Muscatine

  I'm going to ignore what is going on w/ the new format & all & respond to your answer to FYI's thread re: "Is Iowa Heaven?". 

  Typically, I would come to another's aid.  Not in this case,  FYI2 will make it or break it.  Your responses to his/her previous posts were quite hateful.  When questioned, you give us a "Pollyanna Response".  Sorry, Charlie Brown...A spade is a spade. 

  My question to you is this, jbond.  Can I trust you; I'm still on the fence w/ FYI2?  I've said it before, "Sticks & Stones can break my bones..."  My take is that WORDS always hurt worse!    If I continue to post on this board, will you go for my jugular vein if I accidently hurt your feelings, or will you trust me enough to call me on it?  We can't see each other's faces or read each other's body language on a board like this.  What we type is who we are.  If you have ever read my past posts, you will see that I "attempt" to be real.  I am what I am & represent the soul that I have.  I appreciate that in others.  I don't think it's too much to ask from a "friend or a neighbor". 

I absolutely believe that you show your true feelings and opinions in your posts.  Please believe me when I say there aren't any hard feelings between FYI and myself. 

In answer to your question about trusting me, only time will tell.  I can sit here and tell you that you can trust me, but that has very little value.  My obvious answer would be yes, but I would have a biased opinion about myself.  You will have to be the judge concerning the trust issue.  Trust has to be earned, not given.  In the next months and years, as you read more of my posts, I hope you'll see the real jbond007. 

I will from time to time, attempt to be humorous and witty, that's just who I am.  I'm not going to change that.  My comments I made to FYI are far better than some I've seen on here in the past.  I feel I need to answer your question, but I don't feel I need to defend myself so that is all I'm going to say about the subject. 

I think the majority of people get along on here.  There were some in the past and there will be some in the future, that are here only to cause trouble and start cyber fights.  I am not one of those people. 

I look forward to communicating with you and other "neighbors" in the future.  Have a good day and I hope to hear from you soon.

  Jbond...  Thank you very much for your response.  I absolutely appreciated all of your words & the thought that went into them.  I'm glad you didn't take offense, since the post wasn't meant to be that way.  Thank you.    Sometimes what I type can come across a little stronger than I meant them to be.  I'm glad you didn't take those words in that way & responded to the meaning behind them.  That means a lot, jbond! 

  I'm glad you responded; I'm glad you didn't feel the need to "defend yourself", but answered in a way that represented who you are.   We think alike.  You are who you are & you embrace that.  Do you know what a gift that is?  I applaud you for that.    Just wish I were as brave!  LOL!  I got you guys to help me get there, right?   

Thank you, NL, for giving us the happy faces! 

Tlou - I read almost all your post. Many make laugh or shake my head in bewilderment, while with others I just sit and applaud your effort.

Lately it seems to me you either have a desire to trust everyone or you some how feel it's important that you trust everyone on this board. Either is not a good grasp on reality. Not everyone is good and you can trust in knowing that.

So when you ask a open question like, "can I trust you?". Well that answer would be yes for everyone. You can safely trust that from most posters you'll get just what you have read. 

What's the purpose of this trust you seek? If  someone was to disagree with everything you wrote and mocked the words shared openly from your heart. Would this develope trust? Could you not atleast trust in the fact that some people are jerks. 

I guess in short I do not understand what kind of trust you are looking for and why you search with in a forum of this nature. Can you help shed some light on that?

FYI - The question is never "can I trust you", but can I trust myself.

Peace