posted on August 4, 2003 04:25:25 PM new
First off I don't take meds. I function quite well and have done quite well for myself and I am proud of myself.
Sorry I edited yesterday's stuff. I don't normally save sh*t but I did save this. We were talking about hiring people. I talked about teenage boys and how I try to help them because I have faith in them all. This is part of what I said:
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Years ago two 10 yr old cousins started hanging out at my store with their skateboards. One was a smart-azz little guy who emulated older teenage bad boys and he had a smart little mouth to match. I took an instant liking to him. I strung beads in between customers and sold my creations. I sat them down and taught them how to do it and my friend taught them how to sell them on the street. He said to tell people they needed money to buy a puppy for their sister. It worked and they were good at it and the beads were free for the taking, the money was all for them.
Almost daily these kids arrived at my store after school still with their skateboards. One day they were almost 16 and came in and helped me move a glass display table. Later that night my wise-azz little buddy went to a friend's home where they sneaked a handgun out of a locked gun cabinet and took it upstairs to play with. My little friend was acting smart, put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately the gun was loaded. He died.
There, twelvepole. I just talked about my RL store. And no, life ain't always so grand.
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I have your reponse now twelvepole. Don't edit anymore. Leave it for others to look at it. You already know my response back to you. If you didn't read close enough go back and read again.
posted on August 4, 2003 04:32:38 PM new
posted on August 3, 2003 01:03:52 PM
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Ahh but Life is Grand Kiara, you got to know and watch grow your little smart azz ... even though it was just a short while.
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
That was my response to begin with...
You made the move... reap what you sow...
Maybe you should learn to read before you post...
I usually only edit to add but I don't take orders from you so I will edit all I want...
At least my posts are still there...
Oh probably a smart move getting the kid away from you...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
[ edited by Twelvepole on Aug 4, 2003 04:34 PM ]
posted on August 4, 2003 09:34:30 PM new
There is only one more thing I have to say and I will say it now in case Vendio gives me a permanent vacation over this and I will never have the chance to say it.
I am sincerely sorry, Cheryl. I am sorry I hurt you, I never meant to.
Obviously this bothers me so I will edit to say one more thing. Because of what has happened to others in the online auction community I have chosen not to say too much about my past life. I will say this, one time I became ill and was unable to work. Welfare helped me and it was my only income. I learned a lot about the system in a very short time.
I got stronger and mostly because I wanted to and partly because I felt I owed something back to the system in some way I decided to take in children that they had trouble finding homes for or who needed care right away at that moment.
My own money went into this also so they could be clothed nicely and get more self esteem. I spent money on books and read to them all the time. I built model airplanes with them.
For some reason they were all boys, maybe they need the most direction when they are younger. It changed my life for the better.
And that little boy I helped with the beads had a good home, his real family. He was a good student and did not realize the gun was loaded.
So for anyone of us to make judgments about another and lump them into categories it is wrong and I will try not to do it again by using certain terms.
Young boys..... guns, knives. Watch a documentary some day if you wish to or read about it on the net. Most of these kids had all the brains they ever could wish for so it's not always like what some people tend to think. Accidents do happen.
It can destroy families and close friends when it happens at one of their own houses. It can also make people hurt deep inside forever.
posted on August 5, 2003 07:49:17 AM new
Helen she is the one concerned about being suspended... how can you see it any other way? Oh and how about reading the entire thread before posting... you might see Kiara's own words...
I am sincerely sorry, Cheryl. I am sorry I hurt you, I never meant to
Someone such as you Helen probably doesn't understand those words... but it does have a ring of Cheryl being "upset"
Once again you prove how wrong you can be Helen... how does your foot taste?, you seem to get to eat on it enough...
You have nothing to apologize for. You didn't upset me. You're a great poster and I'm always interested in what you post. We all use words we wish we hadn't. I know I have! No offense was taken at all.
If twelvepole doesn't upset me (frustrates me, yes; upsets me, no), you certainly will have a hard time doing so!
I think it's a great thing that you did and don't let twelvepole or any other poster diminish its importance or yours!!!
Cheryl
Power to the people. Power to the people, right on. - John Lennon
posted on August 5, 2003 10:21:12 AM new
Thanks, Cheryl. Thanks, Helen. Thanks to almost everyone on every board here at Vendio who teaches me lessons as I go.
Thanks.
[ edited by kiara on Aug 7, 2003 06:12 PM ]
[ edited by Twelvepole on Aug 4, 2003 04:34 PM ]