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Contender Man
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Is it just me or does it seem like there is a high number of people making 1st or 2nd posts, even a series of initial posts asking about very rare or totally obscure items.
I have to assume that they are legit, but, lately I've started checking their profiles and many have no more than the minimum. That makes it tempting to just blow them off, but so far I haven't, I do what I can to help with their question(s).
Anyone else notice this trend[?]
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
I have to assume that they are legit, but, lately I've started checking their profiles and many have no more than the minimum. That makes it tempting to just blow them off, but so far I haven't, I do what I can to help with their question(s).
Anyone else notice this trend[?]
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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SEMPER FI MAC, SEMPER FI
"Don't mistake my honesty for weakness...
I was changing a mailing address with a mortgage company 3000 miles away this afternoon, and mentioned GB somehow. The gal said the guy in the next cubicle tunes in all the time.
I followed the gun prices for a few months, but the forums didn't interest me much. Until I bought something I needed help on. Now I can't get enough info.
I'm at the point where I want to get a P.O.S. 1911 to rip apart and learn to make better. Then watch the questions fly in.
BTW, there are high-profile members who occasionally need help, and would rather not disclose their identity for whatever reason (selling to a colleague who also "tunes in" to GB perhaps, or ego).
I got started here after watching the auctions for several months. Didn't even see the forum...didn't really care.
Til one day...
I had some * question and thought, hey, I'll ask the experts! Filled in enough info to be able to post. Somebody named JUDGE COLT was very nice and helpful, answering some stupid question he had answered many times before.
Hey, what nice people I thought. People with a common interest. I became a reader, a poster and an addict.
When I get deep and think about it all, I think - YOU GUYS SHOULD RUN ME OFF WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE!!
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
quote:I have to assume that they are legit, but, lately I've started checking their profiles and many have no more than the minimum. That makes it tempting to just blow them off, but so far I haven't, I do what I can to help with their question(s).
I got started here after watching the auctions for several months. Didn't even see the forum...didn't really care.
Til one day...
I had some * question and thought, hey, I'll ask the experts! Filled in enough info to be able to post. Somebody named JUDGE COLT was very nice and helpful, answering some stupid question he had answered many times before.
Hey, what nice people I thought. People with a common interest. I became a reader, a poster and an addict.
When I get deep and think about it all, I think - YOU GUYS SHOULD RUN ME OFF WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE!!
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
Don't think it has'nt crossed my mind.[:D][:D][}:)][:D][:D]
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
I don't believe I could laugh any harder...[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Oh, wait, let's see, I should say it like all internet cool and stuff...ROFLOL!
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
I was a voyeur to these forums for a while (maybe even a year) but then I too needed a question answered that I couldn't find by searching old posts.
The 10mm - either you've got it, or you don't get it...
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
I wonder , how many post did you have when you first posted?
My congrats - you have just been nominated for rhetorical question of the year! [:D]
The 10mm - either you've got it, or you don't get it...
Sorry again,
Michael
Paranoid keeps you alive, worry just gives you stomach problems.
sound
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
Maybe we're all having male PMS? [B)]
The 10mm - either you've got it, or you don't get it...
I still can't imagine packing a 4.25" BBL .45 in a concealed manner.
DCON, I got somethin' for yur a**!!
[:D][:D][}:)]
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
He Dog
I know I don't have many posts, but I'm working on that. Anytime I have an opinion on a topic or can provide useful information for someone I charm in.
I don't want to whine, but why not most everyone else does....I was never welcomed aboard here. I see people with 1 or 2 posts being welcomed into your little family so what's wrong with me????
I still haven't figured out how to insert the quoted messages and insert pictures into replies, could use some help there.
signed low post Suspension...
PS: gun wise I consider myself a Winchester man, heck I tried to name our dog Winchester, but settled on Gunnar...
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
Welcome aboard Suspension![:)] Inserting quotes is easy. see the little icon with a page and red arrow? Hit that and quote /quote in brackets [q][/q] like that, will come up. Copy what you want to quote and paste between. Some one else will have to tell you about photos. They have to be hosted somewhere else and a link provided here. Ask Bambihunter, Classic, or Pabooger for three that post a lot of photos.
Don't recall being welcomed my self, but I did not post a Hi, I'm new thread either. 'Course when I got here, we were writing on cave walls...[}:)]
He Dog
Thanks He Dog!!! And welcome to you to (belated)
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
- General George Patton Jr
Thanks for your input, and the comments have helped me to maintain the conviction to still help regardless of the lack of profile info.
To the question of how many questions did I ask when I first posted, the answer is one![:D] And I got super answers, super quick, but I also completely filled out the profile.
I am a GB affiliate and have been one since they started the program, and I've been a buyer for quite a while too. Matter of fact some of you have sold me stuff or bought something from me.
A few months ago some health issues started piling up on me and I had more "chair" time and after a while I noticed something that I had paid no attention to ... the forums/wanted area. At the time I was trying to get a sight for a Thompson Center Cherokee barrel. Went and registered, put up my post in WTB then started reading the Experts and General areas ... bada bing ... gramps got hooked!
Some of the health problems are resolving theirself and I'm feeling better, but now I like to make time to stay active in the forums.
And ... to MICHAEL ... there are no hard feelings ... just an old dog, young dog thing, you misunderstood something prodded the at the old dog and he growled back. That's life and please if I can ever help you holler at me, but don't "holler" at me[:D]
My reason for posting the topic was that I had piled up a bit of time researching some stuff for new posters and when we reached a point where more info was needed ... they faded, and I noticed that each was someone that had left only the bare minimum in their profile. |So I thought I would ask the question.
Thanks again to all for the reinforcement.
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
He Dog