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OK my very first blog. Never had the inclination to write one before, never thought I knew anything interesting that other folks would like to read. Not saying I do now but I want to put some thoughts to words without having to worry about offending anyone. This is mine and if you're offended by anything leave. I do not care. I'm not looking for confirmation or rebuttals.
I think part of my personality enjoys arguing. I'm hard headed too. I readily admit when I'm wrong and try not to say things in a way that leaves no doubt. Only the Sith speak in absolutes. Ha! If I'm 100% sure of something I'll say that. Most of the time I use qualifiers because they increase or reduce the absolute quality of a statement. Gives me an easy way out if I'm wrong. How chickenshit is that? Another thing I like to use is experience. If I do something or witness something nobody can call me a liar and nobody can say I'm wrong. First two years I spent on The American Tarantula Society just about every post I made was either saying how pretty the spider in the picture someone posted was or something I had seen/done myself. After those first two years I learned enough that I could answer some questions or at least find where to look for an answer.
I try not to take things personal and am usually successful. The times I do struggle I'll usually post something real quick and that's not always a good thing. It isn't that what I'm saying is wrong or evil it's that I usually leave 90% of what I want to say in my head and not on the page. Good example was calling PepperJoe's post about the new world record pepper a "dick move". What I left off was the reason I said it. We had just spent a week discussing/arguing over the TSMB and the 7 BS and the things that Jim Duffy said and here comes PepperJoe saying it doesn't matter! Huh!? All that thinking and reading I did and it was for naught? SHIT I say! That and what I perceived as his arrogance pissed me off. Should have kept right on going and never said a word. That's hard for me to do.
So with that I think I'm going to keep my attention focused on glogs and growing stuff for a while. Get back into the pepper growing groove and leave the arguements and world records to those who find interest in them.
I do love this site. This time of the year I bet I spend eight hours or more a day here. Needless to say it's the people that make the site so what I'm really saying is I love the people here. Most of 'em anyway and those I don't love I don't hate. Just indifferent for now.
Feel free to say anything you want or nothing at all. I believe I may like doing this but we shall see.
Take care everyone. P
I think part of my personality enjoys arguing. I'm hard headed too. I readily admit when I'm wrong and try not to say things in a way that leaves no doubt. Only the Sith speak in absolutes. Ha! If I'm 100% sure of something I'll say that. Most of the time I use qualifiers because they increase or reduce the absolute quality of a statement. Gives me an easy way out if I'm wrong. How chickenshit is that? Another thing I like to use is experience. If I do something or witness something nobody can call me a liar and nobody can say I'm wrong. First two years I spent on The American Tarantula Society just about every post I made was either saying how pretty the spider in the picture someone posted was or something I had seen/done myself. After those first two years I learned enough that I could answer some questions or at least find where to look for an answer.
I try not to take things personal and am usually successful. The times I do struggle I'll usually post something real quick and that's not always a good thing. It isn't that what I'm saying is wrong or evil it's that I usually leave 90% of what I want to say in my head and not on the page. Good example was calling PepperJoe's post about the new world record pepper a "dick move". What I left off was the reason I said it. We had just spent a week discussing/arguing over the TSMB and the 7 BS and the things that Jim Duffy said and here comes PepperJoe saying it doesn't matter! Huh!? All that thinking and reading I did and it was for naught? SHIT I say! That and what I perceived as his arrogance pissed me off. Should have kept right on going and never said a word. That's hard for me to do.
So with that I think I'm going to keep my attention focused on glogs and growing stuff for a while. Get back into the pepper growing groove and leave the arguements and world records to those who find interest in them.
I do love this site. This time of the year I bet I spend eight hours or more a day here. Needless to say it's the people that make the site so what I'm really saying is I love the people here. Most of 'em anyway and those I don't love I don't hate. Just indifferent for now.
Feel free to say anything you want or nothing at all. I believe I may like doing this but we shall see.
Take care everyone. P
- Raelacea and Mitch_from_OZ like this
and that isn't always a bad thing. We are lucky you are here and spreading the heat to the chili impaired. And helping us newbies with the growing of peppers.
Thank you
Jamie