A Explanation of Myself, and an Open Invite to All...

[Old Guy with 87 GT]

First off: I've seen nothing wrong with your posts, Belle.......keeps things interesting

I would add this: It wasn't that long ago that I remember people on Mustang Works getting offended by what others were posting (not you Belle, it was when you were mia from boards). Well, the general consenses - in the aftermath of a lot of people being offended - people were saying that if others had a problem with what they posted then "PM them " and let them know. I believe topless, srv1 and our moderators probably remember what happened when members publicly criticized the posts of other members on the boards...things got out of hand and the flames were flying and a lot of members got their feelings hurt.

I don't agree with people talking about other members behind their back, but I do agree that if somone has a problem they should 'pm' the person they have a problem with and that the offending party should take the pm into consideration.
What i'm saying is: Don't 'totally alter' your personality because somone doesn't like you, but I have to recomend that if someone is offended by your posts then you take their concerns into consideration........if you ignore their concerns then things could get out of hand quickly. I've seen it happen.

With all that said, I don't have a problem with any of your posts but you are very opinionated and blunt. You quote other posts a lot when expressing your opinion. The other day you quoted me. I wasn't all that offended, but using my post kinda personalized it. My first reaction was defensive..........but after I reread your post i saw it wasn't really an attack on my post but more of an opinion about what I said. I actually agreed with some of your statements and it prompted me to clarify what I had said in the originally quoted post

My point being that perhaps if you quote others then some tact might be useful in getting your opinion across. If your gonna be blunt then generalize it more so people don't take it personally. I'm pretty easy going and open minded but I know that it's easy to missinterpret another's opinion. In reading your quotes I see that it wouldn't be hard for somone to be offended. I've also seen that when somone gets offended it doesn't take long for things to get nasty.

All in all Miss Belle: since you asked for my opinion about yourself the above statments would be all I can think of that I would have an opinion about. I hope no offense is taken. I actually think you help keep things interesting around here so keep posting and keep being 'you'.

James