[graciegirl]

Back to the question of some posters not taking other posters seriously and respecting and believing what they post.

Some posters are very clear in their presentations of ideas, some posters are professional journalists. Most of us do not present our ideas with that much skill and of course the written word lacks the emphasis and clues that a speaker in person is able to convey.

We are all feeling our way around this place. Many are brand new and a considerable number are fairly new so when something comes up and is posted here that we have not experienced we try to understand and grasp it.

When I first began to post and before we had made a lifestyle visit there was a poster on this forum who told about rats being a nuisance at a neighborhood pool and if I remember correctly she also said that this pool had faded canvas on the chairs. I think she said that the owners didn't care about the upkeep of the pools north of 466. I can't say for sure, because I didn't know at that time where things were and which was 466 and which was 466A and which was the original section and which was newer, etc. etc.

I certainly had no idea about this, but I read what others said and tried to form an idea. I had no choice but to believe this poster and was fast changing my mind about being interested in coming down to see if we would want to live here.

I don't know even now if it was true or not, but I personally haven't experienced any rats at the pool or any faded pool chair covers.

We all try to figure out what a poster is meaning to say, and it isn't easy some times. We use the means at hand to try to understand and if we have read many posts from someone we kind of know where he/she is coming from.

I really think that most of us on here do our best.



And I am reposting what I thought then and what I still think now.