. I did not know you were in trouble there too 
. I have never read anything from you that offended me over there, but I am pretty understanding. By training I am usually too "PC" ( i.e. suckass 
) to offend anyone I interact with except my superiors at times (what I think may be in contradiction to what I may say or do on occassion). I went back over there and found that TC's and my posts were gone . Now I guess that I am also in the gunsights so to speak 
. I hope TC will wander this way. JayHow many free guess's do we each get about which site you're referring to?
Obviously, you two guys are just a couple of old trouble makers!I went back over there and found that TC's and my posts were gone
. I have not received any PM's from them in a long time, maybe one is pending 
. I guess my activity over there will be more scrutinized now. Oh Well. Jay
Farmwithjunk:
I must be pretty out of the loop over there so to speak
OhMyGawd!!!
Just when the bad memories have started to fade and ya start to think it is safe... suddenly certain names from the old crowd appear and give you a funny feeling deep down inside that you cannot run and you cannot hide forever!!! Ultimately... we are doomed. 
Not to disparage anyone in particular (and I have absolutely nothing personal against ol' RJ) but it's like this: Ya move into a big, cold, impersonal, hustle-bustle city with a lot of strange people and strange rules... but it's kinda nice at first because ya get all kinds of good newbie information and ya don't feel so all alone in your quest for answers and ya always know you'll get six dozen answers to every little nuthin' nut & bolt question, etc., etc., etc... but then over time it starts to become a bit too much. Folks start jumpin' ugly at ya over nuthin' just because they can... just because they're bored or because someone else diss'd them or because their brand new tractor had some nuthin' problem this morning or because your question had been asked 27 times before or because they think they're just a lot smarter than you or for a hundred other reasons. So you move out of the big, overgrown, impersonal city and you move out to a nice, little, small town (recommended by your good friend Larry) where folks are friendly and experienced and mature and where everybody knows everybody else's name (kinda like that old Cheers theme). That's awfully nice after you've been stuck in that big, impersonal city... and you get used to it quickly and easily because it feels so comfortable and so much better than that nasty old city place. And surprise of surprises: You even get your own personal weatherman!
! Now I just had me a medicinal guaro (high test Costa Rican rum), lemon, and boiling water grog and I am starting to feel myself improving again . I do like your analogy, and I agree. I have to admit that I did find RJ to be very opinionated, but pretty funny sometimes. He probably would not like this site. Life goes on and so do all of us . Here's to you 
. Jay 
Trust me... RJ was never a problem for me.Dougster:
Earlier today I actually ate one tablespoon of real peanut butter and it was really, really good
Mild amusement maybe... but never a problem! 
Dougster:
Earlier today I actually ate one tablespoon of real peanut butter and it was really, really good
Do backhoe hydraulic thumb parts count???That's cause there is no one here that would rather sleep with their tractor than their wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do backhoe hydraulic thumb parts count???
Dougster
keep that up and you just might get censored.Oh, it's not what you're thinking Ed. It's all perfectly innocent. They had to be stored somewhere in my tiny little house... so why not in the bedroom???Too funny,
All the other rooms were already full. 
Boy I'm glad the old Dougster did not say Starbucks.But then your weatherman buddy happens to mention an old name from the past... a veritable symbol of the past... that suddenly floods your brain with nasty memories and bad feelings about that strange old overgrown city place... and then you think how the good thing you've found can't possibly last forever 'cause sooner or later ALL of them dang city folks over there are gonna find your really neat little small town hideaway... and it too will start to become a city of its own. Such is life... so it goes.
Time for the old Dougster to go find himself a good, stiff drink.
and the founder is going to take over. They are going to CLOSE some stores that don't perform (those would be the stores that are not selling to Dougster) 
and slow the growth.
Boy I'm glad the old Dougster did not say Starbucks.
I just heard on the news that Starbucks CEO was fired
Man Dougster, you do have a way with words.
--Ed
I did read that today and paused to wonder how it might affect me. On the one hand, the Starbucks nearest to me is far from the best and doesn't seem to do much business. The employees seem almost disinterested and are extremely slow. It clearly could be a candidate for closing. There is a better one a ways down the road toward the GF's place in an expensive Yuppie town, but I don't think they'd close that one. The Yuppies can afford it!Boy I'm glad the old Dougster did not say Starbucks. I just heard on the news that Starbucks CEO was fired
Man Dougster, you do have a way with words.
