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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

This is a banner day for the Homestead List...
Gene and James, agreeing...

:)
I also agree...
WORD.

Gene GeRue wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>   
> > > > We all figured he, ...., was a man of his word.
> > > >         
> > I could never emphasize enough how important this is when living long term 
> > in a community. . . I'm not out much from not having the wood, most of it firewood but one or 
> > two good pieces of cherry that I could have planked.  I don't mind not 
> > getting it.  But I will never view those people the same way again.  I know better 
> > than to have any business dealings whatever with them because they will 
> > view things one way and I another.  Neither of us right or wrong, good or bad, 
> > but just don't operate on the same planet.
> >     
>
> When I was growing up I likely heard "a man's word is his bond," and "if a man's 
> word is no good, then he is no good," hundreds of times. Like religious dogma for some, it 
> is firmly embedded in my mind.
>
> Common sense dictates that residents of rural communities require mutual help 
> and mutual respect. If a man cannot be relied upon to do what he says, then 
> there is no point in having anything to do with him. Ostracism is not 
> uncommon.
>
> I've known this man for the twenty years since he moved here. I can only 
> guess why he went back on his word. Perhaps family pressure leading to 
> emotional overload. If that is the case my position is that a man consults 
> with his family before he makes a decision, but once he makes a decision and 
> announces it to another man, then that is how it will be.
>
> Yes, I am by modern standards chauvinistic about this. Someone has to speak 
> for a family and with some exceptions I prefer to do business with the man of 
> the family.
>
> This man blew it. It will cost him.
>
>
>
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