mister_e

[Luciano]

(From the WEB).

I’ve decided that I’ve been spending too much time on a few different Internet forums.
I probably spend too much time on the Internet period. It’s become an addiction and that
addiction doesn’t go well with the rest of my life. I read a few things on the Internet
about people being addicted to Internet forums. Apparently quite a few people have this
problem.

My problem is that I would spend hours at night surfing the forums and posting to them.
Most of the time it seemed that it was more of a “status thing” on the forums for me.
I was easy to want to be popular and have lots of posts, and post answers to questions
you know. Whatever thing you are into (for me it was knives) it seems to make you
want to buy or do more of that thing. For me just merely reading about another knife
would make me want to purchase it. Good high resolution pictures of the knife would make
me want it even more. It was getting insane.

It had to end. I decided that I am going to stop going to the forums altogether for at
least 30 days. I am starting this today. I am doing this because going to the forum has
become such a habit that it’s almost like “wrote memory”. It is just something that I do
when I’m bored. Instead, I should be doing something better with my life like going outside,
interacting with real people face to face instead of online, or exercising. I should go to
the park with my family, or get more things done around the house, or actually USE my knives.
It had gotten to the point that I had so many knives that they would be used so infrequently
that they would look new all the time. That has stopped. I sold all of my knives and we are
using the money for better things. I know have 2 knives that I use and carry, and they are
getting scratched up and looking used. This is a good thing. For those of you, who don’t
understand forum addiction or the love of edged tools;just substitute your own type of
addiction. Most addictions work in a similar way.

So, now my spare time will be spent in a more productive fashion. I do think to a certain
extent Internet forums are good. You can make friends there, even friends that you actually
end up meeting in person. You can get a lot of good knowledge and information there too.
The problem is that when that is all you do in your spare time it’s not a good thing.
You need to do everything in moderation. So for me, I’ll not be visiting for at least 30
days and then I will re-evaluate the situation and see how I feel. Will I be better off
or not? I’m not sure, but right now I’m leaning towards “better off”.
* * *

Sounds familiar to you?

Best regards,

Luciano

[Ioannis]

OK. What about phone, web site etc? He just disappeared. I know he had some misfortunes in his life, we talked about it on the phone and e-mails. He got shot, hit by a car, burned etc. So my concern is justified. I don't buy all this about addiction or DJ stuff. Sorry...

Ioannis

[sayzer]

(From the WEB).

I’ve decided that I’ve been spending too much time on a few different Internet forums.
I probably spend too much time on the Internet period. It’s become an addiction and that
addiction doesn’t go well with the rest of my life. I read a few things on the Internet
about people being addicted to Internet forums. Apparently quite a few people have this
problem.

My problem is that I would spend hours at night surfing the forums and posting to them.
Most of the time it seemed that it was more of a “status thing” on the forums for me.
I was easy to want to be popular and have lots of posts, and post answers to questions
you know. Whatever thing you are into (for me it was knives) it seems to make you
want to buy or do more of that thing. For me just merely reading about another knife
would make me want to purchase it. Good high resolution pictures of the knife would make
me want it even more. It was getting insane.

It had to end. I decided that I am going to stop going to the forums altogether for at
least 30 days. I am starting this today. I am doing this because going to the forum has
become such a habit that it’s almost like “wrote memory”. It is just something that I do
when I’m bored. Instead, I should be doing something better with my life like going outside,
interacting with real people face to face instead of online, or exercising. I should go to
the park with my family, or get more things done around the house, or actually USE my knives.
It had gotten to the point that I had so many knives that they would be used so infrequently
that they would look new all the time. That has stopped. I sold all of my knives and we are
using the money for better things. I know have 2 knives that I use and carry, and they are
getting scratched up and looking used. This is a good thing. For those of you, who don’t
understand forum addiction or the love of edged tools;just substitute your own type of
addiction. Most addictions work in a similar way.

So, now my spare time will be spent in a more productive fashion. I do think to a certain
extent Internet forums are good. You can make friends there, even friends that you actually
end up meeting in person. You can get a lot of good knowledge and information there too.
The problem is that when that is all you do in your spare time it’s not a good thing.
You need to do everything in moderation. So for me, I’ll not be visiting for at least 30
days and then I will re-evaluate the situation and see how I feel. Will I be better off
or not? I’m not sure, but right now I’m leaning towards “better off”.
* * *

Sounds familiar to you?

Best regards,

Luciano

As far as I can tell, this "Letter" is not written by Steve.
Steve always makes simple grammatical errors just as I do. You can see it in his e-mails and postings.

How many grammatical errors do you guys see in the letter here? Almost none.

Either Steve has indeed told someone to write it down for him, or ??


____________________

[Luciano]

Hi Sayzer,

The text I posted was not written by mister_e.
(I thought it was obvious).

* * *

Stop worrying about him and focus on real life.

Best regards,

Luciano

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Luciano and Sayzer

This mail could have been written by anyone ... may be .

BUT It confirms point for point what Steve told me while our last PHONE talking ...

soooooo ...

just consider Steve DO NEED "flesh and bones" Friends ... and I really believe a family life too.

Don't blame him ... he's right !

Alain

[skimask]

Regardless of what the deal is, given half a chance, I'd still swing by wherever he is and buy him a beverage of his choice and shoot the breeze for a decent length of time...

[sougata]

Hi,

It is good to know that at least Steve is not broke from another accident.
Today whatever I do within my little scope, I am grateful to this forum. It is not that this forum helped me in every of my project but gave me the courage to explore knowing that people out there would help for free when I am stuck.

And mister_e's contribution to this forum cannot be denied.

So I think the matter ends here and it is Steve's discretion whether he joins back or not. So as Luciano said

Stop worrying about him and focus on real life.

[grounded]

I started the thread out of concern for someone that has help me here.
from what I have been told he's alive and well, And maybe just need a break from this.
I can respect that. and Hope him the best and just say thanks.

I started this and now if it's alright I would like to end it.

Some one else will just have to pick up the slack and Answer my ?'s in a friendly way

Grounded