The Over40s Survivors/Society Page.
Out here in Cyberspace, in the wonderful world of NewGroups, are many wonderful little cyber neighborhoods, where folks from all over the world share their thoughts, feelings, silliness, joys and sorrows. One of the nicest of these neighborhoods was the msn's Over40s NewsGroup, deleted in 1998 (?) from the servers during an msn NG reorganization. We shared so much besides our time with each other. We shared our humor, our thoughts, our successes and our failures. We also shared information and insights. We shared a healthy respect for each other and the tenor of the board was one of civility. Flamers, spammers, energy-suckers, control freaks and 'hot-to-trotter's' wouldn't have felt welcome there. All other thinking adults did. A healthy percentage of the posters from the Old40s NG have reassembled in a new cyber home. This page is a tribute to the friends, past and present who have the Old 40s NG to thank for the civilized and friendly presence that we've come to know and appreciate.
First...Our Current 40's NG
(though it now goes by a different name now..the name of which is purposfully not being mentioned here. Old friends who have 'lost us', can email me for directions.) .
This NG is made up
largely of the refugee's from the now defunct Over40s NG, though
I'm pleased to say we have found some wonderful new friends as
well.
(Click on their picture to be taken to their bio page)
Second : The Old 40s Page as I personally enjoy remembering it
Here is a Tribute to just some of those fine folks that once helped made up the old Over40s. Those we've stayed in touch with through the many mandatory moves , and who are still posting with our new group (above) are highlighted. How we'd love to find some of our long lost friends that are pictured here without the high lighted background.
I'll be forever gateful to a NG now gone for giving me the opportunity to have met these folks. I'm pleased to say that many of us still stay in touch .
Click on their individual pictures below to find out more about these nice friends.
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As part of it's
reorganization, when msn closed the Over40s NG, they opened a new
NG called the Peers40s. This NG drew a whole host of new folks, wonderful
new folks I might add, and the new NG became very popular and
very large. More posters = more posts, and many of the original
crew from the Over40s just couldn't keep up and slowly many of
them quietly faded from view. Such is the wold of Cyber NG's.
Like any real neighborhood, over time it changes , not better,
not worse, just different. The Peers 40s was a happy, thriving
group and several of the folks from the old Over40s did still
post there. Alas, msn has decided to do away with that NG also.
:( Here's just a few of the new folks that formed a wonderful
cyber friendship at the recently defuct) Those whose photos are
highlighted in yellow, have joined us at our new NG.
PEERS
40S NG
Abbreviations and Emoticons used in News Groups
AFK= away from the Keyboard | ROFLMAOPMP = REALLY funny ! |
BRB= be right back | Moof= Disconnected from MSN |
BBL= be back later | <g>= small grin |
CRS = Can't remember sh*t | <s>= small smile |
BTDT = Been there, Done that | <S>= BIG SMILE |
gmta= great minds think alike | <G>= BIG GRIN |
IMHO= In my humble opinion | <vbg>= Very big grin |
WTG!= Way to Go! | <eg>= Evil grin |
LOL= Laughing out loud | surfing= Moving around in cyberspace |
PMP = Pi*s my pants | flaming= giving someone a rough time |
ROFL= Rolling on floor laughing | Depends Alert = see PMP or ask Bev ;-) |
ROFLMAO = ROFL my as* off | <smirk> = Something Bev does alot ;-) |
R, D & H = Run, duck & hide | Looping sign-in screen: refers to msn SPA prob. |
:-) or :) = Smile | ;-) or ;) = Smiling while winking |
>:-( or :-( = Frown | ;-( = Pretending to be mad |
:-0 = Surprise | :`-( = crying |
created 6/01/98.
Background and icons created by Kathy LaPier