The Rohrbaugh Forum
Administration => Forum News and Feedback => Topic started by: DDGator on August 15, 2005, 04:57:00 PM
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I just made the 10,000th post to this forum! ;D
Not a bad collection of posts we have accumulated here. Of the ten thousand, I would say that about 9,990 of them added some type of value. ;)
Thanks to all for building this knowledge base. And thanks particularly to our most prolific poster-- R9SCarry -- who has made 13.5% of them!
The next "hallmark" will be 1,000 topics. The interesting thing is that we are averaging more than 10 posts per topic -- that is pretty good I woud think.
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13.5% - Oh my gosh - that is almost embarrassing!! That is over 1/8th. Shucks. ::)
Well, those who ''know'' me on this and other boards will be aware I do suffer some ''keyboard diahorrea'' and tend to ramble rather a lot. As I am doing now. It is I fear the ''nature of the beast'' ;D
10,000 posts tho eh - well Duane, we may be still on small side in membership terms but hey - quality exceeds quantity any day. I have no wish for board growth to be other than thru the addition of those who have genuine interest - as owners or prospective owners.
Overall Duane I hope (I think I know!) that you are well pleased with your ''baby'' - it is holding a unique spot on the web. I for one am ever so glad you kicked it off - someone had to! :P
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darn it - I still make typo's too
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Duane:
Congratulations! And thank you for running such a "tight ship." I have learned much from the Forum, and I have enjoyed it even more.
Chris:
Post on, my friend! I make it a point to read every one of your essays. You are invariably informative -- and invariably gracious as well.
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Wow, thats great. Duane, thanks for your guidance. Tom
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Duane
I totally agree with Chris. Great job! This is the most enjoyable, and helpful forum ever.
Mike
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Thanks Duane!!
If it wasn't for this forum I probably would have not ordered a R9. This has to be the most user friendly gun forum with the most info on a particular gun than any on the net. And of course what a great group of people.
Gee Wheez - I come back from a few weeks in the Alaska bush and it seems I've missed alot.
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Dave, welcome back. Give us an update on your Alaskan trip.
Tom
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Tom,
Great trip - salmon were running - I ran into eleven grizzles in the bush - I have a picture of one who came out of the bushes about right in front of me about thirty feet with three cubs - she walked toward me and about 15 feet turned and started eating blueberries and walked away - talk about needing clean shorts - I decided to photograph her since I was frozen in place - stupid I guess because who knows what could have set her off - we know someone who was done in by a grizzle with cubs several years ago - just got the digital camera a day before the trip so if I can get a card reader and figure out how to post them I'll do it sometime.
Spent some time with a real Mountain Man in a cabin built 80 years ago north of the Artic Circle. Lives mainly off trapping, selling moose racks, wolf skulls, teeth/claw jewery and etc. Sun didn't set until 2:30 am. He has wolves constanly trying to kill his dogs. Just buried his eskimo wife by the cabin - took him two days to dig a grave in the frozen ground. Very interesting trip.
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Sounds like trip of a lifetime to me Dave! :)
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I met many people Chris who went to explore Alaska and just decided to stay and I can see why. Don't know if I could take almost constant darkness in the winter though.
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The dark winters are what would get to me - in other respects tho I have a hankering for such areas.
Maybe a trip before I am totally ''over the hill'' LOL!
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You over the hill -- Never
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Dave,
That sounds like a fantastic trip! I would love to read more about it if you get the chance to post the details. Sounds more like an adventure than a vacation. You'll have memories to last a lifetime. I'm pretty envious! Good for you!
Mike
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[size=13]You over the hill -- Never[/size]
Thank you Dave! :)
But it is certain tho that one day I will be UNDER some hill!! ;D
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I wonder what that real mountain man would charge for a moose rack and/or a wolf skull? Sounds like a super and different trip. Tom
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Dave,
You’ve got me dreaming and ready to pack.
What a wonderful trip!!!!
I’m looking forward to viewing your photos. If you need a reader, PM me. I’ve got one I don’t use. You can have it.
Bill
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Bill - thanks for the offer but I'll pick up a reader and learn how to post some pics.
Tom - The Mountain Man (Jack) also sells wolf pelts - I plan on sending him a hand forged hunting knife to thank him for his hospitality if I can figure how to get it to him - I think his mail is brought in by the plane that flew me to his cabin.
