I Am Going To Take A Few Days Off

[Pete53]

Dear Hadit Members.

I am not going to be able to deal with PM's and Members who need Moderating. Jbasser, Carlie and Sixthscents are going to have to hold the Fort. I have my eighth death to contend with and I am preparing to go to another funeral Monday and than a second one 6 days later.

All kinds of hell has broken out on Hadit but I will make this observation. If you are not a Mod leave the Moderating up to the people that TBird has selected. Any Mod can be replaced at any time just as any Member can be put on Moderator review or worse.In just a few days 2 Members have been placed on Moderator Preview and one suspended. The Mods here have been spending hours trying to get Hadit back to a good place its August and people are cranky.

If a Mod tells you to do something or not do something just do what is asked.

In a few days I will be able to resume my duties. Please do not provoke or fight with Members

I just don't understand how we can go months without a hickup. If you have a problem with a post you can use the report button and someone will take a look at it.

I can understand new people but not people who have been here a long time.

I enjoy being a Hadit member and I will pop in and read threads and answer but I am not going to do any more Moderating as I do not want to lose my cool.That is for a few days.

I have received over 30 PM's and answered as many or more last week. I have gone over and tracked down dozens of threads including policing potential flames. I am convinced that we have one seriously deranged person who operates under multiple identities causing problems among members.

If it makes any difference we have others here who are not in the mood for these silly games anymore either.

I also advise any new members not to do anything based on the advice of someone who has only been here a month or two.

Lets try to be nice to each other and to support those who are hurting.

Pete

[Berta]

Pete- I am so sorry that your family is having to go through these multiple deaths.

What you said is very important-

I actually thought things were going pretty good here lately -but then again I dont even continue reading any post that gets political or if too much of the vet's anger comes through.

Anger and politics do not help a claim succeed.

Take care Pete- you are dealing with a lot these days.

[gp747]

same here pete , i will pray for you and hope things get better for you.

[Josephine]

Pete,

I am so sorry, do take care of yourself.

I will be always grateful to you.

Always,

Betty

[carlie]

Pete,

Hang in there.

carlie

[pacmanx1]

Pete53, sorry for your loss take care and hope things get better

Pete992

[smilen66]

Pete53, I'm sorry to hear of your losses.Stay strong!

[tagandbag]

Pete,

My thoughts are with you and your family. Take care of yourself and I promise I will be good.

t&b

[Stretch]

Jeez, sorry to hear about the losses coming all at once. Similar happened to me in 1980. Only time seems to heal. You are our warhorse like many here at Hadit. Take care friend.

Warhorse

noun

Definition:

1. horse in battle: a horse ridden in battle

2. survivor of conflict: somebody who has taken part in and survived many conflicts (informal)

3. standard work: a play or a piece of music that is familiar and hackneyed because of too frequent performance (informal)

Edited August 27, 2009 by Stretch (see edit history)

[Testvet]

Pete I am sorry to hear of the many losses you and your family are haing to deal with, you all will be in my prayers, as far as Hadit goes, it seems like things are great here, then we have a few come along who seem intent on distrupting things, we all have times that we should not reply to postings yet for some reason common sense goes out the window and some of us reply when we should step back from the keyboard and then thereare some other people that are just determined to make issues out of everything....I hope life calms down for you soon

[Pete53]

I just took a 3 hour nap and feel a lot better.

Brian Derby was a good friend and always had a smile that just made you feel good. Never heard him say a bad word about any person. He and I played golf and bowled together and we competed like crazy

Brian played the dating game and when all had figured he would never marry he did just a little over a year ago.

My second son has offered to take me to the funeral about 3 and 1/2 hours away and I expect to see people I have not seen since high school.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lufkindai...p;pid=131886660

[cowgirl]

Pete, you are selfless and endearing to our Hadit family. Please do take good care of yourself. Do me a favor, when you eat, take time to taste the food, its flavor. You provide us so very much here, along with Mrs. Pete - I can imagine you holding hands and not needing to speak because of your devotion to one another. Relax, reflect and come back when you are ready.

My sympathies to his family and freinds.

Cowgirl

[fanaticbooks]

Pete,

I don't comment in here very much even though I visit daily. I usually can't offer too much advice outside my field.

One thing I will state...you have always been a pleasant and calming person whenever I read one of your comments. Also very informative.

Take this time and concentrate on yourself and your family. You deserve it.

I am so sorry about all the losses. We lost my mother-in-law in June and it was a major loss for us both. We still are recovering even though we knew it was coming.

One thing we are planning is to have a get together close to her birthday that will include all her kids and grandkids as a remembrance day.

We intend to bring photos and memories and anything else to have an enjoyable reminiscing of her life.

Maybe something like that for your lost ones could help the pain.

I wish you and yours the best at this time.

fanaticbooks

[broncovet]

Pete

Thanks for your service to hadit members/Veterans. Take your well deserved time off and attend to your family matters and dont worry about the flame wars. Yes, I think you are right there is one person with several identities causing some trouble. I dont know if it is the same guy or not, but one of the other boards had some pretty serious trouble with a guy who was convinced that any Veteran with PTSD was a fraud. He said there was a drug available to "cure" PTSD but Vets wont take it because they would rather just collect money. He was a real nut job. He raised a lot of trouble and angered a lot of PTSD Vets...I dont know about you, but I do NOT want to tick off a PTSD Vet. I just hope he did not land a job with the VA...

[carlie]

Dear Hadit Members.

All kinds of hell has broken out on Hadit but I will make this observation. If you are not a Mod leave the Moderating up to the people that TBird has selected. Any Mod can be replaced at any time just as any Member can be put on Moderator review or worse.In just a few days 2 Members have been placed on Moderator Preview and one suspended. The Mods here have been spending hours trying to get Hadit back to a good place its August and people are cranky.

If a Mod tells you to do something or not do something just do what is asked.

Please do not provoke or fight with Members

I just don't understand how we can go months without a hickup. If you have a problem with a post you can use the report button and someone will take a look at it.

I can understand new people but not people who have been here a long time.

I have received over 30 PM's and answered as many or more last week. I have gone over and tracked down dozens of threads including policing potential flames. I am convinced that we have one seriously deranged person who operates under multiple identities causing problems among members.

If it makes any difference we have others here who are not in the mood for these silly games anymore either.

I also advise any new members not to do anything based on the advice of someone who has only been here a month or two.

Lets try to be nice to each other and to support those who are hurting.

Pete

Ditto.

carlie

[clw4514]

pete - so sorry about ur loss! u take time to rest and heal urself.

im taking names!!! lol! :) yall dont make put ur name on the chalk board.

[Cherie33]

Pete53,

I am so sorry for your loss, I do know how you are feeling. I remember coming here a few times, asking questions about getting benefits for my grandmother who was the widow of a vet. I took your advice, and a few weeks after my grandmother won her claim and received her back pay, and first payment, she passed away. As a matter of fact, she passed away on Aug. 5, 2009.

Thank you for your wisdom and guidance. And I hope that you can find peace within yourself and don't allow others to "push your buttons".

Cherie33

[Aquabear]

My sympathies to you sir.

[sharon]

Take a few mental health days when you get back. Give yourself the time to grief. I promise I will behave while you are gone. Thanks for all that you do.