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I should have prepped this thread instead of assuming that this would continue on from the previous thread with the same title.  This thread is in continuance from the CADO Hall of Fame thread.  It was done in an effort to spotlight generous contributions made on CADO by those involved with the field of Catastrophe Adjusting. 

Following is an excerpt of my opening post:

"The Forums of CADO are marked with a colorful history that display many distinguishing hues of stimulating dialogue, life lessons, expert advice, humorous blunders, and of course, the passionate diatribes.  Because of this history, CADO has become the online Mecca for the Insurance Industry’s niche of Independent Catastrophe Adjusting

For me, CADO helped me in numerous ways:  I found my first two (2) Catastrophe IA firms, I learned about laser tape measures, my approach to applying policy coverage was improved, I learned about industry trends, I learned the value of using correct grammar even in a casual setting, I met some terrific people, and earned a greater appreciation for opportunities to continue my education.  These are just a few.

Without CADO, I know for a fact that I would not have made it as far as I have today.  In addition to the troves of information available, this site has been supplied with a terrific pulse.  This pulse is driven by an eclectic mix of adjusters who have contributed much to make this site beneficial as well as interesting."

I received some comments via private messages on this effort and for that reason, I hope to see it continue. 

With that said, I must say that the thread met a slightly awkward ending.  The last contribution I mentioned was a coverage thread orchestrated by Jim Flynt called Grandma's Grave.  This post & thread was created in 2000 and another one was done by Jim on a much later date with a similar title and similar coverage issues. 

The coverage thread created on a later date contained many more posters and was met with heated discussion.  The last poster on the Hall of Fame thread, trader, got the two confused.  I advised him of the confusion, but he never edited or explained his post.

I bring this up for two reasons.  First, I want to see that this thread continues in a positive light.  It contains valuable information and I feel that it reminds the those of us in our small community to continue to spread good will.  I feel that the only way to do this is to dispel the awkward ending of trader's old post. 

Secondly, I will not spotlight any dialogue overshadowed with unprofessional behavior.  I did mention "passionate diatribes" in my opening post, because that is an aspect of this site's history that can't be ignored.  If you want to satisfy your guilty pleasures, then you can search for it yourself.  You won't find me dragging out other people's dirty laundry.

Gale and Kim,

It's people like Tom, Roy, and Debbie that use quotes such as "No good deed goes unpunished" as a fuel source to pay it forward anyway. 

They've been around long enough to have enough reasons to justify clamming up- there's even a few in the archives.  Their 'pay it forward' attitude is certainly one that none of us should ignore.

Virtue is easy, its the getting there that's tough.

You're right, my statement was subject to being misread; their unflinching commitment to help others is not deterred by the cynical naysayers.

Good point Jud. It is a good thing the industry has those who are interested in helping regardless of what noise is being made by the naysayer types. There are people that seem to get their strength and guidance from an internal source while others seem to have no strength or guidance other than that provided by the crowd they are hanging with at the time. Many people seem to just “shut down” the first time someone questions what they are doing.

As people keep stating the positive results CADO has had on their careers we can all be thankful that Roy Cupps does not listen to the naysayer types. Roy’s passionate vision for CADO has remained strong in the face of naysayer types and that in turned has attracted like kinds of people as you gave a couple examples of in an earlier post.

Meg has mentioned   http://www.thesecret.tv in CADO Chat a few times recently so I watched the movie on line ($4.95) before forking over the $25 of the DVD. I will have to say I did not care much for the movie trailer in that it really has nothing to do with the movie itself but the movie was fine. Actually it is mainly authors and scientists talking about the Law of Attraction and there is not anything secret about it since in is the basic teaching of most religions. The DVD came yesterday and last night the kids and I watched it together they seemed to grasp the concepts fine but again their exposure to the naysayer types have been limited.

The DVD is good for staff training as well but I think I will go for the book version personally since I am a reader and in that it has more content. I guess “The Secret” is an OK for a name in that it can help one to understand the “secret” as to why CADO has gone on to be successful site when others have not.

Some seem to think there is some negative reason the rich get richer and the poor get poorer but as the movie points out it is the simply the law of attraction. It is a hard pill to swallow that the negative stuff in my life is there because I attracted it but so is the positive stuff. The exciting part is by focusing on what one wants to attract instead of focusing on what one does not want to attract makes things go better.

We see this on CADO all of the time. One positive post leads to other positive post often as well as one negative post can to yet another negative post. As some wisely point out from time to time when we respond to “correct” a negative poster we often just get more negative posts when if we would not give our attention to the negative post then it would just fade away.

Why did they not teach us in grade school that as we think so are we?

Jud G.

My condolences to anybody who is an LSU fan living in Alabama this week after UA's hiring of Nick Saban.

But it could be worse. You could be me - a lifelong Dolphin fan and LSU alumnus living among the obnoxious members of Gator Nation.

Oh, well,.......mark your calender for October 6 (UF visits Tiger Stadium) and November 3 (LSU at Alabama),.....and cross your fingers that JaMarcus Russell announces he will stay and be a part of it all at tomorrow's scheduled press conference.

Thanks my friend.  I'm already prepared for the departure of Mr. Russell.  He'd be silly not to go pro while losing his key Senior target Dwayne Bowe.  Plus, if he doesn't do well at QB he can always switch to nose guard!

The news just gets worse while Bowden brings on Jimbo Fisher (LSU's offensive coordinator) which, to me, is the secret and key ingredient to LSU's success during the reign of Saban and Miles.

Hopefully the Dolphins will get a sufficient replacement- Steve Carroll?