try to better articulate what I attempted to before. I've cut & pasted my original post here, and will clarify in ALL CAPS just to separate the two:
It started early on to flake off in small bits, but lately is breaking off in grantie chunks the size of a mini-van.
IT WAS KIND OF CUTE IN THE BEGINNING. NOW? NOTSAMUCH.
Having communicate with OSP a while back via PM about faves, etc., I learned to respect him.
I SAID I RESPECTED HIM, AND RESPECT HIM I STILL DO. EARLY ON IN MY HOBBYING HE AND I OCCASIONALLY TRADED INFO ON A LADY OR TWO; I APPRECIATED IT THEN, AND I CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE IT. A SEASONED HOBBYIST WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE OPINIONS WITH A RELATIVE NEWB IS A POWERFUL ALLY. THANKS FOR THAT, OSP.
All this MRS/NURSE/OSP...."he's sleeping OK"....."he'll be able to play today"....it all serves as such a capacity-deflating illustration of the man that it's tough to read.
HONESTLY---AND NO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON HERE (IS HE ILL?)--- BUT WITH THESE THREADS, I GET THE *IMPRESSION* THAT OSP IS LYING IN A HOSPITAL BED, UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND THAT "OTHERS" ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR HIM. I DEARLY HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I'M JUST TELLING THE IMPRESSION THAT I HAVE, AND I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE, IN SOME WAYS, IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THE OSP I RESPECT.
OK, I'll stand idly by now while MP unloads on me for "going after his bud". But before you assail me, really....think about it. Is this the way the old OSP would want it.
DOES OSP WANT THIS *IMPRESSION* OF HIM ON THE BOARD? I SEE HIM POST FAIRLY REGULARLY. MAYBE HE DOESN'T CARE, BUT I WAS SIMPLY OFFERING MY *OPINION/OBSERVATION*.
I intended no bad feelings, and challenge you to find anywhere in either of these posts where I "ran down" OSP or the "girls". I simply said that these threads tend to show him in an incapacitated state, and I question whether that's what he wants, or what anyone intends.
So if you want to put my head on a pike for articulating my OPINION on a goddamn forum, help yourselves. But before you start all your fucking playground antics, go back and REALLY read what I wrote. I wrote that I respect him, and I feel all these threads are doing him a disservice.
LP said it, I'm NOT an ass, though I'm as capable and guilty of performing asinine acts on occasion. You all look in the mirror, and you'll find you're right there with me. I highly doubt any of you can recall, off the top of your heads, where I've started ANY drama here.
In the event I really stepped in it, and OSP is suffering from a debilitating illness (or ANY illness, for that matter), I offer my apologies to HIM (and ONLY him) for any insensitivity I might have shown.
Hopefully you can all drop your nooses and go back to what we're here for....and everyone can stop taking themselves so FUCKING serious.
I guess I need to learn how to supress the bourbon like the rest of you.....it's not good when it manifests itself in my posts.