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  • spy88
    205 Posts
    Thu, Aug 28 2014 3:10 PM

    Mushy01:

    Now that there is  a life on a page, Well done David sir, a honour to have you on my friends list for sure.

    Mush.

    Thank you Mush...very nice of you to say.  It's mutual.  BTW, where's your bio?

    Was going to edit it with something important to me so will instead put it here.

    I've learned to live my life with people by three simple rules.  What one says and/or does, falls into one, two or all three of them...

    1)  Right or wrong

    2)  Good or bad

    3)  Fair or unfair

    There is what is right, good and/or fair for myself.  There is what is right, good and/or fair toward others.  There is what is right, good and/or fair for the majority.  Too many people stop with themselves.   jmo

     

  • spy88
    205 Posts
    Tue, Sep 2 2014 11:17 AM

    5 days have passed and no other posters?  I finally got the last word(s) about something in the forums? 

    Thank you all!  ;)

  • ithurtswnipee
    891 Posts
    Wed, Sep 3 2014 9:26 PM

    Maybe not quite yet spy88.

    This from Renn>>>

     

    I honestly have no gripe what so ever with anyone on here. I simply meant that some folks are not ready to let us know them yet.

    >>>>

    I share the "no grapes with anyone"

    Some folks here wish not t indulge the curiouse cat. Many know that when I started this game a certain player performed what he thought was a joke, but I was not laughing for reasons of protection of my sons identity.  I laid out what could possibly happen for such immature behavior to the poster. I followed throuh to a point where my son would be protected in his job. When I knew he was safe I contacted the poster and offered my hand to him in forgiveness for what BOTH of us escalated the situation into & we became aquaintences.

    Forgivness was not what two out spoken people CHOSE to see. One kept making refferences to what was on my wall postings & eventually my friends list to others to garnish ill will to two people that were adult enough to work out their differences.

    How many times has that happened in here?

    For my forgivng a person who from his end posted a joke, has now put me in the same DOG HOUSE with him in many a players minds. Not ONE of which has reached out to see who I truley am.

    So you all (or 1 ) tell me, where is the incentive for me to tell my story ( such as having the physical stregth) and being at the right place & time to pull 8 people out of the twin tower disaster.

    The other member on here that defiles me at every chance she gets has a problem with my avatars' name and can dish out PLENTY of quips, however is screaming voraciously at a return quip in her direction. Not to mention she has not deemed this thread worthy of listing her attributes. Apparently she has no indescretions, that I know of any way. My chosen name is a precursor to the fact, I HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR.

    I have done nothing to hinder or purposly malign any member here. If I have said something about a certain member it is because I believe it to be true. Is that not what you all are asking for.

    I spoke the truth about a player & he began to revel at the post being taken down, then went as far as to indicate I was moderated. A complete falsehood. I posted the very next day on a HELP thread. Maybe he did hit his noodle after all & became disoriented. Who knows?

    Renn you & I discussed giving away as much as each individual CHOSE to give durring the give away last December instead of just 1 item. Aparrently it was a great success. On the last day when the CC was giving away a full set, There were not a lot of takers at first. A post was put up to which I answered and a member actully tried to find fault in my post & admitted he could not, BUT, wanted to respond still about a no fault answer.

    Well it has been 8 months & I still have not heard from him. Albeit I have been 1/2 a world away at work with no access to the internet.

    You all MOSTLY, TRUELY, mean well, I think anyway. However if one is truley, selfless, and performing a benevolent task as I did at the world trade center & the December give away, & numerous other times, then be benevolent no matter who asks for help, or how many times they ask. I am certain that others in here will step up to fulfill peoples wishes. Many went beyond. They will do it again because it is their core values that drive them.

    People do not like denial. In any form. Do you all?

    You said you were going to have a party, but ONLY for the people who have stepped out in this thread.. As a bystander I see a " good ole boy & girl" network. If your not on the in, then your out.

    I thought I was on the in with one that is on the path for the THREE TREASURES, I guess our conversations about it were misinterpreted. Does not make either of us a bad person. If we both seek innerpeace how can one label the other?

    So please, someone please explain to me ( a single account) a forgiving helping person in real life as I explained but one of many times I have helped people outside here and quite a few inside here, why should I reveal anything to a lot of people who dispise me for my name & associations with people that I have forgiven for making a MISTAKE.

    Just to be clear Renn, this is not pointed at you. The two I have spoken TRUTH about know exactly who they are. However, they have not a clue of who I am, but judgementaly have kicked me to the curb. This is NOT about them. It is a very plausible reason of why more people are reluctant to share. Give me 1 reason.

    Anyone? Anyone at all?

    Did I read something about people being too THIN SKINNED?

    Just wondering about where the real truth is.

    Your you & I am me. Right Popeye (Renn)?

    Belated thanks to Renn & MCBag for allowing my benevolence in making someone happy during the holiday.

     

  • MichaelStroke
    2,066 Posts
    Thu, Sep 4 2014 10:17 AM

    I know I'm not part of the "old school" crowd, but what the hell...

    Michael.  35.  Never married; no kids.  Born and raised in Michigan.  Proud alumnus of the University of Michigan (go blue) with undergrads in both accounting and finance - econ minor.  Moved south near family when the economy took my state to an unemployment rate somewhere between 13% and 376%.  Lived in Alabama near family, went to Troy University, received my MBA in accounting, and live in Florida doing accounting work (about to take a job as a financial advisor though).

    Personality-wise, I'm a mix of Chandler Bing (Friends), Glen Quagmire (giggity), and Sheldon Cooper (best sitcom ever, hands down) - wise-ass, horndog, and know-it-all.  For examples of each, I could refer you to certain threads, which may also include my low tolerance threshold for stupidity, and my inability to sugar-coat truths.

