I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
After watching Michigan members lay down and legitimize voter fraud, been a bit tough to stomach. How have you been fighting the good fight? Besides posting here, of course..
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
I probably have more people on ignore than anyone else. I can go through entire long threads and see little. laughing. Trolls and sock puppets, non hunters and non shooters are killing the place.
Age 74. Still here every day. It's a lot like that irresistible desire to look at a car wreck. You want to see carnage - and you don't want to - but you have to look.
Age 74. Still here every day. It's a lot like that irresistible desire to look at a car wreck. You want to see carnage - and you don't want to - but you have to look.
Similar here but 71. I've taken a few breaks because of bickering and lack of interesting subjects to me.
However these stats are on the screen right now.
Who's Online Now 494 registered members (12344mag, 160user, 1100mag, 1moredeer, 10Glocks, 52 invisible), 2,531 guests, and 1,088 spiders.
With 494 members & 231 guests & 1088 spiders.... looks alive and well to me. COULD be better but not dying.
I'm 75 and what else would I do at 0500 every day? After I laugh and cuss my way through the Campfire, I go to the local news---get disgusted, and come back to see what "good stuff" you guys are talking about.
I don't think it is dying, I see some pretty interesting stuff from the newer guys!
I do hope you older farts hang around for awhile though!
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
Says the #1 Troll on the fire. 5700 posts in just over a year.
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
You're the biggest troll here. We get sick of you spamming us with all that fanatic religious bullshit.
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
You're the biggest troll here. We get sick of you spamming us with all that fanatic religious bullshit.
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
Considering the age factor, probably a bunch of the old farts forgot how to use their smartphone and now using a Jitterbug their kids gave them or don’t have internet service in the nursing home. Maybe the younger folks who stumble in get their feelers crunched and move on?
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
You're the biggest troll here. We get sick of you spamming us with all that fanatic religious bullshit.
Glad to have another fan. I thought Mormons didn't watch sermons from other religions. Your 17 year old Elders would be VERY disappointed in you rwa. Don't worry about them, you keep on listening.
I figured it's either vacation time or theyre getting tired of the trolls. Kinda like BLM. People get tired of them after a while and move to another neighborhood out of the city.
The trolls remind this forum what they are more often than they did the last year I noticed.
Irony, thy name is crappy hamster. Amen.
I shall now read from the books of Mathew, Mark, Luke and DUCK!
When DeFlave, Big Jim, Samo, Slumloard, and some of the other Hi-line crowd are on here, it's kind of funny. But when some keep hitting the "quote" button and reposting some religious gobbledygook, I just pass on to another page.
Lighten the F U C K up sisters.
I could do with just a "Day in the life of Slumloard" page for the funny paper section.
Age 74. Still here every day. It's a lot like that irresistible desire to look at a car wreck. You want to see carnage - and you don't want to - but you have to look.
Similar here but 71. I've taken a few breaks because of bickering and lack of interesting subjects to me.
However these stats are on the screen right now.
Who's Online Now 494 registered members (12344mag, 160user, 1100mag, 1moredeer, 10Glocks, 52 invisible), 2,531 guests, and 1,088 spiders.
With 494 members & 231 guests & 1088 spiders.... looks alive and well to me. COULD be better but not dying.
1,088 spiders?
Wonder how many of them are run by US intelligence services. oxymoron, I know.
Well the heat of the summer is not exactly the best time to be working up loads. But no I don't think the place is dying, 7 pages on this simple thread?
I probably have more people on ignore than anyone else. I can go through entire long threads and see little. laughing. Trolls and sock puppets, non hunters and non shooters are killing the place.
I hope not. I just got here, and to be honest, I like the place. I've stated this before, and I'll type it again; It's easy to fit in here if you just roll with it. You don't have to worry much about what you say either. I don't think you can put a price on that.
I don't know who Fred is, but he needs to be freed. Just my $.02.
