20 Years?

doubleh said:

Quite a bit in fact. I quit hunting when the dinosaurs became extinct.

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Did you hunt with a Marlin 1895?

Relatively useless against indominus rexes!

I feel I'm a relative newcomer here, joined in 2010. Stumbled in here looking for some information on a Lyman All American turret. I took a look around, liked the place and stayed.
As to age, computers, etc... I played around with Commodore 64 and Vic 20. Was amazed by a friend's Apple IIc, and another friend's Tandy 1000. I bought a PC clone of the 8088 processor variety as my first PC back in 1986/7 . Since then, have bought or built everything from 286, 386, 486, Pentium, Pentium IIs, and so forth. Still mess with them, have been playing with the Single Board Computers, Raspberry Pi's, Odroids, and I am amazed at their power. Never had an AOL account, though I did have Compuserve.
As to firearms -- It's quite the eclectic mix of milsurp, plastic fantastic, 1911s, and whatever strikes my fancy.

I didn't trust internet forums. For a long time I figured a good manual was all you needed.
Then I realized it was like modding engines. There can be a lot more to it than a Chilton's manual.
I was looking for info on long range shooting and didn't like the way people respond to each other on other forums. So I joined here a measly 5 years ago. It's been a good five though.

Armored farmer said:

Twenty year members should be bestowed a "magic button" that instantly and painfully neuters anyone who types the word SHOTTY.

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Goodness gracious ! A violent corporal punishment for violating what is basically only a personal preference?

Goodness gracious ! You get 51% of the people to get together on that issue,, and by golly, you could pass a law about it.

Well, that's the way a pure democracy works, so have at it.

I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.

I nominate Ontario Knife Co.

Wouldn't a run of THR etched blade Rat 3's be nice?

I still miss THE ROUND TABLE

herrwalther said:

Did you hunt with a Marlin 1895?

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Of course not. Those were far in the future. I used the most modern of weapons in that time period, a spear, a very LONG spear.

doubleh said:

I used the most modern of weapons in that time period, a spear, a very LONG spear.

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You must have had to put a pretty good rate of spin on that "LONG" spear in order to stabilize it.

^ Yes, Compare to the spin necessary to stabilize a Frisbee.

It would be kind of cool to get a bulk order together snd have starline make us commemorate headstamped brass. Imagine the fun we could have voting on the cartridge - has to be something popular in 2002 and 2021 so the Creedmore crowd is out of luck

Actually, I'm considering getting a pair of assegai for my short range behind the house.

Just in case another mammoth shows up - or another lion escapes from the King Ranch.
I've sold all of my pilae, my iklwa isn't really meant for throwing and my fishing spears won't do enough damage to a major predator or game animal.
We've already had emus starting fights with the neighborhood dogs.

230RN said:

^ Yes, Compare to the spin necessary to stabilize a Frisbee.

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Now that's a term I haven't heard in a loooong time.

entropy said:

I joined in 2004, though lurked at TFL before that.



I'm the same age as Glock Inc. (1963) Older than the G17, (1981) , or the Feldmusser 78 & 81, however.

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That made me wonder what coincided with my birth year. Apparently the Polish PM-63 RAK was officially adopted by Polish military and police in 1965.

.308 Norma said:

You must have had to put a pretty good rate of spin on that "LONG" spear in order to stabilize it.

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You must be too young to have hunted dinosaurs.The spears had to big and heavy to deal with critters of that size so throwing one was out of the question. That's way I used a very LONG spear as I was attached to the dull end.

Been 11 years here for me.
Lurked for a few years before signing up.

792mauser said:

Been 11 years here for me.
Lurked for a few years before signing up.

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Same for me in a couple of months. And, as somebody else said, "I'm older than Sputnik".

Belt buckle so we can recognize each other in person.
Two guns older than I am. The 1943 Remington 03/A3 is close, though.

gobsauce said:

That's wild, I'm older than THR.

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I remember the development of the wheel.
I couldn't wait for indoor plumbing.

jrmiddleton425 said:

I was born in 1983

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Well that makes two of us lol

Currently I have one gun older than me.... I think.... Nope two I have a '70s model 700

My Pacific press and powder balance are 8 yrs older than me, and I'm 76.

J-Bar said:

Belt buckle so we can recognize each other in person.

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Thats funny. I can picture it now

Jim Watson said:

I came in on Christmas Eve 2002, which may say something about my social life.

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We all hope and like to think you've improved that since.

There was a 10 year anniversary knife?

Legionnaire said:

Snap. I migrated over from the original TFL that same day.

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Most of us that were unhappy with the TFL change in management made the move when THR went live Christmas Eve. I was stationed in Korea at the time and remember waiting on the lights to turn on to register