Hey, that "obsession" mantra is right out of RS7's book of "Posters That Are Mean To Me." Stalk Schmalk! How can you be accused of perpetrating a "stalk" on a guy that always responds with an inflammatory post aimed right at you? Please! It's like going to a pizza joint and complaining that they put cheese on it. "Unless you wanted others to see your thoughts, you could have PMed him. Why would you want others to see your thoughts if it was not partially about you?" Well, guess what? According to your ridiculous logic, it's now all about you!
Faster, in a format such as ET, I choose to follow my gut instincts and take people's posts at face value. Why? It does me no harm and I don't feel the need to question everything I have the slightest doubt about. Unlike the "real" world where we have to be more cautious and more questioning, I find ET to be a place where I don't have to question everyone's motives about every detail in every single post of theirs. I've had a good rapport with RS/Error and I like him. I don't think he's ever lied to me, and you know what? If he has, I'll never know and besides, the context of our discussions are so inconsequential at the end of the day - music, cars, etc. - that should I ever find out he did lie it would affect me not in the least. C'mon man, if you want me to question everything, for all I know you're not a young headbanger at all but some 80-year-old in a wheelchair sucking on an oxygen tank listening to Mozart and tapping on some refurbished laptop in a nursing home in Iowa.
How can you be accused of perpetrating a "stalk" on a guy that always responds with an inflammatory post aimed right at you? Please! It's like going to a pizza joint and complaining that they put cheese on it. You have a choice to ignore or stalk. If you ignored his posts, there would never be a reason or need to respond to them. Well, guess what? According to your ridiculous logic, it's now all about you! I never said it was all about you, or all about anyone, but I said it was partially about you, not all about RS7. And no, my logic is not ridiculous. Your logic is ridiculous when you make extreme and false sentences that state something I didn't say. By suggesting it is "all" about me, you are employing poor logic. If someone states any opinion, rather than objective fact, it is of course to some degree about them and their point of view. Not all about them, but partially. For you to deny this is not in any way about you and your opinions and reactions is intellectually dishonesty.
Exactly, so don't take this all so seriously. You just admitted you don't really know HIM, or me, or anyone here, and you only engage him in small talk. Fine, but let's not be so forlorn 'cause He's "leaving" (fat chance, he lives for this board!). What are you really losing if he does go, you don't have a REAL relationship here and don't you have REAL friends you know PERSONALLY to talk such sh*t? What you have here is NOT a REAL relationship. :-(
Heh-heh, believe me, I'm NOT taking this too seriously. Apparently you are! Yeah, I've got friends to talk to. I also have a computer and I check out ET occasionally. Like you said, it's just small talk. What are we even arguing about?
Agree with the PW comment. As to "investigating," the guy posted his sales price and the new asking price and said the buyer did a huge amount of remodeling. I simply asked him how this could be? There would be hardly any profit left. So after several RS7 attack posts, he puts up the phone number of the buyer/remodeler. Now, just so we know what's going on. What have we got so far? I factually put his bragging half-million sales price in dispute. Instead of instantly knowing what he says later is a "typo," it's post after post of his adamant insistence that his numbers are all correct and he got the coinstruction estimates, I'm a stalker, I'm obsessed. Ok, stop right there... Who gives a shit? No one. But this is just another RS7 scenario and I just sit there and ask a question and he does all the rest, and as usually occurs, he blows both his feet off. Now, if you want to come to me and say, "Don't be so mean to RS7," that has a lot more validity then all this other crap. Hey! It's chit chat, so whatta ya want from me? BTW, here's the EXCUSE (like all the others, similar in theme), but he produces it only AFTER I discover the actual sales figure: "I made a typo and said I sold my home for "approximately $500K". When in fact it was closer to $400k. I then went on to talk about how my wife and I were looking to move with a budget of about $500K. Whether I was thinking about the 500 budget when I meant to type the 400, and that caused the error, or if it was just a simple typo and nothing more...I honestly don't know. It was a mistake pure and simple."
Well, generally I agree with you, but how do you take someone seriously after they post that they were on a secret spy mission to make maps in what was then Burma, for the U.S. State Department during the tail end of Viet Nam? Claims to have been captured then shot while escaping. Sorry, too many true vets out there to let an obvious BS story escape at least a little scrutiny. Later, he finally admits that he "embellished" the tale. After that, any post I felt was a little too grandiose, I simply asked him about. It's been a riot so far and I have kept any ad hominem argument out of it, unlike my fellow debater. But here's the real difference. I take on RS7 on my own terms. He wants to respond to any post I make, here I am. And I don't try to drum up any help or support, it's just not that important. RS7, on the other hand, takes every post personally and seriously, complains vociferously, "max did this. max did that. max, max, max." Jesus H. Christ, its only an internet message board! And always seems to be able to summon up several posters to make personal attacks. And so predictable, it happens without fail! Rs7 would have you believe that I lie awake nights plotting posts, doing research or whatever. It's all really very amusing.
OK, my Brethren... it's time to kiss and make up... we are all warriors united by the need to conquer the trading game and prosper eternally... we must stay united, and not let petty things cause divisions amongst our fraternity... One for all and all for one... Love, Candle