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Post by gar on Jun 28, 2014 7:52:04 GMT
When I first heard of 2 Peas it seemed really cool but a bit scary.....now it's such a part of my daily routine it's funny to remember how I used to regard it.
Now I feel it's a comfortable, dependable, entertaining place a bit like the Cheers bar where there'll always be a group of friends to chat to.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 28, 2014 8:09:05 GMT
Flat out - it's been my crutch through some devastating years. Sometimes you really do need the distraction.
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Post by DinCA on Jun 28, 2014 8:23:08 GMT
I can blame spitfiregirl. I had been a pea for about eight years and spitfiregirl kept urging me to check it out. Finally, I did but I was too intimidated to actually post anything until about five years ago. I still don't post much but I read every single day. It's the first place I run to when there's breaking news. I want to know what the peas think about it. And chances are someone actually lives where the news is taking place. I can't imagine there are too many groups that are as diverse and from so many countries. It's special, I think. Plus, it's truly perfect for an introvert like me.
So , every day I keep coming back because peas are not only some of the most intelligent women I've ever come across but also the funniest, wittiest and craziest, and some of the most compassionate. Plus, the peas know everything.
ETA: Why do I have two different font sizes?
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Post by polz on Jun 28, 2014 9:58:40 GMT
I use three message boards. I liked peas because the people there as so different to me and yet, have some of the same problems too. Plus, I'm nosy. I like to see how other people live.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 28, 2014 11:52:42 GMT
Kiwipolz - CUTE avatar!
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jun 28, 2014 12:30:03 GMT
I haven't turned on my television in probably 6 months because NSBR is my entertainment. It is really interesting to find out that things I thought were the norm aren't normal at all. I love all of the different viewpoints and learning how things are done in other places.
I think another reason that people go to NSBR is because it works like a "get a grip" friend. The people here help pull you back to reality.
I'm also a bit of an introvert so I agree with the peas who mentioned that. A lot of times I'd rather just listen to a conversation and not participate.
I will also admit to liking the occasional "pass the popcorn" and "hairflip". It keeps it interesting.
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Post by yoko on Jun 28, 2014 12:31:44 GMT
It's a way to be social if you're an introvert. That's why I enjoy it. No tension to keep a verbal conversation moving along. Just reply when you wish. Right there.
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Post by shevy on Jun 28, 2014 12:56:58 GMT
It's also 'on' 24 hours a day, whenever you need it. When my insomnia flares, I can read and post and not worry I'm bothering people at 3:30am.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 28, 2014 13:57:42 GMT
It started with scrapbooking, but then I found the NSBR board! I love the diversity, the amazing wisdom, the drama...all of it.
It's also an escape for me. I have a stressful job and DH is battling cancer. Sometimes we are unable to leave the house for the weekend, when he is feeling ill, so when I need a diversion, here you are.
I love you all!
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Post by whipea on Jun 28, 2014 14:24:48 GMT
Since my attention span is very limited, I am attracted to the conciseness of this format. You can read a life story, situation, drama, great humor or celebration in a few sentences or paragraphs. 2peas NSBR was entertaining,informative and predictable in its unpredictableness. Like many said, a wonderful view into the perspectives and lives of others.
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Jun 28, 2014 14:41:52 GMT
why is it that we are all so attached to a message board? 15 years i went to two peas, almost daily...…..How did we all form such a crazy and wild group at the nsbr? We immediately needed another board to congregate… Its because we are scrapbookers at heart. We like to tell stories, to read stories, share stories…. we may not scrapbook any more, but we still are still scrapbookers at heart… whats your take? I believe the OP still said it best.
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Post by cropaholicnora on Jun 28, 2014 14:46:20 GMT
For me, it's a community. A community of sharing, knowledge, laughter, tears, and making connections that I probably wouldn't make due to introversion, depression, and/or the complications of life. I know that whenever I come here someone will make me laugh, someone will make me think, and I'll get the daily dose of drama that I grew up with in a small town. Plus, I can get all that with bed head while sitting in my pajamas. What's not to love?
