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royalkreationz said:
the gun thing would have been funny. I NEVER NEVER NEVER go anywhere without my little black friend. Glock 32 (.357 sig with a .40 S&W conversion barrel, high cap mags, night sights, modified trigger and custom engraving.) It can be on my ankle, in the waist of my pants, in the pocket of a hoodie, shoulder holster, combat holster on the hip, drop leg holster, tac vest, or anywhere else I want to put it.

Is that supposed to intimidate someone. I find it hard to understand why you feel the need to post something like that. Everyone here can see your unhinged now your talking about carrying a firearm. Wow thats just scary stuff.



royalkreationz said:
Send the snake to someone and let them forward it to me. I will pay what I owe to all parties and be done with it. Ed, I will pay you for the shipping as soon as I get a copy of the receipt.
Jody after all the trash you have talked on this thread you would be lucky if someone took the time to bother helping you. face it you have attacked and insulted everyone who even gave a rats fuzzy butt about you getting ripped off.

And Ed you are a little scum bag. Your a theif and worse a little coward. I hope you get everything you deserve. Both of these losers deserve each other...
 
I never said

I was armed at the time I went to his doorstep. It could have been in the truck, the toolbox under lock and key or whatever. Now don't ASSume. I just said I take it with me. Does that mean it was on my person, or in my vehicle or what? You will never know, nor will anyone else. I will take that fact to the grave with me.
 
Dr. Jay..i never said i had a mojave...i wasnt saying i didnt know what one was..i was saying i didnt know how to spell it because of the whole dictionary thing you guys were talking about.

I am not sure what Jody is saying about the gun thing.. Once again..i would never be scared to answer my door..especially over $700. I can take care of myself. and i think i remember Dr Jay telling me to shoot his butt if he did show up again. Are mojaves cheaper then that now? although, at least he has a decent gun..the sig is a great gun. Oh and i am out..(of the reptile world). I already said that. Not worried about a thing. Cant we all just get along?

Last word for a little..I have stuff going on thru the weekend so i wont be back. If someone threatens my kids lives, all 6 of them, I dont care who that person is, I will do what it takes to protect them no matter what.

We are up to almost 12K viewers..lets try to double that by the next time i get on here. Love you guys.

Ed
 
royalkreationz said:
the gun thing would have been funny. I NEVER NEVER NEVER go anywhere without my little black friend. Glock 32 (.357 sig with a .40 S&W conversion barrel, high cap mags, night sights, modified trigger and custom engraving.) It can be on my ankle, in the waist of my pants, in the pocket of a hoodie, shoulder holster, combat holster on the hip, drop leg holster, tac vest, or anywhere else I want to put it.

All I really want is for Ed to finish the deal so I never have to mess with him again. That's it.
Jody,
You really are as stupid as you look. Jesus man... :rolleyes:
 
royalkreationz said:
the gun thing would have been funny. I NEVER NEVER NEVER go anywhere without my little black friend. Glock 32 (.357 sig with a .40 S&W conversion barrel, high cap mags, night sights, modified trigger and custom engraving.) It can be on my ankle, in the waist of my pants, in the pocket of a hoodie, shoulder holster, combat holster on the hip, drop leg holster, tac vest, or anywhere else I want to put it.

All I really want is for Ed to finish the deal so I never have to mess with him again. That's it.

Send the snake to someone and let them forward it to me. I will pay what I owe to all parties and be done with it. Ed, I will pay you for the shipping as soon as I get a copy of the receipt.
jody, let me put aside toying with you for a moment and try to be of genuine help.

Posts like this one only serve to make those who read it certain that you are not mentally balanced. The need you have to brag about your gun is fodder for a good many jokes, all of which I will, for now, leave alone. It also makes it look as though you need support just to go outside which leads us right back to the mentally unstable road. Seriously.

You ever watch a really big guy beat up on a really little guy? It's just not fair. It's just not right. It really shouldn't be happening. The little guy, no matter how tough he is, no matter how many times he gets up, is simply fighting out of his weight class. jody, as big as you are in real life, you're the little guy in this fight. You are simply outclassed.

