Trouble

Quote:

---

Originally posted by ANTHONYT:

Sometimes I think of someone as a friend even with very limited information to go on. You never know for sure if your estimation of someone is completely accurate until something bad happens and you need help.

At the moment, there are two people on this forum whom I've never met that I feel I could call tomorrow and say, "Hey, I'm in town, I'm penniless, and I need somewhere to stay. Can you take me in for a few days?" And I think they'd say yes.

These people could expect the same from me. Though at least one of them would probably be surprised to hear I hold them in such esteem.

---

"I'm Spartacus!" I think it might be more like only 2 people wouldn't put you up - you're a diamond geezer. I wouldn't argue with you if I didn't think so!

In terms of friendship and who qualifies - I told myself that in RWED I wouldn't look for friends or try to be too friendly (or too dickish), because that would lead to favoritism and to me the Ideal RWED was as a place for ideas and debate without the prejudice of friendship (or what someone looks like or having any real life consequences for having unpopular ideas). It supposed to be about ideas only, at least that's it's appeal to me. Sometimes unintended things happen along the way though.

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.com

NOTIFY: Y  | REPLY  | REPLY WITH QUOTE  | PERMALINK  | TOP  | HOME

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Kwicko:
And about the highest level of respect I can give someone is to say to them, "I want YOU on my bank-robbing team!" Not everyone makes the cut; in fact, very few do. The bank-robbing team is a thought exercise: You're going into a tense situation, life or death, do or die. Who do you want with you? Which five or six people are the most indispensable in your life for such situations? Who will have your back, be loyal and fearless, stay cool under pressure, and never ever betray you, no matter what hell may come? Who can you rely on to be there if you need them, to be there if they say they're going to be there? Those people are your true friends, and the ones who deserve your very highest levels of respect.

---

We should make that it's own thread!
Cause I'd be much amused to engage in that particular thought exercise - not metaphorically, but who here would want who on a crew to rob a bank and why ?
That'd be hi-larious.

-F

NOTIFY: N  | REPLY  | REPLY WITH QUOTE  | PERMALINK  | TOP  | HOME

Quote:

---

At the moment, there are two people on this forum whom I've never met that I feel I could call tomorrow and say, "Hey, I'm in town, I'm penniless, and I need somewhere to stay. Can you take me in for a few days?" And I think they'd say yes.

---

We've never met, but I would make five. Definitely.

And I can prove it would be true, for me, because I even FLEW to England to bring Jo (who I'd only met on line) and her dog home from England to live with us when she was in that position (BEFORE I knew my feelings about her, mind you). AND Choey (who I'd known for nearly a decade only on line) is living with us right now and has for over four years, from the time I paid for her to fly herself and her dog here from Back East when she was in pretty much the position you described. She is still not in a position to support herself, and I don't care if she stays with us for the rest of her life. Her dog drives both Jim and I crazy, but he feels the same about her.

So not only can I say with proof that the same would be true for you, but that it's BEEN TRUE for two people and would be true for numerous more, several of them on this forum.

You have many friends here, I believe, who would do the same.

NOTIFY: Y  | REPLY  | REPLY WITH QUOTE  | PERMALINK  | TOP  | HOME