The times they are a changin'...

SoWal Expert

Nov 3, '09 · 11:36 PM2,217

I was going to use this thread title on my standard time rant, but it seemed more fitting for what's been on my mind lately. SoWal.com.

I guess you could say you had me with the Penis Cake thread. From that moment in time when I stumbled upon this wonderful, wacky, informative, goofy, insane, infuriating, maddening, uplifting, creative, sometimes naughty, always intelligent place called SoWal.com, there was no turning back for me. I had found a new family, but I didn't know it at the time. I kept reading threads and I kept thinking, "I've GOT to meet these people!". And met you I did. A lot of you anyway. There were so many days when I couldn't wait to get online to see what the Funns were up to, what RO and Darlene were talking and arguing about, Landlock's evolving tar, the evolution of Sueshore, Darlene's Friday Funnies and Kurt's gorgeous photos.
But, it seems we've lost the funn somewhere along the line. I realize things change, and SoWal.com's no different. Maybe it's a slump, an evolution in itself, maybe a changing of the guard. All I know is that I don't rush home to check the Lounge any more. There are days I don't post and some days I don't read much. You all know I don't frequent the PCE forum and I know there are those who don't frequent the lounge...that's cool. But, I miss those old Lounge Lizards and all the funn we used to have. It makes me sad and it makes me wonder....
do those folks still lurk? Is LL still out there, did Skelly ever get a real job, is Kimmifunn still meeting celebs, will we ever have an ornament exchange again or is OL even still speaking to us, has SJ gone over to TripAdvisor, where is dbuck, will Miss Kitty ever post again, does Audie still love winter, is Mangy still Extreme Ironing, will we ever S/D/C again, will I--before I die-have an animated tar again? Why did we stop using the term bat turd and will we ever have another thread that was as funn as the PC thread?
Just sayin..........
:wave:

Replies

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 6:32 AM#2

No one is over there either except for the drug pusher thread, which started here I think, has had posts deleted and now a new title? And, I don't know where the original thread was, but it's all very confusing.......new rules perhaps?

I am always up for some funn~~~~~~~~~

fartblossom

Nov 4, '09 · 8:20 AM#3

what a sweet post - i still love winter :wave:

thanks to mermy for pointing this out to me

Beach Fanatic

Nov 4, '09 · 10:15 AM#4

Is there something about MK that I missed somewhere? I know I not been as active as some of you but I agree with your thoughts. It seems like things have taken a more serious turn and there have been more digs at people and it has not been as friendly. I know things change as they progress but the forum has taken on a different personality lately. I still will continue to read and lurk and post when I fell it is warrented but it is also sad that there has been such a drastic change.

SoWal Expert

Nov 4, '09 · 10:38 AM#5

I blame a combo of facebook distracting people w/ other funn and rude politricks................most discussions and threads get taken over by a few people (from both sides) who turn everything into a rude squabbling clusterpuck that makes everyone else lose interest.

Hopefully good use of the ignore button, the Xmas ornament exchange, and funn lounge threads can turn it around!

Edited Nov 4, '09 · 10:45 AM

Beach Fanatic

Nov 4, '09 · 11:16 AM#6

DD, I'm trying.............................

SoWal ExpertAuthor

Nov 4, '09 · 12:05 PM#7

DD, I'm trying.............................

Honey, I know you are. I think you might be our salvation. :wub:

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 12:11 PM#8

DD, I'm trying.............................

Honey, I know you are. I think you might be our salvation.

I concur.

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 4:16 PM#9

First post for me in a while, a long while. I saw somewhere on FB that there was a nice post by DD and I had to come read it! Hey DD!! :wub:

All the above is true...SB44 is right on target for me. :wave:

Hope all are well....

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Nov 4, '09 · 7:34 PM#10

I do miss the good old days that is for sure. However, like life, things change. Sometimes good, sometimes not so much. Not saying that the changes here are bad, well just different. SoWal.com has grown so much over the years and more and more people have found us. Which is a good thing for the most part. In the last month I have seen two SoWal.com stickers in my neck of the woods. Don't know who they are though. I started to chase a car down the other day, but I would have been late getting back to work. Damn work!

Anyway, I miss the funn's, I miss LL, I miss OL, I miss dbuck, RO I sure miss giving you a hard time that is for sure! I miss a lot of what it was, but I have to say I have made some lifelong friends here that I keep in touch with via phone, email and visits and I would not trade that for anything in the whole world. I love you all and I hope you know it. :wub:

SoWal.com will always have a special place in my heart, always. I may not post as much as I once did but I do lurk from time to time. Time is precious these days and I have to make the best use of it. But, I will never be able to walk away for good.

