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QuietMonkey wrote:

ofblong wrote:QuietMonkey, just because there are a few bad apples doesnt mean we all are. Heck my friend is helping me with my kitchen project at no cost to me (other than material costs). Then again I have done a lot of electrical work for him and his father-in-law (they couldnt figure out how to wire some 3 way switch's) at no cost to them other than material.

While your friend and you may be an upstanding guy's to each other, ready to throw your efforts into eachothers projects -- which is what friends do (no surprise there) -- I am talking about a little wider scope: helping others when you receive nothing tangible in return, esp. for people who aren't close friends. I am talking about just doing your best at balancing the give and take of big ol' mother earth and what is responsible in the context of humanity + animals + ecosystem + community + earth. And industry and the economy are one of the most ignored, misunderstood, manipulated (i.e. corrupt) components of this system.

Ive been on this terrible "honest and open" streak ever since i turned 3 or 4 years old and so having read a posting the other day that you made regarding the BP Oil spill here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=37581&start=20

ofblong wrote: God said humans are more important. Plus I dont eat or drink anything out of the ocean so if it dies I wont be out anything because I am not sustained by any Ocean. Humans are way more important than some duck.

... well, I like how people choose there gods, and with your god at the helm I see alot of "me me me" in there. And really quite amazingly uninformed "me me me" ideals, which is the core of one of our worst vices, self-centeredness. So I really would have to say um, your views regarding this "God" of yours and Humans and Life is pretty good picture of your values in a couple sentences. Your "God" image falls right in line with the "God created man in his own image" spiel that the most self-absorbed and corrupt religious leaders in the world have extolled since they begun wielding there self-righteousness around the world into politics and into George Bush and co.'s pocket book. Many of these religions are all about how they can have a clear conscience while basically raping and pillaging. The ol' "Hey guys let's use God to justifying our actions!" ploy.. uh huh, sure ya, "No one can debate it if God said it! - write that down will ya." is a little old school manipulation that has long since run it's course. People should take responsibilities for there beliefs not pawn it off on the invisible Man.

I think TriumphGirl, who says that she works in O&G even though the industry practices go against her values, and other posters have a much more similar "Life" view to mine than you do - by far. Sometimes there are cases of miscommunication and other times people make there values stated fairly plainly - like you in that post -- and now like me in this one -- so you have a much clearer indication of the core values which they act upon. So thanks for your honesty in that post because as far as how I feel about the Us and Them in the motorcycle industry you are right in there with "Them".

Somedays there are a few more bad apples are on the tree and on other days a few more fall off the tree.

ofblong wrote:I think your priorities are a little wacked if you think there is "me me me me" in my statements. There is no such thing of the sort. I have helped MANY people including older folks with electrical problems and computer problems with no cost to them. I have NEVER charged for my labor (cept my employer and parts) to help someone out.

Wrider wrote:I got my tax return today... w00t!

blues2cruise wrote:

Wrider wrote:I got my tax return today... w00t!

I still need to file mine. My company gave us our T4's and then a week later told us they were wrong. So we had to wait for them to give us correct ones.
Now I don't know where I put it....

I'll find it and get it done on the weekend.

Wrider wrote:I got my tax return today... w00t!

fireguzzi wrote:Not mine but it looked exactly like it.