Five years ago I started spouting my drivel in this little corner of teh Intarwebz…
I did it mainly to kill time when I was on the road, and sitting in various airports around the world, and I was tired of what was going on with the various gun forums I was on (flame wars, BS responses to comments, and lots of wanna-be’s that didn’t have a clue).
Here’s my first attempt…
I’m new to this whole arena, but thought I’d give it a try. I guess I fall in the “silent majority” as we have been deemed, I’ve never sought publicity, sued anyone for spilling my coffee, sure as hell ain’t a movie star; well, you get the drift…
I’m mid-50’s have a decent job, two decent kids trying hard to make their own way in the world today, and a lot of frustration with what is happening to the US of A. Being from the South, I hunt, fish, and shoot guns; so that immediately makes me one of those “rabid rednecks” to quote some out there. I did have a pickup, but it’s hard to park it where I work, so I drive a Pontiac… sure do miss the truck though… sigh…
As a retired military type, it really hurts to see the crap we are putting the folks in service through today. I lived through that in Vietnam, and I take the time to thank every Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine for their service when I get the chance. Most of the kids (I’m Southern so I can say that) are doing the best they can with what they have. They believe in the job they and others are doing in the Sandbox, and are pretty upset by the media coverage they get.
Anyway, I’m going to try this for a while and see what happens… thanks for reading and commenting…
Old NFO
Not much has changed, I’m older, now back to driving an SUV; but everything else is pretty much the same…
I’ve made a lot of friends both through this little blog, and met a great group of people in meat space too!
And I’ve had a blast (literally in some cases) shooting with many of y’all, and hope to meet more of you in the real world!
1039 posts with this one, 199 loyal readers- Thanks to each and every one of you! About 400,000 visits (splitting the Sitemeter stats); and the most popular post was the one I did on CFL bulbs…
Go Figure…
And linking DOES work! Thanks to Lawdog, Murph, Brigid, Uncle, Tam, Peter, Jay G, Paw and all those others who link to me.
Thanks again for putting up with me and reading and commenting, it IS appreciated!