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ATTENTION: All Turbobuick.com members....explanation contained... please read
Ok for all who are confused which I am going to give a quick overview of what took place, with Rich aka BuicksX2.
I have thought about this for hours now. I have searched and read all night long, including missing a Kings game which never happens. I also spent hours on the phone with the parties involved and they are nice guys. Very positive conversation.
I want the WHOLE community to know that my integrity and morality has gotten the best of me. I did something that I am both ashamed of and embarrassed by.
Ok to the meat:
I was dealing with some major health issues at the time. I was on my way home and had just gotten home from the hospital when this was brought to my attention and was not feeling all that well. The more I thought about it and kept running it through my head , I realized there was a piece of the puzzle missing and something was a miss, and I felt that the more I thought about it the more I needed to deal with this myself.. I was fed some “bad” or “misleading” information and until I could justify any of the claims I just put it all on hold until I had time to research and read. I explained this in detail to Rich and Jim myself.. They were nice enough to make me clearly understand that they fully understood and could relate to what I was going through. . I was the one who , not banned ,but put Rich on a no post condition for a day or so while I dealt with my health issues and some other issues and until I could get to the bottom of what is and has taken place. So in essence, I was the guilty party in pulling the trigger. Nick had nothing to do with it. I will take the heat.
I KNOW I am going to take heat for this but in all fairness to Rich and other members, "quite frankly, I don't give a damn". In my search of hours and phone conversations with various people I made a mistake. I could not find one thing Rich has done negative to TB.com other than a post he put up that by accident had a porn site link attached to it. He also PUBLICALLY apologized for this in a thread and to me.
I am not going to let ANYBODY sway me into doing anything my conscience cannot live with. From what I have read ON TURBOBUICK.COM and TURBOBUICK.COM is ALL that concerns me, I cannot see where Rich has done this board or it's regular members any harm, and in fact has in all honesty helped quite a few people. . I am ready to take the heat for my mistake, and do not want anybody else to take the heat for this.
I have rectified this situation to the best of my ability. I spoke with all involved and all is back to normal. Rich is as sound here as he was last week and before. In fact, I am really glad I got to meet and talk directly to him and Jim and get to know them.
This board has nothing to do with the past and problems with GSCA, any of its members and/or the administration or any other entity BEFORE my ownership of this board. All wars, vendettas, and past gripes are not my concern and/or TB.com's concern. And TB.com does not want to be involved in any way. Maybe these guys have had issues on another board, at another time, but in my house they have appeared to put a coaster under their glass on the coffee table, been very polite, assisted other members with helpful info and have played by the rules of our house.
This is where I went wrong. I reacted to info I believed to be 100% true and in fact it was tainted in many ways. If any reprocussions come of this in relationships to other boards or I am “excommunicated” by them, So be it. That is on them. I will not let our house be dictated by an outside entity or let someone hold something over my head I believe is flat out wrong and unfair. I will NEVER let this happen again. . I learned from the school of hard knocks on this one, but at least I learned a very important lesson and learned it early.
My ONLY concern is the here and now and what is best for Turbobuick.com. and it’s members.
For those of you who left, I cannot stop this but I understand your frustration and am doing everything in my power try to make the majority happy using both morality and fairness as my guide. It will take the co-operation of all our members to help
maintain order on the board and stay within our rules
and guidelines. So I am asking that we all help one another to see that we all maintain the quality on OUR board, TB.com, that we are known for.
Sincerely and very sorry
Bruce
WE4
TB,com admin
Ok for all who are confused which I am going to give a quick overview of what took place, with Rich aka BuicksX2.
I have thought about this for hours now. I have searched and read all night long, including missing a Kings game which never happens. I also spent hours on the phone with the parties involved and they are nice guys. Very positive conversation.
I want the WHOLE community to know that my integrity and morality has gotten the best of me. I did something that I am both ashamed of and embarrassed by.
Ok to the meat:
I was dealing with some major health issues at the time. I was on my way home and had just gotten home from the hospital when this was brought to my attention and was not feeling all that well. The more I thought about it and kept running it through my head , I realized there was a piece of the puzzle missing and something was a miss, and I felt that the more I thought about it the more I needed to deal with this myself.. I was fed some “bad” or “misleading” information and until I could justify any of the claims I just put it all on hold until I had time to research and read. I explained this in detail to Rich and Jim myself.. They were nice enough to make me clearly understand that they fully understood and could relate to what I was going through. . I was the one who , not banned ,but put Rich on a no post condition for a day or so while I dealt with my health issues and some other issues and until I could get to the bottom of what is and has taken place. So in essence, I was the guilty party in pulling the trigger. Nick had nothing to do with it. I will take the heat.
I KNOW I am going to take heat for this but in all fairness to Rich and other members, "quite frankly, I don't give a damn". In my search of hours and phone conversations with various people I made a mistake. I could not find one thing Rich has done negative to TB.com other than a post he put up that by accident had a porn site link attached to it. He also PUBLICALLY apologized for this in a thread and to me.
I am not going to let ANYBODY sway me into doing anything my conscience cannot live with. From what I have read ON TURBOBUICK.COM and TURBOBUICK.COM is ALL that concerns me, I cannot see where Rich has done this board or it's regular members any harm, and in fact has in all honesty helped quite a few people. . I am ready to take the heat for my mistake, and do not want anybody else to take the heat for this.
I have rectified this situation to the best of my ability. I spoke with all involved and all is back to normal. Rich is as sound here as he was last week and before. In fact, I am really glad I got to meet and talk directly to him and Jim and get to know them.
This board has nothing to do with the past and problems with GSCA, any of its members and/or the administration or any other entity BEFORE my ownership of this board. All wars, vendettas, and past gripes are not my concern and/or TB.com's concern. And TB.com does not want to be involved in any way. Maybe these guys have had issues on another board, at another time, but in my house they have appeared to put a coaster under their glass on the coffee table, been very polite, assisted other members with helpful info and have played by the rules of our house.
This is where I went wrong. I reacted to info I believed to be 100% true and in fact it was tainted in many ways. If any reprocussions come of this in relationships to other boards or I am “excommunicated” by them, So be it. That is on them. I will not let our house be dictated by an outside entity or let someone hold something over my head I believe is flat out wrong and unfair. I will NEVER let this happen again. . I learned from the school of hard knocks on this one, but at least I learned a very important lesson and learned it early.
My ONLY concern is the here and now and what is best for Turbobuick.com. and it’s members.
For those of you who left, I cannot stop this but I understand your frustration and am doing everything in my power try to make the majority happy using both morality and fairness as my guide. It will take the co-operation of all our members to help
maintain order on the board and stay within our rules
and guidelines. So I am asking that we all help one another to see that we all maintain the quality on OUR board, TB.com, that we are known for.
Sincerely and very sorry
Bruce
WE4
TB,com admin