I find no fault with you for it, you're in a league you probably knew nothing about until quite recently and obviously nothing in your life has prepared you for being here. That's ok, not everyone can make it here. There is a looooooooooooooong line of guys who thought they could, but when push came to shove, they got shoved right out.

IF you want to be a member here, put the big guy crap away. You just don't have the intelligence for it. And I say that with all kindness intended. Just like I'd tell the chump who didn't know he had toilet paper on his shoe that he did indeed have poopy paper on his shoe, I am telling you that you can't make it here. Not as you are now anyway.

NO ONE beleives that ed, that lying sack of crap, does NOT owe you for the mojave. But you are SUCH a buffoon that your supporters have a hard time supporting you.

Take a couple days off, change your user name and start over with a fresh one. We'll know who you are, but we will give you a chance to start anew.

No one is going to let up on ed. No matter where he goes or what he does, we'll remember. If he's out of snakes you may just have to write it off. If he's not, then sooner or later he'll pay you off.

Seriously dude, just let it go for now and try to regain some of the respect you've lost. Stop bragging. Stop making threats and for goshdarn sake, quit trying to have a witty comeback.
 
Not only has he demonstrated his stupidity but his cowardice and lack of regard for following the law as well.
Yep just as I suspected, a wanna be cop who managed to squeak through a 12 week police training summer school..
I have a feeling Ed was not the only one shaking in his boots that day.
 
ozarkflyer1974 said:
Dr. Jay..i never said i had a mojave...
THAT is a bold faced lie. I offered you a mojave as a part of our trade, and you said you weren't interested in a mojave because you already had one.

Of course, at that time I didn't know everything that I know now about what transpired between you and Jody. All I knew then was that you were being stalked by a psycho...

...and i think i remember Dr Jay telling me to shoot his butt if he did show up again.
Yes, I did say (after hearing a few of Jody's messages) that if someone who is that crazy showed up at my house after threatening me and my family, that they would get two through center mass, and one through the head.

Of course, not that it excuses the crazy ape's behavior, but I didn't know that you had given him a reason to stalk you at that point.
 
ozarkflyer1974 said:
Dr. Jay..i never said i had a mojave...i wasnt saying i didnt know what one was..i was saying i didnt know how to spell it because of the whole dictionary thing you guys were talking about.



Ed


So now you are calling Jay Owens a liar? Gee...theres an interesting move. Queens Rook to Dumbass 4
 
ozarkflyer1974 said:
Last word for a little..I have stuff going on thru the weekend so i wont be back. If someone threatens my kids lives, all 6 of them, I dont care who that person is, I will do what it takes to protect them no matter what. Ed
You know ed, it's a damn shame you live so far from me. IF you lived closer you know what I'd do to your kids? Let me tell you.

First I'd gather them up all in the same place. Then I'd tell them a story about a lying sack of crap that took advantage of a guy who was obviously having some problems mentally. I'd spell it out clearly how this guy lied and cheated and teased this poor chump all for the pitiful sum of $700.00 dollars.

Then I'd ask them what they thought of someone like that. Someone who would prey on a guy who wasn't all there. Someone who would steal from another person. Someone who would lie to cover up that he had stolen. I'd ask them if THEY, the kids would ever do such a thing and when they said NO, because it was WRONG, I'd commend them for knowing right from wrong.

Then I'd tell them, looking each one in the eye as I did so, that their own father was the lying theiving scumbag I was talking about. I'd tell them that their father stole a snake from a guy to save a paltry $700.00. I'd tell them that for the rest of their lives they would now have to wonder if what their father told them was the truth or a lie.

You see, if he would lie and steal for such a small thing as a ball python, what else might he lie about? How could any of them EVER trust a single thing he ever said to them again. He didn't just lie to the poor guy he ripped off, but to all the people who tried to help that man get his money back. He lied on the internet, he lied in person, he lied on the phone and it wasn't just one time. It was over and over and over, as if he had been lying his entire life and was an expert at doing it.

I'd tell them what a shame it was that so many people knew their father was a liar and a thief, that neither I nor many thousands of others would EVER trust anything their father told us and that we would refuse to do business if he wanted to do it with us. I would tell them that they should beel ASHAMED of thier father for being such a scumbag and brining down their family name and making people wonder about them, his children.

