[TheForge] Re: theft at the tailgate sales

Tue Apr 30 11:51:02 2002

Yes... give to those who NEED it, scripture is clear on that. It is
also clear NOT to give to those who just won't work.

1 Thess 3:10   For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule:
"If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

   I've been down and I've been up, it was always my own doing. I grew
up in the city, I choose to live in the country and I paid to get here
and stay here. It would be far easier to move to town and pay rent.
What I pay in mortgage and taxes would afford me a nicer place than I
live in.  MY  CHOICE...  Get it?   We all make our choices and if you
choose to sit and wait for someone to save you.....

   Jeff   ><>

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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: theft at the tailgate sales

> My Grandfather never locked his doors, or the fuel tanks on his
farm. His feeling was that if any one stole from him they needed it
more than he. When I was a kid it was very common for the young kids
to take a little free gas. It was also a well known that he didn't
lock things up. Grandpa didn't live on the farm, but no one would
steal his gas. I think that even amongst theives there is a sence of
honour.
>
> His other believe was, give and the good lord will always give you
something to give.
>
> I find that many of granpa's ideas are alive and well in the
blacksmithing community, lets keep it that way.
>
> Daryl
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> >I can't speak for anyone else...but I'm not gong to let the
incidents break
> >down my trust. In the past, at desperate times, I've found myself
doing
> >things I'm not that proud of. Paid the price, and received
forgiveness for
> >them. Then the greatest blessing...someone invested their trust in
me again.
> > I now owe it to them to do so to the rest of everyone. Which is
why, on
> >those rare occasions when I have something to sell in my tailgate,
I'll still
> >leave it unmanned -- with a cigar box for anyone who buys to throw
their
> >money in to. Hope that, unless this problem continues to grow, that
others
> >will to.
> >
> ><< Well said, and right on the money. Now, how does one manage to
> > keep the sense of trustworthiness and not lock everything up, so
as
> > not to go broke replacing things that shouldn't have disappeared?
I
> > never intended to become cynical, it sucks too, not sure how I got
> > here, just know if I don't protect it, it disappears. Any
suggestions
> > will be seriously well taken.
> >
> > Jeff ><>
> >
> >
> > > Destruction of trustworthiness really sucks and I have to say
> > > that I resent it. One of the best things about blacksmithing
> > > events is that sense of trust and honor among people. This is
> > > perfectly engendered in the ability of a person to cruise the
> > > tailgate area when everyone else is off doing something else
> > > and knowing that all those people trust YOU enough to not feel
> > > a need to lock up their wares when they're gone. In this day
> > > and age when so many people seem to be trying their level best
> > > to steal anything and everything they can, it has always been
> > > a great source of satisfaction knowing that we, the blacksmiths
> > > of this world, do not operate in this manner.
> > >
> > > What I hope is that we will not become cynical, as much of the
> > > rest of the world has, and allow our fundamental spirit of
> > > trust and community to be destroyed by such behavior. If we do,
> > > then we will have lost something very significant and I believe
> > > that the community of blacksmiths will be altered in a way that
> > > will diminish the quality and character of that community most
> > > sadly.
> > >
> > > >>
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