[AT] On Topic: to be or not to be

[Joe Hazewinkel]

Greg,

I think you should post stuff, we need all the help we can get.  I remember stoping by your place about 10? years ago.  Time sure goes by fast.

Still have those funny red colored tractors?

Enjoy, Joe

Sent from my iPhone just for you

On May 29, 2013, at 11:55 PM, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:

> I have been a lurker on this list for many years. At one time, I made 
> frequent posts, until I got caught up in that Walt thing. After many 
> nasty remarks from him I quit posting for a year or so. After things 
> calmed down I decided to try posting again. The very first post I sent 
> Walt came down on me with both feet, including a nasty note sent 
> directly to my E-mail. I again quit posting, as I don't need that kind 
> of aggravation in my life. After a time Walt was kicked off this list, 
> so I tried again. First post I got blasted off the earth by someone and 
> two of his buddies  chimed in to say anyone who knows this guy knows he 
> is usually right. I exited the list again and have been just a reader 
> for several years.   About a month after I quit posting, I was thinking 
> about it, and realized I had replied to a post from the Farmall   list, 
> and that the bad reply came from one off their most respected members. 
> The thing that burned me was this was his first reply to the list in 
> almost two months. I have not replied to any list since, which has been 
> several years.
> 
>  I have missed posting to the list, and have probably been upset with 
> the wrong list; however Walt was on this list.  For the last quite a 
> while, the list has been quite civil; however there was  a fairly long 
> stretch when there were people who seemed to like to find something 
> wrong with many people's replies and seemed happy to point out to them 
> they were wrong. Myself, I don't really think there are any wrong 
> replies, just different ways of doing things. I also like to think the 
> people of this list are smart enough to know what will work for them and 
> what won't. I also feel that people can decide for themselves what is 
> safe and what isn't . I have always felt that I know a little about a 
> lot of things but not a lot about any one thing. At this point I guess 
> my question is, should I start posting again? I don't want to sound 
> critical about this list, because it is the first thing I look at each 
> day, however I would like to feel that if I do post again it would be 
> taken at face value as just an opinion and not dissected to see if every 
> word I said was correct or if statement I make is 100% correct. I hope 
> I'm not sounding too fussy, but would like to be accepted as one of the 
> gang such as Farmer was; boy, how I miss his posts. So what do you think 
> gang; shall I rejoin the living or not?                                 
> 
>                                                                 Greg 
> Hass, in the thumb of Michigan
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