(#2002-3126) - Topics this issue: 1) VeryOT: Please answer privately...contains religious reference, 2) Sharing news with friends, 3) VeryOT: Please answer privately...contains religious reference, 4) Sharing news with friends, 5) Sharing news with friends, 6) strange emails, 7) Smelly Bee Gee songs, 8) Sharing news with friends, 9) Sharing news with friends, 10) Maurice's New Home, 11) Sharing news with friends, 12) please send prayers privately, 13) A new Bee Gees video by Bernie Quayle, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:58:44 -0500 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: RE: VeryOT: Please answer privately...contains religious reference Yes . . . and no doubt Jews, Muslims, Athiests, Agnostics, Buddhists, Christian Scientists, Falwellians, Robertsonians, O'Reilleyites, perhaps even a Baptist or two (but that's a whole other issue ) . . . in short, a microcosm of the world itself. Next question? Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]On > Behalf Of WCPI46@aol.com > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:34 AM > To: words List Member > Subject: VeryOT: Please answer privately...contains religious reference > > > Hello, > > I've been on this list for ages, and I've often wondered but > never asked. Are > there other Christians here? > > BB > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:23:30 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Sharing news with friends > > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:52:37 +1000 > From: "Shangri-La" > Subject: please send prayers privately > > I'm sorry for your loss. Whilst your request for support is warranted, I > believe the replies, and other personal emails to this degree, should be > sent privately. I joined this list to get away from that sort of thing, > which ran rampant on the other Bee Gees lists. > I hope this doesn't look too mean, and it is just my opinion. If I am out > voted, so be it. :o( > > ------------------------------ > I'm sorry, Julie, but I think it's very sad if we cannot send notes of sympathy, through the list, to a fellow fan in her time of sorrow. Many people post congratulations, condolences, birthday wishes etc. to the Bee Gees when appropriate and it's unlikely that the brothers even see them. After all, this list is for their fans, so why can't we share the bad times with them as well as the good times, just as we do with the friends we make in any other situations. I joined the list just before September 11th last year. At first, I thought it wasn't for me, and was thinking of unsubscribing. Then, after the terrorist attacks, I read all the caring things that everybody was saying to each other, hoping that none of us had been affected. That made me change my mind, realising what a lovely, warm-hearted group of friends I had joined. I know there are disagreements from time to time, just like any group of friends, but it's good to feel that there are people out there, who all have a common interest, with whom we can share our own personal news - good or bad, from time to time. Please don't let us change that. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:12:29 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ronnie=20Olsson?= Subject: RE: VeryOT: Please answer privately...contains religious reference --- Douglas E Wilson skrev: > Yes . . . and no doubt Jews, Muslims, Athiests, > Agnostics, Buddhists, > Christian Scientists, Falwellians, Robertsonians, > O'Reilleyites, perhaps > even a Baptist or two (but that's a whole other > issue ) . . . in short, a > microcosm of the world itself. Next question? What's the meaning of life, Doug? ;o) Ronnie Olsson ===== The Omnipotent King of Scania ****************************************************** Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/rool8206/ Wanted List: http://www.klippan.seths.se/~kl19082a/ ****************************************************** _____________________________________________________ Gratis e-mail resten av livet på www.yahoo.se/mail Busenkelt! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:15:57 -0500 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: RE: Sharing news with friends Maggie wrote: > I'm sorry, Julie, but I think it's very sad if we cannot send notes of > sympathy, through the list, to a fellow fan in her time of sorrow. Why through the list? What would be the point of sharing what should be a private and personal expression of sympathy to a single person with over a thousand strangers? > Many people post congratulations, condolences, birthday wishes > etc. to the Bee Gees when appropriate and it's unlikely that the > brothers even see them. Which always seems a bit ludicrous . . . although the volume of "I just wanted to wish Barry a happy birthday and Barry and Linda a happy anniversary" messages has decreased through the years. Again, send the message to the intended recipient through an appropriate medium. > After all, this list is for their fans, so why can't we share the > bad times with them as well as the good times, just as we do > with the friends we make in any other situations. I would venture to say that very few joined this group to send or receive psychological support, in good times or bad. It may be a by-product, but shouldn't become the reason for the list. By all means, share your news with the list, if need be . . . but is it expecting to much for people to use a bit of judgment in determining whether a reply should be broadcast to the list as a whole or to an individual through a private email? Doug ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:25:25 -0400 From: "Robins Rose" Subject: Re: Sharing news with friends Your post may not have wanted to be mean but it was. Marcee is new to this list and perhaps new to mailing lists as well. Some of us forget sometimes what it was like to be the new kid on the block. There have been a lot of topics on this list and on others over the years that I haven't wanted to read. I just delete them. Digest format, imo, is more of a pain in the butt than single posts. Roberta If you're lonely in the black of night If you call me, I'll be there I was falling and you helped me get it right And I thank you, and I thank you - BRM Gibb > > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:52:37 +1000 > From: "Shangri-La" > Subject: please send prayers privately > > I'm sorry for your loss. Whilst your request for support is warranted, I > believe the replies, and other personal emails to this degree, should be > sent privately. I joined this list to get away from that sort of thing, > which ran rampant on the other Bee Gees lists. > I hope this doesn't look too mean, and it is just my opinion. If I am out > voted, so be it. :o( > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:57:46 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: re: strange emails > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:11:36 +0100 > From: "Linda" > Subject: Re: Strange emails > > Anyone getting weird emails which say the message has been scanned by > MDaemon AntiVirus and found to contain infected attachments ? I've deleted > about 4 or 5 today from different people. > The only ones I've seen were on this list. I get it in Digest form, i.e. several postings in one email and saw it several times on the emails I received in the last couple of days. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:57:25 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Re: Smelly Bee Gee songs > > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:28:39 -0500 > From: "nancy brandenburg" > Subject: Re: Smelly Bee Gee songs > > Maggie, > How about De Javu? (Aw, you know!) Then there's "Just In Case"! What > about, "Blue Island"? "Secret Love", "After Dark", "Desire", gosh, there > are a lot aren't there?! > Nancy Brandenburg > > Yes, they all sound like possibilities. I must look out for them:o) Oh, and I've got 'Spirit' too, but only in the singular, so I guess that doesn't count. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:12:13 -0500 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: RE: Sharing news with friends Gee, I didn't think Julie's post was directed at Marcee at all . . . but rather at those who chose (knowingly or inadvertently) to reply with expressions of sympathy and/or condolences to the list, as a whole, rather than taking the extra 10 seconds to change the "To" address from the Words Mailing List email address to Marcee's email address before hitting "Send". Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]On > Behalf Of Robins Rose > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:25 PM > To: words List Member > Subject: Re: Sharing news with friends > > > Your post may not have wanted to be mean but it was. Marcee is > new to this list and perhaps new to mailing lists as well. Some of > us forget sometimes what it was like to be the new kid on the block. > > There have been a lot of topics on this list and on others over the years > that I haven't wanted to read. I just delete them. Digest format, imo, is > more of a pain in the butt than single posts. > > Roberta ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:23:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Rose Subject: Re: Sharing news with friends --0-1374440469-1034364180=:46178 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I don't usually jump into these things, but I was deeply upset when she wrote and said she had lost her husband. That was so devastating to me. I felt she was reaching out to Bee Gees friends to help her through this time in her life. I feel we should alw Now I'm very embarrassed by some of the comments here. If that had been me and I read the comments posted here that would have crushed me. On top of losing her husband she read comments from fans upset that she posted her call for help. I also get tired of birthday and anniversary wishes to the Gibbs and families. But I feel this is a time to show our support to her instead of complaining. Mary Rose Robins Rose wrote:Your post may not have wanted to be mean but it was. Marcee is new to this list and perhaps new to mailing lists as well. Some of us forget sometimes what it was like to be the new kid on the block. There have been a lot of topics on this list and on others over the years that I haven't wanted to read. I just delete them. Digest format, imo, is more of a pain in the butt than single posts. Roberta If you're lonely in the black of night If you call me, I'll be there I was falling and you helped me get it right And I thank you, and I thank you - BRM Gibb > > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:52:37 +1000 > From: "Shangri-La" > Subject: please send prayers privately > > I'm sorry for your loss. Whilst your request for support is warranted, I > believe the replies, and other personal emails to this degree, should be > sent privately. I joined this list to get away from that sort of thing, > which ran rampant on the other Bee Gees lists. > I hope this doesn't look too mean, and it is just my opinion. If I am out > voted, so be it. :o( > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb http://www.brothersgibb.com To change any of your list options, please go to website listed above. The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com The Twin Bees - http://thetwinbees.