Gives me something to look at the 5-7 times i gotta chit each day at work.
You can only read the Lysol can someone many times.
Let’s me know each day we are more doomed’er
Ditto.. ( minus the work thing)
I have a couple of different glade scents. Kinda mundane same theme overall. Couple little tweaks on ingredients per the scent And the pictures on the label. I like looking at flowers, butterflies, and schit while I schit.
But the marketing descriptions of the scents are different. 👍👍👍👍🥴🥴🥴😄😄😄
Dont matter....
In the end it still smells like someone took a dump by a rose bush.
Like a lot of the sites I go to, the fighting and arguing gets just dumb. Then the good guys take off to a better place that doesnt have the issues and things are more peaceful and fun. Actually, this is about the longest lasting one that I go to. I would guess that it will fade and another will take its place.
30 days in jail on Fascist Book must be up for some ...,,
I'm halfway there ...
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if y'all think the Campfire is full of whiny lil khonts.. y'aint seen nothing ..... Out in FB commie land they rule over you with an iron fist (report you) to "FB Communist Standards"
It's slumlord who drove all the good guys away I bet.
Part of his world domination plan....... He has stock in Putin's pipeline to Germany also.
I least this is what I gathered from Miss Lynn,s post about him over the years.
Word on the street....
All the threads about how folks worrying about how other folks spend their money.
#mindyoownbidness
Yes, but if for example a fella wants to buy vintage S&W revolver over equivalent Colt for same or more money? How can a caring person stand by and say nothing?
Average age is fuggin' 74 years in the joint. The die off is coming. That and the hurt feelers, lack of an echo chamber means some of the olds can't hang.
What a fact? Had no idea that the average age is that high If the olds are hanging that well, maybe you got it all dead wrong. What is your foolproof method for detecting "hurt feelers" - or are you just sayin' ?
I sure get tired of some of the folks who post on here just to run filth out of their mouth, they contribute nothing worthwhile but I am sure they think they are pretty cute though.
Average age is fuggin' 74 years in the joint. The die off is coming. That and the hurt feelers, lack of an echo chamber means some of the olds can't hang.
What a fact? Had no idea that the average age is that high If the olds are hanging that well, maybe you got it all dead wrong. What is your foolproof method for detecting "hurt feelers" - or are you just sayin' ?
Average age is fuggin' 74 years in the joint. The die off is coming. That and the hurt feelers, lack of an echo chamber means some of the olds can't hang.
What a fact? Had no idea that the average age is that high If the olds are hanging that well, maybe you got it all dead wrong. What is your foolproof method for detecting "hurt feelers" - or are you just sayin' ?
Popped onto the Alaska Outdoors Forum the other day, shocked at just how dead that place has become. Other than hunting and guns most of the peripheral forums were dead as disco. My week-old classified was still at the top!
I moderated there for a couple of years, the slow death isn't surprising. There were/are some good guys over there but so many classic as*holes too that regarded themselves as all-knowing--guess it's much like this place in that regard.
I hope not. I just got here, and to be honest, I like the place. I've stated this before, and I'll type it again; It's easy to fit in here if you just roll with it. You don't have to worry much about what you say either. I don't think you can put a price on that.
I don't know who Fred is, but he needs to be freed. Just my $.02.
There are a lot of pessimist here. Glass 1/2 Empty. I've been here since 2010. Yes, some guys have quit posting and some have died. I have not seen much evidence of the 'fire' dying. Maybe it's hopeful thinking on the part of some. don't know.
I don't bother with the trolls, don't think I've ever been trolled unless it was about something real, like BHA being a pack of Fudds. As for dying, I hope not because we have some great members who are plumb full of great information. Shame to chisel them away just through unwarranted dissing.
Yes there have always been the stupidest of arguments. But they draw the most views. Maybe we all get caught up in ourselves and just have to get our own jab in . I know I am guilty at times. Just start a leupold thread a 270 sucks thread or take the jab. , don’t take the jab thread....
