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Do the stars really prove anything?

cowboy62cowboy62 Member Posts: 70 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
Ok, let's be honest, this star thing we got going, does it
prove anything? All I can see it shows, is who runs their mouth the most.

It does nothing to show senority. I for instance have been a registered user at Gunbroker.com since before they had any firearms
listed for sale. My user number is something like #97.

I've been using and reading here, since before many with the rank of senior member, even had a puter to waste thier time on.

Instead of giving the rank of Senior Member, how about something like, Supreme Blowhard..... Supreme need to get a life....

You can choose to overlook me, I suffer from star envy.....

Cowboy

When first a job has begun, see it through till' it's done. Whether the labor is great or small, do it right, or not at all! gshutes@aol.com What I d
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used to be hall monitor, remember?

    Clouder..
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  • Ms. BeastMs. Beast Member Posts: 496 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cowboy62!! How the heck you been? I haven't seen you on any boards in a long time. Hope the family is doing great! Say HI to all.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did ya'll see that?
    Cowboy mentions a 'blowhard' and up jumps clouder.
    Not too much longer before I have 'em house trained!



    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    Cowboy

    The number of star's are directly proportionate to the number of guns they don't have to clean and casing's that need reloaded.

    I Refuse to be a VictimGrumpy old man
    Why work? The goverment takes your money and gives it to people who don't!!!
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A'hah, monkey, the context, always keep an eye on the context. You're acting like a liberal.

    Clouder..
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  • cowboy62cowboy62 Member Posts: 70 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The family is great....

    Yes Clouder, and Ms. Beast used to carry a 2X4....


    Cowboy

    When first a job has begun, see it through till' it's done. Whether the labor is great or small, do it right, or not at all! gshutes@aol.com What I d
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In my case the stars are a direct reflection of just what a pain in the butt it is for me to try to go shooting, since I live on post. When I get my own place and have my own land, I guarantee that the posts I have when that happens dont grow by another 500 if this board exists till I'm dead. I would imagine there are a lot of people in my situation.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They only prove you have being posting like hell!

    You need "new" Seniority Icons 1 year An eagle (You hunt and eat what you want )

    2 years you are a rooster ( Top pecking order ) No longer hunt....

    3 years you are a monkey (Nothing personal) You need to crack up a joke for not being bored .....

    5 years You are a donkey (bored to death) no life and if someone counts your legs they always will sum 5....(no politicaly intended)


    10 years you become an old Goat ,eagles will hunt you ,roosters will peck you , monkeys will pull your hair , and a donkey will eat you alive. (with political intent....)

    JD

    Good...? , Bad...? Who cares ? as long I am the one with the the gun.....
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  • salzosalzo Member Posts: 6,396 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I disagree. I think that the stars represent knowledge, wisdom, and importance. A poster who has many stars deserves a higher level of respect than those with less stars.
    As I have stated earlier, I really think those with minimal stars should have to ask permission before posting a response to a thread started by those members with high ranking.
    For example, if I, a member with a multitude of stars, a member who deserves respect and courtesy, start a post, anyone with lowly star status who wishes to respond to my post, should first ask permission.
    "HONORABLE ADVANCED MEMBER SALZO, MAY I PLEASE RESPOND TO YOUR POST?"
    "YES JUNIOR MEMBER YOU MAY, BUT PLEASE POST SOMETHING WORTHY."

    "The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
    -James Madison
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    salzo,
    But what if I've met more stars than you posess, or than what you have met? Huh, then whatcha gonna do, huh?

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stars?? We don' need no steeenkin stars...


    Wait a second, I already HAVE stars. Never mind.



    We buy, sell and trade quality guns and scopes!Master Dealer for Kimber, Wilson Combat and Dan Wesson.Visit our website at www.ApaxEnterprises.com
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  • Harleeman1030Harleeman1030 Member Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AND MY DADDY CAN WHIP YOYUR DADDY'S A**

    GEEZ I THOUGHT MY KIDS WERE BAD LOL
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  • gunboobgunboob Member Posts: 203 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm an old belonger too, with only a few stars, holding back my self-esteem,....I * about it a few times when they came out, calling them un-American elitist crap.
    It put me off my feed for a long time, not posting, but, lurking only.
    I know I got no clout to say how others should do or feel, but, as for myself, since spring arrived,....I got practically NO interest in sitting in front of this machine,...there is waaaaay too much other stuff I'm thinnin' myself over.
    Stars.......elitist bull****, I've been thinkin' that when winter comes, I'll just relist and shitcan what I got,...join the underdog, unwashed, unelitist, common rabble.

    Awww,....I'm just blatherin', ain't posted in months,...just tryin' to maybe get another "elitist crap" star.
    Bob

    Bob
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    boob:

    You can have some of mine, I got lots.

    Clouder..
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Stars proove the big bang theory. The more stars you got, the less your getting banged...

