Our favorite things

[AfterMyNap]

Now that all our newbies are settling in, how about telling each other about our favorite things here at our beloved NT?

Mine, hands down are DocJohn, the admin and the mods. When I came here, everyone was so good to me.:grouphug:

And I love, love, love the variety of people all over the place here. I had a sense of community here almost immediately, and all these months later, I still find supportive, new friends around every corner!:grouphug:

The smilies are pretty neato too!

[Bannet]

I find NT to be amazing:D So many different rooms to go into. Meeting New people and hanging out with old buddies:wink:

The information is abundant! Doc John and the Mods are such nice people.

Everything is organized and it seems to run so smoothly. Lucky ME:)

[hollym]

One thing that I love is that when you get e-mail notification of a new post on a thread you are subscribed to, the text of the new post is in the e-mail so I can just scan through that without having to go to the site if I am busy.

[SallyC]

Thanks Nappy..:hug:

When I first came here, Doc John had just started this great place as a temporary replacement for Braintalk, so that we would not all be lost. At that time, he called it Braintalk2, with the understanding, that it would cease, once Braintalk came back online.

When it became apparrent that BT had, pretty much, deserted us, we took a vote to keep Doc's forum as permanent and rename it NeuroTalk.......and our wonderful haven was born.

I believe Doc John will go straight to heaven for this wonderful jesture and not far behind him will be KimmyDawn, Doc's right hand man errr woman.:hug:

The Mods are all volunteer and equally as wonderful and helpfull..:hug:

So that's why I love this place and it's deffinately my "favorite thing"..:)

[SurvivingMSwithHOPE]

I just noticed in receiving addresses for the postcard exchange that you can have a total of 500 PM's !!!:)

Doc John and Kimmy have been most helpful!

So much info here.

Kudo's to all involved:)

:grouphug:

[joellelee2000]

I really love the sense of community here too! Everyone is so helpful and supportive.

My brain is having a hard time taking in all of the information though:D! I'm going to take my time and stroll around slowly.;)

[Vegasgrl]

This site is amazing from the technical end of it to all of the wonderful people who were so welcoming and the great sense of community. They even have a place for our pets!!

I love the Thank you button so you can thank someone for their response with out having to remember each individual in your reply (no hurt feelings if you leave someone out) and of course I am obsessed with the emotican's!!

Doc John & Kimmydawn :Bow:

[DM]

AMN told a FIB!!

Her favorite thing is ME~~~ME~~~ME~~~:D

My faves are the friendships I've developed here and the wonderful group of Mods and Adm. (that means Doc John too)

NT has helped me in more ways than one...

Thank you to Doc John for opening up his heart and NT home to us.

[AfterMyNap]

AMN told a FIB!!

Her favorite thing is ME~~~ME~~~ME~~~:D

My faves are the friendships I've developed here and the wonderful group of Mods and Adm. (that means Doc John too)

NT has helped me in more ways than one...

Thank you to Doc John for opening up his heart and home to us.

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/wuerg/vomit-smiley-013.gif

Oh pahleeeeeze.

[Ivy2]

First are Doc John and the mods.

I remember when NT was named and now how large and diverse its become and those adorable emoticons.:circlelove:

I also always liked Doydie's reality thread comments - but I mostly lurked.

[MSCherokee]

My favorite things? Lots!

I've found everyone here to be very friendly and helpful for starters. I am sure that having so many new members all at once was a tad overwhelming but everyone made us feel so welcome. :hug:

I didn't know about the HUGE PM limit but thanks for the heads up. Yes, I can be a packrat!

The emoticons - wow is all I can say!

I love the variety of boards to choose from. I like having all my needs - serious and not so serious - met at one website.

I could go on and on...but I'm at work and break time is over. :icon_cry:

[lady_express_44]

I'm happy to see all the new faces. It got lonely here at times before, eh Sally?

I like that it is an international site, so newbies will find their way here.

I LOVE that Doc John is responsive to requests, that he is very much a part of the community, and that he is an extremely reasonable man to deal with. I was fortunate to have established a relationship with him in the early days, and he is truly genuine, caring and kind person.

The mods are very committed to their "jobs" and I admire them for that. Some of them barely sleep, I'm sure, as they seem to be here 24 X 7. :eek:

Cherie

[Kitty]

Oh gosh, I could spend all day just listing my all favorite things about this place.

