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Are You on a Short Deadline?
I like how you retaliate!
You never know what is going on in someone's personal life. They could be in pain. They could have someone ill in their home. Someone could have just hurt their feelings. They could just be natural grouches. So, I always try to cut people who are being unkind some slack. I try to say something nice or humorous to them. Sometimes it works and they relax a little. Returning kindness to bad behavior seems to solve many issues. Otherwise, I try to make whomever they were berating know it was the grouch, not them, who was the problem, feel sorry for the grouch and go on my merry way. Some things really aren't worth the worry.
It's more than someone just having a bad day or a bad home life. Some people seem to enjoy harassing someone when they know from experience they can get away with it. We shouldn't be making excuses for troll-like behavior, regardless of a person's home situation etc..
I call it a soft form of bullying. And there always seems to be a ring-leader who recruits others to join in. They treat it like it's a sport but it ends up being more like internet stalking.
Has anyone watched "True crime series"? They have true cases of stalking and the stalker can be a man or a woman. When they start stalking someone, there's nothing the victim can do to appease them. If they are treated nicely they continue to stalk the person. If they are ignored, it often gets worse. It seldom ends well.
Most people struggling with a bad day or bad year are not stalkers just not as pleasant as they could be. If an attempt of soft rebuff or kindness doesn't work and they still come at you, then it is time to yell "Back Off! You are attempting to intimidate me!" in front of any others and then get help if necessary.
Rich, poor, young, old, whatever creed or color or background.........sometimes we're nice and sometimes not. Who among us has not acted like a jerk at some time and looks back on that action with regret and embarrassment. There are a zillion factors that cause us to either be nice or be mean in a given situation. For the sake of our discussion, let's refer to it as the Assholian Syndrome! There are ways to keep it under control. Reduce caffeine, eat right, exercise regularly, go to the doctor to get fixed when you're broken, take your medications, take deep breaths, try to think nice thoughts, do those things that make your happy, always ask yourself "why did that person do or say that" and sincerely try to understand, delay any reaction for a few seconds, and know that whatever happens at this moment will probably have little consequence on the rest of your life and how you are remembered, so maybe you just smile and let it go.
There is a lot of issues older folks have with their own health and issues with the children, neither of which we have little if any control. The ones that are grouchy for no identifiable reason may simply act the way they do to a chemical imbalance, again, without professional help, they are doomed to live a miserable life.
If everything is explainable, as you say, is there a point, in your opinion, at which someone should be banned from this website?
What about bullies in school, should schools adopt your philosophy? If a kid is constantly picking on other kids, don't blame him because he probably doesn't have a good home life. Give him a break?
No. Words do not hurt me. Say what you want to say and you'll be judged by what you say and how you say it, but I don't want to kick anyone off the site.Arthur Jaques was born in Oyen, Alberta on July 26,1948 to Pauline Elizabeth (nee Oszust), and Thomas Roy Jaques (affectionately known as TR) and sister Shirley. He grew up on the family farm, in a two storey white clapboard house one mile west of Oyen. It was a happy childhood on the farm, with camping trips to Banff, friends and family visiting each other on the weekends, and time spent with his horses.
Arthur’s childhood was significantly impacted by his Dad’s polio handicap. From a very young age Arthur became TR’s right hand man - fetching, carrying, and learning how to use numerous tools and equipment. In his teens he raised several head of cattle, horses, and helped his Dad with the grain farming. After grade eleven Arthur dropped out of school to farm with his father full time. He later went on to learn welding at SAIT and received his private pilot’s license from The Calgary Flying Club.
Despite not finishing high school, he never stopped learning. Long before the internet he was devouring information on anything that interested him - agricultural mechanics, raising leaf cutter bees, mountain flying. A constant hunger for learning that remained strong his entire life.
Arthur was twenty when he met Heather in 1969. Heather had taken a posting at the Big Country Hospital and wasn’t sure what she had gotten herself into. Having spent most of her childhood in boarding schools and traveling the world – a life with Arthur created stability and a place to call home.
Arthur and Heather were married in Oyen March 10,1972. They moved into the little Beaver Lumber home that Arthur built across from the main house, next to the chicken coop. Funds were limited, so it never occurred to Arthur to hire a building company. He did his research, got busy and with only a little help built their first home. Their family soon expanded, with a son Byron born in 1975, and a daughter Zoe in 1978.
In the seventies Arthur began importing Swiss Simmental cattle, breeding the cows to Simmental and Limousin. Riding horses, building up his herd of cattle and farming several sections of land kept him extremely busy. In 1980 the difficult decision was made to sell the herd and leave the cattle business behind.
Increasingly frustrated with depending on Mother Nature for water, in 1983 he bought a section of irrigated land beside the Red Deer River close to Buffalo. This began the transition to farming at Buffalo. Early days in irrigation included growing alfalfa seed and hay, with later crops of grass seed, sunflower seeds, flax, dry beans, canola seed and cereals.
During those initial years at Buffalo Arthur spent a lot of time flying. His first plane was a two seater Citabria that had acrobatic features which he loved, and the plane was easy to land on roads. He always said that it was the closest he felt to flying like a bird. The Citabria was later traded in for a Cessna 182, a plane that took him and Heather on many cross country adventures.
In 1986 Arthur and family took up skiing and began an annual tradition of spending holidays in Panorama. Learning to ski together, and enjoy the mountains became a favourite way to spend time with one another as a family.
In the late eighties Arthur had an opportunity to buy more land at the river by Buffalo. He spent the following years building up the farm and irrigation systems and managing all the challenges along the way. Once again Arthur decided to build a home. This time he and Byron were taking courses and researching in-floor heating, laying roof tiles, wiring a house, building a stone fireplace etc. This provided a whole new line of inquisitive learning and endless questions to tradesmen. Arthur thoroughly enjoyed the entire process of building the house, and they moved to Buffalo full time in 2002.
Arthur spent several years as a board member with the Alberta government on special agricultural projects, and on the Big Country Hospital board in Oyen. He was highly involved in the extensive renovations at the Buffalo Community Hall and playground. Arthur thoroughly enjoyed utilizing his skill set and contributing to the community he cherished.
Vacations always had an agricultural component to keep Arthur happy. Holidays would include learning how to raise kiwi fruit in New Zealand, sugar cane in Australia, dates in Florida, vegetables in the Israeli desert; and then if there were aviation museums that was an added bonus.
The introduction to the internet opened up a world of information for Arthur. Ipad in hand he had an amazing new tool for research. After the completion of the house, he turned his energy towards the canals, roads and irrigation projects. He truly enjoyed large construction machines – as though he never outgrew playing with Tonka trucks as a boy!
In order to gain extra help in the summer months the farm began hiring Dutch agricultural students. Time was spent touring them around to see the prairies and mountains. The most enjoyable trips were travelling with the boys to see Canadian farms, crops and equipment. Arthur enjoyed his role as mentor, and it was a very rewarding experience on both sides. Arthur and Heather had one of their best overseas trips touring The Netherlands by car and visiting the Timmermans family and “their boys” in their various farming ventures.
In 2013 Arthur returned to flying with a F33A Bonanza aircraft. With the help of his friend Les he soon learned to handle the faster more agile plane and was able to journey across the Rockies to make regular visits to Zoe and family in Kimberley. The Beech Bonanza provided Arthur and Heather with some memorable vacations, flying across western Canada and the United States