Bartcop, I have a question for you:
Don't you think it's rather unwise to
cut people off while at the same time you beg for money?
I'm certain I don't know what you're talking about.
Unless we're on the phone, how could I cut you off?
My husband wanted to send you a contribution
for your radio, but guess what?
We're not allowed in your fucking forum.
Isn't this just grand? Really
stupid deal!
My goodness!
Your language!
And you discriminate against other forums
and refuse to offer their link.
Can you please tell me why this is considered
OK in your book?
I, ...I, ...I...
We're all in the same boat, but some are just too petty or caught up in their own little ego...
Hmmm, that sounds like it's getting close to a personal attack.
No name or address because I'm sure you'll use this as another way to insult people.
I am unaware of an instance where I have
insulted the innocent.
If you could forward an example, I'd appreciate
it.
Boy, if this isn't like what pimpled ass does then I don't know anything.
I have no comment on that statement.
So keep your fucking forum and your one live dumb posters up your rectum.
I wasn't an English major, but I feel the last half of your sentence is missing a verb.
Also:
1. The forum is not mine.
2. It is not "fucking."
3. There is more than one live poster the
last time I looked.
4. Pretty much everybody on the forum has
an IQ higher than 64.
At this rate, we'll never defeat the
Bush fascists.
We're divided over little egos.
Withheld,
postmarked Eureka, CA
It wasn't signed, so the only way I can answer it is on the page.
It's from Eureka, CA, where some of my good friends live.
I certainly hope this letter wasn't from someone I know personally.
Ms. Eureka, let me tell you a little story.
In 1978, I became a professional negotiator.
Actually, I was the newbie at the finance company so they gave
me all the late calls.
Every person who was behind on their payment got a call from
me.
It's funny, in that business you get to know the poor payers better
than the good customers.
If a guy makes his payment on time, we never have a reason to
speak.
So there was this one customer named Alan - he was always behind.
He promised to make a payment by the 10th, and when he didn't
come in by the 15th,
I called him and let him have both barrels, kinda like what you
just did to me.
And Alan said, "But Bart, I paid you
last week, just like I said I would.
Don't you remember teasing me that I
needed to wash my muddy truck?"
Sure enough, I put his payment in the computer, but not on his card.
Boy, did I feel stupid.
But it taught me a very important lesson that I remember to this
day.
When negotiating with someone, you always start out nice.
Nice always works better than snarly, plus you have the
option of
going postal on his ass down the road if his attitude turns Cheney-ish.
When I negotiated with The Rio Hotel and Casino, I started so
nice I didn't get a chance
to get into my list of grievances - and I had
six pages
of yellow pad notes.
When I negotiated with the Bank of America, ditto!
When I negotiated with Best Western motels, ditto!
So the point is, ...(the crowd does the wave, 'Bring
it home, Bart') ...the Forum is
maintained and paid for by some longtime readers of this
page. It's a whole other entity.
And yes, they probably are too strict if they didn't allow someone
as sweet as you to post.
As far as "my begging," you certainly don't owe me anything. You're
welcome to read and
enjoy all 996 issues of bartcop.com free of
charge with no obligation to send a tithe.
I mean, what am I going to do - threaten you with eternal torture
with fire if you don't?
Maybe you'll believe me when I say the Forum is a whole other
thing that I link to.
I don't manage the Forum, but I know the gang who maintain it.
Maybe if you wrote a nice letter to baconslab@baconslab.com
you could gain entry.
Note:
I didn't put the Monkey mail sign up because odds are you're a good person
who just had a bad moment. Don't wory about it - I have lots of them.