Doc John and the Mods would have to top the list - they are awesome. :D

This site is SO organized - one of my favorite ways to be!! It's big but it's easy to navigate around. Not confusing at all. :wink:

All the members are so nice - welcomed us in with open arms without a cross word spoken. What a special bunch of people you all are! :hug:

The smilies are great - so many to choose from and some are so funny - I smile just looking at them!! :p

The "moods", the "thanks" feature. Being able to edit UP TO A DAY LATER!!! Are ya kidding me???:D That's great!!

OK - I think I'm done. I'm sure I'll think of more later......and hey!! I can still edit my post when I do!!! :D

**can you tell I like it here??**

[BeckyD]

1. The gracious :welcome_sign: all the mods have given us refugees.
2. The smilies :D
3. The :Thanx: feature
4. All the different boards available
5. All the old friends who have come here & all the new ones we're meeting :grouphug:
6. And finally, the sheer freedom (within paramaters, of course) this board offers its members :Excited:

[momXseven]

1. The gracious :welcome_sign: all the mods have given us refugees.
2. The smilies :D
3. The :Thanx: feature
4. All the different boards available
5. All the old friends who have come here & all the new ones we're meeting :grouphug:
6. And finally, the sheer freedom (within paramaters, of course) this board offers its members :Excited:


Yah, what she said :D:

[Av8rgirl]

AMN told a FIB!!

Her favorite thing is ME~~~ME~~~ME~~~:D

My faves are the friendships I've developed here and the wonderful group of Mods and Adm. (that means Doc John too)

NT has helped me in more ways than one...

Thank you to Doc John for opening up his heart and NT home to us.

DM! How could you! You didn't put ME on your list...:(

You hurt my feelings http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/wuerg/vomit-smiley-013.gif

This place became my home a few months ago too and I love the way it is so professionally run, the bells and whistles :Thanx:, and the people here! It's a small community and that's great! I agree with DM (oh geez did I say that - well she's on vacation so she won't see this for a while! :D

DocJohn and the mods -- thank you! :You-Rock:

Now where's those cookies? Did someone eat them all????

[tkrik]

. . .I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad."

OK, maybe not Mary Poppins but same actress. I saw the thread title and that song popped in my head and won't get out. UGH! Thanks AMN. LOL

1. The DocJohn and the moderators for being so understanding and patient as us newbies run around this place like a bunch of kindergarteners. So much to see and learn.

2. The warm welcome we have all received.

3. The amount of information within this site, not just things MS related. Quite awesome and impressive.

4. Meeting up with old friends I thought I had lost and making new ones.

[kinch52]

I'm brand new so don't have alot to say yet but I haven't found a forum that I have felt like home at in awhile. I see lots of old friends here & got a great welcome. Really glad I found this place.

One of the things I'm really impressed by is how much information & forums this site has. I'm one of those that have been diagnosed with MS & undiagnosed so many times I've lost count. :rolleyes: Since all that started for me, I felt very uncomfortable at another site because I just didn't feel I belonged ..... well, I did the diagnosed months but on my you have something else months, I didn't. Not sure if that made any sense.:Hum:

I think alot of us develop other conditions as well (I confess, mine are because I'm a steroid junkie!) I've developed diabetes, osteoporosis & a couple of other things the last few years so it's great to pop into those forums as well.

Oh yeah....love the smilies! :Grin-Nod: Looking forward to getting to know you guys better.

[TheSleeper]

It seems to be a mellow board! Always works for me! 500 PM`s great! like I had to delete and make room , that makes it hard to keep track!

New peoples! Old friends! Fun!

[Chris]

I'm happy to see all the new faces. It got lonely here at times before, eh Sally?

I like that it is an international site, so newbies will find their way here.

I LOVE that Doc John is responsive to requests, that he is very much a part of the community, and that he is an extremely reasonable man to deal with. I was fortunate to have established a relationship with him in the early days, and he is truly genuine, caring and kind person.

The mods are very committed to their "jobs" and I admire them for that. Some of them barely sleep, I'm sure, as they seem to be here 24 X 7. :eek:

Cherie
Cherie,
I've been here. Was I not good company?:icon_cry:
Pass the tissues, please!!!!;)

[karousel]

I cannot tell you my favorite things -- there are way too many. :) Everyone has listed a lot of them. This place is great, there is so much information on here. I have even found things that will help me with my husband's problems! :D I have yet to even explore everything this site has to offer. :p

[the Bird]

My favorite things! OM....

