am I too late to say bye bye?
KahrTalk 1K Member
am I too late to say bye bye?
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It's not gun control that we need, it's soul control!
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Don't beat yourself up, you have a difficult job to do in wiping the buttsOriginally Posted by Bawanna
of the babies and drying the eyes of the whinny babies so do the best
you can and don't take it personal... someone has to keep the ship
on the right course and keep it off the rocks.....
I am new here but not new to forums in general so I know
it is difficult to keep the forum a place that people can come to
without feeling like they just joined someones carnival of lost souls....lol
Rules are good and so are moderators.....
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Bawanna, I don't think you need to apologize for anything. You are definitely a peacemaker among war mongers and I include myself in the latter. You have more patience than I could ever hope to have.
That said, I sometimes wonder how some people let others get to them in such a negative way. I belong to quite a few forums and find that opinion takes many forms, some for and some against my own beliefs, but that's always true when you deal with a large cross section of people. If I leave KahrTalk it will be because I was kicked out or I lost interest in firearms. The first is far more likely. However, it certainly won't be because I disagreed with someone or someone disagreed with me or that I got my feelings hurt.
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I appreciate those who can express themselves in a thoughtful, coherent manner, even if I don't always agree with them. Scoundrel did that. He provided balance. I will miss that.
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I feel your pain Scoundrel. I recently, for multiple reasons, pulled the plug on all social activity on the internet other than KahrTalk and P250SIG.com. I was finding the same thing in other non-gun social venues that just constantly kept me spun up. There are definintely folks here that I disagree with, some still here, some not. But in the end, it's still a bunch of gun folks and I feel SURE that even w/ our disagreements on political or social issues, I'd still be friends with some of those people in person and totally enjoy a day at the range. Some of my closest friends are moderate liberals and nut-job Libertarians (which I am also some days). We all still get along, for the most part.
I try to ignor as much of the foil hat stuff as possible, but yes, it seeps in and makes you nuts. Your wife is totally right about the overall 'vibe' from a place gradually affecting you and not being able to truly filter part of it out while taking in only the good. It's all in there and it all gets in your head.
Lately, I've deliberately just typed responses to stuff and then deleted it...only occasionally letting go and posting. It lets me vent and then reconsider, before pushing the envelope further. But I'm trying harder to just pass it by and forget it. It's pretty easy to do after awhile. I know I'm right, so why bother arguing. I'm always right :-)
But ripley has it right and that's really where I've been trying to focus lately. The internet and 'social' is not real, its not real relationships regardless of what people want to rationalize and say about it. I've been doing more family, more friends, more LOCAL and STATE politics where you CAN make a difference. And I will be making every effort to stay in those places as my piority and only visting internet social hangouts as a form of entertainment.
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Scoundrel, PM sent. I liked your style.
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When somebody says they're leaving ... do they leave right then and there ... or do they leave after they've read everybody's response? I'm just asking so I'll know whether to comment or not.
Colonel
I think it's like the hotel California, no one ever leaves but Scoundrel has more will power then most except for Dairy Queen Blizzards.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
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Just so you know muggsy, you are not the only one out there.
True story (groan)
Youngest daughter told me one time that I was prejudiced. I replied "I'm not prejudiced, I hate everyone equally"
On the internet, the number of posts do not correlate to actual knowledge.
The notch is supposed to be there as well as the bulge at the front of the frame!
You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws.
Colonel
Having a gift of profiling abilities I'm also frequently labeled as racist. Not true. I too hate everyone equally until proven otherwise.
The thing that really chaffs my backside is the reverse racism. The pres is really good at that. And anyone that complains or mentions it is labeled a racist.
If anyone can convert me to become a racist he's certainly the guy to do it.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
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