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Post by eaglesflight on Jun 11, 2008 9:23:19 GMT -5
Okay, I have been telling myself for months that I need to come back to SS to get back on track. I was pulling myself out of my stupor (again) and had promised myself I would visit by July 1st. Luckily, there was a post to the yahoo group to which Lioness responded to my suggestion that the poster check out SS with the news that SS forums are closing!!!!!  I have several posts that I have been wanting to dig up because they were important parts pof my journey, but I didn't know how to do it because PigPen is always having to purge the search database. The only way I can think of to find these posts is to figure out the timeframes in which I was active there and then click on every single post and ctrl-F for my handle! A couple of the ones I want I remember expressly--one is the post where I shared how I felt guilty for never going to school with my music scholarship. Another was when Ms Havisham posted about her mother and I gave a helpful response using the 7 Habits. Other than that my recollection is vague, and I really don't recall the timeframe on any of this. WHAT CAN I DO? I am in a very bad way right now, my kids are confused because I started out having a good day when I got up and now I am all upset. Help help help.  |
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Post by paperpiler on Jun 11, 2008 10:06:05 GMT -5
Eaglesflight, I'm not sure that there's anything you can do. I know that I checked Internet Archive, and the old forums posts are off-limits (which, frankly, I don't understand...but mine is not to second guess; mine is to move forward with gratitude to Pigpen for what she gave from the heart for so long).
This is my opinion, and it's coming from a position of caring. Having been where you are...needing, not wanting, something...I eventually got to a point where I realized that as much as it would be nice to have written words, it's not a need. It's a want. Needs are food, water, sleep, shelter, and some money to live. Words represented important parts of my life that were verbalized and given credence. But I know that those verbalized words are just that...words on a piece of paper. The thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, remain in my heart and in my mind. My heart and my mind are what have to process the experience in order to learn and grow. The words can be read and reread if you have them in front of you...but it's just reading and feeling strongly about what you've written. The PROCESS of growth comes from the heart and mind putting it all together.
While the posts were still available, I honestly thought of going back and copying a zillion of them. More paper. More filing. More clutter. And a zillion times more information overload in the brain and heaviness in the heart from the overload of making sense of it all.
Why not just move forward (the control of the situation...the posts...is out of your hands), knowing what you have to do, knowing that these are key things that are on your mind and the words are just really good, strong words that you wrote at the time? I'm not sure what it's going to physically accomplish if you manage to pieces of paper in your hand, except more heaviness in what they represented when you wrote them. BTDT...I've written some brilliant, meaningful things in my life...but I had to let go at some point.
I wish you well.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Jun 11, 2008 10:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by iguanamamma on Jun 11, 2008 12:11:26 GMT -5
The lioness does have our backs! I used to have this repeated dream about riding upon the back of a very large lion. I was going to a hypnotherapist at the time that asked me about what the large lion meant to me. I had severe anxiety issues but began to dream about the lion when I started getting better. Lions rule!
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Post by sleepymom on Jun 11, 2008 12:24:12 GMT -5
I have taken the time to look up a couple of my old posts/threads that were especially important (to me) just by date. After taking the time to find it, my original introduction was not something I wanted to save, but I did have a thread bookmarked on dealing with headlice and a comprehensive to-do list that would have taken me more time to re-create than it took to look up. The lice thread has replies from several members, so I wouldn`t be able to copy it here, but I have it copied in my personal files, on my own computer, in case I ever need it again.
There are tons of bits of wisdom on the old sites that it is a shame to lose, but I`m confident that most of it will be said here, probably again and again, in different words. I know I`m not alone in hating change, even when its clearly necessary, but it will work out!
Hope you are able to find your special posts.
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Post by eaglesflight on Jun 11, 2008 13:52:04 GMT -5
Thank you Lioness...if there was only one post I could save from all my years on SS, that would be the one.
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Post by roseoftexas on Jun 12, 2008 6:20:54 GMT -5
...I have several posts that I have been wanting to dig up because they were important parts pof my journey, but I didn't know how to do it because PigPen is always having to purge the search database. The only way I can think of to find these posts is to figure out the timeframes in which I was active there and then click on every single post and ctrl-F for my handle!
...WHAT CAN I DO? I am in a very bad way right now, my kids are confused because I started out having a good day when I got up and now I am all upset. Help help help. First, a BIG WARM HUG:  Next, when you log into the SS forums (which we will be able to do to read/access all of our old posts up until the end of June)...in the upper left corner is a link titled 'My Forums' as shown in this picture:  Click on that link and it will take you to a page that has a link to every thread you posted in while you were a member at SS - I made 1,317 posts while I was a member there and there are 28 pages of links to threads I posted in. Which is still alot. But, maybe that can help you narrow your search so that you can find the threads you're looking for. Good luck, and more warm hugs to you: Love, Rose  |
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Post by eaglesflight on Jun 12, 2008 7:43:24 GMT -5
Thank you Rose! That will make this task much easier than expected! |
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Post by Morningstar on Jun 13, 2008 18:26:29 GMT -5
(((((Eaglesflight))))) Wonderful to have you back and great that you found the fledging community here. Warm hugs to you - it is a big shock to the system to come back and be confronted all at once with what's happening to SS. Many of us were reeling similarly when we first found out. Thanks Paperpiler, Lioness and Sleepymom for posting different ways of looking at the situation, suggesting new ways of keeping the wisdom and spirit of the old threads alive and reminding us of copyright rules. Iguannamamma,  and thanks for sharing your dream! RoseofTexas, thanks heaps for the awesome tip for finding our posts - I was also slightly panicking inside that I wouldn't be able to find my posts in time, you've saved my sanity!  Here's a method of saving messages that I posted in another thread which may be helpful... Here's a way to save webpages easily to your computer. These instructions apply to Internet Explorer, but other browsers will have a similar process.
Method:
- Open up the desired webpage in your internet browser.
- Click on "File", then "Save As". If your internet browser displays pages in tabs, click on "Page", then select"Save As" in the drop down menu.
- In the "Save Webpage" screen that appears, select the folder you want to save the page to on your computer.
- In the "File name" window, you can choose a name for the file or leave it as is.
- *THIS IS THE IMPORTANT STEP* in the drop down window labelled "Save as type", click the arrow and select the following option - "Web Archive, single file[*.mht]"
- Click on the "Save" button.
The webpage is now saved to your computer as a single file, can be opened offline (it will open in your default internet browser), and will display exactly as you see it online - cute icons and all.
If you want to format or change the page, or save several webpages in one document, you will need to save each page seperately first as above. Once the pages are saved to your computer in .mht (single-file html) format, then you can copy and paste desired portions into a word document, and make changes from there.
You can also copy and save into a Word document or use the print screen function, as mentioned before. However, due to the limited time factor, you might want to save keeper threads to your computer first, then you have all the time in the world to format them later.Best of luck finding and saving your messages - I am furiously doing the same before they disappear from cyberspace forever.  
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Post by sleepymom on Jun 13, 2008 23:02:46 GMT -5
eaglesflight, did you get your PM?
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Post by Little_Ninja on Jun 15, 2008 9:54:47 GMT -5
Thank you RoseOfTexas & fuzzychow for your tips & tricks! I didn't even think of the "My Forums" feature, and fuzzychow's suggestion for saving as a "Web Archive, single file[*.mht]" is so helpful! Well, we've all got about 2 full weeks left to save our posts before the July 1 deadline, so up and at 'em!  |
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