BIG THANKS!
i put this in a comments section, but felt i should say it louder…
thank you everyone for the warmth and respect you all show one another on this blog.
i am very, very grateful to everyone for making these discussions possible. i very much would like to keep it this way… you are beautiful… 
no man you’re beautiful.
To be honest this has given me an excellent space to have this kind of discussion. I have tried to recreate the bunions group in Bath since i moved to the wilderness of essex and it has never really happened. So thanks for being such a mate and making it possible. Perhaps on day anyone that is able and posts on here should get together for a meal and some beer and have these discussions in person. Thats something i would travel for.
Comment by will — November 30, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Comment by jonbirch — November 30, 2007 @ 11:39 am
This is one blog where I know I can go for good conversation, good humor, insightful questions, thoughtful replies and discussion, etc.
Not bad for a blog named after bugs and bee puke.
This is one of my regular stops.
Comment by A S Hodel — November 30, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
thanks.
Comment by jonbirch — November 30, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
jon,
just another post to you about your tone of grace here. Your site is my opening bookmark.
Wishing you all the best.
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Comment by grendal hanks aka ( | o )=====::: — November 30, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
thank you, grendal.
Comment by jonbirch — November 30, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
No, Jon, thanks to you for providing such brilliant starting points for discussion. This blog FEELS like a safe place to air viewpoints that would get short shrift elsewhere, frequented by visitors who are willing to entertain the ‘what if’ scenarios without getting hot under the collar. It’s so good to know that there are people of Christian faith who admit to having questions rather than claiming certainty in matters of faith and spirituality.
Comment by Carole — November 30, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
Jon, Thanks for the place to explore!
Just so people know… I will push, but I don’t bite.
I’m a middle child. I know how to fight but prefer to keep the peace. So if I push, I’m exploring, not fighting and negotiation is always on the agenda
Will, when you sort out a meal I’ll travel to essex and eat with you ;]
Comment by kick-hat-snare — November 30, 2007 @ 7:35 pm
I’m like KHS.
Jon, thank you for creating the space to start with. Keep it up - don’t tone down, keep exploring. Well basically do what you know you should be doing, it’s your thing at the end of the day!
But thanks very much.
Yours,
Sarah
Comment by Sarah — November 30, 2007 @ 10:14 pm
Don’t call me beautiful ya pansy!
Comment by One Salient Oversight — November 30, 2007 @ 10:48 pm
OSO
I didn’t realise that you knew Jon so well!!! YES he is a bit of a pansy.
Comment by will — November 30, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Leave him alone he’s just a big old hippy!
Sas
Comment by Sarah — November 30, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
khs. i’m a middle child too. maybe that’s why i poke and prod.
carole. i always get a buzz when a cartoon pleases you. there, i said it.
sas. you’re funny! and how did you know i was just a big old hippy… is it that obvious? (i don’t wear hippy clothes though).
oso.
will. you’ve let me down.
Comment by jonbirch — December 1, 2007 @ 1:26 am
nnnnnoooooooo: i could deal with anger but disappointment. Jon I humbly seek your forgiveness. I love you loads and you know it.
Comment by will — December 1, 2007 @ 10:57 am
only joking bro. you’re tops
Comment by jonbirch — December 1, 2007 @ 11:19 am
blogin’s great, its good to hear people’s views, and share your own. This blog seems to attract people I’d love to spend time with.
Comment by su — December 1, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
Jon, 13, it’s cos I’m a hippy too.
Sas x
Comment by Sarah — December 1, 2007 @ 9:56 pm