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akathy
What's For Dinner?
Still peaing from Podunk!
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Post by akathy on Jun 28, 2014 14:53:55 GMT
It was a great place to expand my thinking and awareness. The diversity and the willingness of everyone to share ideas and keep each other current and grounded. It is like having a group of friends available 24/7 and not having to figure out a way to schedule them in to your calendar. This and I've had the opportunity to meet many peas IRL and form some pretty close relationships. I quit scrapping years ago but visited NSBR almost daily.
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Post by zeutdog86 on Jun 28, 2014 15:24:37 GMT
I like knowing I have friends all around the world! I've been a daily lurker for over 3 years. I can't believe I panicked when 2peas closed but I did! I just kept thinking 'how I would find all my friends' -all my friends that don't know I exist!! (now to learn the use the board so I'm not intimated to post!)
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 28, 2014 15:25:55 GMT
I like knowing I have friends all around the world! I've been a daily lurker for over 3 years. I can't believe I panicked when 2peas closed but I did! I just kept thinking 'how I would find all my friends' -all my friends that don't know I exist!! (now to learn the use the board so I'm not intimated to post!) Well get in here and make yourself known, silly pea.
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on Jun 30, 2014 2:02:17 GMT
It's a way to be social if you're an introvert. That's why I enjoy it. No tension to keep a verbal conversation moving along. Just reply when you wish.
^ ^ ^ totally agree. I have learned so much about life in other regions of the USA and other countries.
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Mary Kay Lady
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Jun 30, 2014 2:45:06 GMT
It was a great place to expand my thinking and awareness. The diversity and the willingness of everyone to share ideas and keep each other current and grounded. It is like having a group of friends available 24/7 and not having to figure out a way to schedule them in to your calendar. I was a lurker mostly, too and was actually shocked when I went to check out the boards as I usually do, about the emotional response I experienced. Glad I was able to find the new and improved NSBR! This!
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Mary Kay Lady
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Jun 30, 2014 2:52:27 GMT
Scrapbooking is what originally brought me to 2peas, but thru the years, it became like a family. And, the peas know EVERYTHING! (How many have said this already?) I missed y'all the 2 days that I couldn't get on the board. Glad to have so many back together! Linda *formerly known as Abbysmeme* I agree 100%. When I have a problem or a question and don't know who to ask I always come here. This is such a diverse group of women someone is bound to be able to answer any type of question.
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Post by mama2three on Jun 30, 2014 3:09:54 GMT
There was a chunk of my life where I felt very alone. NSBR was my lifeline. I had moved to a new area, didn't have any friends, had a very fussy baby. Then dh was deployed and it was even worse. That was the time I needed my online friends. I was very connected to the board, over shared a lot, and I don't know how I would have made it through those years without my online friends. That was a long time ago. I haven't had time to pea since I went back to work full time and started focusing on my career again. I still hold on though because you all got me through some really tough times. That's about it for me. I started out on 2Peas as a scrapper, looking at inspiration in the gallery and lurking the GS board for a couple of years before signing up to purchase products. The NSBR board was a scary place back then, but once I jumped in, there was no going back.
The peas got me through so much at a time when I had no one to talk to. Through pregnancy bedrest when all my friends and neighbors worked, through late night nursing sessions, through illnesses and other challenges. Even if I didn't post much, it was good to know someone was always up, someone was listening, and the peas always had answers (even if sometimes they weren't what I wanted, but instead needed, to hear). The peas also seem to know the news before it even hits the news, something which always amazed me. Just reading made me feel part of a community, something I don't get at work or in my neighborhood with everyone so busy with their own lives.
After all these years of laughing, commiserating, crying and grieving with the peas, I feel I know many of you, and though I haven't been on the board much at all over the past year due to my crazy work schedule, I don't want to lose that connection.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 3:53:48 GMT
When I joined 2peas, I joined it for scrapbooking.
However, once I found NSBR, that was no longer the case. Why did I stay so long after I quit paper crafting? The diversity of thought & opinions and the unique camaraderie we enjoy here.
