I wanted to take this opportunity to give out an sincere apology to any of the CH members who may have felt I offended them OR who may have felt I did not appreciate their comments.

I recd in the last couple of days, a few personal messages indicating that I...was more or less... disrespectful or unappreciative of comments made by other members OR that I chose to respond to certain members or ignored others!

For starters....after I returned from my Rio Trip, I posted a few photos and indicated that I was going to post a trip report later. As a result of this posting, I recd a lot of mail in my inbox from members who liked the pictures and asked misc questions. Quite of few people were anxious for me to complete a trip report like I promised.

Given this favorable response, I started to look back at my old notes/photos and completed trips reports of my Thailand and Costa Rica trips first. Again, I recd more personal mail in my inbox. As we speak, I am currently writing my Rio Trip report from last month and hopefully will have it posted it portions during the next few days.

Anyways, I thought I responded to every comment or question personally. I also believe I answered certain similar questions thru posts I made and, therefore, didn't feel it necessary to respond to it individually. I believe, now.... this was a mistake on my part...as I believe it gave the impression that I ignored certain members and only responded to certain other members.

On other occasions, I could have possibly overlooked it by mistake. Sometimes, I may read an email...with the intentions on responding to it later, then ultimately forget about it!

In retrospect, I think as I recd new mail, I probably got them confused with old mail and wasn't sure which one I answered or not answered.

With this in mind, I wanted to express my sincere apology to any member who I may have overlooked OR didn't respond to. Given the fact that I know I deleted a lot of messages, if there is anything you care to ask me NOW or LATER, or something I still have not responded to.....please feel free to write me again, and I will promptly answer.

I sincerely appreciate all the comments I recd. It was a blast to read how so many people related to some of my stories in one way or another.

I also remember asking members questions prior to some of my trips and it was always real nice to recd timely responses back. It showed that we have members that care and are willing to help others. So trust me, I understand how I may have offended some and I hope my apology is accepted by them.

Priew

hrmmm-- so what r u apoligizing for again ? Not answering back email rapidly or not posting a TR asap? If someone actually had the nerve to bitch about it, tell 'em to butter up their whore's ass and f-off. Better yet butter 'em up and send them over to DM.




(Message edited by donmarco on April 08, 2005)

Priew - You have absolutely nothing to apologize for. You are a great contributor to this board and I'm sure everyone enjoys your posts and photos. It was personally a pleasure for me to be able to hang with you on your recent trip to Rio. You are a CLASS ACT my friend and I look forward to seeing you again in Rio soon. We'll keep them warm for you. Your friend - Hemp

Appreciate the comments & support fellows....in addition to these recd offline.

Hemp....it was definitely a pleasure to hang with you as while. You and Don have to be the most laid back and coolest guys I met in Rio. (Also...most lucky!)

Priew

Priew,

While I was not one of those you so rudely ignored, I believe that in light of your egregious error, no forgiveness should be forthcoming from members of this board until you are made to serve penance.

Ten or twenty more garota pics would do nicely.

Ummmm.........Please?

eJ

I can't imagine what you have to apologize for. Your recent contributions have been fantastic. When are you returning to Brazil?

Appreciate the comments fellows.

Ejack1.....sentence served, I just finsihed my Rio Trip report and posted more photos.

Yankee7.....I plan on returning on Jul 23 for two weeks.....then heading to Thailand for two weeks!

Priew

Wow.

All is forgiven.
I hereby nominate you for sainthood.

BTW, when I head down to heaven, how do I contact your wife?

eJ

no need to apologize, but we would all like to see the photos from your upcoming trip to Tijuana, Mexico.