[the_old_crowd] OT: Your posts and value in crisis

[Susan Albrecht]

Charme <dontask2much at ...> wrote:

>>>That being said, the Old Crowd group was my escape
from the stress of my volunteer work, as I was
wirelessly connected to the Internet via a Treo I 
was graciously given to use. I wanted you to know that
I read your posts(Barry, Lyn, Talisman, Catlady, Susan
Albrecht, Eustace-Scrubb, pippin, and the others)
often out loud to other adult Potterheads who were in 
shelters or hotels where I stayed during my work with
the team - it became an almost nightly affair in a
huge shelter for 3 weeks.  I tried to use the 
HPfGU messages but there were too many, and the
conversation not as enlightening in the opinion of my
audience.  (Sorry, your thoughts were REQUESTED by
them, and of course I had to comply)

It ended up being an invaluable way to lighten the
mood and discuss something other than FEMA, flood
damage estimates, and victim's lack of personal
property and homes. In fact, if I didn't download my
messages from this group when I had a signal, my
fellow Potterheads were quite disappointed. :)  Since
donated copies of the Potter books were available, 
many adults who hadn't read them before started to and
became interested so the discussion probably still is
occuring elsewhere in my absence.<<<


SSSusan:
That is just the coolest thing to read about, Charme. 
I'm glad for the connections made through HP in that
difficult setting, and that there was a way for things
to be lightened up a bit while confronted with all the
loss.  

I sincerely hope you also shared some FILKs with your
newfound Potterhead friends.  Some of Ginger's and
Randy's and Caius' phenomenal works? :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan, glad to have Charme back among
us.