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Just a suggestion - Not a complaint
schotzi1
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(the first paragraph is NOT a complaint, I just want to set the stage for a suggestion)
I recently found this site and think it's great. Well, I thought I would ask a coulpe of questions (mostly to see how it all works) and I guess I asked things I shouldn't so I got REAMED. OK, I'm a tough guy I can take it. (my sarcasm sometimes comes out as thin skined but I'm not).
Here is my suggestion:
Why not have a beginner topic area. Have all new members use that area until they get - I don't know, 50 or 100 posts. Then they can "graduate" to the higher level. Kinda like school. How many times does the 8th grade teacher have to answer the same question over & over again. To the new kid his question is logical (if it has been asked a million times at least a million people want the answer and this seems to me like a GREAT place for answers). In school you don't mix 1st graders with freshmen (etc). That way the "dummie beginners" can get all the dumb, stupid, annoying & unappropriate questions out of the way. Of course the experienced can peak in on the lower level gang and give them some insight.
It could be a win - win situation. Beginners feel more comfortable and experts aren't annoyed.
Just a thought.
Be responsible
Be intelligent
Be REPUBLICAN
I recently found this site and think it's great. Well, I thought I would ask a coulpe of questions (mostly to see how it all works) and I guess I asked things I shouldn't so I got REAMED. OK, I'm a tough guy I can take it. (my sarcasm sometimes comes out as thin skined but I'm not).
Here is my suggestion:
Why not have a beginner topic area. Have all new members use that area until they get - I don't know, 50 or 100 posts. Then they can "graduate" to the higher level. Kinda like school. How many times does the 8th grade teacher have to answer the same question over & over again. To the new kid his question is logical (if it has been asked a million times at least a million people want the answer and this seems to me like a GREAT place for answers). In school you don't mix 1st graders with freshmen (etc). That way the "dummie beginners" can get all the dumb, stupid, annoying & unappropriate questions out of the way. Of course the experienced can peak in on the lower level gang and give them some insight.
It could be a win - win situation. Beginners feel more comfortable and experts aren't annoyed.
Just a thought.
Be responsible
Be intelligent
Be REPUBLICAN
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Hang in there, it'll get better!!! Welcome aboard!!!
Come to think of it Im still taking abuse!!![:D]
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Be responsible
Be intelligent
Be REPUBLICAN
Welcome aboard...
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Kinda like a Bunny Slope until Ya get your Feet Wet. [:D] [:D] [8D]
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Dave
How different the world would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician. - Henry Miller
bigdaddyjunior you let your kids do that in the pool? uck [:D][:D]
Ever tell them you have special chorine in there that turns pink when it comes in contact with natural mountain dew? It works, scares the heck outa them..
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain) ". . . And DemoCraps" (me)
Could not have said it better my self[^]
JuJu(one of the old farts that cause trouble and pee in the pool)
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Steel is for guns Tupperware is for leftovers
Hell, if it weren't for the DA newbies, the seniors wouldn't have much to do...
Still a newbie myself...
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
Greg
Former
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He Dog
Best!![8D]
Rugster
"Toujours Pret"
My suggestion to you is to not treat Gunbroker any different than a noisy conversation at a bar: if you've got a question, ask it. If you've got a comment, say it. If someone pisses you off, call them on it.
Life's too short to play nice. Try and enjoy yourself here.
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate for an outright ban, picking up all of them, "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in," I would have." -Sen. Dianne Feinstein
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
Number of posts is based on the time one has to make them.
People with the most time are either "between jobs", recovering from some disability/illness, retired, or rippin off their employer by spending their work hours on this forum[:D]
Me, I'm lucky ... semi-retired, between jobs and dealing with some health problems, so at present I have a LOT of time.
Stick around, take your lumps, give a few lumps, and learn. There's a fair amount of "bs", but that's outweighed by the vast amount of collective knowledge.
Newbie area ... nah, we don't need it we just need bonified newbies and less "trolling slugs".
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
Just remember the difference between "stupid" and "ignorant" and you'll do fine.
