PastorDIC wrote:
..
> I'm not always sure it is my ego taking offense. Some times it's a
> little hard not to think it is other people rather than my own ego
> taking offense, especially when the old timers even start in on things
> not related to sourdough. For instance, the message last month asking
> if there was a church related to my username because they couldn't find
> one listed for Battle Ground in Google.
> Russ
>
..
: -) This isn't the group to get into ego but you are talking about you
and how you feel your privacy is being invaded. I'm not saying it's
right what they did. It isn't at all but that's the way things are. You
have to be aware that there are those that are more interested in
digging dirt on you than responding to what you say. That's *their*
egos. They are just trying to make themselves feel better. It won't
make them feel better and they'll move on to something else because it
didn't. Be aware of it. Keep your privacy, it's none of their business.
Let it go right over your head. And do what you came here for to do
learn about baking good bread. Then when you have you can help others
to do the same. The 'old timers' might not like that either but that's
*their* egos again. You're a good guy Russ. Don't let others make you
bitter. Let it go right over your head. There's plenty of us who can
see that and appreciate it and just because there's not always someone
defending you it doesn't mean that you aren't being understood. It's
all just a big game. As Shakespear's Jaques said:
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,..."
That's not to say people don't suffer but that's another story.
Jim