I am blown away with this board...it is obviously run by someone who understands the needs of patients AND run by someone who understands the computer world...

Kinch, I'm a dx, undx, dx person myself! You can't feel bad with this group of nuts unless you chose to!!! :cool:

Favorite thing about this place...did you guys know you can change the skin of your web page? it is in the user control panel near the bottom, I found a brown one that is easier on my eyes....

next....

[Taffy]

Favorite things? :thud: That's hard! I love everything here!

Esp. :pepsi: and Curious's chocys! Yum in the tum!

[jmiller]

Got to love everything, don't need to go searching for anything everything is here.

[thav1]

How do I love thee let me count the ways..:hug: I love all the smilies :circlelove:, I love all the good company old and new,( i know...who am I calling old..),I love all the great information , I love that I don't always have to think and talk about MS and my illnesses,that I can be as goofy as I need to be. :Crazy 2:Most of all I am thankful for the moderaters who understand that you need to blow off steam and take a vacation from illness somethimes.

[Foggy Brain]

Got to love everything, don't need to go searching for anything everything is here.

Oh, good lawrd jmiller, can you remove that mask? LOL Yes, everything is great here. I joined the site on Saturday night and fully love all its offerings! Kudos to doc john and his crew. One question though . . . has anyone seen Woody?

[Kristi]

Well,everything is great Doc John and the mods.:hug: and I love,love all the neat smilies here to play with.:Head-Spin::Dancing-Chilli:and all the nice people here too.

[MooseasaurusRex]

I kepp finding more bells and whistles...
All the different forums. I could get to be an expert on many things.:rolleyes:
Just a plethora of knowledge.

The staff here. Everything. I'm a little overwhelmed... in a good way.

It would be easier to say there's nothing I don't like, instead of listing everything I do like.:o

Or.... something.:)

[TwoKidsTwoCats]

EVERYTHING!! Especially the THANKS button. On my bad days I read and don't reply if the words can't flow. At least I can leave a thanks and let the person know that I appreciate their thoughts.

:grouphug:

[Kristi]

I Didn't know what the thanks button was for now I know Thank you TwoKidsTwoCats.

[Jappy]

Just catching up reading the Threads today. I have been here for about
4 months but I feel like I have always been here.

Found this post by accident. Still don't know what I did to find this great
site.

Everyone feels like family. I can talk about personal life problems. Good times and bad times and you all listen. That is what is great by talking about everything we can have a chance to forget about our illness. When we do talk about our illness we know that everyone understands how we truly feel. The support for each other is great. Hope our enlarge family now
finds the friendship that I have found. :hug:

To the newbies -- I was also given a nickname by my new friend SALLY
or should I say MARY POPPINS

When you see the name JAPPY it is me JOYCE :D:D

Group Hug to all Jappy :grouphug:

[GladysD]

I LOVE how diverse this place is!! And I love how welcoming everyone is :) I NEVER feel ignored!! And I absolutely LOVE the THANKS button!! It's such a great way to acknowledge a post without needing to post, etc....
Did I mention the diversity of topics? ;)

[Koala77]

Gosh....there's nothing to NOT like, but here are some of my favourites. :)

The welcome we all received was fabulous. :welcome_sign:

The mods are wonderful and I've already experienced their kindness. :circlelove:

I can't believe how many different places there are to visit on this site. It'll take me months to finally complete my journey around them. :Head-Spin:

There are so many smilies, and I just love smilies. :):):)

The emails are a great idea....thank you to who ever thought of that one. :cool:

and...........500 PMs means that Twink's mailbox should never be full, so we won't need to keep posting to ask her to empty out.......or will we? :D

:Thank you: :You-Rock: :Thanx:

[greenjeans]

I agree. Doc John is by far the best. He obviousely is sympathtic and aware of the things patients go thru. He shows this by the way he runs this site.

Ring rrrring...calling docjohn!

I wish he could fix all my boo boo's!

I also like the skin colors, I chose the brown and it is so nice to my eyes!

Again, thanks for making room for all of us!

[Chris]

I love the PSYCH CENTRAL name after NeuroTalk! It makes me feel quite at home!:D

Seriously, I LOVE that Cindy brought all you lovely people over here to play with us!:grouphug:

THANK YOU, CINDY!!!!:hug:

[AfterMyNap]

Shut up, limey, I didn't bring them! They're all grown up and know a good thing when they see it!

