Thread:Pamster315/@comment-27849239-20160707130452/@comment-26424426-20160707132529

I have never found hatred to be a defining quality of our community. Quite the contrary, wit Fossiliferous at our helm, we consider this to be safe place -- welcoming friends to play as they wish, and to support each other with respect, kindness, discretion and trust. We josh each other, but try to make that clear and just have a fun time. We are protective because most of us know from experience that life has challenges and unexpected turns.

TDC, when you posted that you felt no one was noticing your work, I responded with gratitude. I may be here a lot -- as you observed, and perhaps too much from the reaction of others -- but it's because I want people like you to feel they belong. That's a feeling important to me -- that I belong. Now..I am struggling with my emotions as to whether that's possible for me. But that's my issue, not yours.

I said in an earlier reply to you that we want this to be a happy, safe place for you...for everyone. My office sign -- that my employer keeps to this day -- was "Work hard and be nice to people." Here...it's simply, "Have fun and be nice to people."

Hope this helps you...everyone here really justvwants to get along.