[Sydney Steve]

Mary you are putting 2 & 2 together and making 5. It is not entirely your fault but I can assure you that at least one of the people who is feeding you this rubbish (and her identity is well known), has less than zero credibility and is playing wedge politics and using you to settle some old (perceived) scores. She is vindictive . There is no other word to describe her. Also I can assure you the thread we are in here was not a cloak for any other agenda. I can absolutely assure you of that. It was not about anything else than reminding people that the pushing of religion in a non sectarian sphere was (I and a few others perceived) to be inappropriate. This was the reason it was raised. No hidden agendas. No "lets find an excuse to have a shot at Mary ‘cos she's gorgeous ., talented and has met Gord recently " (Doesn't that even sound a bit far fetched to you ? - it's Desperate Housewives stuff !)

This "you are pretty - they hate you for it" stuff really should have been left in high school .That is a straw clutching that should embarrass the person that fed it to you. Unfortunately said person has a rather high embarrasment threshold and a hide a rhino would envy.
I don't want to burst your self image bubble too much, but older people are generally a bit more concerned about what comes out of your mouth and heart than what said heart is clad in. The "I'm prettier than her" thing I hear from my teenage daughter's mouth, but she has the excuse of a lack of life experience and knowledge for using such shallow platitudes. Someone of your vintage should be able to see a bit beyond that.
There are many other talented and attractive people dwelling on this site too including people who you are aggrieved with. Some are attractive , some are musically talented and some are both. They let their actions do their talking and don't bother drawing attention to them. There are people like me too who are neither attractive or musically talented, but guess what ? We are comfortable in our skin, we have our own individual talents and don’t really want to be you despite all your wondrous attributes.
For my part I found your pictures of your encounter with Gord & the band quite fascinating. As you rightly pointed out, so did Silverheels and surely the only way you could interpret her comments was out of happiness for you. To twist it any other way is extraordinary. Your references to "Char turning green" really say a lot more about the person making the observation than anyone else... I won't touch that one...Too embarrasing by half.

I can confirm a couple of your suspicions though. I am most certainly envious of you having even seen Gord live in concert, much less had the opportunity to meet him and band members personally. Does this annoy me ? Not at all .I feel, as I'm sure many people do here, very happy for you. I can also confirm that I am envious that you can play a musical instrument too (and apparently well). I am glad for you. Envy you see Mary does not have to go hand in hand with bitchiness/hatred.

I hope this clarifies my position, and while it may be presumptious ,suspect it captures the thoughts of others who may not be so forthright (read loudmouth) lol ...

[ April 14, 2006, 15:51: Message edited by: Sydney Steve ]