I hope the coordinator will allow this message to stand. This will be the last time that I post on this forum. I am not looking for sympathy, but I have a statement to make. I am not going to open my life up as a book to people that I have never even seen, but I would like for you guys to understand some things.I have easily, become one of the most dis-liked herpers on this forum and at times, I understand that; " I may very well set myself up for it. " Alot of times, I go against the grain of what has been said by old time breeders and books that alot of you have read and when you go against the grain, you set yourself up for ridicule. I know that I can sound demanding at times and I can even come across less than tactful. That is not because I am a mean person, in fact just the opposite. I do these things for one reason; " I truly do care about this Hobby and alot of the people in it. " Here are the facts guys and I have said it before and I will say it one last time; " When I started in this Hobby as a young man, I made every mistake in the book, in this Hobby and also in life in general. " I told little white lies and cheated and got drunk and beat people up and went to jail and killed alot of snakes." By the Grace of GOD, I stopped that kind of living and started to become educated in this Hobby and in life itself. I finally learned, " what worked in this Hobby and life and most of all what did not work. " My only intent, ( as brash as my intent can sound at times ) is to help people not make the same mistakes that I have. I have to learn to put " principles before personalities and I feel that alot of you concentrate on my personality, more than the principal of what I may be saying at the time. " I am realizing now, more than ever, " It is not my job to save the world and sometimes I cannot even save myself. " You guys and gals will learn the way you were meant to learn " with or without anyones help. " So, if I have offended anybody on here over the last few years; " I sincerely apologise and it was not my intent, whatsoever. " I will be at the Daytona Show this year to hang out with some friends that have also stopped drinking and acting like fools and have had to learn some of lifes lessons the hard way. I may get to meet some of you and you may find out really quick; " That I am a pretty cool dude and do not carry a pitch fork. " Good Luck and GOD BLESS you guys.........Johnson Herp

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