Geez, I rambled didn't I? Anywho, I leave you with this.

All of us experience change in our lives. Change is the one constant in our lives. There are changes that we look forward too and change that we fear. However, one thing is for sure. Things will not stay the same no matter how much we would like them too. When a life change occurs, we have two choices in how to respond. We can despair that a change has come and assume that things will be worse, or we can look with excitement at the new possibilities that the change presents.

:wave:

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 8:40 PM#11

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '09 · 8:57 PM#12

what a sweet post - i still love winter thanks to mermy for pointing this out to me

I'm with you audie... and where ya been? stay awhile...

I blame a combo of facebook distracting people w/ other funn and rude politricks................most discussions and threads get taken over by a few people (from both sides) who turn everything into a rude squabbling clusterpuck that makes everyone else lose interest.

Hopefully good use of the ignore button, the Xmas ornament exchange, and funn lounge threads can turn it around!

yep, FB and bat turds are to blame. at least partially.

There is an entire online community on FB. I joined up several months ago because my BFF said I had to. I'm glad I joined up so that I could truly see if FB had anything substantial to offer to me. and I have confirmed that yes it is one big fat twitter. and NO its not my cup of tea. But, I do understand its draw..

This online community will always remain special because of the one place called SoWal we all have in common. It is a celebration of the beautiful coastal community located on the Emerald Coast in Northwest Florida. The people participating on SoWal.com over the years have built a unique online community through their commitment to come here as often as possible to visit and share all kinds of stuff!

Yes, as Darlene stated - change happens. While some friends have moved on, we've gained many others. Many of you have been here for quite a long time. :wave:

new members come and go, while new members come and stay, and old members stay around, and old members go away. I've come to understand that it is truly all the members who make the community what it is. that is why it changes. always has. always will.

I know there are times, like many of you, that I just can't come and participate. but I always catch up later. sometimes it seems as if time is speeding up and there is never enough time! so then its time to slow down and login and see what up in the lounge.

DD - maybe we should all stay in the lounge for a week and commit to funn and play. never to stray except to post a recipe, or check on an event. I think its time we do exactly that.

DD thanks for always being a part of this community - you have done much to build it, care for it, keep it close to your heart, mother it, get it tattooed on your body, and so much more.

will there ever be another penis cake thread? probably not. but you never ever know. but I do know this:
Someone is going to have to track down OL for the SoWal Ornament Exchange. Its a tradition and we must continue it whether we want to or not. :lolabove:

Edited Nov 4, '09 · 9:02 PM

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 9:03 PM#13

I miss you all! :wub:

I miss RO and his oh so typical man responses and when he and Graytonbound needed to get a room, I also miss the river otter with peace sign necklace and heinie.

Sueshore who caught my attention on my first visit to SoWal.com so many years ago and she always made me giggle at her wicked wit.

DD's sweet, sweet heart.

KDW's bite me!.

The funn's excapades ....they always made me laugh, I remember for some odd reason for a time I thought that RO worked for Whiteyfunn....I don't even remember why, but something about working for the man....I remember Whiteyfunn's avatar the first time i logged on was fat Star Jones, that's how I pictured her for a long time.

SJ's sage words of wisdom and wonderful heart.

Landlocked always made me giggle too, another typical man....cheezits and boobs.

I honestly never figured out who moondance was....or whatever his name was....was that rivo?

Mango's acerbic wit and wisdom, she was my first true new yorker friend.

All the wonderful wenches, meeting and making lifelong friends.

Edited Nov 4, '09 · 9:15 PM

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '09 · 9:05 PM#14

The Otter checks in about weekly. but we do need to see his muffin stump a lot more. (saw otter a few weeks ago at Red Bar!!! he's the same ole otter!)

Edited Nov 4, '09 · 9:13 PM

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 9:14 PM#15

what a sweet post - i still love winter thanks to mermy for pointing this out to me

Fartblossom! I was thinking about you today, someone picked up this pink sparkley glamour girl card on my self and said "OMG, I've never seen such a sparkley, pink card!" :wave:

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '09 · 9:15 PM#16

Fartblossom! I was thinking about you today, someone picked up this pink sparkley glamour girl card on my self and said "OMG, I've never seen such a sparkley, pink card!"

yes, BB is our pink sparkley glamour gal. and a friend to all. :wub:

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 9:18 PM#17

I'm with you audie... and where ya been? stay awhile...

yep, FB and bat turds are to blame. at least partially.