I do miss the Allen Day era .... There was a real wealth of hunting experience and knowledge here. And we talked a lot more about hunting. But admittedly, that was also a different country then . There is a blanket that covers the campfire. And I think we like minded fraternity of gun loving, USA loving , freedom loving peoples are under huge stress of watching the country we love being turned into another socialist nation. Maybe there is displaced anger?....
We are an accumulation of our own life experiences. It’s inevitable there would be a clash of generations and technology changing how we live our lives . 90% of the confrontational conversations here would never take place face to face. And I am convinced most folks here never talk to others face to face the way some do here .
Nothing stays the same. That is always a constant .
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
Stay out of the campfire, there's like 30 other sub forums.
And, nobody gives a fuqk what you think anyway, you ain't neen here long enough, Yank. 🤣🤣
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
Can we still do mustard and mayonnaise threads?
Only if you leave Miracle Whip out of the conversation. That stuff is gross.🤢
Average age is fuggin' 74 years in the joint. The die off is coming. That and the hurt feelers, lack of an echo chamber means some of the olds can't hang.
What a fact? Had no idea that the average age is that high If the olds are hanging that well, maybe you got it all dead wrong. What is your foolproof method for detecting "hurt feelers" - or are you just sayin' ?
Well, starts out sounding kinda like that ^^^
Well, you wish, and maybe you are fairly good at trying to hurt some feelings. However, you sure don't have what it takes to hurt mine and a lot of others. Most old guys have learned quite a bit and simply ignore the intended insults - and often they toy with the less learned who think they are hotshots. Old dudes know how to make the Campfire worthwhile to themselves.
Yes there have always been the stupidest of arguments. But they draw the most views. Maybe we all get caught up in ourselves and just have to get our own jab in . I know I am guilty at times. Just start a leupold thread a 270 sucks thread or take the jab. , don’t take the jab thread....
I do miss the Allen Day era .... There was a real wealth of hunting experience and knowledge here. And we talked a lot more about hunting. But admittedly, that was also a different country then . There is a blanket that covers the campfire. And I think we like minded fraternity of gun loving, USA loving , freedom loving peoples are under huge stress of watching the country we love being turned into another socialist nation. Maybe there is displaced anger?....
We are an accumulation of our own life experiences. It’s inevitable there would be a clash of generations and technology changing how we live our lives . 90% of the confrontational conversations here would never take place face to face. And I am convinced most folks here never talk to others face to face the way some do here .
Nothing stays the same. That is always a constant .
I have to say that I've sort of wondered that myself. I kind of thought the same thing about 2008-10. The reasons were about the same: 1) Argumentative trolls 2) Ad hominem attacks replacing reasonable argument 3) Too much unnecessary drama and too many drama queens.
I don't know if my tastes changed or the Campfire turned itself around. I will say that back in 2008, we kept getting new blood all the time and the number of logins continued to rise.
Now? I find that there is a lot less worthwhile stuff to respond to. I did not mind answering stupid newbie questions, but now I see far fewer newbies. Among the veterans, I don't see a whole lot of fresh ideas.
I'm still here. However, this is often times not the first place I visit when I wake up in the morning. Much like in 2008, I'm willing to give the 'Fire a little benign neglect and see what develops.
I have to say that I've sort of wondered that myself. I kind of thought the same thing about 2008-10. The reasons were about the same: 1) Argumentative trolls 2) Ad hominem attacks replacing reasonable argument 3) Too much unnecessary drama and too many drama queens.
I don't know if my tastes changed or the Campfire turned itself around. I will say that back in 2008, we kept getting new blood all the time and the number of logins continued to rise.
Now? I find that there is a lot less worthwhile stuff to respond to. I did not mind answering stupid newbie questions, but now I see far fewer newbies. Among the veterans, I don't see a whole lot of fresh ideas.
