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Thought of you earlier, pushing a fresh 8" around today.

That’s what she said!
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Figured I'd give you girls an easy one.

I am sure there are many new members here that do not know who I am, but perhaps some of the older members remember me.

At one time I was one of the more active members on this chat room, until I realized that I was suffering from addiction to social media. The symptoms were ignored for a long time, but they began to manifest in both my personal and professional (this was before I stopped working) life. My marriage was suffering as was the relationship with my children. Sometimes I felt as though they didn't like spending time with me. But now I know why. It was not me that they couldn't stand, it was The Addiction.

Thankfully I was able to find a help-group that not only identified the problem, but helped me work through it. For that I am eternally grateful.

I know that a lot of good can come from social media but it can also be dangerous to ones mental and physical health.

I cannot help but recognize that a lot of my old cyber-friends may be suffering from this same disease so I felt obligated to return and post this. But please understand that I am not judging. This is only a cautionary tale. Not judgement.

I have come a long ways and the journey continues, so I must post in limited numbers. I will also respond to the old PM's. But please be patient as my therapist advises caution when doing so.

My hope is that I can find a happy medium.




God bless,
Travis

A surprisingly good rifle.

But still sub-part to our own.

He has to be the biggest attention whore ever spawned. Jeez.

I always liked the quote: "Germany took the best hunting rifle in the world to war. the Brits took the best battle rifle in the world to war, and America took the best target rifle in the world to war."

I have to agree about the 303. I had a jungle carbine. I could stuff 13 into what was supposed to be a ten round mag, while the competition held five. And the Lee Enfield had a detachable mag. While the manual of arms did not recommend such, to my knowledge, a soldier could carry a couple spare mags and swap them out in a firefight.

Though stripper clips might have actually made for a faster reload.

And the best looking.

I am sure there are many new members here that do not know who I am, but perhaps some of the older members remember me.

At one time I was one of the more active members on this chat room, until I realized that I was suffering from addiction to social media. The symptoms were ignored for a long time, but they began to manifest in both my personal and professional (this was before I stopped working) life. My marriage was suffering as was the relationship with my children. Sometimes I felt as though they didn't like spending time with me. But now I know why. It was not me that they couldn't stand, it was The Addiction.

Thankfully I was able to find a help-group that not only identified the problem, but helped me work through it. For that I am eternally grateful.

I know that a lot of good can come from social media but it can also be dangerous to ones mental and physical health.

I cannot help but recognize that a lot of my old cyber-friends may be suffering from this same disease so I felt obligated to return and post this. But please understand that I am not judging. This is only a cautionary tale. Not judgement.

I have come a long ways and the journey continues, so I must post in limited numbers. I will also respond to the old PM's. But please be patient as my therapist advises caution when doing so.

My hope is that I can find a happy medium.




God bless,
Travis

Who voted?

BGG?

Sam's Pillow?

Geno

Glad you cured your addiction, I see you only posted 350+ posts in the past 3 days

What’s up with people drinking this claw grapefruit stuff? Good ol beer no longer acceptable??????