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[deb]

OK, just a moment out of the free-for-all bashing and point-counter-point.

I am a big fan of Joe Campbell. We sort of swing the same way in politics and opinions. He's also a darn nice guy. Sometimes I want him to calm down a bit, but sometimes he probably wants me to just shut up. OK.

I have not been a big fan of Gary Crabtree, but I have never met him in person, so all I had to go on were his postings on V2020. I seldo (well, almost never) agree with a darn thing he has to say. I had no idea if he was a nice guy or a total asshat, but I knew he was not on my page, and probably was in anentirely different book. OK.

About 4:15 today, I foolishly locked my keys in my car. The spare key was at home. My partner was not. What to do? Call the Locksmith! As I was downtown, I went to Gary's Lockshop--fortunately, he was there. He drove me back to my car, quickly and efficiently got it open, I retrieved my keys from the front seat where they had fallen from my very shallow front pocket just as I slammed the (locked) door, he drove me back to the Lockshop so I could pay him the (reasonable) $40 with the credit card I had cleverly left in my handbag in the locked car. I was thanking him all the way, as I had things to do, and could still do them!

When Gary saw the card, my name registered with him. He made a comment about me posting negatively about him on the V---I said something about not remembering saying anything about him personally (though, Goddess knows I probably have!). He made me a spare key and gave me a magnet for it (no extra charge) and took me back to my car.

We shook hands, said we were glad to meet one another in person, and both got on with our day. OK.

Just a reminder to me, and I hope to everyone out there. We can disagree, we can be nasty to one another, we can hold radically different opinions. At the end of the day, Gary got me into my car, and I owe him some organic veggies (at a reasonable price!). We are still a community, win lose or draw. Maybe we can stop hacking at each other on a personal level once in a while? Criticism, contention, refutation, debate----all fine. Let's just try to keep the personal insults to a minimum. Just because we disagree doesn't mean either one of us is evil.....


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