Badwater Bill's Memorial Service

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:16:47 -0500, cavelamb
wrote:

Barnyard BOb wrote:

Thank you for this opportunity, BERNIE.

With Bil's passing......
I may no longer have to worry about Bill and his lawyer(s)
suing or threatening to sue my ass into the poor house.

I wish all that revere Bill could experience my relief and euphoria.


- Barnyard BOb -



Not trying to start anything here BOb, but who will feel the same way
when you go?
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Although your message rings loud and clear, and is understood...

BFD, Mr. Cavelamb. ;-)

I care not what people think and say about me when I'm gone.
I care how people treat me while I'm alive.. when it counts!

Be aware what people say MAY NOT be what they feel. I can attest that
at least two people that have spoken reasonably well of BWB here,
would never state their true feelings... if that's worth in anything.

Bill was a prick once you got to REALLY, REALY know him, IMO.
I told him so in many apparently successful ways right here in r.a.h.
It's why Bill sent his lawyer(s) to ruin me. Bill could dish it out
better than most, but sure as hell couldn't take it....
at least not from me.

Most folks here either don't know the truth as I see it, are blind to
it, are just non confrontational or possibly cowardly on the matter.
Even Bernie hasn't found the cajones to post his real name while
speaking negatively of Bill. Ditto for Lady Pilot or her imposter.

Can I find nice things to say concerning Bill?
Some, but...

To Thine Own Self Be True

Yet here, Laertes! Aboard, aboard for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for.
There ... my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel but, being in,
Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!

-- William Shakespeare

Over time, Bill sent our relationship over the cliff.
I am hardly alone. Others have met similar fates.

I'm pretty honest where relationships are concerned. I'm not big on
having a boatload of friendly acquaintances to show off at funeral
time.

In my dealings, everyone knows where they stand with me. It's been my
experience after 71 years on this planet that people either like me or
hate me for it. It's the way I'm wired and I make no apologies for it.

Just remember once I'm dead, the most charitable words of praise won't
bring me back... even if you mean them. It's truly a now or never
proposition where actions speak louder than words.. :-)

Thanks for the heads up, Cavelamb. Live long and prosper.


- Barnyard BOb -

The more people I meet,
the more I like my dog,
and George Carlin humor.