Besides, it was SNOOPY

IN THE LIBRARY

WITH THE ROPE!!!!!!!!!!

*dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnn*

[Curious]

so much to love..so little time. :D

i love that you can download your pm's as a document to your pc. takes just a minute to do. list them as private messages your username and the date you downloaded.

i love the members. :grouphug:

[Chris]

i love the members.

You love me, you really love me? Quote: Sally Fields:D

[greenjeans]

I love the PSYCH CENTRAL name after NeuroTalk! It makes me feel quite at home!:D

Seriously, I LOVE that Cindy brought all you lovely people over here to play with us!:grouphug:

THANK YOU, CINDY!!!!:hug:

:ROTFLMAO: LOL!! I second that! The Psych Central part is something we all need at one time or another! In fact...I've yet to check out that site...think I will now :D

[Chris]

Shut up, limey.

Bloody flying nannies! Send her back to GB where she can get in on with the chimney sweeps!;)

[Av8rgirl]

so much to love..so little time. :D

i love that you can download your pm's as a document to your pc. takes just a minute to do. list them as private messages your username and the date you downloaded.

i love the members. :grouphug:

You're so sweet! ;)

[AfterMyNap]

Bloody flying nannies! Send her back to GB where she can get in on with the chimney sweeps!;)

LMAO!!!!

*can hardly type*

LOL, I TOLD you before! I do not sweep around!

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How dare you?

[Chris]

LMAO!!!!

*can hardly type*

LOL, I TOLD you before! I do not sweep around!

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How dare you?

Why do you insist on wearing those silly knickers then? May I show you how we dress over in GB? It is 2008 afterall!!!:Grin-Nod:

[Riverwild]

Why do you insist on wearing those silly knickers then? May I show you how we dress over in GB? It is 2008 afterall!!!:Grin-Nod:

*shhh..they uphold the Nappy name!:p:thud::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLM AO:*

[Chris]

*shhh..they uphold the Nappy name!:p:thud::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLM AO:*

:thud: LOL

[Av8rgirl]

Why do you insist on wearing those silly knickers then? May I show you how we dress over in GB? It is 2008 afterall!!!:Grin-Nod:

But Chris you live in Georgia. That GA not GB...are you confused???

I know they talk funny in Georgia, but it's not nice to make fun of how they dress too!:Poke:

:ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO:

[Chris]

But Chris you live in Georgia. That GA not GB...are you confused???

I know they talk funny in Georgia, but it's not nice to make fun of how they dress too!:Poke:

:ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO:

I don't talk funny! It's the people in the US who talk funny. I'm not the one with the accent. It is the ENGLISH language. I haven't seen any Nannies over here, especially "flying ones with knickers"!:D

[Av8rgirl]

I don't talk funny! It's the people in the US who talk funny. I'm not the one with the accent. It is the ENGLISH language. I haven't seen any Nannies over here, especially "flying ones with knickers"!:D

Keep looking!

When I went to New Zealand, it was quite an experience trying to "listen" to the people talk. My friend and I went into a Cafe to get coffee. The waiter knew we were Americans and had a little fun with us and we were quite compliant as the 2 of us were frequent travellers! The entire Cafe was laughing by the time we got our coffee - now was coffee black, white, with cream, milk, sweet or black with sweet.

The Aussie's were a bit more laid back and didn't talk quite so fast.

Then there was Ireland..oh boy! I couldn't listen fast enough!

And then I lived in Boston...I was not afraid to ask people there to spell things! They were actually insulted when I did that! Can you believe that! :eek:

So now what to expect when I go to North Wales in September????

Hmmmm....

;)

[Riverwild]

Falls over laughing!!

Yabbit and I didn't have to spell for you!!! Oh wait...we aren't from Boston!

Remember when Yabbit was justa growling about directions and you told her take anything that said West?...LOLOL!!

We're used to "the only road out!" :p

[Chris]

The folks in Wales have a different dialect just as the people in the south of the US have a different dialect than the people from the north. I don't think you will have as much trouble in Wales as you did in Ireland. Many of the words and phrases they use in Ireland are foreign to the Brits, and vice-versa.

Last year, when we were looking to move, I thought that the folks in Boston sounded almost as if they had a tad of a British accent. They had a much easier time understanding me than the people down here do. Down here, I seem to have a terrible time with the native Atlantan's for some reason. New Yorker's are also very difficult for me to understand. They seem to drop the last letter of every word they are saying off. Perhaps it is me, but that has been my experience.:o

[Riverwild]

The folks in Wales have a different dialect just as the people in the south of the US have a different dialect than the people from the north. I don't think you will have as much trouble in Wales as you did in Ireland. Many of the words and phrases they use in Ireland are foreign to the Brits, and vice-versa.

