I don’t know if any of the old gang still monitors for activity here anymore or not.
We lost a dear friend of the site a couple of months ago and it is still bothering me.
Our dear Badcat passed suddenly. Her husband logged into her facebook account and let us know that she was in grave condition. A couple days later he let us know of her passing.
While she did not want to return to Pennsylvania, I am very thankful that her family was able to be there for her passing not to mention being able to support her loving husband. I am not mentioning his name out of respect for his privacy. I do not know how many outside of her circle knew his name.
She was such a good friend to be over the years, we were kind of like family that was separated by an entire country, but until the last year, we were only twenty miles apart. I would have loved to gotten to meet her and her husband in person.
Fond memories of chats and debates over more than a decade. She was here not too long after the website came into existence.
We were quite the gang of digital miscreants, full of opinions that we were happy to share. We got to know where the hot buttons were for our group and tried to stay off of them for the most part, but like all families, we would tap those buttons just to make sure that the other was paying attention.
Badcat, you were loved by almost all. we know that there were some that were never going to fit in, but you didn’t care, you weren’t that kind of cat. You were and always will be Badcat.
Among many, many monikers, anyone who may read this most likely would know me as "mesogrumpy". I don't and followed "the gang" for many years for often known reasons. It was recently brought to my attention the news regarding BC. In complete sincerity, it hurt to hear that. She and I fought like dogs over a raw steak, but I liked that. I'm kinda hoping no one sees this, but if you do, it just fucking sucks. Be well.