Jonesy
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- Mar 17, 2007
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With all that's gone on the past few days and me being right in the middle of it, I thought this was as good a time for me to share my thoughts.
CP is more than a community, it's a family. I've made more friends via CP that I've never met, than I have around here. I call it a family instead of a community, because that's what I feel it is. A family has disagreement, a family laughs together, a family cries together, and a family has fun together. I'm a prime example. I went through probably the worst 3 month stretch of my life since the year started, and who picked me up off of the ground? You guys did. The bombs were something special, but the notes inside full of encouragement and phone numbers telling me I could call anytime to talk is what really made them special. You don't know how many hours I spent talking to some of these guys. That's a family.
CP is a place to build friendships. I've only met 4 members in my 7+ years here which is sad, But I can't count how many of you I call friends. I know I can be abrasive at times, but I look out for the best interest of my family. It's because you're my family that I do what I do. Some may not agree with the way I do things, but contrary to popular belief, I don't do them to be a prick. I do them because I'm the big Brother looking out for his younger siblings (or older siblings that are scared to take up for themselves).
CP is where I come when I need a laugh. It's also where I come when I want to catch up with guys I haven't heard from in a while. There's been a big turnover here on CP since I started and I really miss some of those guys. I don't know why they left, or in one guys case, what happened to him. But there's a strong core of good people here and if you don't know them personally, reach out to them. They can only make you a better person.
CP is where you can come and see one of Paul's video reviews, read one of Greg's fantastic reviews, share in the love that Ray has for Scotch and learn more about it from him then you ever thought possible. You can come here and find out just about everything you want to know abut cigars. You can bomb someone, trade with someone, buy, sell, or pass. The good far outweighs the bad when you talk about these things.
We need to get back to the Brotherhood that made us this family. I understand that I've been the cause of a lot of the upheaval of late, but I may become a little outspoken, but I do it because I don't want my family hurt, That's why I'm taking it upon myself to be the one to try to bring it back together. One of the guys I respect the most here told me today that CP isn't fun like it once was, another friend I inadvertently insulted and feel like shit about it. We need to get back to being a family and not a forum. We have a great leader in Rod, great FOG's to guide us, great guys that have been here for a while, and great guys that just started. There's always going to be someone that comes in and cause havoc and that's when we come together and show him the door. I'm a member of every cigar forum out there, but this is the only board I visit or post in, which is why I'm so protective of it.We won't always get along, we won't always agree with each other, we may not even like someone here, but I'm confident that we as adults of a family can get through these things without all the drama we've been subjected to of late.
Let's get back to being the "Friendliest Cigar Forum on the Internet" and that starts with me.
CP is more than a community, it's a family. I've made more friends via CP that I've never met, than I have around here. I call it a family instead of a community, because that's what I feel it is. A family has disagreement, a family laughs together, a family cries together, and a family has fun together. I'm a prime example. I went through probably the worst 3 month stretch of my life since the year started, and who picked me up off of the ground? You guys did. The bombs were something special, but the notes inside full of encouragement and phone numbers telling me I could call anytime to talk is what really made them special. You don't know how many hours I spent talking to some of these guys. That's a family.
CP is a place to build friendships. I've only met 4 members in my 7+ years here which is sad, But I can't count how many of you I call friends. I know I can be abrasive at times, but I look out for the best interest of my family. It's because you're my family that I do what I do. Some may not agree with the way I do things, but contrary to popular belief, I don't do them to be a prick. I do them because I'm the big Brother looking out for his younger siblings (or older siblings that are scared to take up for themselves).
CP is where I come when I need a laugh. It's also where I come when I want to catch up with guys I haven't heard from in a while. There's been a big turnover here on CP since I started and I really miss some of those guys. I don't know why they left, or in one guys case, what happened to him. But there's a strong core of good people here and if you don't know them personally, reach out to them. They can only make you a better person.
CP is where you can come and see one of Paul's video reviews, read one of Greg's fantastic reviews, share in the love that Ray has for Scotch and learn more about it from him then you ever thought possible. You can come here and find out just about everything you want to know abut cigars. You can bomb someone, trade with someone, buy, sell, or pass. The good far outweighs the bad when you talk about these things.
We need to get back to the Brotherhood that made us this family. I understand that I've been the cause of a lot of the upheaval of late, but I may become a little outspoken, but I do it because I don't want my family hurt, That's why I'm taking it upon myself to be the one to try to bring it back together. One of the guys I respect the most here told me today that CP isn't fun like it once was, another friend I inadvertently insulted and feel like shit about it. We need to get back to being a family and not a forum. We have a great leader in Rod, great FOG's to guide us, great guys that have been here for a while, and great guys that just started. There's always going to be someone that comes in and cause havoc and that's when we come together and show him the door. I'm a member of every cigar forum out there, but this is the only board I visit or post in, which is why I'm so protective of it.We won't always get along, we won't always agree with each other, we may not even like someone here, but I'm confident that we as adults of a family can get through these things without all the drama we've been subjected to of late.
Let's get back to being the "Friendliest Cigar Forum on the Internet" and that starts with me.
