There are so many things that one could look at before shutting down the boards. I think Mike hits on some great points. I know that the High School wrestlers and those on this board in particular seem to get it.
I’ll never forget meeting some of the people on these boards face to face. There are those like TCarmona, I’ll never forget him talking about my daughter during the wedding and how if I ever saw him I would knock his head off. Then we finally met in Winfield and I felt a little sorry for him.
Then there was those involved in the tag team. You would never meet a bunch of nicer trophy stealing, rednecks anywhere. Those guys gave it up in the purest redneck way and it is something that I’ll never forget.
Meeting Richard Salyer for the first time. I didn’t know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised to find him cordial and friendly away from the mat.
The Swayz, that guy taught me more than I would ever want to know about chemo farts. I didn’t think I would ever care for a man who hit up on my wife and daughter. Then I realized he hits up on everybody’s wife and daughter, and anyone that resembles being female at all.
Alex Ryan and following him through the summer on his harvest exploits.
Curtis Chenoweth and having him go with me to Oklahoma to confront a guy and do some work. Having him there to watch my back and later on telling me that he wasn't worried about me and the guy, he was worried how he was going to pull me off of the guy.
I cold go on and on. There are people like Chief Renegade who I have just got to meet in the last few weeks. He and his son are …… Hey wait a second, maybe we should shut down the forums.
Of course I am just kidding. There are many others I would love to meet sometime. People like MAW who I have had several disagreements with, people like sportsfan02 who originally I had some disagreements with and have found myself agreeing with more and more lately. There are others, I would actually enjoy meeting people like Chris Jennings, even King James.
I have found that people that I don’t always agree with can become friends as well. I don’t think for example I could have disagreed more with anyone on anything than I originally did with Smokeycabin on the issue of 6 & Under at State. Since then we have become friends, gone to tournaments together, and he has had me as a guest at his house. Still welcomed me even though I accidentally broke a family photo. There are others like Gibby that have been to my church and I have had the joy of spending time with, watching his child start to grow up. Again, an individual where we had maybe a little conflict or disagreement at first.
There are people who are like family, such as the Edison's and I could go on and on and on .....
Even the dissention that is sometimes created is often overcome and I see that as a good thing. At least it has been for me, even with those that I find myself disagreeing with at times. That is a part of growing up and these forums seem to have helped a lot of us, even us older than we would like to admit crowd on these High School Boards. Guys and ladies, if the board ever does shut down and I don’t have the chance, it really has been nice getting to know all of you.
