This is the place you can post problems on the site, with your dog, errors and mistakes in judgements and well, shucks... just about any thing that for SOME REASON ISN'T WORKING RIGHT!

For example... this is a problem that crops up once in a while:

"IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE YOU MADE YOUR SALVIA REQUEST... AND YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR SAMPLES??"

If you've not gotten anything from me in the mail yet... if it's been 'weeks' since you mailed a request, then it would seem something is amiss.

Some questions: Exactly WHEN did you mail your request? Did you get a confirmation email saying I'd sent some samples to you, and if so, when did you get it? Did you provide any cash/check/money order donations and if so, how much? Do you possibly have any siblings/partner/parents/etc that may have taken it from the mailbox on your end before you may have had a chance to get it?

OK, so here's the deal... I get a email that reads:

Sent : Monday, May 22, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject : howdy neighbor how are you doing?

"Hello Mr. Tim Moss,

I happened to look into your site and sent my letter about two weeks ago. I made sure I could do what I did and sent you a LITTLE donation. Im sorry I could not send any more because I was poor at the time. L But im just checking in on my note and im just wondering if you received it, and if you followed up with it. Im sorry I did not send a stamp but I did put money in the envelope J did you receive my letter? My name is Caleb Hendershott and I live in Jacksonville Beach FL…. Ring a bell>>??? Again thanks a lot for your generosity. Just let me know if you received my letter or not... THANKYOU!!!!!!!!"

OK... So I wrote him back -- little knowing that somehow it would be CC'd back to his old man -- ?? I replied:

Hi Caleb --

Thanks for writing. I DO seem to remember your name on a Salvia request...
Caleb isn't THE MOST usual name, even here in Texas!

A few questions: How much of a donation did you send? How old did you specify you were? What address did you put on your request for me to send
it to... and what address did you use to send it to ME? Exactly WHEN, as close as you can recall, did you send it... and... did you get a confirmation email from me or not?

I purposely keep real shoddy records, if any, to keep people's privacy... but help me out here as much as you can and we'll see what we can get worked out, eh?

Tim Moss, WebMaster
Just Say Once To Salvia

And here's the reply I got:

"CALEB IS MY 15 YEAR OLD SON. WATCH YOUR BACK **********ER....I'M LOOKING FOR
YOU..."

Hmmm... this guy sounds a little hot under the collar, but I don't care for being called a MF'er (this FORUM program blocks out all obscenties, but use your imagination, and get ready for more to come). Soooo... I replied with this email:

From: Tim Moss
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: Find THIS!

Hi --

Nice of you to write. If he didn't get anything from me -- and I'm not sure he did -- it was probably due to the fact I didn't trust him being over 18 years old. Whenever there's any question in my mind, I decline to send people anything, trust me.

I hope your son and you have an open and caring relationship where you can help him with things he may not be ready for yet in life... he definately
needs to learn not to lie to try to get what he wants.

Oh, and by the way, my mother is dead. She passed away while I was holding her hand, in fact, two days before Christmas. I hope your parents are both
alive and well and will ask you not to email me anymore if you can't clean up your language.

Sincerely,

Tim Moss

Well.... I thought that would be the end of it... and OK, I'll admit to having been a WEE bit SNOTTY in my reply. But WAIT!! THERE'S MORE!! Here's what he had to say in follow up emails...

"First of all, screw you and your condescending tone. You are a drug dealer,
plain and simple. You should be in jail with the rest of the scum. I also
held my mothers hand when she passed. I've lost TWO brothers to drugs. You
are offering a paralyzing hallucinogen to a minor. You WILL be reported to
the DEA and your local police. Too bad your mom isn't alive and YOU didn't
OD. I WILL do my research on salvia, to be fair. As for my son, he's a teen.
I don't know of a non curious teen, anywhere. Our relationship, frankly, is
none of your **** business. That's what parents like me are for. To watch
out for dirtbags like you. You want to paralyze my son; I want to kick your
ass for it. How's that for a donation? Ever think of asking for ID to make
sure of age? I know it may be a concept beyond your intoxicated, non-reality
based thinking, but they do it at the local store for cigarettes, beer and
anything else age sensitive. THIS IS NOT OVER DRUGGIE.

Officer: How do I deal with this social threat to society?
Alex: I want to sue this son of a ****** Please call me."

Hmmm.. don't quite understand what he meant by that last part. Another email lists my address and he writes:

"How's this? Ever hear of airplanes you old hippie faggot? See ya soon..."

And yet another email -- what's WITH this guy?? -- he writes:

"And this...

Drug Enforcement Administration
Office of Diversion Control
2401 Jefferson Davis Highway
Alexandria, VA 22301
(800) 882-9539

El Paso Division (915) 832-6000