Mudge the confessor
ps. Woodshermit, I take offense at that remark. Who you callin "RUDE"?
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
Why don't you just say pees in (fill in the _____) and get on with it[}:)]
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
If you have any character at all, you will get your brains beaten out from time-to-time, here.
Hell, most of us take it for what it is - inconsequential fun.
Then... there are the others...
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
Talk to you soon.
Be responsible
Be intelligent
Be REPUBLICAN
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae Brown
1. Don't ask what is better, a Glock or a 1911 styles pistol. That question will start arquments.
2. Don't ask what is better for self defense, a 9mm or .45ACP. Again arquments will start.
3. Don't ask if a .223 is OK for deer. Too many here that suffer from Magnumitus and are easily insulted when they hear of someone killing a deer with a gun smaller than a .300WinMag.
4. Don't praise GWB, too many members here who think he is the devil.
5. Don't bash Harleys, several members here think they are Gods gift to motorcycling and get real testy when anyone says one bad thing about a Harley whether it is true or not[:D]
6. Don't ask how many guns we got, if we want you to know we will tell you.
7. You will also find that there are several members here who wish to abolish all gun laws and let the criminals have guns as well so that they may act out on fantasies of shooting someone. (By arming the criminals it gives them the OK to shoot anyone deemed as a criminal)
8. Avoid self defense topics unless you feel it is OK to blow away any trespassers who may find themselves in your home. Again we have members who can't wait to try out them Cor-Bons.
9. Don't talk about killing cats, some of us can and will find you and cut off your balls[:D]
10. When it comes to pets you need to understand that some here hold their dogs in such high priority that they will shoot a bus load of Nunns for saying something bad about their dogs.
There are many other topics that will get you flamed as well but these are some of the hottest topics.
That being said this is one of the best families you will ever find and even though it at times looks like WWIII on here we all love each other(well not all of us). Get out your thick skin and jump on in and start to pay attention to those who will flame you, I would warn you but it wouldn't be fair if I mentioned names now would it?!
He Dog
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
And if you do... make sure you're against it.
Take it from one who knows.
Ball-less Doug - Sheridan, Oregon
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
We'll remember this when you're gone.Welcome to the Coo-Coo House
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It's my cat's world. I'm just here to open cans.
We got rid of the kids. The cat was allergic.
ATF,Eagle Guns
2. Lets say they BOTH suck!
3. You're right, 7mm. I've decided to go deer hunting with my Crosman air pistol from now on. The only people who need a gun over .17-caliber are puss-wusses and lousy shots who can't hit a deer in the brain stem at 250 yards every time like me!
4. Dubya's a horse's * and the worst president since Reagan! I don't really mind him all that much, but you're being so sanctimonious I just couldn't help myself.
5. Harley's rock! Anyone who makes fun of Harley's is a little onager! (getting the message here, yet?)
6. Hey 7mm, how many guns ya got there buddy?
7. You're absolutely right! Guns are meant to be restricted! Hooray for gun laws! We can't go around "arming the criminals" now, can we? Unless of course the term "criminal" means anyone who uses humane caliber sizes on deer, or likes to debate politics, or crosses 7mm in any way...
8. You're absolutely right again! Screw people and the houses they live in! A house is not a home, it's merely a passing-through point for anyone who wants to borrow some of your items without asking! SHOOT a "tresspasser"??? Perish the thought! You should make him coffee!
9. Man jailed in abuse of estranged wife's cat
Posted: 07/09/2003 - 15:52:12
(Tucson-AP) -- A Tucson man is facing felony charges after allegedly beating to death his estranged wife's cat with a hammer.
Forty-four-year-old Richard Sostarich was arrested Thursday after telling sheriff's detectives he killed the cat and authorities retrieved the burned body from a fireplace.
Sostarich allegedly killed the cat after an argument with his estranged wife, who had asked him to watch her pets.
Sostarich was booked for investigation of killing an animal and interfering with judicial proceedings.
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate for an outright ban, picking up all of them, "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in," I would have." -Sen. Dianne Feinstein