I'm still here. However, this is often times not the first place I visit when I wake up in the morning. Much like in 2008, I'm willing to give the 'Fire a little benign neglect and see what develops.
Ban all the political BS and the shooters and sportsman will return and the trolls can be banished. I come here to commiserate with like minded individuals not put up with trolls.
You don't understand how it works.
RickBin gets paid for every mouse click by the advertisers. Every time someone like AKPENDUDE posts, a whole bunch of guys respond with one-word posts like Cuck, Fuqk, [bleep], and GFY. Brilliant losers. RickBin likes the trolls.
If you don't like trolls, stop feeding them. It's amazing how AKPENDUDE can hijack a thread on any subject and get a bunch of meaningless responses.
I joined here in 2006 and have been killing time here ever since. I guess a lot has changed since then both for me and in the world in general.
I'm still amazed at the depth of knowledge here on most any topic. There are more mouthy [bleep] here but there are still a lot of good guys....smart guys too. I like that there is little to no moderation so I put up with it. I ignore a lot of folks but have no one on ignore. When it gets to the point that an internet post by someone I don't know and most likely will never meet ruins my day I will sign off for good, turn in my man card, and check into a rest home. Years ago I frequented the GON (Georgia Outdoor News) forum and was trying to post a link. In it were the letters BS in consecutive order. I could not post it for the censor. I noted in the post that the letters were Bee Ess and got jumped for trying to type around the censor. Decided the place was not for me.
I've gotten more political since 2006, seeing the country is going rapidly to hell in a handbasket. I suppose occasionally ranting here with like minded people is a relief valve for the stress this causes. Members post up so much news and event material you literally could keep pretty well informed just hanging out here. The overt, naked hatred that is displayed here toward anything related to God is troublesome but is a sign of the times and if you want to little to no moderation you have to take the good with the bad. People feel more free to disrespect each other these days both online and in person. I had a punk mouth off at me at the auto parts store the other day. We both were going for the same check out person but I realized he was ahead of me and told him to go ahead and he replied something to the effect of I had better. I'm 55, he was probably in his twenties but he was a large dazzling urbanite and I am afraid they have been trained to hate white people....those of that age anyway. In a sane world, he probably would have told me to go first because of my age or just gone ahead without saying anything. I suppose he thought he would kick my ass in the parking lot had I gotten belligerent with him, not seeming to know that there was more to me than met the eye......if you know what I mean. Anyway, I digress.
Hunting and fishing? I still fish quite a bit. Haven't been deer hunting in a couple of years. Prior to that for 8 or 9 years I was in a situation that spoiled me. I had access to a large tract of private land along with a few other guys who were terrific to be around. All we had to do was keep the place up, report trespassers, and buy insurance on ourselves in exchange for hunting privileges. Our rules were state law. If the state said you could shoot it, you could shoot it. No BS antler restrictions, nobody got "fined" for shooting something too small, too big, or too whatever. I'd probably have to pay upwards of four grand to be in a "club" like that now and the BS would be thick. I just have not been motivated to find a place. I have some family property I could hunt but its real small and there are people moving in around it. Not the same as it was.
Fishing is also a shell of its former self. There are simply too many people in this part of the country. Are there any people left in the North? Seems all of them moved here, bought a boat, and took up fishing. Thus making necessary all kinds of creel and size limits if you can find something to bite in the first place. I don't even attempt to go on weekends anymore. You need reservations for a place to park in the river if you do. Even on weekdays you have a fair amount of company.
Pics? I choose not to post them because I value anonymity this day and time and I am not out to impress anyone.
The fire may be dying because message boards are so 2006. Fakebook and its ilk have sorta taken over social media in case anyone hasn't noticed. Evidently people don't mind getting censored and put on timeout like a misbehaving 5 year old. That is not for me.
When I'm a good guy I leave for awhile, but I can only be good for so long then I'm back.
I will still post pictures, but not as much of the grandkids and outdoor stuff as before.
