"Bob,
We need to resond privatly I feel. No need to [post hate mail on here. Or really anywhere else."

Fair enough. I have very few enemies. I can usually find a way to disagree with friends without killing the friendship.

"Instead of hiding behind a computer I did tell you to introduce yourself at the show. You chose not to."

True, but it wasn't just one show, its been every convention and Superbowl show for several years. It's a reversal of an attitude that you have expressed concerning other collectors' domiciles. You look down on people who live in trailers by bringing up where they live. I look down on people who look down on people who live in trailers. My time at the convention and other shows is best spent with some of those people who live in trailers. They are real people. They won't lie to me, won't have to check their records to remember what they told to who.

"I am not hiding anything. I am proving a point that you & others will make judgement long before I say a word. I asked for time in making sure that no permission was granted ICG. You & Scott can not accept that. I am trying to be fair & honest but what your remarks have caused is for me not to answer. You will find out your answer eventually."

The point that you are proving at this time is you are unwilling to answer a simple question no matter who asks it. I question the eventuality of your willingness to be truthful to chip collectors. That's what and who we are talking about, right? Don't lie to us, don't hide information from us (which you are now admittingly doing) and THEN you won't have anyone questioning your actions or motives, and I will become a distant memory in your future.

"No one sent something about your dead mother that I know of. I recall some humor that was posted by someone I knew at the time. It was not toward you or am I mistaken, but to get a heated controversy under control & think how foolish it was becoming. It was very heated! If you feel this way though I want to apologize as I can see how on a touchy subject like this that you should dislike me."

Your girlfriend posted a string of "Your Momma" notes to me with your active online encouragement. Her posts weren't made to defuse any disagreement that me and you had, it was an active intentional assault. You can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends. Sometimes both actions result in nothing but snot. I accept your apology, thank you!

"I know you & others on here only represent a portion of the club.
I also will always feel you & some others will always do what you can to damage my character."

I don't target people solely out of a dislike of them to punish them if they don't deserve it. You have every chance to get me out of your life by honestly dealing with people like me with like concerns. I don't wish you bad things in the future James. In fact I wish you all the best, but, and this is a big but, upfront and honest is the way, the only way, that we might find a much greater area of common ground and eventually become friends.

Sincerely,

Bob