My statement about lack of belief in possible conspiracy theories was not directed toward you, but intended to be a threshold statement. More accurately stated, it would've read "for those who failed to believe the so-called conspiracy theories of a few of us...".
>> I read many posts on here that I didn't understand from
>> several different posters and I didn't single any one
>> of them out...
(I could easily insert a joke focused on "Jethro" (Max Baer Jr.) and his "cypherin'" struggles.)
It didn't take me 12 years to graduate 6th grade-----just nine------three years of pre K is a pain in the -----
Seriously, though... I'm the one who named my good friend (no sarcasm there, he's a superb guy!) RedNeckFord (ironic handle, as the guy is intellectually *far* from being a redneck).
No!!! No!!!! Jeff Fox said you may be a REDNECK if you take a bath on Saturday---so i now take two-------
I made one huge error that I will rectify now: during one juncture, I was just as guilty -- if not more -- than RNF for excessive use of jargon.
I received a *number* of e-mails on this topic, stating two important things:
1) we couldn't understand what you're trying to say and
2) this jargon is so difficult to slog through that it really makes us lose the desire to log on to the post.
Both of those statements were a wakeup call.
They reminded me of the purpose of this blog: to serve as a communication and information tool between the Farmtrac retailers, their customers, the overall farming community and other interested persons (such as RNF and me).
If we weren't effectively communicating "the word" to the aforementioned, that was defeating the objective. If it was turning people off (and away), that was even *worse.*
From that day forward, I've confined "entertainment value" content to my reality TV singing show contract analyses. The people of -- and tied to -- Farmtrac deserve my unoccluded efforts.
Like you, I hope good wins out over crookedness and the Farmtrac retailers are rightfully compensated for hardships they've had inflicted upon them. I also hope justice is served to the perpetrators -- in fact, make it a double-order of justice for those beotches! -- as a deterent to those considering such stuff.
>> I didn't know what kind of promises LS made to anyone...
They were overly ambitious about their U.S.-based start date and made parts and service promises during a southeastern city recruitment swing to meeting attendees they have yet to follow through on.
But fairness is important: LS's North American Sales Executive "Joey" Sim has been a standup guy throughout the process, giving the dealers and this writer a generous amount of his time and effort. He's attended optional meetings. Other LS persons that will remain nameless for now have also been very helpful. And LS's move to take Textron Financial to Edgecombe County court this past spring -- subsequently uncovering a pandora's box of dirty dealings by Farmtrac and Textron Financial personnel -- could warrant LS a long line of gratitude/forgiveness for any comparatively small missteps they've recently taken.
If only LS would offer equitable, in-house financing for their products... it'd be like Jupiter aligning with Mars.
In that sense, I'm just like you. While a staffer at Tarboro-based The Daily Southern, a little old lady would intentionally call in the middle of the night and periodically leave a message at my desk phone about the Farmtrac debacle.
It always closed with the rickety, warbling elderly lady's voice urging, "Sonny, keep digging."
You've got it, Granny. The digging is on!
, you are exactly right I struggle a little bit understanding what I read from time to time, but it sounds like we are on the same page and I do appreciate all your dedication and hard work in trying to bring the people that created this mess out of greed to justice.