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Posted by undercoverangel
 - November 28, 2005, 04:45:07 AM
Quote from: Mr. Bill on November 25, 2005, 07:58:49 AM
I remember people complaining that they had sent an email and their wife didn't get it yet, and when I asked them how they knew they said because they had just talked to her on the phone.  My response probably wasn't the kindest :)

Totally off topic but I have to comment on this one.  I have been a Navy Wife for 14 years.  Started my marriage this way.  I remember the days of "snail mail".  And we did the number the letters thing too.  And some of the letters never showed up.....  I remember savoring those phone calls when he was deployed for 6 months.  I also remember when he went on his first boat with email and phones.  I remember the "newbie" wives who complained that their husbands didn't sit their and play email tag with them.  Or the wife who complained because her husband abused his position on the boat to call her several times every day on the government line.  It got the point with certain wives I told them to shut up and get a life.  They are not out there to play email tag with them, but to do a job.  Get over it and be glad you have that.  Me personally, I miss those days of checking the real mail box every day praying for a letter.  And I still have every one of the letters we sent back and forth the first half of our career.

On the topic, While I do not mind aol players having access to club games, it does get annoying at times.  When playing in bingo I have had more problems with aol players than I care to remember.  I am glad the newer games coming out do have club only rooms.  But it was because of the "free" games on aol that I found out about pogo-club pogo and decided to became a member. 

Sometimes people just need to stop and think before they speak, not speak and then think.........
Posted by SexySagittarian
 - November 25, 2005, 11:57:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Bill on November 25, 2005, 07:58:49 AM
Ginger thank you and your daughter for her service. Is she home now? I'm just amazed at how much technology has advanced in recent years. It wasn't that long ago when I remember getting to call my wife once a month (if I was lucky) and waiting on mail call for letters that finally caught up with us, and then getting 5 or 10 at a time. We used to number the letters so that we'd read them in order, lol. My very last deployment over to the gulf, we not only had phones on the ship but email too. I remember people complaining that they had sent an email and their wife didn't get it yet, and when I asked them how they knew they said because they had just talked to her on the phone. My response probably wasn't the kindest :)

As far as this thread, I've probaby said enough already. It wasn't/isn't my intent to make anyone feel unwelcome here. I'd just ask that they don't judge based on one small issue and apply it broadly across others. Yes, I'm probably as guilty of it as anyone but now that I've said my piece, I'll be leaving this thread alone.

BTW, Happy Day After Thanksgiving Left-Over Day (I'd say happy shopping but the only shopping I'll be doing today will be on line. My wife and daughter are braving the masses at the malls, I'll probably see them again sometime before Monday lol)


Thank you, Mr.Bill for asking about my daughter. Yes, she is home now...well, at least she is in the U.S. She is stationed now at Fort Hood, Texas. They did have phone banks set up and she was able to call 2 or 3 times a month. They also had cyber cafe's where we could chat or play pogo games. Some of the cafe's even had web cams, so we were able to see each other in "almost"  real time (always a couple second delay). Her hair was always a mess, she never had make up on,  she needed a manicure something terrible, and she was always dressed in BDU's but she was as beautiful to me as the day she married. It would have been awful if we hadn't been able to spend that time together. Thank God for modern technology!

Thank you and your family for the sacrifices you made helping to keep us safe in our country. You, my daughter and the many thousands of others like you in uniform are real hero's in my book. Thank you.

As for this thread, enough said. Let's all try to avoid the shopping malls this week end and pogo like there's no tomorrow.

I think I'll go have some punkin pie now... ;)
Posted by bubblegum
 - November 25, 2005, 08:31:23 AM
my husband retired from the navy last year after 22 years.  Often we played pogo as a way to talk while he was deployed and it really made a differnce in our lives knowing he was on the other end as well.   :)
Posted by janet
 - November 25, 2005, 08:12:36 AM
Mr Bill, I am just very glad that you didn't put your foot through your puter on that one.  Or you could have thrown one computer at the other computer and knocked them both out at the same time. I would have missed you very much and wouldn't have wanted you to stand in any Black Friday lines. 

When some people have such a poor attitude towards others I just have to feel very sorry for them.  There is something very important lacking in their lives and I can only pray that some day they will be blessed.  They don't understand that when they give to others, they will be given to. 

How is my Billie doing?  Miss her pretty face every day.
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 25, 2005, 07:58:49 AM
Ginger thank you and your daughter for her service.  Is she home now?  I'm just amazed at how much technology has advanced in recent years.  It wasn't that long ago when I remember getting to call my wife once a month (if I was lucky) and waiting on mail call for letters that finally caught up with us, and then getting 5 or 10 at a time.  We used to number the letters so that we'd read them in order, lol.  My very last deployment over to the gulf, we not only had phones on the ship but email too.  I remember people complaining that they had sent an email and their wife didn't get it yet, and when I asked them how they knew they said because they had just talked to her on the phone.  My response probably wasn't the kindest :)

As far as this thread, I've probaby said enough already.  It wasn't/isn't my intent to make anyone feel unwelcome here.  I'd just ask that they don't judge based on one small issue and apply it broadly across others.  Yes, I'm probably as guilty of it as anyone but now that I've said my piece, I'll be leaving this thread alone.