I don't look at many threads and involve in less. Some posters I skip over, some OPs I don't open their threads and most titles are the same 'ol same 'ol.
If a thread I'm involved in gets circular and needs to die, I write long uninteresting true personal stories, that seems to do the trick, I try not to abuse the power.
News flash... no one's that important, interesting, groundbreaking, charismatic... message board fame is fleeting, fickle and soon forgotten.
Have a few laughs, add some humor and post something outdoorsy to keep a outdoors recreation website on track.
The place is over run with dik heads who make posts like the above, none of whom would make a pimple on a gunsmith's azz !
Surely you must have one pic of a really awesome job you have done you would like to share with us. Something that is topnotch work we all could appreciate and enjoy looking at. Might even drum up some more business for you!!! And more business is never a bad thing at all.
Hey there Mr. Fake Deacon, you need to stick with something you know about like pretending to be a recovering alcoholic (that stunt made you real popular) pretending a deacon. It's readily apparent that you know nothing about gunsmithing.
Hey there Mr. Fake Deacon, you need to stick with something you know about like pretending to be a recovering alcoholic (that stunt made you real popular) pretending a deacon. It's readily apparent that you know nothing about gunsmithing.
You know as much about practical jokes as you do gunsmithing....
Hey there Mr. Fake Deacon, you need to stick with something you know about like pretending to be a recovering alcoholic (that stunt made you real popular) pretending a deacon. It's readily apparent that you know nothing about gunsmithing.
You know as much about practical jokes as you do gunsmithing....
Hey there Mr. Fake Deacon, you need to stick with something you know about like pretending to be a recovering alcoholic (that stunt made you real popular) pretending a deacon. It's readily apparent that you know nothing about gunsmithing.
You know as much about practical jokes as you do gunsmithing....
The guy's a frigging idiot, folks here that've dealt with alcoholism did not take kindly at all to his April fools stunt where he claimed to be a recovering alcoholic. Guy's an attention w hore who never grew up beyond being the class clown, now he relishes the role of the 'fire's village idiot and he seems to have many admirers. His crap and that of several others is undeniably crass and juvenile., they can be counted upon to take any thread they post in off the rails.
You dik heads seem to do quite a good job posting pics of all kinds of chit, Google pics of alcoholics and post away. I don't see any of you posting pics of any of your work of any kind, guess you're too busy spanking your monkey with one hand and posting your crap on the 'fire with the other.
You dik heads seem to do quite a good job posting pics of all kinds of chit, Google pics of alcoholics and post away. I don't see any of you posting pics of any of your work of any kind, guess you're too busy spanking your monkey with one hand and posting your crap on the 'fire with the other.
Over the years I have posted many pic's of rifles I have built..... and no I am not a gunsmith.... I do enjoy people with a sense of humor though, even if I am the butt of the joke, it's called not taking yourself too seriously... you should try it
I'm still here. However, this is often times not the first place I visit when I wake up in the morning. Much like in 2008, I'm willing to give the 'Fire a little benign neglect and see what develops.
Spot on. I've been here a long time. The Campfire is basically where I learned to type with more than 2 fingers.... I've noticed the Campfire "vibe" wax and wane too. Often related to election cycles.
Good folks will continue to go out of their way to help others during turbulent time (while being more careful around strangers in general) Angry toxic people will go out of their way to pee in the pool every chance they get.
Please Gunswizard just post one pic of your work. Something stunning man.
Signed.... Just a hobbiest with OCD who has turned down offers of work from members on here. I cant do it. I'm not a gunsmith.
And my OCD about perfection in my mind turns into back to step whatever and more time on a project. Time is something no one can get back. I would nevet hand something over to someone I would not be proud to carry myself.
But I have seen plenty of gunsmiths work that I have unfugged for friends over the decades that they paid good money for.
Pics or it never happened is a cruel world And these guys are being mean to you on purpose. Just one pic of something stunning might chill em out dude....