If the father is such a lying scumbag, is it too much to imagine that the children are as well? And what of their mother? Whay kind of woman would tolerate such a scumbag? Was she a liar too? Did she cheat them when they played monopoly? When she said she loved them as she tucked them in at night, did she really mean it or was she just saying it, the way their father just said things to make life easier?

I'd tell them all this and more, if only you lived closer ed.

Maybe someone who does live closer will tell them all this for me. You can bet that someday they WILL find this thread and they WILL read it and see just what kind of theiving scumbag you are.

A simple google of your name will bring it up now. Who knows what type of searches will be available even 5 years from now.

You're screwed dude, through and through, you are screwed.

Way to go. I hope the $700.00 was worth it.
 
Actually

I have over 2000 in class hours in law enforcement training consisting of the academy, field training, and classroom hours. 700 hours to get my emt license and continuing education. Over 1000 hours in fire fighter training. I am 16 weeks and one class from obtaining my intermediate police officer license. I also passed the first responder class for FEMA.

Wes,
Ya know, I wish I could turn back time and take back what I did as far as the messages are concerned. I think each of us has a time in life we wish we could take back something we said or did, or handle a situation differently. I will take your advice and get away for a couple of days, and then return and see if there is an attitude change towards me. I will make an attitude change in that time as well. I have been wrong in the things I have said to people on here and I know that. I feel that some have wronged me and joined the crowd just to have something to do, but I can move on and forget about. After all, it is just words on a computer screen. To those who I have offended, I apologize. I will take a break and see if that makes a difference. Ya know, sometimes a man must swallow his pride and move on. I guess the time has come for that. Maybe it will improve the possibility of this situation to end in my favor. However, I will see this through to the end, and I don't think anyone can fault me for that if I do it civilly.

Again, My apologies to those whom I have offended.
 
royalkreationz said:
I have over 2000 in class hours in law enforcement training consisting of the academy, field training, and classroom hours. 700 hours to get my emt license and continuing education. Over 1000 hours in fire fighter training. I am 16 weeks and one class from obtaining my intermediate police officer license. I also passed the first responder class for FEMA.

Wes,
Ya know, I wish I could turn back time and take back what I did as far as the messages are concerned. I think each of us has a time in life we wish we could take back something we said or did, or handle a situation differently. I will take your advice and get away for a couple of days, and then return and see if there is an attitude change towards me. I will make an attitude change in that time as well. I have been wrong in the things I have said to people on here and I know that.

You're doing fine until here. We know what you feel, you state it constantly, there is no need to continue doing so.

I feel that some have wronged me and joined the crowd just to have something to do, but I can move on and forget about. After all, it is just words on a computer screen.
Again, you're fine up to here.

To those who I have offended, I apologize. I will take a break and see if that makes a difference. Ya know, sometimes a man must swallow his pride and move on. I guess the time has come for that.
This would have been an excellent place to stop your post.

Maybe it will improve the possibility of this situation to end in my favor. However, I will see this through to the end, and I don't think anyone can fault me for that if I do it civilly.

Again, My apologies to those whom I have offended.

Saying that you are sorry is all well and good IF you mean it. Say it once and then prove it. Telling us, AGAIN, that you will see it through to the end, for you, is tantamount, is more likely than not, another threat. Tagging on the "if I do it civilly" bit is kind of like trying to cover your whole ass with one square of charmin. It just doesn't work.

Sometimes, and I know this is hard to believe especially with the way I post, but sometimes, LESS is MORE.

Use fewer words to say EXACTLY what you mean. IF you must post, write it out, use the preview post option and cut out, literally half of what you've written.

You, you in PARTICULAR, need to start small and expect nothing. You've pretty much screwed the pooch here. Given time a bunch of us will come around, but it's not going to be quick or easy. You've left yourself a long row to hoe. Do it diligently and with some style and it'll pay off. Do it as you have so far and you'll never get anything but ridicule and derision.
 
The only thing I want to see you post is a statement saying you got your money from Ed or a copy of the Judgment Debtor’s Statement of Assets form you will get if you win your court case.

As for your mental difficulties and fantasy law enforcement training. We both know the truth there and it is not germane to the case at hand anyway.
 
