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lilstick, whatever his name use to be...

I just wade into a post just deep enough not to freeze my nuts and then back out a bit...stay there for entertainment.

Hell, from there I laugh, agree, or disagree (seldom) and go dead ahead full speed but I do it all for entertainment value. Too much too many too serious

Enjoy, the good outweighs the bad!

Its not all about post count . . . . .

Its also about . . . . .

Making silly jokes . . . .

And Laffin' at Geo's Blue Balls . . . . .

But we're not mean, Jessica is . . . . . .

Well, said, and I also hope you stick around. This is a pretty good place. Lots of other sites you get threads like:

"LOOOk aT My bUIlD ov A siK aK47 PIStol!!!"

This is the best site I know of for talk about hunting, hunting rifles, and handloading. As for the anti-California BS, just ignore it. Even the guys who spout that usually are otherwise standup guys.

It approached cruelty.

It's like you are asking to be dumped on in a classic troll-like manner.

What did you expect, 'bender? Or maybe that's your point.

I rest my case!

Some of these people saying these things are drunk or high on drugs. You can ignore them when they are behind a dumpster shooting up with a syringes or drinking cheap wine out of a bag but they are in your face here and you can't drive by and look the other way. Very sincere fella that started the post and a big heart, would be a shame to see this guy go and creeps remain.

Trading insults is the work environment air that I have breathed for over 30 years. Sometimes it does get old.

I think that Larry BigStick is a LOT nicer in person than comes across on the internet. Just my opinion.

Sometimes this internet thing just doesn't convey the friendly jest that some folks might intend, it comes across a lot more harsh I suppose.

I guess we could all be more nicer to one another.

Thanks Ken. Even though the medical thing made the pronmotion iffy, it still stung when I was passed over to O-5. However, I decided it wasn't going to make me bitter, like I saw happen to several guys. I decided became what they call an "Iron Major," which means that you work as hard as you ever did to prove to yourself the USAF was wrong. Once you attain that status you are not treated like a passed over O-4, you are treated as a highly competent professional that can and will handle anything, no matter how high that task is supposed to be above your pay grade.

The biggest compliment I ever received was from an 0-6 fighter pilot. He was irritated when he heard about the bufoonery of a certain O-5. To which he shook his head and said, "Lt Col X does crap like this, yet we pass over guys like Painter." I'd much rather be a guy who they thought should have been promoted than a guy who they thought shouldn't have been promoted.

You know, I just don't agree with that sentiment. When Stick first showed up he was so far ahead of so many of us in hunting and shooting we hung on his every word. Back then he passed on a LOT of good info in a respectful manner, and was even able to be a man and take a little crap flung at him without starting a pissin' match. I always wondered what happened to him, and wondered why he became the worthless progenitor of drivel that he is today.

I think he just couldn't handle it when the Campfire grew and guys showed up that could best him in everything he did. That, and many here developed skills beyond what Stick had, and instead of being proud that he was part of that, it shook his ego. After all, Stick used to be THE source of knowledge on hunting Alaska, but now we have Phil Shoemaker. By all accounts, Phil is just as crusty, but at least Phil knows how to write. Stick used to be THE man when it came to shooting long range well from field positions, but nowadays no one here is going to beat Shane (Montana Marine) or Jeff (rost495) in that area. There are many here who have wrung out exceptional accuracy from rifles of all weights and at all distances, yet when challenged, Larry would never even post group sizes.

So when you consider there isn't one thing Larry can do that someone else here hasn't done better, what point is there is to putting up with his insulting rants anymore?

"Never was a hoss that couldn't be rode, never was a rider who couldn't be throwed."

True a century ago.

Still true.

One of the main reasons that I asked Rick to change the name of the original "Ask Ken Howell" forum to "Ask the Gun Writers" � and then didn't answer a lot of the questions � was that so many of you "ordinary" guys were posting better answers than I could've posted.

As one of the immortal Clint Eastwood characters said, a fellow's gotta know his limitations.

Ah yes, A man's got to know his limitations ( I think that might have be Josey Whales). remind me again how Jeff O is the man to beat in the long range arena.(regarding Blaine's post). Tim.

I'm sorry, I misread the post on the long range shooting pissin' match. But, clarify how these other guys "took the title from Stick" in the long range arena. I'd like to know, cuz I know some Nevada and Oregon boys that do Ok in the long range arena. Tim.

I do not think, Blaine referred to any actual competition taking place, but more a shift in expertise so to speak.

Whos opinions are heard, if you will.