....like when clearly the post has no relevance or adds no value to the OP's question or concern.

Like this:

OP Question: I am having trouble finding a good fish recipe I like...can anyone help?

Response: I hate fish! Fish makes me gag!

Can someone explain the purpose of this? I mean, if you don't like fish, then why dont you just move on to the next thread? Who really cares what makes you gag or not gag???? I know I don't.

Interesting thread.

I,m simply amazed at how some people can be when they sit down behind a keyboard and for what?

Congratulations several of you have taken it to a much lower level than I believed possible.

I,m very unhappy with the comments some of you are making about my wife Susan.

I have One question?

If your so unhappy about the way the site is ran why do you keep returning?

BTW. Maxdog4717 = Lee Helander, I,m not hiding behind a screen name.

Guess I should have my DH register? ROFLMAO... He is about 170 sopping wet........ does that matter?B

FYI still party at Lu's haha

jk

Hey, I know I said I wouldn't post anymore in this thread, but this is getting completely out of hand. Bringing up somebody's personal info that, at the time, was shared between friends is ridiculous. Stop all personal attacks now. I personally will ban anybody who persists in breaking the rules, even if it costs me some facebook friendships.

Just think about it.....nobody is telling you to make up to susan, or be her friend, or even be nice. All you really have to do is ignore her and focus on your friends. Just stop the personal attacks, please.

What would you advise your own children to do if they were in your shoes? Continue to participate in the bullying, or just let it go, knowing that you never have to speak to that person again?

so susan's husband can come here and wag his finger?

i want to know who actually is that screen name - otherwise plain , ban me or provide that info.

Are you really asking me to ban you if I don't provide confidential info? Do you really want that? I just want to be totally clear on this subject.

I guess it's not a democracy.

I guess it's not a democracy.

No, it's not. It's a privately owned website.

I would like to point out. I read the rules and the posts are up to you and how much info you divulge about yourself right?

We return in hopes for change.. do you leave a country because they have a bad leaders? Naa or I would of left the US..

I was politely saying I wouldn't miss you. Sorry if it went over.

Wow... talk about how low can it go. :thumbdown:

Hey, aren't you the guy who screwed around on Susan with his ex? Yeah, we know all about that. A bit TOO much, actually.

Yes I am.

Oh, Lee...You shouldn't... I would be embarassed for someone I trashed to come here and defend me.

Shame on you Susan for putting your husband up to this.

Susan knows I have an account and look in on the site periodically but no knowledge of the post you refer too.

If Susan's husband had to step in, apparently this is bugging her way more than she'll admit.

I'd get MY husband to post that Susan's a power hungry fool, but he's busy. And why state the obvious anyway?

If she's so unhappy Max, maybe YOU can keep her occupied and off LBT.

LBT is what she enjoys doing and I stand behind 100%

Oh, and for the "behind a keyboard" comment...Anytime you're in Houston f'ing your ex-wife, come on by....

I'm like this in real life, too.

Never been to Houston.. but I could swing by.

really?

first post after registering in feb '08??

hey lee - i got a good screen shot of susan's misery w/you on a post on FB? want me to share?

Sure, Do you think you know anything about my relationship with my wife that I don't?

Guess I should have my DH register? ROFLMAO... He is about 170 sopping wet........ does that matter?B

Not to me, do's it matter to you?

That's it, I'm callin' my mom. She'll set this all straight.

Maybe she's more of a lady than others on this site?

I would like to point out. I read the rules and the posts are up to you and how much info you divulge about yourself right?

Yep, that's totally up to the individual. However, flinging the past back in somebody's face in a malicious way is not the right thing to do. If you don't like somebody, don't interact with them......but don't go out of your way to humiliate them.

What stake do you have in it?

No one is asking YOU to get along with us....just ignore us and move on...

How's that advice work when turned around?

Because you all are ganging up on somebody just to be mean. Remember when KC stepped in on the mom that was humiliating her daughter just to be mean? Now is the time to just. stop. being. mean.

I would like to see this thread closed.

PM Me for my reasons.

Thank you

Lee Helander

Plain, what does she have on you people? I don't mean this snarky, I really mean it. WHY is everything she does okay and beyond reproach, but if we get angry at it, we're somehow the "angry mob"?

Beth, she doesn't have anything on me. Believe it or not, I have in the very recent past defended 2 members that I personally dislike because I thought it was the right thing to do. I would do it for anybody on here. I have done it for HH. I am just trying to do the right thing right now. It's fine to be angry with somebody, but why go out of the way to be cruel?

Plain,

It appears that Beth was suspended.

whoa...

wow...

whoa...

(ps Plain - Beth is banned, so i dont think she'll be able to read your reply... :thumbdown: )

Well, you would think you'd be grateful to have a site to come to where the owner is aloof, distant and is somewhere counting his cash he makes per post from the sponsors.

I mean, REALLY. Get over yourself, Lu.... It's all about the $$$$ not the people.

Just sit down and play nice with others.

I'm really glad you've shown your true colors.

If I was living off the so called "profits" of LBT I'd literally be on welfare right now.

Do you know the actual costs of running this web site ? There's extremely redundant and load balanced hardware, bandwidth, electricity, collocation facilities, full time developers, part time graphic artists plus many other costs in running LBT.

Did you know for years and years I personally laid out of my own pocket every single month for these fees and expenses without receiving a dime in compensation ?

Let's not go in to how much time and effort I put in daily to make sure LBT is running smoothly without any hiccups or interruptions.

Like someone mentioned previously, we have 1,292,000 posts and almost 73,000 members. I think we're doing something right.

If you ever make it down to New York I'll personally open my books to you. You're invited to my office any time you'd like.

I had the LAP-BAND procedure a long time ago. I felt the best way to service the Lap-BAND community was the best way I knew how and that was offering my technological and marketing expertise. That's why I launched LBT the same day I came home from the hospital after my procedure.

That isn't to say that it would be a bad thing if we actually were extremely profitable one day and I was able to afford an executive LapBandTalk plane to fly around and meet our amazing members one by one.