First let me respond to Other1:
I hope you read my post correctly. I am not accusing you of anything underhanded. I did see that your Fundadore put was way above and beyond the take. There has never .. ever.. been a problem with putting a cigar in that was over the top of a take. And seeing your P&T's I was not disturbed that you were trying to get something for nothing... It was very clear your an upstanding BoTL. This makes no difference to the moles that sneak in and try to cherry pick on our board. The trade of the Anejo would however fuel a fire down the road for an unsuspecting group of passers when directed to this pass to say " I thought it was fair because.... Do you see where I'm coming from? I also felt that when my friend George was questioned behind the scenes, and made a change, that just over looking yours was totaly unfair to him.
I had sent a PM to the Host stating I would withdraw from the pass quietly if this was his position to make what I many , many times, had stood up for a paradox. He never replied. I thought he just wanted to let the corrections take place and move forward. When you did yours and his response was the same. I knew then I should just bow out. I then received this sour PM of how he wished he would have never aloud me in his pass to begin with as everyone on the board feels as I bitch and complain. Here again I was acceptable to leave quietly as this was a PM. But when he so absurdedly posted his condesending remarks for public viewing, I was left with only a recourse of posting my position.
To that matter, I never placed you in a catagory of mistrust or George either. As for your smartelic comment on sending me some Anejo's, that was un-necessary to say the least. I think you have lost site of my motive and took the post as a personal attack. It was not.
To the Host TEX:
After stewing a bit on your public flogging, I dicided to post my problem. For some strange reason I was compelled at first to treat you and your pass with some kind of respect. But after seeing your intention to publicly humiliate me, I realized that you had none for me. Which is again yor call.
And in noway do I think that those fine gentlemen in anyway meant to slight the pass. And I would make a trade like that with both of them. But, because of the board growing the way it is, and the common sense rules some of us are trying to get across to keep problems down. A pass that has "Stadard Rules" should not have lopsided swaps.
I know you must be a person with a kind and big heart. And you would probably give someone the shirt off your back. I certainly am not scrutinizing you for that quality. But to take the initative to start a Open pass with stadard rules and let common mistakes regardless of the intentions of the players happen. Then publicly slam me for trying to help and educate the people like I was educated is a mockery. And to try and lable me as some stressed out anarchist with no life was treason amongst gentlemen IMO.
And Neal ( whom I respect ) I will let it go .... Now!
Michael
