Where'd everybody go?

[hasselhoss]

As best as I can tell this entire site has had less than 25 new posts in the last 48 hours. What happened? This place used to be hoppin...

[Bawanna]

We try to keep hopping but I think we stop to rest more often or something.

Joining in 2015 and only having 9 post, I'd say your not doing your part to keep the hop in hopping.

Usually a little more active in winter and less so when people are outside doing stuff but life goes on.

[dsk]

People are probably too busy with the pre-holiday rush to go out shootin' or come here posting. Just to keep this gun-related, knowing how many crazies are out there this time of the year I've been wearing my P380 every moment that I've been dressed, if not something bigger. I hate going to the malls any time of year but this is especially the time to be extra vigilant.

[hasselhoss]

We try to keep hopping but I think we stop to rest more often or something.

Joining in 2015 and only having 9 post, I'd say your not doing your part to keep the hop in hopping.

Usually a little more active in winter and less so when people are outside doing stuff but life goes on.

I've been here a lot longer than 2 years. For some reason Tapatalk won't let me log in under my original user name.

[knkali]

Happy Holidays to all. Just my opinion: Since the closure of the political forum and little discussion of current events, the forum lost its fire for me. Nice people here though. Now its like a lot of other gun forums on the net. Too bad, I learned a lot from members that would articulate their position on many different matters presented here that other boards would not allow.

[kramm]

Haven't been here in awhile. No real reason. I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year!

[Bawanna]

Happy Holidays to all. Just my opinion: Since the closure of the political forum and little discussion of current events, the forum lost its fire for me. Nice people here though. Now its like a lot of other gun forums on the net. Too bad, I learned a lot from members that would articulate their position on many different matters presented here that other boards would not allow.

Sadly most of those people who would articulate their positions the best are dead.
I still like to think we run a much looser but semi controlled forum than most. Admittedly now days you can't hardly mention the word gun without it relating to politics.
Truthfully I miss the discussions and positions, didn't enjoy as much when they became heated and personal and resorted to fisticuffs.
I used to enjoy a good fisticuff from time to time but now days nobody will play with me anymore........
Also many of the troublesome ones who were generally new, didn't take their time to test the waters and just created havoc are all gone. That's a good thing.

Just to maybe put the fire back in it for you, I think if the media would get a life, speak the truth and the congress and senate would quit being guided by the media and let our president do his thing, America would be great again.

That and shut down the cottage industry of accusing every male of groping and shutting down their careers. Won't be much left of Hollywood or the government when they get done. Course maybe that's a good thing except all the gropeeee's won't have jobs since there won't be any gropers to hire them but maybe that's a good thing too.

Ok, I'm through, I'm issuing myself 15 demerits for line crossing.........................

[Ikeo74]

The old forum was a lot better and had 10 times the posters. It just seems to be withering away now and shuts down when the sun sets.

[yqtszhj]

Groping..... hmmmmm.... now mom and dad always told me groping was not a nice thing to do so I never was a groper, but there are sure lots of comments that can be made about it. I remember when men would grope, the woman would slap them, and the men took it as a lesson.

Most confusing thing now about the modern world is men are supposed to act like sensitive women and women want to be men, same sexes want to marry each other, nobody knows which bathroom they want to use, or what gender they really are (this week.)

Seems like the groping days were much simpler times. Apologies in advance for crossing the line as I'm sure I've offended someone.

[Bawanna]

The old forum was a lot better and had 10 times the posters. It just seems to be withering away now and shuts down when the sun sets.

How do we fix it, what changed.

[Ed M]

Not sure anything needs fixing, or even can be fixed.

I'd blame it on social media taking over. Technology is to blame.

Seems like everyone has a smart phone these days, and it's just easier to communicate with other like minded individuals using that platform. More "streamlined".

It's just faster than using forums like this - but not "better". It's a more "shallow" form of communication that takes less time.

These days, it seems like we all have less and less time to do things. Tough to make more time....

[berettabone]

It goes in spurts............kinda like me.......................we need some other topics for discussion. It seems that many of the questions have been answered in depth. You have to trust your members.

[berettabone]

Groping..... hmmmmm.... now mom and dad always told me groping was not a nice thing to do so I never was a groper, but there are sure lots of comments that can be made about it. I remember when men would grope, the woman would slap them, and the men took it as a lesson.

Most confusing thing now about the modern world is men are supposed to act like sensitive women and women want to be men, same sexes want to marry each other, nobody knows which bathroom they want to use, or what gender they really are (this week.)

Seems like the groping days were much simpler times. Apologies in advance for crossing the line as I'm sure I've offended someone.

They were simpler times...............a guy grabbed the wife's rear one time, and I simply stated, " If I see you do it again, I will promise you that I will break all 10 of your fingers, so you can't do it again." It WAS simpler back then...........................

[Bawanna]

And I've never grabbed her rear again since neither. Learned my lesson by golly. I'm a full time derelict and I need these fingers.

[yqtszhj]

They were simpler times...............a guy grabbed the wife's rear one time, and I simply stated, " If I see you do it again, I will promise you that I will break all 10 of your fingers, so you can't do it again." It WAS simpler back then...........................

True story, I was walking down the sidewalk in Manila with my wife in 1987 and a bank security guard with a shotgun made a comment to my wife that I didn't hear and she didn't like. She proceeded to beat the guy with her purse in the head. The guy was humiliated, his partner was in tears laughing, and I as a newly married husband took note to "dont say anything to make her mad." The lesson worked well for me, she has been patient with me, and theres not been many problems to speak of.

Simpler times.....

Got more simple stories like that she taught me.