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com --0-1374440469-1034364180=:46178-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:42:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Chornomaz Subject: Maurice's New Home From today's Wall St. Journal: "It's been quite a year For Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. Just before New Year's, he and his brothers were informed they would be named a Commander of the British Empire by the crown. In May, the 52 year old disco icon reunited on the stage for the first time in 25 years with his ex wife, pop star Lulu. And now, he's bought a house in Miami for 7.21 million, according to public records. The 13,447 square. ft. house had an asking price of 9.5 million. It's on a triple lot on La Gorce Island with 320ft of waterfront, 13 bedrooms and 9 baths......Meanwhile, Mr. Gibb is trying to sell his previous Miami home, which has a recording studio and it's own waterfall. It's just down the road from the other brothers Gibb, although a woman has come between them-actress Jennifer Lopez bought the house between Robin and Barry this year for 9.5 million." It was accompanied by one of those neat drawings that the WSJ has, not a picture, of Maurice. Well, at least he'll have plenty of bathrooms to clean up after his paint ball activities. Daniel __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:04:41 -0400 From: "Chris Mathis" Subject: RE: Sharing news with friends > Gee, I didn't think Julie's post was directed at Marcee at all . . . > but > rather at those who chose (knowingly or inadvertently) to reply with > expressions of sympathy and/or condolences to the list, as a whole, > rather > than taking the extra 10 seconds to change the "To" address from the > Words > Mailing List email address to Marcee's email address before hitting > "Send". I agree with both sides. One, yes if a message is directed at one person it "generally" should be sent directly to that person, not to the whole list. *BUT* There are also times where I think the rest of us should be a little more patient. Someone lost a husband. Another member lost one of his relatives. These are tragic events. Peoples whole worlds come crashing down around them and they reach out for support, sanity, friendship and a host of other needs. I find it interesting how just over a year ago there were quite a few messages on the list consoling one another over the September 11 terrorist attacks. So many expressed their feelings online, and found support and strength in the expressions of others. Is losing a loved one that much different? Yes in the fact that the 9/11 attacks affected so many people, but losing a loved one can be just as devastating. I really think that we need to be a little more understanding, and not so critical of one another. Someone mentioned a short while back that many of us over on the "Words List" are "crab apples". (Not their exact words, but you get the drift). Perhaps they are right. Many times you will see a post, then right after that someone replies about how wrong they were and "has" to remind that person that it is only their opinion. Should we have to say that? Why can't we just enjoy another persons expressions and read it for what it is? Why do we have to be so critical and unfeeling? I remember when the list was warmer, more friendly. I think if we were more understanding, more patient everyone would get a lot more out of the list, and feel a lot more free to put more into it. Why should someone be afraid to post, to express themselves? Ok, I'm all done... very depressed in Rhode Island... .....----===*Chris... http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:26:06 -0400 From: "Chris Mathis" Subject: Re: please send prayers privately I > > believe the replies, and other personal emails to this degree, should > be > > sent privately. > > Seconded. It's not a discussion topic. It's much more appropriate > to send private mail. > Again, I agree and disagree. If a message is directed at only one or two people, it should be sent privately. Yes, it can be frustrating to read message after message of the same reply. BUT, lets show some compassion. Someone lost a loved one, not just failed their final exam. .....----===*Chris... http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:11:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Rose Subject: A new Bee Gees video by Bernie Quayle --0-342794365-1034370705=:83042 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Our Homes In Ellan Vannin A home video by Bernie Quayle Bernie has put together a home video which is a little over 15 mins. long with narrative by Bernie the Bee Gees and Barbara Gibb. I was very privilaged to be able to watch it and it is truly beautiful. I will give away the opening which is Robin singing E The cost is $20. That includes shipping. Bernie is accepting payment through Paypal. 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They are working on a deal with a Canadian company but if they want to email me when I'm on the air (better) it is studio@manxradio.com The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com The Twin Bees - http://thetwinbees.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com --0-342794365-1034370705=:83042-- ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [10/11/2002 18:01] ----------------------------------------------------