Did I miss something?

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Good question. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If she did, how is that going to affect us individually and MB? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If she did not, how is that going to affect us individually and MB? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

There have been a lot of hits on this thread and no one posting? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Hm........... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


L.

I hit and didn't reply...but that's because I don't know the answer.

If I know Pep, she's vacationing in some exotic location with drinks with little umbrellas...like Des Moines.

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I do think (guessing) Pep has probably just taken a short break from the boards to vacate somewhere at a nice place… I don’t think (again, just guessing) she will leave with such a short message the day she is really going to retire from the boards permanently! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If you're somewhere on vacation Pep, enjoy it and we wait to welcome you back! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

And if you have decided to retire from the board, then well...we expect a better "Goodbye" post from you than that little short one! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Pep has retired from the boards, y'all. Her contributions to this board have been enormous. I will dearly miss her around here and hope she pops back in to say hey sometime. Love ya Pep! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hey, I resemble that remark!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Now how can a crowned diva abdicate her throne? She can't pass it on to Lady Di (no thanks to Charles who is NOT in charge). Princess Grace has left the room, so who's left?

If she is vacationing in some remote tropical island basking in the sun being personally fanned by 2 robust attendants, then the rest of us worker B's will just have to wait... patiently. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> (finger tapping.....) <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I'll check the atolls down here. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Aloha,
L.

Thanks for informing us Mel. She deserves her "retirement" after her enormous contributions to these boards, but I do hope she will say hi from time to time...

Pep, I wish you well... You will be dearly missed around here...

God Bless to you.

Say it ain't so........

JinGA

At least Pep wasn't dumb enough to do a "Goodbye Cruel Forum" post.

I kill myself.

Oh Peppa...

For you, a poem.

[color:"red"] What if you slept?
And what if,
In your sleep
You dreamed?
And what if,
In your dream,
You went to heaven
And there plucked
A strange and
Beautiful flower?
And what if,
When you awoke,
You had the flower
In your hand?

~~Samuel Taylor Coldridge
(1772-1834) [/color]

I dreamed that I ate a giant marshmallow.

When I woke up my pillow was missing.


(Sorry - couldn't resist!!!!)

JinGA

Hey! Don't be messing with my seriously deep and thought provoking poetry, Jin!

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

BK:

Beat you to it over on Pep's Notable Posts thread....

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

And since Pep has Drew to hang out with now, theres no reason for her to hang out here! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Have Fun, Pep!

LG

Pep-

I do hope you come back by and say "hi" when you can.

You will be missed. I've always had a lot of respect and appreciation for you...you can say more with three words than most can say with essays. Take care friend, and God bless you.

Where is the "little short one"?

What did it say?

This must be IT...

If Mel had not explained, I never would have figured it out until I started MISSING her and, of course, that has already happened...

Bye, Pep, if you've really gone.

Will miss you lots.

TA

Sorry weaver - couldn't resist. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I hope she's not gone - she's been a great cheerleader to me - but of course that's "selfish me" talking.

Pep - if you are "retiring" as it were - I wish you all the best. You've certainly paid it all foward and then some. Be well.

JinGA

Aloha Nui and A hui hou.

S&C

Bumping for those that missed it...

The lawyer idea from the other thread... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

-ol' 2long

I wondering about Mel as well.

Her last post was on this thread.

LG

Bumping up for JL...

They better not have abandoned me!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Much respect, Pep. I hope you enjoy your retirement!

Now, for the rest of you *I* NEED YOU, so you stay put! (is that a selfish demand-hmmmmm?)

Absolutely - but I second it!

JinGA

It is absolutely unselfish:

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one."
---Mr. Spock, 'Star Trek'

It is true, Pep is leaving...and I am sad. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

She will be sorely missed...

BTW, she is sending me something in the mail...and I am scared!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

[P.S. She also is passing the "Southern California Fruits and Nuts Gathering-Organizer-Baton" to me. So y'all are stuck with me planning these shindigs from now on! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />]

How are you going to top Drew?? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Good question...will hafta start thinkin' about that one!

Oh well, prolly a waste o' time...no way can I top anything Pep did! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

MF,

I thought everyone in S Cal knew movie stars and wore sunglasses ALL the time, even indoors??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

!

Well this is a sad loss to this forum. Pep could say more in two sentences, than most of us could express in 8 paragraphs.

