From the desk of the B, P & M club.....
I'm baaaaaaaack!!!!!!!! Didja miss me?? It's okay if you didn't, I have broad shoulders.
During my absence/illness I learned a lot about a lot of things, like how incredibly resilient the human body is. And how stress directly affects your, my, health. *AND* how many sick people there are in this world, sheesh. I personally know at least 6 people who are currently dealing with their own illnesses, and I wish them all well on their journeys back to health (you know who you are). Which brings me to my next point..... stress. Being responsible for this website has put an incredible strain on my well being and while I still plan on continuing updates and such I will no longer care about some things. Like what I say, how I act or what the general public thinks of me and my demeanor. I have been through an absolutely brutal treatment brought on by trying to be prim and proper and do things by the book and blah blah blah. Well that era is ovah!! And it will take some time for me to return to optimum health again (at least 6+ months). So as far as I'm concerned this year is over. You'll either like me for being me or you won't, and if you don't that's your problem. I say good riddance to you for being soooo shallow, and simple minded. Those of you who have stuck with me through these horrible/terrible/awful (and any other rotten adjective I can think of) times, I thank you for your support. I don't think I could've... no wait, I know I couldn't have done it w/out you. You have nooo idea how much it meant to me. I just wanted to get that out in the open, in public, on this website because the next time you see me (or hear from me) you might be surprised on just how I carry myself now. We lose members, we gain members, but the ones who have been, or are, there through thick and thin are the kinds of people we want. Another thing I learned is that there's no point in staying depressed about it, it won't change anything and it'll just bring you down. I'm not saying you should be happy you have cancer or heart disease or diabetes or ulcers or whatever, what I am saying is that it doesn't change who you are and you should know that if you were a good person then, you will again be that good person. That when you're diagnosed with something as common as, oh let's pick on the disease cancer for a minute - that's when you find out who your friends really are. It's amazing to me just how many people are afraid of it. Let me tell you something folks, you think it's scary to you?? What about the people who are going through treatment or just found out about it, you think they're not scared?? Put your feelings aside and think of them and what they're going through. They need you now, they need you to treat them as you've always treated them. They need to cry on your shoulders, chew on your ear or just be with them. It's not contagious, you can't catch it from hugs, handshakes or even kisses. And if you're the type to run away from this, what kind of a friend were you anyway?? Not much of one if you ask me. I used to have compassion for these types, but no more. Now we'll talk about me for a minute, I cannot live my life knowing that the only reason you (no one specific individual) were friends with me is because I was healthy and at the first sign of sickness you bolt. Cowardly. It sickens me to know that. And now that I'm healthy again, you want to come back into my life?? Ohh no you don't. So buh-bye, 'nuff said.
There are a lot of changes coming down the pipeline, I am not at liberty to say exactly what those changes will be BUT I will say that you can look forward to the webmaster (that's me) taking a lot of short trips in 2012, I want to go to a whole bunch of 2, 3, and 4 day car shows in 2012 and if it interferes w our 1st Friday cruises at the Gun Club, I know you will find somewhere else to go. Also I am a bit disappointed in our members for not stepping up and helping out a bit more while I was convalescing. But I suppose that's the way it goes when we're all volunteers. I will say that during this recuperative time if I see what's been happening in these last few months continue, I'll pull the plug on this club and we'll go down the royal drain. I don't have time to spend trying to do everything, and I won't. Okay?? There's only one more 1st Friday cruise left on our schedule this year, and I really could care less how it pans out.
I said earlier that you all are just going to have to take what I say as "face value", well there you go. Airing this on the WWW may not be wise, but I'll deal with the repercussions as they come up. Life is too short to spend it trying to make everyone happy, now it's time for me. Will there be an update next month?? Maybe, I'm not sure.