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I should have stated I was addressing it to Utah, but your in the similar vein.
I have become a lot more diplomatic over the years, but I was the same way for a long time.
I was in biz with my dad earlier on before I was in biz on my own, and looking back I cringe, I could have been a lot more kinder when I fired employees.
Even got into a fist fight with a police officer when I was 16 in large part because I was so blunt.
Good thing I was a minor and my dad could afford a good lawyer. And make a few donations to the retirement funds.
I have become a lot more diplomatic over the years, but I was the same way for a long time.
I was in biz with my dad earlier on before I was in biz on my own, and looking back I cringe, I could have been a lot more kinder when I fired employees.
Even got into a fist fight with a police officer when I was 16 in large part because I was so blunt.
Good thing I was a minor and my dad could afford a good lawyer. And make a few donations to the retirement funds.
Thanks, brother.... it's guys like you, and Willie, and CS1, and, well, good grief...quite a few others that make it worthwhile.. We can discuss and disagree and still love each other as brothers without trying to preach each other into hell.
That goes for a lot of the ladies on here as well, but I don't want to be accused of flirting...
That goes for a lot of the ladies on here as well, but I don't want to be accused of flirting...
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Listen, I said my few posts on this thread without actually naming names on CC and then left. You on the other hand, quoted me and then proceeded to say something that had nothing to do with my post whatsoever. I simply responded to your post. At least the last person who quoted me, asked me a relevant question, and I answered that question accordingly.
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Ummm, Blue Ladybug? When did you ever not speak up? When did you ever take any bull? You may have, in your younger years -- you know, way back before you turned 60 -- but I've never seeing you cower, since I've been on this site.
But, you just said BDF is a "hateful" and "strifeful." Given BDF is merely a visual thing online, therefore does nothing on its own but sits there, how is that not saying everyone on there is hateful and strifeful? May I dare to believe you don't mean that literally? And I'm not saying you don't mean there's a whole lot of hatefulness and strifeful people on there, because there is. BUT you no more called every single person on that forum both those words than Willie called everyone on that thread suckers.
And, yeah, if I didn't know my motives and didn't get where the majority was going on that thread (both pro and con for the troll), he's right. It did appear some of us looked like suckers. Me being one of them.
So, Willie being Willie and all, pretty much did what you and I do most of the time -- told us what he saw us doing in blunt language. Ummm, yeah?
He's grumpier than usual lately, but it's not like he's ever been a quiet, gentle old soul. Neither are we.
And he's not the little girl having a 2-4 day temper tantrum lashing out at everybody. (Sorry. I really wasn't stalking, so I didn't pay attention to how long that went on. You know. Us evil old bitties are like that. lol) He's Willie! He's been roughly the same since... well, at least since I've been on here.
If we're going to give a benefit of a doubt to strangers, shouldn't we do it for people we know? At least we have more to go on with that benefit part, and less doubt.
We've got kind, gentle souls on this site. You, Willie and I aren't them. If we want others to accept us despite that one, aren't we even more obliged to give it to others? And I say this knowing, if butting heads with Willie was literal, I'd be forever waiting in the hospital for a doctor to make sure it's only a concussion AGAIN!
Willie called me a sucker?
Out of all the things I've ever been called? Cool!
The temper tantrum was about the worst it gets on here. At least around people we know, can't we lighten up on the rhetoric? Who better to try a new trend like that than you, Willie and me? If we can do it, how much easier is it for the semi-mellow people? How much nicer would it be for the truly kind gentle souls that we aren't?
I've been trying for the last 2-3 weeks. Have you noticed or do I still -- dare I say it -- suck at this?
I know the temper did get me once. I'm not even sorry for that. (Nothing to repent from since the person assumed so much about me that can't be assumed.) I've repented from jumping to conclusions too quickly. I've hurt people that didn't deserve it. I'm repenting. I'm continuing to turn from it. Doesn't mean I'm going meek and mild, but it does mean it's possible -- sometimes, remembering only through God -- that we don't have to keep the bad along with who we are personality wise.
7 X 70 per day. Benefit of a doubt ratio too maybe? Once we reach 491 times in one day, then let's go off. Deal? (Or, at least try for that, since we both know it's going to take a while to get that good.)
But, you just said BDF is a "hateful" and "strifeful." Given BDF is merely a visual thing online, therefore does nothing on its own but sits there, how is that not saying everyone on there is hateful and strifeful? May I dare to believe you don't mean that literally? And I'm not saying you don't mean there's a whole lot of hatefulness and strifeful people on there, because there is. BUT you no more called every single person on that forum both those words than Willie called everyone on that thread suckers.
And, yeah, if I didn't know my motives and didn't get where the majority was going on that thread (both pro and con for the troll), he's right. It did appear some of us looked like suckers. Me being one of them.
So, Willie being Willie and all, pretty much did what you and I do most of the time -- told us what he saw us doing in blunt language. Ummm, yeah?
He's grumpier than usual lately, but it's not like he's ever been a quiet, gentle old soul. Neither are we.
And he's not the little girl having a 2-4 day temper tantrum lashing out at everybody. (Sorry. I really wasn't stalking, so I didn't pay attention to how long that went on. You know. Us evil old bitties are like that. lol) He's Willie! He's been roughly the same since... well, at least since I've been on here.
If we're going to give a benefit of a doubt to strangers, shouldn't we do it for people we know? At least we have more to go on with that benefit part, and less doubt.
We've got kind, gentle souls on this site. You, Willie and I aren't them. If we want others to accept us despite that one, aren't we even more obliged to give it to others? And I say this knowing, if butting heads with Willie was literal, I'd be forever waiting in the hospital for a doctor to make sure it's only a concussion AGAIN!
Willie called me a sucker?
Out of all the things I've ever been called? Cool!
The temper tantrum was about the worst it gets on here. At least around people we know, can't we lighten up on the rhetoric? Who better to try a new trend like that than you, Willie and me? If we can do it, how much easier is it for the semi-mellow people? How much nicer would it be for the truly kind gentle souls that we aren't?
I've been trying for the last 2-3 weeks. Have you noticed or do I still -- dare I say it -- suck at this?
I know the temper did get me once. I'm not even sorry for that. (Nothing to repent from since the person assumed so much about me that can't be assumed.) I've repented from jumping to conclusions too quickly. I've hurt people that didn't deserve it. I'm repenting. I'm continuing to turn from it. Doesn't mean I'm going meek and mild, but it does mean it's possible -- sometimes, remembering only through God -- that we don't have to keep the bad along with who we are personality wise.
7 X 70 per day. Benefit of a doubt ratio too maybe? Once we reach 491 times in one day, then let's go off. Deal? (Or, at least try for that, since we both know it's going to take a while to get that good.)