You are always so polite....
Hello IvW,
Thanks for your kind words.
You are a “been there, done that” sort of fellow and I do truly appreciate your input on many topics, especially ballistics appropriate to big game hunting.
Your good common sense is always refreshing.
I apologize to all in advance, for derailing this 12 bore brass thread…….
However, I feel inspired to throw myself upon my own sword here.
Back around 5 or 6 years ago, one particular new member joined AH, as usual.
In a round about way, I essentially called him a liar when, he said that at age 7, he carried a twelve pound .416 Rigby rifle, through the African bush, during several safaris, while following on foot, behind his grandfather.
When I challenged this fellow on his story, his feelings were rightfully hurt and I immediately apologized for my attitude.
He insisted that his story was true and he stuck to it.
Maybe it was true and maybe it wasn’t.
However, if something seems far fetched to me, (or someone bares their teeth at me for trying to help them), I should just ignore it and read something else, instead of screeching like a little sissy about it.
It was an embarrassing moment for me to realize that I was acting exactly like the type of people that seem to be main stream, in the “other” kind of forums which I find so abrasive / condescending, as well as boring and therefore, I do not read.
Anyway, hopefully this, the world’s greatest forum, will never slide down into the muck of repeated confrontation and mediocrity.
If it ever begins to morf into just another childish spit for spat, insult hurling mess, like most, (if not all the other outdoor related forums seem to be), I expect many will abandon it.
I would be one of them for sure.
And, I’m not saying that I would be a great loss here, certainly not but, I just don’t have time for very much tempest in a tea cup type of reading material.
Jerome and AH crew,
Thank You for keeping all of us on the straight and narrow path to enjoyable reading by admonishing us (especially me), when we become too “low brow” and “rough shod”.
Your deleting of hackers, trolls and militant people, etc. has done much to make this the “Global Forum for Intellectuals”.
I will jump down off my soap box now.
Cheers to all,
Velo Dog.