Glock Talk... Anyone a member or there?

[Popeye]

Have to agree this is a much friendlier forum. Certainly my favorite gun forum.

[Armybrat]

Been posting off & on at GT since March, 2005 - only 341 posts though, almost all on the Ruger & Kahr forums.

I've been posting mainly on three different Las Vegas boards and two Texas Longhorn sportsboards since 1998 - have somewhere around 50,000 posts altogether on those.

Have posted on 7 or 8 gunboards over the years with just a few score to a couple hundred each.

Ran into the worst a-holes & flamewars on the Vegas boards and a few on the sportsboards. Lots of entertaining drama early on, but that wore off several years ago. One Vegas board is pretty tight knit and we have made friends there - resulting in 2 or 3 meets in Vegas every year with 20-50 good folks from all over the country and several from the United Kingdom.

This board is one of the best & friendliest, even though I'm not very prolific here.

If in the unlikely event I ever drift to the Dark Side and buy a Glock, then please feel free to turf my behind outta here.

[OldLincoln]

The worst flame wars I ever saw was the SQL (computer programming) Forms on Compuserve. There was a true genius in the pure sense of the word that came across as a snob with a bad attitude. Folks would post what they believed was an excellent SQL statement and ole Joe Celko would promptly tell them it was trash not fit to read. I'd cringe because I kinda knew Joe though some tutoring he freely gave me on a couple gnarly problems.

Joe would render a light years better statement that the uninitiated could not begin to understand, so they would trash him personally. Thing is he really IS a genius and had they asked nicely he would explain the statement and demonstrate how it was better. But instead they would pile on and try to dismember him. A few like me would push for an education but the mob wouldn't hear it.

Joe wrote a couple books and last I heard was retired in Florida (if I remember right). He helped me tons and I became an expert on a much different level but still quite good.

Point is, some folks may come across pretty strong but really do deserve a voice which should be heard. Even ole Jocko here, whom I believe is really a big teddy bear undercover. Bet he even pets stray kittens now and then.

[Littlejoe]

Ain't no ammo experts on GT, they all reside right here.

You did mention the G word more than the allowed 3 times per post (4) so I'm forced to put you on verbal probation for the first warning.

Give my best to Hoss and Mr. Cartwright, always hated Parnell.

Note of interest, before people started calling me bawanna I was a Little Joe too. Worked with a feller that was twice as big as me, so he was Big Joe and I was Little Joe. Never did visit the Ponderosa though. My aunt did get me their autographs though. I seen their guns and belt in the Cody museum. I was in awe.

Ok your verbal probation period is now over, carry on.

Thanks for the short probation period....And i have been Littlejoe all my life. My dads name was joe also. so littlejoe just stuck....Funny thing is i look more like Hoss..lol. and afew years ago i got to visit Lake Tahoe and see the Ponderosa, very cool trip.

Thanks for making me feel welcome bawanna

[Bawanna]

Thanks for the short probation period....And i have been Littlejoe all my life. My dads name was joe also. so littlejoe just stuck....Funny thing is i look more like Hoss..lol. and afew years ago i got to visit Lake Tahoe and see the Ponderosa, very cool trip.

Thanks for making me feel welcome bawanna

My dad was a joe too but he went by his middle name. Both my sons have joe for a middle name. Can't never be too many joes ya know.

Hoss was my hero. Really liked him he best. He played dumb as a box of rocks but in real lofe he was a pretty smart cookie except at picking doctors I guess.

[JFootin]

My dad was a joe too but he went by his middle name. Both my sons have joe for a middle name. Can't never be too many joes ya know.

Hoss was my hero. Really liked him he best. He played dumb as a box of rocks but in real lofe he was a pretty smart cookie except at picking doctors I guess.

At least you didn't name them all George Foreman!

[pineappleshooter]

I am on coltforum, smith-wessonforum, sigtalk, glocktalk, kel-tec owners group, waltherforums, marlin forums, etc...way more mall ninjas on glocktalk than anywhere else.

My 2 cents worth.

pineappleshooter

[jocko]

my dads name was Joe., names my son after him. Easy to spell to.

[Bawanna]

my dads name was Joe., names my son after him. Easy to spell to.

You did well with it, even capitalized as most do. I generally don't, probably lack of respect for myself.
I often thought of changing my name to bob, one less letter to remember but the paperwork isn't worth it and then every Tom, ****, and Jocko wants to call you Robert which almost requires the dictionary or at least the baby naming book.

[O'Dell]

The worst flame wars I ever saw was the SQL (computer programming) Forms on Compuserve. There was a true genius in the pure sense of the word that came across as a snob with a bad attitude. Folks would post what they believed was an excellent SQL statement and ole Joe Celko would promptly tell them it was trash not fit to read. I'd cringe because I kinda knew Joe though some tutoring he freely gave me on a couple gnarly problems.



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I thought I was the only one left that hung around the Compuserve forums in the early 90's. I was mostly involved with the aviation forums though, since the Navy taught me to fly in the 60's, and I've kept it up.

[jocko]

naw

You did well with it, even capitalized as most do. I generally don't, probably lack of respect for myself.
I often thought of changing my name to bob, one less letter to remember but the paperwork isn't worth it and then every Tom, ****, and Jocko wants to call you Robert which almost requires the dictionary or at least the baby naming book.

no matter what name u choose ur always be 'THE GREAT ONE" to ol jocko.