BTW,  Happy Day After Thanksgiving Left-Over Day (I'd say happy shopping but the only shopping I'll be doing today will be on line.  My wife and daughter are braving the masses at the malls, I'll probably see them again sometime before Monday  lol)
Posted by SexySagittarian
 - November 25, 2005, 07:33:46 AM
I just read this thread for the first time and was appalled at the callousness of some of the forum members. I thank you so much for saying what I would not have said as courteously as you did. I pay for 2 pogo accounts (that I became aware of because of the free pogo games I got as an AOL member) I also have 2 "free" accounts.  My free accounts were used quite extensively a year ago while my daughter was a soldier fighting for democracy in Iraq. It was one of very few things that we were able to do together, and the only times during the year she was in Iraq that I knew she was safe as long as her side of the game kept playing. I cherish the time I was able to spend with my daughter on pogo during that time in our lives. I have never donated to "pogocheats" but I feel I support them by having bought all but 4 or 5 of the autos they offer, but I spent a number of months before I bought my auto's using the free trial periods. I'm also reminded of the many members of this forum that use "free"  pogo accounts to double browse to get some of the pogo badges.. are they also "freeloaders? I'm happy for those members of this forum that are financially well off enough to be able to throw money at whatever they want as soon as they want it, Unfortunately, that is not the case for many members of this forum. I think especially during this time of year we should all take time to be thankful for what we have and to be especially charitable (if only in thought) to those of us that are less fortunate than others. I will climb off of my soapbox now and wish all of you a very happy holiday season.  Ginger
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 24, 2005, 08:17:04 PM
hehehehe you read me like a book :)
Posted by pogohatesme
 - November 24, 2005, 08:12:30 PM
lol Walk = More room for pie and cakey lol we know why you really went for that walk lol
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 24, 2005, 07:49:04 PM
LOL, oh the walk was fine.  My young bride of 26 years and I sometimes walk a mile and a half loop around the neighboorhood in the evenings.   It has a very peaceful and calming effect on me.  If I hadn't taken the walk I might have used some of my old sailor words that I am trying ever so hard to banish from my vocab.  lol
Posted by janet
 - November 24, 2005, 07:43:17 PM
Mr Bill, I am so sorry that you had to go for a walk to get through that.  Most of us know what you are talking about, but I still think there are a few people out there that don't have a clue.  So very sad for them.  Have another piece of pie, compliements of all that care.   :)
Posted by Lish
 - November 24, 2005, 07:37:21 PM
Amen, Bill. O0
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 24, 2005, 07:35:52 PM
Quote from: pogohatesme on November 24, 2005, 07:14:09 PM
I've got pumpkin pie and pineapple upside downcake if ya want some after ya finsh that turkey!
PIE and Cakey  ummmm, can I have a little of both (Hey, I was on a diet for a month getting ready for today  lol)
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 24, 2005, 07:18:48 PM
Quote from: odomus on November 24, 2005, 03:34:39 PM
I have a friend who is not a club pogo member and she wants to know if clubpogo is going to have a nonmembers room for qwerty?????

Hi Odomus,
It doesn't appear that there will be any non-members rooms for qwerty at present.  There are however 2 week guest passes available where you friend can try it out.  Please keep in mind that this is a fairly new game so who knows what the future will offer.  You might also have her pose this question to AOL or to pogo.  Perhaps if there is enough interest, they will expand it for aol users as well.

(of course, if you have a club pogo account, you can let your friend play all the qwerty she wants and you'll get the benefit of raking in the badges) :)
Posted by pogohatesme
 - November 24, 2005, 07:14:09 PM
WTG Bill!!   :D :D :D  I stand up and salute you.......and say ty to the time you served for your country, pogo, and pogo cheats!  We love ya!


P.S.--I've got pumpkin pie and pineapple upside downcake if ya want some after ya finsh that turkey!
Posted by PogoNutz
 - November 24, 2005, 07:11:51 PM
Thank you Bubblegum.  I had a wonderful day and hope you did too. 

Anyone that knows me knows I prefer humor and that I really don't like conflict.  I'm sure it wasn't the intent of anyone to go there but the whole idea that any group of folks is somehow inferior just smacks of prejudice and I'm afraid I just can't give that a free pass without expressing my views.

Now, I'm almost ready for round two against the leftovers, can someone pass the gravy :)