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Thanks Jennifer: I' going to start with this one b/c it is quite narrow issue. "Backtracking" is not misstatement or misrepresentation. "Not far from country club" cannot REASONABLY be anywhere b/w country club & my house 10+ mile away. I am ALWAYS willing to have honest 1/
2/ discussions but if you maintain it is misstatement or misrepresentation to say Ford backtracked you are neither being open minded or honest. I've seen your other objections & similarly flawed. Happy to detail why & discuss further, but not if you are so unreasonable as to
3/ maintain that my characterizing Ford's changed characterizing of the location as backtracking is a misstatement or misrepresentation. Your handling on this simple matter will prove whether you are serious and open-minded or not. Off to lunch with DS now..
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