"bardichev" makes some telephone calls on the "Taking Attendance" thread:
HELLO?
HI. I'M CALLING FROM GYE
YES, THE GROUP OF EX-ADDICTS. OK ADDICTS, WHATEVER.
WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM
LET'S KEEP ON TRUCKING/FIGHTING/HUGGING/WHATEVER.
WE NEED 100,000 MEMERS ON THIS FORUM.
WE NEED FORUMS IN YIDDISH, HEBREW, ETC..
THERE IS WORK THAT'S GOTTA GET DONE!!!
"bardichev" meets a fellow forum member (and chasid of his) for the first time in real life:
LAST NIGHT AT NE'ILASS HACHAG, IN A SHUL ON THE WESTERN END OF LONG ISLAND (I.E. BOOKLYN, NY), I HAD THE ZECHUS TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY WITH "EFSHAR LETAKEN"!!
WE DANCED LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW AND NEVER WAS A YESTERDAY!!
(ME'RAKDIN = MERAK DIN = ERASE DINIM).
AND THIS IS WHAT WE RESOLVED:
SIMCHA AND JOY.
AGANTZ YUR FREILACHH!!!!!
NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHEN.
NO MATTER HOW.
NO MATTER SLIP, FALL, BOTH, OR NEITHER.
SIMCHA SIMCHA SIMCHA!!!!
bardichev
P.S. E.L POURED ME SOME SPRITE. I SAID, "I WANT 7UP". HE SAYS, "SHAA, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO ELSE IS HERE FROM THE FORUM!"