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New Years Resolutions

I hope everyone that reads this has a safe and prosperous New Year in 2005.

My New Year's resolution is to try and be nicer and more helpful to people in the coming year. I hope to be able to achieve those goals and do so in a calmer, more mild mannered method than i have used in the past. This is a new year coming up and i'd like to start with a clean slate. As such, i'm asking those that i've offended or argued with in the past to forgive me for my past discretions, comments and attitudes. Regardless of whether someone is willing to do that for me, i'll do that for those that i've held grudges with and / or gotten into disputes with. As Mr Mellencamp says on his latest release "grace, mercy and forgiveness will help a man walk tall" and that is what i would like all of us here to be able to do i.e. walk tall with our heads held high amongst friends.

Best wishes to the Agon family. I hope we can all have a safer and more enjoyable life in 2005. Happy New Year!!! Sean
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jax2
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Now you're getting the idea Newbee. But you've got to throw in a few real personal jabs to get things really going. I liked the audio left hook you threw in there. Oh yes, I see much promise here!

Marco (OK, there's that extra 20 lbs or so that I've been dragging around that I'll be getting rid of this year...)
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warrenh
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Newbee, you're dead on...hey, we're all human....there's the problem in a nutshell....let's have fun this year...
sean OP
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Newbee: with all due respect, my suggestions were presented in a manner that will help those that seek answers from me to get them, possibly in a more timely manner. That info was posted so as to explain how / why i might not have responded to someone that tried to contact me privately. I didn't want anyone to think that i was avoiding them or didn't want to converse with them, hence the directions on how to avoid that situation.

As such, i've tried to help make sure that this doesn't happen in the future as i don't want anyone to feel left-out or neglected for whatever reason. If making myself available in order to help someone out and trying to do so in the most efficient manner possible is a sin, i guess that i'm guilty of that. I did not mean what i posted to be taken any other way. I'm sorry if what i posted was misunderstood and hope that this clarifies my intentions. Sean
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newbee
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Actually Sean my post was just a poor attempt at humor, unfortunately at your expense. My appologies.
sean OP
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Newbee: NO problem at all. I know that you aren't one to throw flaming spears into a crowded area and respect your contributions to Agon quite a bit. Your responses are typically very well thought out, to the point and worded so as not to offend. In this regard and in my book, you've joined Albert in the "Gentleman of Audiogon" category.

Other than that, I just wanted to make sure that others understood why I would post such things. I don't expect special treatment from anyone, I just want them to be able to get the help that they requested on a timely basis.

Warren: Your comment is right on the money. That is, we are all human and make mistakes, sometimes due to lack of clarity or understanding. Let's all give each other the benefit of asking for clarification rather than jumping down each-other's throats. I know that I've been quick to do so in the past. I also know that such an approach is not conducive to drawing in recruits to this hobby, keeping those that we have and educating them even further and / or trying to share various points of view in a friendly manner. After all, if we want the world and this hobby to be a better place, why not start right where it counts? That is, right here at home with us as individuals. Sean
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