From time to time I've grown weary of the snark and thought about leaving, but in the end just couldn't do it. , Plus, I had some encouragement from a great pea friend. (*cough* Lefty *cough*)
All I know is, I'm so glad to be here!
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rxgal
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Post by rxgal on Jun 30, 2014 4:47:57 GMT
I have knowledge on so many topics, for instance the other day I told a friend to be careful backing out of her packing spot because I just read a thread where so many peas said parking lots were dangerous and so many accidents happen there. Same ol' Annabella. Never disappoints. You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas?
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Rainbow
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Where salt is in the air and sand is at my feet...
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Jun 26, 2014 5:57:41 GMT
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Post by Rainbow on Jun 30, 2014 12:24:52 GMT
It's Hotel California!
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Rainbow
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Where salt is in the air and sand is at my feet...
Posts: 4,103
Jun 26, 2014 5:57:41 GMT
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Post by Rainbow on Jun 30, 2014 12:25:52 GMT
I have knowledge on so many topics, for instance the other day I told a friend to be careful backing out of her packing spot because I just read a thread where so many peas said parking lots were dangerous and so many accidents happen there. Same ol' Annabella. Never disappoints. You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas? LOL
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Post by kluski on Jun 30, 2014 12:31:02 GMT
For me, I can ask awkward questions here anonymously. But even more importantly, I have learned abt traditions specific to different areas of our country. One example is, some of you send money to a family when someone dies. That doesn't happen here. There are many more but that came to mind quickly. Oh and the PEAS know breaking news and trends faster then CNN.
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Kath
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Post by Kath on Jun 30, 2014 13:00:26 GMT
I think it really hit me several years ago how special this place was when I went through an extremely hard time in my life along with a move and everything in my life was thrown into upheaval, except this place.
It was the one place I could go where nothing ever changed, the same people were arguing with each other every time I showed up, the same politics were being discussed, the same old tired and well-loved lines were being thrown around (pass the popcorn, this thread is useless without pictures), the "what's for dinner" thread was still on the first page along with (if it was a good day) a few high-drama multi-pagers filled with snark and hilarity.
Here was a place that didn't change when all the rest of my world was in turmoil. Here was a place I could just sit down, put my feet up, have a drink, and let the cares of my "real life" slip away. Where I could come day or night and discuss any issue I wanted and someone would always call back to me out of the vast expanse of space with, "I hear you and I'm listening."
I feel really blessed to know all of you.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 30, 2014 13:38:47 GMT
It's a safe community to be in. Enough people that you are anonymous to a point, but closely enough knit that you know the hairflips, inside jokes, trials and tribulations of some of the board members. You belong just by being here.
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Post by annabella on Jun 30, 2014 14:18:30 GMT
I have knowledge on so many topics, for instance the other day I told a friend to be careful backing out of her packing spot because I just read a thread where so many peas said parking lots were dangerous and so many accidents happen there. Same ol' Annabella. Never disappoints. You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas? No why I would need to know that? I don't drive. But this was news to my driving friend.
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Post by annabella on Jun 30, 2014 14:19:41 GMT
Same ol' Annabella. Never disappoints. You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas? LOL?
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rxgal
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Jun 26, 2014 12:10:09 GMT
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Post by rxgal on Jun 30, 2014 14:41:52 GMT
Same ol' Annabella. Never disappoints. You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas? No why I would need to know that? I don't drive. But this was news to my driving friend. Common sense? Because you walk through parking lots? Because it's not that surprising that people reversing a several ton machine with limited visibility in a confined space where people are walking might have some risks? It's just fascinating that, in your mind, you picked out "parking lots can be dangerous" as something you learned on Two Peas. Your thought process is fascinating.
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Rainbow
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Where salt is in the air and sand is at my feet...
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Jun 26, 2014 5:57:41 GMT
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Post by Rainbow on Jun 30, 2014 14:57:04 GMT
You didn't know parking lots and backing out were dangerous until you read it on Two Peas?
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