    Turn-ons:  Football, key lime pie, and glasses on sexy nerd-girls

    Turn-offs:  High maintenance women, idiocy, and anyone who likes or went to Ohio State University (also slightly related to the aforementioned idiocy aspect)

    Favorite ethnic food:  Chinese (General Tso chicken especially)

    Favorite color:  blue (should be obvious)

    This concludes chapter 1.

  • renniw52
    5,385 Posts
    Thu, Sep 11 2014 6:53 AM

    Glad to see a few folks still chiming in here. Since I started this post a lot has transpired here on WGT and with my life as well. We have lost a few more members and a few seem to be MIA. I no longer work as an Industrial Paint rep. I am basically a self employed contractor doing High Performance Epoxy floors. Not waiting to turn 61 I have all ready turned 62. My how time can fly by. I  think my average here on WGT is higher than it was, and my putting is just as bad, LOL. I now have a grandson who is old enough to legally have a beer with his Papa. He jokingly told me on his 21st birthday "OK old man I am going to match you beer for beer" The poor Lad couldn't function for a week. Every time I offered him a cold one he turned green and wanted to throw up. Tough Love. I still drive my Impala and smoke my camels. We won't discuss my beer consumption, I don't want my friends to get the wrong impression of me. Times are a changing, I keep getting older, no wiser but I am still the same old Squirrel Nutz. Hope to hear some updates from my friends here.

    Rich

  • IvaThongon
    933 Posts
    Thu, Sep 11 2014 9:59 AM

    IvaThongon:

    Fun post Renn!

    OK, I guess if I responded, that makes it my turn. I'm IvaThongon, but those who know me call me Jenn. I've been playing since 2010, and don't think I have gotten any better in the past 2 years, LOL! Oh well, I guess I am hooked like the rest of you!

    I'm kind of from all over the place I suppose. My father is Jamaican, my mother is Trinidadian, I was born in Canada so I am Canadian, and I am now a transplant working in the US. I'm 31 with no husband or kids.

    My first car was a 1998 Honda Civic that I basically drove all over the continent but it served me well for a whole bunch of years until I finished school and stopped being a "starving student". I upgraded to a large SUV with the help of my brother, and got myself a chocolate lab, Liberty, that gets WAYYYYYY too spoiled.

    Growing up, I was always crazy about sports, and played every high school sport we had, and also played Ringette and Softball. Sports actually really provided me with a lot of opportunity I never would have had otherwise, and I am thankful everyday for that blessing. I still play Softball and have been playing Ice Hockey for about 3 years now (no one here even knows what Ringette is!).

    Aside from my dabbling with WGT, I run everyday with my dog first thing in the morning. My life is good, but pretty routine. I work in the medical field, and between work, my dog, household stuff, softball/hockey, I don't seem to have a lot of me time. However, when I do, I can be found reading, playing on here, attending concerts or sporting events that interest me, and splurging on coffee that is way too expensive and fattening...

    NEXT

    Hi Rich!

    I played for the first time since March last night. Life, in general, is the same, just it seems like it is getting more hectic instead of less hectic. I always figured that life would slow down once you "had it all figured out". I suppose I can throw that theory out the window. 

    I am basically a creature of habit, and almost find a comfort in daily routine. The past year has seen my routine change quite a bit. I always spent quite a bit of time with work, and that has increased. I have taken on a larger roll at work, and some other areas have suffered as a result. I am rarely on the computer, for me, anymore. Hence, my WGT absence. I still have no husband, but I can now be seen sporting something sparkly on my my left hand. I am still playing some sports, although that as slowed down a bit. I'm still running daily with my dog, but the runs are getting shorter. She has lost the bit of "puppy" that was left in her in the last year. I have made some new friends that live in the same general area, who I have been enjoying really getting to know. It has been a while since I had that, so it is wonderful. My last trip to the Caribbean was to say goodbye to my grandmother :-(.

    Since my initial post, it has been a year or two of change, reflection, happiness, sadness, excitement, and love.

    I truly hope you are all well!

    Jenn

  • renniw52
    5,385 Posts
    Thu, Sep 11 2014 10:21 AM

    Glad to hear from you Jenn. Lucky man who put that sparkly thing on your finger. A little advice from an old man who should have done this. Work to live, Please don't live to work. I know several people in Atlanta, Ga, who are very wealthy. They don't have a fraction of what I have, family, happy kids with no drug or other problems, and 7 grand kids who love to see their Nanny and Papa. I have very little money at this late time in my life, but you couldn't buy what I have for any amount of money. When you can hug it and it hugs you back, that is priceless.

    Rich

  • frappefort
    3,994 Posts
    Thu, Sep 11 2014 10:32 AM

    Thanks for sharing Jenn .        Ringette    loll  I  know  being  Quebecois   played  a lot of it  in high school  also  ,swearing   in French   of course    when  getting the stick on my tibia . 

  • spy88
    205 Posts
    Thu, Sep 11 2014 2:05 PM

    renniw52:
    ...family, happy kids with no drug or other problems, and 7 grand kids who love to see their Nanny and Papa. I have very little money at this late time in my life, but you couldn't buy what I have for any amount of money. When you can hug it and it hugs you back, that is priceless.

    Rich, you have what I can only dream about since I was so stupid in my youth for divorcing the only woman I've ever loved near 40 years ago.  All I've had to hug for over 10 years is my sister or my pillow...no tears there, just a fact in my life.

     

    renniw52:
    Work to live, Please don't live to work.

    There is a fine line here that works for some, not others or all.  I followed this "principle" (unintentionally) throughout my life and now exist month-to-month financially as a result.  "Tomorrow never comes", my future and retirement were never even considered until they were all "yesterday".

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