I might agree with you Mark, once I have all the facts. I am more of a "Let me get all the facts before I fire the rifle" kind of guy. Shooting from the hip like John Wayne, at whatever happens to move is the easy method, actually knowing what you are shooting at...That takes more work, but it gives a friend a chance to try and redeam himself.
I have been burned before, using my method, but I will take that over nailing a friend to the wall any day.
Furthermore, since I stated at the beginning...
Phil owes me nothing (if anything, I owe him) so I may be able to have a different take on this
and then went on to state that I am more worried about a friend than "Stuff", I think I will just let that sink in for a few minutes and run with my plan.
I will find out what I can, pass on the concernes expressed and see if I can at least lend a hand in rectifying this issue. But to tell you the truth, I care about the Harmony of this board, and the friendships of it's members, a whole lot more than I care about the "x"s on the calander. Yes, 4 months is way too long, no I do not see anyway that this is acceptable, even if one has no way on the web. But I will hold my Judgement until I talk to Phil and find out WHY this has gone on so long. There was a time that JoeM sent me a bomb, USPS said it was delivered, I never saw it. If I had not been able to get on the internet, I would not have known it was sent, and Joe would not have known it was lost. That same thing could happen in a fair trade or even a flat out purchase. And if this IS the case, then Nobody would deserve to be put to death for it.
I think it is well established that I will give a brother the benifit of the doubt until I see facts pointing to willfull wrongdoing. That is who I am, you know it, and everybody that has been here for very long knows it. If anybody sees that as a Flaw in my character, then I feel sorry for them, but I refuse to change that part of who I am.
There is so very little "Value" that I can add to Cigar Pass, but I have friends here, and for now, Phil is one of them. Shuji was too (WAS), but when the facts came in, it turns out I was wrong about the guy, but I do not regret finding out first, before I passed judgement.
Hell, it has been 4 months, surely the Hot Tar and Goose Feathers will keep for a few more days