Retirement sounds like another move into a different stage of our lives, each of which cannot be denied or ignored. Life, in all it's stages, is inevitable. None of us can ignor it's domain over us.

Pep has always been a leader, and, in keeping with her wonderful leadership, she has once again taught me the intangible. When it's time to move on, one should heed life's beckon and calling.

All Blessings to each and every one of you!
Jerry

Buenas nachos Pepita!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Re: Message to Marriage Builders [Re: mimi_here]
#3280304 - 07/20/07 09:17 AM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply

I'd sad and in shock (selfishly for me) but happy for Pep and Mr. Pep.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Pep wished me "Happy Movie Making" on Sunday and I've been off making a movie and now that I'm back, she's gone. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" />

But I'm glad I spent the hour making her a cake that she said she loved, so in honor of her contributions to the many many MB marriages, I'm re-creating it here...enjoy....and thanks Pep.

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEP!! [Re: MelodyLane]
#3272618 - Sat Jul 07 2007 09:18 AM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply



Pep, I posted birthday greetings to you on the 07 07 07 thread early this morning but couldn't find the birthday cake icon.

So I created a home-made triple decker with fudge frosting.


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Happy Birthday, Pepperband!!!

Ace

Edited to show the piece that Pep ate before she said she loved it! Thanks for noticing, Pep (and Jo). My first attempt must have been too rich....it disappeared before I could hit 'submit'...must have been those hungry "mods".

Edited by Ace_in_bucket (Sun Jul 08 2007 08:42 AM)

Pepperband
Member


Reged: Oct 20 2000
Posts: 19903
Loc: Shrek's Swamp Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEP!! [Re: KiwiJ]
#3272699 - Sat Jul 07 2007 02:24 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply



ACE

I love that cake !

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[b] [color:"red"] I smile <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> because I am your friend!

I laugh <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> because there is nothing you can do about it. [/color]/ <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

[color:"purple"]EDITED TO ADD: Thanks Pep and Mr. Pep for fixing the Notable Post thread. [ b] [/color]

So many questions...

Who's gonna keep them Texans in line?

Who's gonna drop a one liner into a thread that is in serious need of lightening up?

Who's gonna help us all remember the Beatles?

Rock on, Pep! You'll truly be missed...

Mark

(Whispering)

She made a pop-in visit today on NOTABLE POSTS.

Didn't anyone else notice?

Those posts were made by pepperbands, not pepperband

The NEW Pepperband added a BAND...

She was ADDING posts made by others to HER NOTABLE POSTS thread...

Pay close attention to that thread for Pep citings..

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Mimi and Mark,

Today I was reading the thread and when I scrolled down to the end, up popped the "Mr. Pep" note saying he/she was fixing the thread..... "Pepperbands" had only 1 post at the time. By the time I got the cake I had posted there moved to this thread and deleted on the N.P. thread, he/she had 7 posts.

How many years has she been here? 7+.....Uhhhhh, she'll be in withdrawal for awhile, won't she?

I do have a question for Mark....maybe Mimi can help us:

Mark----> Mister Marriage/Mackerel-making-thread- Man..........with Pep gone, we need to start another fishing/marriage fan club.....who else will post smilies and grins after your magnificent posts on marriage and fishing? Mimi? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Maybe Justuss or anoher mod can pin that thread to the top of the Recreation forum and lock it so Pep's name and smiley will forever be the last posted.

I've asked her and Tempest but haven't heard anything definitive yet. If that's possible, maybe then we can start another Fishing thread with your new ideas....K?

Ace

Hi Starfish,

Saw your posts to Pep & Mimi on the Notable Post thread pinned above GQII.

I was off the boards when Pep left last week, too.

This is the thread with the discussion that Mimi started.

Ace

Thanks Ace,

Wow....I was gone last week too. What happened? Anybody know why she left? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I'm confused.

She just said it was time at the Fruits and Nuts party at Big Bobs. What a great lady! DD19 loved her!

Ace,

Before it got T/J'd and then "fixed" I was going to suggest that her Notable Posts thread get locked and pinned to the top of GQII, but now it seems almost a lost cause.

As for the fishing thread, I don't know if it should be locked and pinned or simply ignored...

It did get you to go fishing. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Mark

Mark,

That "Let's Go Fishing" thread is worth SOOOO MUCH more than my going fishing (one time, so far). If I didn't know any better, I'd accuse you of gaslighting me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Ace

ETA: Glad RIF found the fishing thread and is 'talking fishing' with Mark now.