perhaps the most important word in the title is my use of “our” site.. due to the steroids I take as part of my c. therapy I’m awake for the majority of the night, I’m a pretty “aggressive” reader, and in candor can say I believe I’ve read all active posts, this revue is based on all of those hours that I’ve spent reading your threads, and my decision to become an active member of your (our) community.
a quick note on the c. I’ve been battling, and winning (thank you Lord) prostate c. for eleven years now, with a side bout with Lymphoma caused by all the types of radiation I initially went through.. thanks to chemo the lymphoma is in remission, but thanks to one of the treatments (lol) i have bladder c. (I know I’m a hoot huh) it’s low grade (refer to the above thank you Lord, and I’ll put the snakes away) here’s the deal, attempted humor aside this has shaped our life, and is something i deal with each and every day, but I’d like this to be a one time post on it from me.. fact is A) I’m winning B) no positive comments necessary, i’m confident you would all offer them, but thanks to the VA paying 2K a month for a newly approved super drug, the future looks brighter than it has for some time, so let’s just make this a one time conversation to let you know what “colors” our (the wife, a wonderful beautiful loving woman I’m blessed to have) life.. and C) i DO NOT want to be known as c. boy, actually I’d honestly prefer we avoid ANY comments about it from now on.. again I brought this out only as something that effects just about everything i do.. with all that said, from now on it’s just Greg..
so finally we get to the review.. I can say in all honesty that this is a wonderful site full of bright people, John has created the perfect back drop for what could be one of the busiest gun sites on the net.. so all that being said why do we have so few active members.. I’m telling you it’s amazing how many threads there are that haven’t had a comment on them for five plus years.. the degree of knowledge that’s here for free is extraordinary, that 39 ounce, slab sided creation of Uncle John is my passion, and i honestly doubted I could find a site with a large number of members who were MORE knowledgeable than I am.. well I did, but fact is the site is.. how should I say this.. underused maybe.. or how about “dry”.. I love reading the in-depth stuff, but I’m not sure it appeals that much to others.. so what do we need, that’s the big question.. I’ve seen sites that were more social that were amazingly popular because of the ongoing back and forth..it’s almost a neighborhood bar sort of thing where there’s one open thread that will have ongoing back and forth comments, the one I remember that was unfortunately ruined by low mod standards and the addition of semi nude pictures (something we would not have here) was a seriously FUN site to go on, and I agree with Hawk on F.B. nope I’m not a member.. yes you might have more trolls, but I think it would be great to have a thread where most anything could be discussed.. I’d honestly like to know more about you guys, and that would be one way of doing it.. ok I’ve successfully written war and peace II, so g’night from AZ, and let’s have some comments about an “open” thread where we could communicate with each other, and have some laughs..
God bless
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