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Dear fellow club members,

"Hate " is such a strong word..I hate cancer, I hate poverty, but to hate another person...who is not a mass murder, rapist or such is a word I hope is used here out of context...

I am sad that friendships have been severed over a silly racing club....! I love the "club"; however, it is the friends in the "club" who make it a gang; who will take care of you, laugh with you, cry with you, tell ya did a good job or that what ya did sucked...not the "club"...It is expected that a true friend will give you honest sometimes brutal honesty....and they see us at our best, and worse...and can forgive us and except us as we are...because they care and they want you to know that they care. 

This club will be here a long time after each and everyone of us....it is the club and a love of a past time that brought us together...the only thing you will be lucky to take away from it is true friendship...

With that said; true friends can indeed agree to disagree...as long as they are honest with one another...but malicious intent should never be tolerated...
There are those who portray to be your friend; only with pursuit of their own advances as their intent... and they are good at what they do...

Each of us know what role we play in all of this...it is not weak to say  "I'm sorry" or admit you made a mistake...it is quite honorable. 

So please take care and cherish what you do know....not just what "looks" good. And sometimes finding out those you held dear as a friend, never really were; can make you angry, embrace that anger, understand it was because you cared as a friend, that you are deeply hurt/disappointed...and move on...not "away".

I hope this all can be resolved and we can unite and be our happy rivalry woven club again with all our quirky personalities...all of them...as it is they (us) that makes the gang so special, interesting and FUN!

Take care, all of you, and I hope to see you on the line!
Linda
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