Need to call the cable company - keep losing my internet connection
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Dave, Let me know if you can get a hold of that mountainman. I would like to buy some of his wares. Tom
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Will do Tom - he has lived in that small artic cabin for the last 30 years. In the summer he uses solar panels for some basic electric uses. In the winter there is no sun and it can get 60 below. It is beyound me how they do it. Many tell me that they look forward to the dark. One benifit is the Northern Lights. Of course you have to get use to the wolves howling at night trying to entice your dogs to go out far enough so they can make them into a meal.
Besides selling from trapping and hunting he makes some income from showing those of us dreamers, like myself, what "roughing it" really is like. He has a trap door where he has dug out a hole and shelves in the frozen earth for his cold food storage. A different world.
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Incredible - something I would so like to sample. Life in the rough - and all the hassles thereof.
I wish I was 20 years younger!
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Hey Chris, We would all like to do that-for about 4-5 days!!
And being 20 years younger helps also.
Tom
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You are right Tom. If I were 20 years younger, I love to try it for 4 or 5 days. but I think that after that, it would get old really quickly. Still, it sounds like a dream from the here and now.
Mike
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Some people have the courage to do these wonderful things.
I once worked with someone who walked across the United States.
My dream was always to do it during retirement, but now it seems like a rather long way.
Maybe if I was twenty years younger.
Bill
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Dave,
Thanks for the story, the pictures and the adventure. How did your friend Jack the mountain man get all those wolf skulls? Thats a lot of shooting for one man, even if he is a very extraordinary man at that. The Grisly Mother with the cubs at 15 feet would have finished me off. She wouldn't have to attack, I'd have had a heart attack. My heart was racing thinking about her. If I ever go, I'm taking a L.A.W. or a bazooka. 1200 to 1500 lb.s of angry Mom? I don't think so.
Dave, when you go on vacation, you really go on vacation. Thanks
Mike
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Dave:
Thanks for posting on your Alaskan trip. It makes me want to pack up and head out. Your photograph of the mother grizzly with cubs at close range should really be something!
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We could use some of that cold down here, this heat is killin' us ! :(
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Chris helped me set some of the pictures up for posting - what a guy. Never posted a pic before having just gotten a digital camera. Having internet connection problems - keep losing my signal every five minutes if I can get on at all. When I am able to schedule the cable company here to fix it I'll try to post some of the pictures on a new thread - may not be for several days.
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Just wanted to point out that in addition to 10,000 posts, we just crossed an even 1,000 different topics!
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What a great forum, thanks Duane.
Tom
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Wow! Well the post total you recorded was pretty impressive but hey - 1,000 actual thread topics - awesome indeed.
Not bad for a fairly limited membership - and to be honest - I wouldn't want the board to necessarily have to have 1,000's of members just to sound impressive. There is always the ''quality is better than quantity'' deal! :)
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No doubt Chris -- our hallmark is quality over quantity.
The numbers don't tell the story. There are lots of boards out there filled with 10,000 crappy topics together with trolls and idiots galore... However, I am proud of the fact that we have 1,000 topics and 10,000 posts of good stuff.
I also like the fact that each post is averaging 10 replies -- which goes to show there is constructive discussion.
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Even though R9scarry has the highest percentage of posts, he still only writes things of importance and good reading.
It is enjoyable to come here and read fascinating things on the R9, and life in general.
Great job guys.
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Chameleon - you are very gracious sir :) Thank you.
My post count here and elsewhere all but embarrasses me - and tends to show I need to get a life - some would say!
I do find these days tho I post a bit less at times, if only because heck - I must have already said it before by now :D ;D ::) :P
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Duane,
You host a great Forum. I have "lurked" on many other gun related forums, but this is the first one I have decided to become a member of. I've had some problems with my R-9, but I am still glad I bought it for a few good reasons. One of the reasons is that it gave me a chance to interact with all of the wonderful members here.
Ed
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Chris,
I've also enjoyed reading many of your posts. In fact you and your posts are one of the reasons I decided to become a member here. I too can become very "verbose" at times. I used to write for our Union Newsletter and my editor had to keep telling me to shorten my articles. So I hope that the readers of these posts excuse my ocasional "diarrhea" of the keyboard. ;D
Ed