Last year, when we were looking to move, I thought that the folks in Boston sounded almost as if they had a tad of a British accent. They had a much easier time understanding me than the people down here do. Down here, I seem to have a terrible time with the native Atlantan's for some reason. New Yorker's are also very difficult for me to understand. They seem to drop the last letter of every word they are saying off. Perhaps it is me, but that has been my experience.:o


I used to work in SW Texas and I had a REALLY hard time sometimes getting my wants and needs understood!

I tried to get a piece of dark chocolate cake once at a restaurant and it turned into a major interpretive dance session!:D

[Av8rgirl]

Falls over laughing!!

Yabbit and I didn't have to spell for you!!! Oh wait...we aren't from Boston!

Remember when Yabbit was justa growling about directions and you told her take anything that said West?...LOLOL!!

We're used to "the only road out!" :p

I remember that and she didn't know which way was west! You down easters! That was hilarious! Where's the map!

Good thing I got a GPS for Christmas! Next time it won't take us so long to go from Andover to Worcester!

This GPS is hilarious...it talks. If you miss a turn, it will either say recalculating route or when able, make a LEGAL u-turn and ....

I want it to say...hey stupid, you missed the turn!

[Av8rgirl]

I used to work in SW Texas and I had a REALLY hard time sometimes getting my wants and needs understood!

I tried to get a piece of dark chocolate cake once at a restaurant and it turned into a major interpretive dance session!:D

Is that where you learned how to dance on the table?

Texas was easy...everyone is "fixin' to do somethin"

When we first moved to Boston, everyone wanted to know what part of the South I was from. When I answered I was from Oregon, they were totally confused. First, most of them didn't know where Oregon was and those that did, had no idea it was part of the South! LOL!

If you are not from Boston, you are from the South...you're either a Yankee or you're not...took me a while to figure that out! I did like Boston but it was a difficult place to live in!

Being a big Red Sox fan helped a lot!

[AfterMyNap]

Another thing I love about NT...

[AfterMyNap]

Bumpity bump.

[SandyC]

1. I love the instant acceptance here at NT

2. I love seeing all the friendly faces here that I know and will get to know

3. I love everyone who runs NT for taking time to say a kind word to us newbies

[Av8rgirl]

My favorite things:

Good food at a good restaurant with good friends!

Old movies

Laughing with good friends

[lady_express_44]

That we can attach links to information, that are not completely biased towards one point of view.

However . . . buyer beware. :D

Cherie

[reillymo]

There is so much to love here! But the most important to me is the great welcome all of us refugees have received. I am so grateful to have found such a warm and lively community!

Mo:grouphug:

[AfterMyNap]

I also love how DocJohn so patiently and intelligently explains things when someone asks a question. Is he real? Somebody pinch me!;)

[JustWeave]

1. The warm welcome I got when this wounded soul finally stumbled into camp. :Wave-Hello:

2. Seeing so many familiar faces. I won't name names lest I forget someone but... I can depend on some people to make me laugh or smile. :hug:

3. Freedom, within reason of coarse. :partytime2:

4. All the really cool smilies. :holysheep: :mf_swordfight: :Excited: :yikes: :grouphug:

5. The mountians of good information. :laptop:

6. Spell check! :Writting:

To everyone who makes this site possible...:You-Rock: and :Thanx:

[ewizabeth]

I also love how DocJohn so patiently and intelligently explains things when someone asks a question. Is he real? Somebody pinch me!;)

Yu mean he doeznt delete us for insubirdination? ;)

Anyway, yes, DocJohn is great AMN. :) Besides, I love all the smileys, the great people here, and the overall atmosphere. :grouphug:

[sassy]

I would ask what is there NOT to love here?

I haven't found anything unlikable on this site!

[EvaLouWho]

3 things?

Today:

I woke up.

I was able to drive to the bank and home w/o any embarrassing incidents.

I colored my hair.

(also took a nap :D)

ok 4, shoot me :D

[AfterMyNap]

Yu mean he doeznt delete us for insubirdination? ;)

NO. HE DONSNT.

[Chris]

NO. HE DONSNT.

I'll have whatever you and Wiz have been drinking.;)