There is an entire online community on FB. I joined up several months ago because my BFF said I had to. I'm glad I joined up so that I could truly see if FB had anything substantial to offer to me. and I have confirmed that yes it is one big fat twitter. and NO its not my cup of tea. But, I do understand its draw..

This online community will always remain special because of the one place called SoWal we all have in common. It is a celebration of the beautiful coastal community located on the Emerald Coast in Northwest Florida. The people participating on SoWal.com over the years have built a unique online community through their commitment to come here as often as possible to visit and share all kinds of stuff!

Yes, as Darlene stated - change happens. While some friends have moved on, we've gained many others. Many of you have been here for quite a long time. new members come and go, while new members come and stay, and old members stay around, and old members go away. I've come to understand that it is truly all the members who make the community what it is. that is why it changes. always has. always will.

I know there are times, like many of you, that I just can't come and participate. but I always catch up later. sometimes it seems as if time is speeding up and there is never enough time! so then its time to slow down and login and see what up in the lounge.

DD - maybe we should all stay in the lounge for a week and commit to funn and play. never to stray except to post a recipe, or check on an event. I think its time we do exactly that.

DD thanks for always being a part of this community - you have done much to build it, care for it, keep it close to your heart, mother it, get it tattooed on your body, and so much more.

will there ever be another penis cake thread? probably not. but you never ever know. but I do know this:
Someone is going to have to track down OL for the SoWal Ornament Exchange. Its a tradition and we must continue it whether we want to or not.

did you say member?

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '09 · 9:20 PM#18

did you say member?

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '09 · 9:25 PM#19

That's more like it :clap:

SoWal ExpertAuthor

Nov 4, '09 · 10:02 PM#20

Thanks to all of you.
I guess what I was trying to say more than anything was that it seems the funn has gone away. I realize people come and go, people stay and people troll, but we've always been able to laugh, cope, gently argue, get spanked from time to time and come out still wanting to come back the next day. I'm anxious to see the next phase of SoWal.com. Now, I'm off to post some useless, meaningless crap. :lol:

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '09 · 10:34 PM#21

DD is off to post some useless crap? See... Some things never change. Hahaha. Love how she never gives up on funn. DD is going to be posting on sowal in the nursing home someday. - as a 98 year old resident. Keeping all the young sowal whipper snappers entertained with stories from the geriatric crib.

Beach Fanatic

Nov 4, '09 · 10:45 PM#22

I know I am going to get some crap for this, but, is this an obituary?????

That's what I thought until I read Tootsies last post about DD when she is 98.......Don't leave us DD, PLEASE!!!!!

SoWal Guide

Nov 5, '09 · 6:55 AM#23

I know I am going to get some crap for this, but, is this an obituary?????

That's what I thought until I read Tootsies last post about DD when she is 98.......Don't leave us DD, PLEASE!!!!!

oh, DD is okay and going nowhere. she is just politely trying to tell us to shape up and get funn again. she's right. people are too serious lately.

SoWal ExpertAuthor

Nov 5, '09 · 7:02 AM#24

DD is off to post some useless crap? See... Some things never change. Hahaha. Love how she never gives up on funn. DD is going to be posting on sowal in the nursing home someday. - as a 98 year old resident. Keeping all the young sowal whipper snappers entertained with stories from the geriatric crib.

Yep. Hell, I post from the nursing home now! :lol:

I know I am going to get some crap for this, but, is this an obituary?????

That's what I thought until I read Tootsies last post about DD when she is 98.......Don't leave us DD, PLEASE!!!!!

Oh no...not an obit...see Toots post below.

oh, DD is okay and going nowhere. she is just politely trying to tell us to shape up and get funn again. she's right. people are too serious lately.

Thank you. :wub:

Beach Fanatic

Nov 5, '09 · 10:21 AM#25

After all is said and done, I do know 1 thing. If anyone here truely needed something,all they have to do is mention it on the board and friends from here will come running.

SoWal Insider

Nov 5, '09 · 10:29 AM#26

After all is said and done, I do know 1 thing. If anyone here truely needed something,all they have to do is mention it on the board and friends from here will come running.

right on...i do believe this.