As for being banned, sometimes I even BAN myself from these forums. At least the nasty, evil "skippy" part of myself and who among us doesn't have at least two personalities?
I've been on-line since 1986. Met some wonderful people and made a ton of friends in business. Picked up a few "enemies"?? too.
"Can't please everybody, so you got to please yourself", so goes Ricky Nelson in Garden Party.
I'm not about pleasing people. Like me or not, do business with me or not, I don't lose any sleep over it. May be THAT attitude doesn't sit well with some...oh well.
As for specifics. How far back do I go? And what does it mean to anyone anyhow? For example, I had a best friend named Dave when I was a kid.
Then something happened. The WHAT has two sides to it, his and mine. His I don't care about, it is mine that makes my decisions about MY life. See?
I'm divorced. I have my version and my ex has her version of the exact same event...but they are totally opposite and differnet versions.
You could hear them both...and you may or may not take sides...what difference would it make? I'd still be divorced, and you wouldn't know any more about me than you do now. Right?
So, over the course of my life, I've NOT been silent or quiet or sat on the sidelines...as a PARTICIPANT in the game, I have ruffled some feathers. So what?
Those who know me and choose to work with me will give you one story. Those that feel they have been somehow offended by me will gladly offer you their versions.
So, how far back do I go?
Do I try to figure out why that little red hair girl in first grade punched me? Was it just an act of affection?
Like everyone else, I've had a lot of relationships. All of them haven't been perfect. Some have been bad because I was blind to facts. I was emotional. Some were because I was a jerk (although not intentionally)
Some didn't last cause we grew apart...as a child I thought and acted as a child. As an adult, I can tell you to take me or leave me or to kiss my butt.
Ban me (kind of an honor in my opinion) or don't;
won't have any effect/affect on my life.
Thunder storm or summer mist, it is all water off of this duck's back. Quack. Quack.
Be glad to share all kinds of personal information with you or anyone else, detail all my personal relationships, real or virtual...as long as you stand ready to do the same. Fair enough?