:I believe that every unfinished business has to be finished before being forgotten. "Mine & my buddy's *badmouthing*", as you call it, which it was not, was provoked by certain activities that I do not need to spell out as you are intelligent enough to read between the lines. However, I am not going to drag this on forever. Some subjects we are both interested in make it impossible for us not to bump into each other once in a while, so let's keep a "businesslike work-relationship".  
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