Ah Wes I am so Ashamed so Ashamed oh I so hope she can forgive me!! you see I told my daughter that Santa was real ETC ETC and she believes he is real. Now I have lied to her !! oh so ashamed !!!!

Jody give it a real try,, don't be to surprised if some are a bit touchy with you when you come back as many will require time and proof that you are trying to change. Good luck...Randy
 
ravensgait said:
Ah Wes I am so Ashamed so Ashamed oh I so hope she can forgive me!! you see I told my daughter that Santa was real ETC ETC and she believes he is real. Now I have lied to her !! oh so ashamed !!!!

Jody give it a real try,, don't be to surprised if some are a bit touchy with you when you come back as many will require time and proof that you are trying to change. Good luck...Randy
Santa IS real you friggin goofball.

He's in my basement right now, er I mean he's at the NorthPole right now.
 
ozarkflyer1974 said:
Dr. Jay..i never said i had a mojave...i wasnt saying i didnt know what one was..i was saying i didnt know how to spell it because of the whole dictionary thing you guys were talking about.

I am not sure what Jody is saying about the gun thing.. Once again..i would never be scared to answer my door..especially over $700. I can take care of myself. and i think i remember Dr Jay telling me to shoot his butt if he did show up again. Are mojaves cheaper then that now? although, at least he has a decent gun..the sig is a great gun. Oh and i am out..(of the reptile world). I already said that. Not worried about a thing. Cant we all just get along?

Last word for a little..I have stuff going on thru the weekend so i wont be back. If someone threatens my kids lives, all 6 of them, I dont care who that person is, I will do what it takes to protect them no matter what.

We are up to almost 12K viewers..lets try to double that by the next time i get on here. Love you guys.

Ed
Not that I wish to be a nitpicker but he said that he had a Glock in .357 sig caliber.
 
royalkreationz said:
I have over 2000 in class hours in law enforcement training consisting of the academy, field training, and classroom hours. 700 hours to get my emt license and continuing education. Over 1000 hours in fire fighter training. I am 16 weeks and one class from obtaining my intermediate police officer license. I also passed the first responder class for FEMA.

Wes,
Ya know, I wish I could turn back time and take back what I did as far as the messages are concerned. I think each of us has a time in life we wish we could take back something we said or did, or handle a situation differently. I will take your advice and get away for a couple of days, and then return and see if there is an attitude change towards me. I will make an attitude change in that time as well. I have been wrong in the things I have said to people on here and I know that. I feel that some have wronged me and joined the crowd just to have something to do, but I can move on and forget about. After all, it is just words on a computer screen. To those who I have offended, I apologize. I will take a break and see if that makes a difference. Ya know, sometimes a man must swallow his pride and move on. I guess the time has come for that. Maybe it will improve the possibility of this situation to end in my favor. However, I will see this through to the end, and I don't think anyone can fault me for that if I do it civilly.

Again, My apologies to those whom I have offended.


Your simply leaving for a couple of days is not going to affect this boards attitude towards you one bit. Your behaving like a human when you return for a good long time just possibly might.

I rarely find myself in agreement with Wes but he stated this well. The hole you have dug will take a long time to climb out of
 
Wow! I have been reviewing this thread and Wow! I think it's the first BOI thread I've read that could be converted into a screen play and televised as a soap opera.

Seriously though Jody, I'm really sorry that you got scammed out of $700 and/or your animal. I'm sure you're probably concerned at this point about where the animal is and if it's taken care of too. The whole thing sucks, and this guy really does seem like a piece of work but it seems like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. This guy doesn't care if anyone in the reptile community ever does business with him again so this thread puts absolutely no pressure on him to do what's right and save his rep. You could go about getting the money back through the Kansas courts, but as others have explained that's going to be difficult because of the way Kansas laws are set up and you may end up just losing more money in court costs on top of your $700. You could try to scare him or force him into returning the snake or the money but that's probably going to get you in trouble and hurt your reputation in the herp community.

I hate to say this because it's completely unfair but it may really be time to chalk this one up to a lesson learned about trusting people and let it go. At least then you could move up and quit getting yourself upset about it over and over again.

I am really sorry that it happened though!
 
whoops

Okay obviously the end of that last post was supposed to saying "moving on" not "moving up". I wasn't suggesting that you move it on up to the east side or anything.
 
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