clear the air... ok, since we're being sooo honest...
& I'm not too polite to say more...

I am going to try & do my best to explain my feelings,
if it's taken the wrong way then fine, I have nothing to lose that I feel I haven't lost already & will try not to say anything I'll regret later & feel I have to delete

but all this is still bothering me & am sad that we've lost a few members (do I really have to say who? notice whole posts have been deleted) because it's obviously alright to joke around & hurt people's feelings & chalk it up to being thin-skinned, taking things too personally, just having fun (at other's people's expense), a load of BS, being too politically correct & then scream about being censored if you can't say what's on your mind

If you haven't read all the threads then how can you honestly agree that all is just fine & dandy & I really don't understand how you Mike can act like the injured party, throw a fit & threaten to walk away... it's the ones that walk away without saying anything that hurt me

a breath of fresh air? what a hoot... like 'chelle i guess that leaves the rest of us pretty stale & maybe feeling like they've overstayed their welcome

already in your first statement Mike you've insulted newbies & authority (mod), in your 2nd, & i don't care how much you try to sugarcoat it, you've once again insulted someone who's very dear to my heart & worth 10X the person you are, has never gone out of their way to hurt people, ever!!! ...unless provoked!

I really don't care about threads going off topic & the number of ebots I may get, having dial-up is my problem not yours... but showing a little respect for the poster of the thread is not asking that much

I don't feel bsteph has anything to apologize for & agree with most of what he said

The backhandeded insults that have been flung around I don't find all that amusing... & maybe I read too much into them & have become too sensitive & should just shut the f* up while I still can & think about that vacation away from here too

I really do care for you guys & have spent quite a lot of my time here but I care for a certain someone more :( so I don't know how much I'll be around here... off & on i guess, i can be somewhat fickle... carry on

...this too shall pass...