One of the best things, for me, about Hive has been the people I have met while here. I have had the opportunity to talk to people from all over the world and discover the differences between people living in other countries, as well as how much we share in common.
My favorite fun fact I learned is how most non-Americans pronounce the letter Z. To Americans, it is pronounced "Zee." The word Zebra is said the way it is written, as in Zee'bra.
The first time I heard the letter Z pronounced as Zed, I thought someone was playing a trick on me. My mind couldn't understand why you would take the last letter of the alphabet and make a word out of it. How many people in the world go to the Zoo and look at the zed'bras? In truth, a lot of people. LOL!
It still makes me smile and marvel at how much the same we are around the world, yet how horses with black stripes sound different depending on where you were born—a small thing for sure, but a thing nonetheless.
Once in a while, you can meet someone with whom you click. Someone you feel comfortable talking about things like Z and Zed, and know they will listen to you. They will not judge you. They will try to answer your simple questions and take them seriously.
There is a comfort level knowing I have a person like that on Hive I can turn to and ask questions, knowing I will not be made fun of and still get my answers.
Over the years, @Enginewitty has been one of those people to me. A Brother. He doesn't judge me when I do not understand something. He will go out of his way to explain concepts that others seem to catch on to easily. He never talks down to me when I ask any question.
Enginewitty understands that a person might not understand how "Bots" work, but that doesn't make them dumb.
This year, I have not been on Hive as much due to family health matters. I have tried to pop in Discord and people's posts to see how everyone is doing, but a person can only be pulled in so many directions and stay sane.
While your real life is on fire, time works differently on Hive. I will write a post, and the next thing I know, three months have gone by! It is still a mystery how that happens.
Lucky for me, if I was gone too long, my phone would ring and Enginewitty would be there, asking how I was. Not how my family was, but how I was doing. It meant and means the world to me that someone reached out to help me realize I was drowning in sadness, and they wouldn't hang up until I laughed.
They never gave up on me and still don't.
A bit ago, Enginewitty hurt his arm while playing with one of his dogs. He was looking for a pillow to help him sleep more comfortably while his arm healed. Having a big squishy pillow always sounded wonderful to me, and I had said as much. Marshmallow beds are not overrated. Nor are marshmallow pillows.
About a week later, a package came to my house, and I laughed as Enginewitty told me to look out for Valentine's. As you can see, you cannot get any more hearts on this package. LOL! It was a miracle the package had not burst at the seams. I had to be very careful when I opened it.
Once opened, the pillow grew and grew!
I stuck it in the washer and dryer, and it got even fluffier! It makes me laugh and smile just looking at it, and it still does.
Who knew all those years ago I would meet the best people on Earth who liked me just as I am. Hive might be just numbers and letters to some, but to me, it will always be the people you meet while you are here that keep me coming back when life gets too hard.
Thank you, Enginewitty, for my marshmallow cloud pillow and for being the best brother a girl can ever have!
Help someone smile today. It can not hurt you.
Snook
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Yay Snook! Witty is the best isn’t he? Probably the first witness I ever got to interact with live on the PYPT show. Real people hanging out visiting like old friends and some !PIMP to go along with it!
Sorry to hear about the health challenges. You have your family here, we will keep the lights on and it is great to see a post of yours show up on my feed again!
Thank you!!!
and yes the old days of PYPT were the best :D
That’s awesome Witty is a good friend no doubt. He’s a riot hanging with. Great post.
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Thank you, and yes, he is!! I was lucky to meet him in Colorado :D
You know I love you sis! Some things, just make you think of other people. Like @summertooth or @brian.rrr think of me when they go fishing or see fish related things. Boobs will ever be associated with me and @thekittygirl and @dreemsteem. For you and me? It's fucking marshmallows! Which lends relation to our mattresses and pillows because yes, marshmallows and clouds are the best things ever to sleep on. Happy to know you and share a love for clouds and I hope the new marshmallow continues to make you smile and laugh and maybe even get some decent rest.
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Love you too <3
And yes, it makes a great pillow too! LOLL
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HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!I am awake enough to finally get the joke :D
We need to go into the squishy buiness LOLL
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Same. The whole "zed" thing continues to throw me for a loop. I remember hearing it for the first time from the movie, Shaun of the Dead. Took me a while to figure out they were saying the letter z. Language is a funny funny thing. Even when you speak the same language, English, that doesn't mean there aren't vast differences. Even in the U.S. I guess that's just what makes all of our languages unique.
Good to know I am not the only one who thought that about zed. LOLL
Nice to see your comment!! Hope you are doing well!!
Does anybody out there actually call it a Zedbra? That sounds so hilarious to me. I know what you mean about time passing so quickly. Sometimes I don't post for weeks or months, either. What really makes me crazy is when I think I have been reading posts regularly, but then discover it has been ten days. Really?
Yes, they REALLy call it a Zedbra. It's the weirdest thing to hear: :D but I guess us calling it Zeebra sounds weird to them.
and I KNOW!! on the time thing!!! I'm like I JUST looked and then see it's been forever :D I swear there is a time warp on the internet :D
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that crew (only a few of us left) were the best - are the best - people ever hehehe
Very few of us are left, but God, did we have fun and the best is we still keep in touch <3
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