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOL LOL LOL - and to think I posted #2000 before I read this thread. I agree with everyone who thinks this star business is BS.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's not the stars that have meaning its the Post Counter.
    The Post Counter is directly proportional to the amount of boredom and free time.

    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    On the other side of the coin.
    Worrying about how many stars someone has is strictly liberal thinking.
    TJust give some thought to those that say stars are BS.
    Now I really don't think they are necessary we did fine without them.
    he liberal agenda wants everyone to be equal. The government wants everyone
    to be equal, take from the have's and give to the have not's.
    If you want some of my stars to be equal take some or all of mine, but if you do
    you are probably a liberal or from the government.

    I Refuse to be a VictimGrumpy old man
    Why work? The goverment takes your money and gives it to people who don't!!!
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  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990 ✭
    edited November -1
    One Star.........Needs to get a life.

    Two Stars........Really needs to get a life

    Three Stars......Seriously needs to get a life.

    Four Stars.......Seriously needs to get a life and take their Ritalin.

    Five Stars.......Needs professional help badly.
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  • boeboeboeboe Member Posts: 3,331
    edited November -1
    I've seen too many times that people with lots of stars reply to topics they know little or nothing about. This is especially true, and very aggrevating in the "ask the experts" section. Some people just want to read themselves talk.

    To err is human, to moo is bovine.
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  • Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22WRF,I KNEW IT WAS A LEFTY EXTREMIST SOCIALISTIC CONSPIRACY!!It all makes sense now.Personally I don't even look at the stars and the only reason I ever did was when it was mentioned to me.I think many who are so EXTREMELY against them are a little to concerned about it,who really cares.

    "If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stars:
    People who don't have 'em want 'em.
    People who have 'em couldn't care less.

    Except in my case. 5 Stars Baby! LOUD AND PROUD WOOO HOOO!


    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you have to evaluate the member on their previous posts. If they have provided quality information, and knowledgable responses, then the stars are meaningful. The ones who do post to get stars,......well, they just have some stars.

    I myself have gotten lots of help from the members with few as well as many stars. I work in an office all day, and I have the time to peruse the board several times each day. If that isn't the same as someone else's job, then either they have benefits which I don't have, due to being stuck behind a desk, OR, they simply needed to complain about something.

    Some of the members have different opinions about certain issues, i.e. the posts reguarding high capacity mags or LEO mags for example. The discussion, while offering different points of view, also lends real legal knowledge from some of the members, which is always helpful. And while some members may have multiple responses in those threads, they are legitimate.

    A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    At first I didn't like the stars as a knee-jerk reaction, then I realized they came with the new software package and some programmer thought they were a good idea. Since we didn't get the package until the board had been in business for years, they don't mean anything for the people who have been around the longest. I try not to let them get to me one way or the other. Let's be honest indeed. They don't mean anything, except maybe as a way of identifying the brand new guys so we can welcome them in here.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stars me two things:
    Been on here awhile.
    Love to chat on line.

    But when you get 5000 stars, GB mails you a new .223 of your choice.


    coonass

    We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This goes pretty deep....got my first star when I was in kindergarden, teacher put a gold one at the top of my crayon creation....so anyone that ties to mess with any of mine, well..."From My Cold Dead Hands"....
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  • cowboy62cowboy62 Member Posts: 70 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    BTT

    Cowboy

    When first a job has begun, see it through till' it's done. Whether the labor is great or small, do it right, or not at all! gshutes@aol.com What I d
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  • ghost614ghost614 Member Posts: 129 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the stars prove only as much as you think they prove.
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And sometimes less.....

    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • sig-mansig-man Member Posts: 591 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dang, and to think that with this post I get another star, strange I don't feel any different...

    R.I.P 45, 28, 3
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think this start thing is affecting the "quality" of postings in exchange for "quantity" (GOD! have I seen some DUNG posted lately!)

    Just for the "My star line is longer than yours competition" as if it were some part of the body .....

    JD

    Good...? , Bad...? Who cares ? as long I am the one with the the gun.....
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You are Only Special if you have exactly 818 posts.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!



    Edited by - RugerNiner on 06/26/2002 21:55:59
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    niner:

    Always plan one step ahead. Chuckle-chuckle

    Clouder..
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Judge --
    I have the answer for your problem. Type with your eyes closed!

    Hey, if these were tin stars, we'd all be deputized by now...

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • ghost614ghost614 Member Posts: 129 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    whoa, i changed my mind. i just got my first star, it does mean something. hey when do i get my next?
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I swear that said 816 when I posted because I went back and checked it.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Judge --
    I have the answer for your problem. Type with your eyes closed!


    That is My problem! I do type with my eyes closed !!!!!

    Good...? , Bad...? Who cares ? as long I am the one with the the gun.....
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The number constantly changes.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • sfettysfetty Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't wait to get my first star. Guess I'm just star-struck. One more posting closer.
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  • sfettysfetty Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rugerniner, is there a trick to keeping air bubbles out from under the dry-wall tape when finishing drywall?
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