of yourself.
See you later.
Stephen
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You've been saving that pun for a special occasion, haven't you, Bob?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You could practically see the bubble wrap he'd been keeping it in lying on the ground around him, couldn't you?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
quote:When I come back, it will be under my own name, and for a particular reason, and with a bit more care.
Very mysterious!
(((hugs Sara)))
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
we'll miss you, sara.
Ni!
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Take care, we'll miss you. Hugs -
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Take care Sara I will miss you sorely and PLEASE e-mail if you ever come to the Seattle area
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
If you've read this thread, you've probably seen CT's response on the other.
She's on hiatus due to emotional turmoil irl. I don't know if she'll be back or not, but I do know she could do worse than to have our best wishes with her.
She has mine, I hope she has yours as well.
-Trevor
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
(((((Sara)))))
Be well. Be happy.
I'll miss you.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
If you need an actual hug, feel free to look me up.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Well, no time like the present time, and no present like the time!
Frivel and Schleck, Sesto!
When you walk under the moon, Just sing this little tune, And think of all the fiddle-floo we've played. Though your mijjle's gotten weary, And your plickton's feeling smeary, Don't ever think your welcome's overstayed.
Loo-dee-loo-dee-lollie. . . We'll sure miss you, jolly. Lie-doo-lee-doo-leeloo . . . We sing our song for you-loo.
Perhaps our jimps will play again, When there's sun instead of rain. And maybe when your grinkle's well, We'll sit and frivel for a spell. Won't it be fine, won't it be grand To again throw yarjubs across the land?
Loo-dee-loo-dee-lollie. . . We'll sure miss you, jolly. Lie-doo-lee-doo-leeloo . . . We sing our song for you-loo.
Enough sap. I can't keep this up indefinitely, you know. I have to return to my previously apathetic state before sunrise.
[ August 22, 2004, 12:14 AM: Message edited by: Scott R ]
Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
Best wishes Sara, I'll miss you.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I missed whatever happened, and I missed CT's replies.
I felt special each and every time CT responded to something I wrote.
I will miss her. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
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) returns when she's ready to face all of us again. Hatrackers can be a daunting bunch, as well we all know. I hope things are alright, and I hope they get better.
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