[Concentrate]

Well, here goes. I apologize to you from the bottom of my heart for the outrageously insensitive comment I made a few days ago, which you did not deserve. What has astonished and perplexed me more than anything else is how I could be so nasty. I think it is the meanest thing I've ever said to anyone in my life. Although I'm pretty certain that I could never make it up to you, I have prayed about it and decided to help someone or someone else's family out in an anonymous way; in some way that will really cost me, sort of like a penance. I will do this as a way to make good with the Lord and with you and yours. As an explanation, but certainly not as an excuse, I must tell you that I was not in my right mind for 2 days this week. I was extremely drunk.

I can only hope, but not expect, that you will accept my apology. Sometimes my own idiocy shocks me, and I'm not really that type of person, except on very rare occasions.

I can only hope and pray for the best for you and yours.

Sincerely, Concentrate.

[Howlin]

My goodness, Concentrate, what ever brought this on? I am sure we must have argued about something at some point in time, but, for the life of me, I have NO idea what you're talking about.

I cannot imagine anything you could have said to me that would cause you to think it was the "meanest thing" you've ever said to anyone in your life.

Look, this is a heated forum; I readily admit that I "give" just as much as I "get" and I am fully aware of it, but, again, I don't feel you owe me an apology for anything; I cannot tell from this thread what was deleted; was it addressed to me?

If so, I think in all fairness that I should tell you that the post I made at the beginning of this thread was the last post I made before I left on a trip for four days, arriving home only late last night; I get hundreds of pings a day, so whatever you may have posted to me has been lost in the pings on my comments page.

So, basically, I didn't read it......LOL....and you have no reason to beat yourself up about it, friend. I, too, have had second thoughts about things I have posted and have had to come back and apologize (admittedly not very often....LOL), so please don't give it a second thought!

I know I can be VERY irritating, so, again, please don't beat yourself up for something like this; heck, I may have even deserved what you said at the time -- I just can't remember either...LOL)

Come on, friend, it's just the internet -- and in the long haul, we're all in the same battle.

Me.