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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, just a moment out of the free-for-all bashing
and point-counter-point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We shook hands, said we were glad to meet one
another in person, and both got on with our day. OK.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.....<BR></FONT></DIV>
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