New Member Intro

[Rastus]

Yeah.. I know about him.. That sorry bastard left his legacy too.. Anti is the worst kinda way..
If I can put this in a nutshell...
My wife of 17 years passed on Dec.13th 08. She spend her last three days in a nursing home because an ice storm hit and I hadn't had sleep in weeks.. I couldn't trust my judgement. I was so tired.. I asked to take a shower on the 12th because it had been a while. I (legally) carry concealed. I told the nurse not to panic if someone came in the shower area and saw a weapon and that I was a good guy.. (My first mistake).. Maine law said I hadn't done anything wrong, btw..The police were called.. I was made to leave and not come back armed.. It took four hours to get back.. When I git back, the charge nurse made me knock for 45 minutes before she would let me in.. She then told me she didn't have to let me in at all and forced me into a lecture, in which I did not back down, for another hour before she let me go see my wife. She was gone about 20 hours later..
Yeah, Portland is a bit like a 20 year old girl.. She's beautiful till she opens her mouth..
Chitwood went back to Philly just before this episode but his mark had been firmly burned on the minds of the sheeple, (by the sheeple, for the sheeple)....

Grrrr...

Gosh, that's terrible.  I'm sorry that you lost your wife.  We were fortunate that my wife returned from the abyss.  I can't imagine your tragedy. 

[cmrothenb]

joined a while back but haven't posted until asking a question in pistols the other day.  Someone mentioned to add an intro here.  .  I guess I'm what Mr Bane calls a 2.0'er.  Raised in a very liberal gun hating family.  And I do mean Brady/Bloomberg style. This apple rolled far from the tree thank God.    Got my 1st 22 (10/22) about 10 years ago when at Bass Pro when there with a LEO friend visiting from FL  (I'm in Forsyth County Ga).  Never shot it until '09. lol   Went to the local Range (Bulls Eye) and too a quick pistol class in '09.  Then picked up an SR9 (at range shooting that was the 1st time I also shot aforementioned 10/22 .   Then got the bug, and picked up in order..  Got my Ga CCL, an M1 Garand from CMP, then a LCP,  picked up a CMP 1903A3, Mosin-Nagant.  Now looking for an Outdoor range in the area to play with the new Rifles...   I like to travel really light, so the LCP is my EDC these days.  I use a mixture of Critical Defense and Hydro-Shock with the LCP when carrying..

[JLawson]

joined a while back but haven't posted until asking a question in pistols the other day.  Someone mentioned to add an intro here.  .  I guess I'm what Mr Bane calls a 2.0'er.  Raised in a very liberal gun hating family.  And I do mean Brady/Bloomberg style. This apple rolled far from the tree thank God.    Got my 1st 22 (10/22) about 10 years ago when at Bass Pro when there with a LEO friend visiting from FL  (I'm in Forsyth County Ga).  Never shot it until '09. lol   Went to the local Range (Bulls Eye) and too a quick pistol class in '09.  Then picked up an SR9 (at range shooting that was the 1st time I also shot aforementioned 10/22 .   Then got the bug, and picked up in order..  Got my Ga CCL, an M1 Garand from CMP, then a LCP,  picked up a CMP 1903A3, Mosin-Nagant.  Now looking for an Outdoor range in the area to play with the new Rifles...   I like to travel really light, so the LCP is my EDC these days.  I use a mixture of Critical Defense and Hydro-Shock with the LCP when carrying..

Welcome, we're glad you're here.  You know what they say, "You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family."  I think you've come to the right place to find some new friends.

[santahog]

Gosh, that's terrible.  I'm sorry that you lost your wife.  We were fortunate that my wife returned from the abyss.  I can't imagine your tragedy. 

Yeah, it left a mark.. Mine came back, well, the Lord gave me a little longer, the first time in 05. At least we thought we made it.. They took out a tumor from her right breast in the summer of 05. We were told at the beginning of that process that if it were disturbed at all that any cells that got away could/would get caught somewhere else and grow again.. I told the Dr to take the whole thing. My wife looked at me like I told her to take her head or something.. I wanted her, not her breast.. I told her I was a leg man, which I am. Tried not to lose a sense of humor through that.. Well, it got disturbed.. It was technically "Breast Cancer" that had metastasized and showed up in her Coccyx Spine (tail bone), right hip, C-Spine and her brain.. That meant bone cancer, which is the most painful place, I'm told, and she lost her mind.. Bubba, my whole world revolved around her.. They took a divet out of her head the size of a softball. The big tumor was too big to take it all. They got about 80% of it. There were 5 more small ones lower in her brain that they didn't see before they went in, but it didn't matter.. She was gone in 10 weeks. Of all the honorable things I've been blessed to do in life, taking care of her was far and away, the most, and hardest.. It was just us, too.. The pharmacist brought the drugs and a Nurse came by twice a week for a half an hour. The kids didn't show up.. My wife didn't want them to see her like that, and they didn't want to remember her like that. I don't blame the kids.. It was hard. When I broke, though, they didn't cut me much  slack.. Once she was gone, I freaked.. I never did get over it, per se.. I kinda went around it, but I was still crying at the beginning of this year, pretty regularly.. I lost all of 09.. I remember things that happened but... It left a mark..
Enjoy the friendship with her. That's the part that gets you through the days when it's hard.
I can't not ramble talking about it, it seems.. Sorry.. We were so blessed..
Anyway.. Thank you..
(I can't imagine it either, and it is an abyss all its own..)

[Fiveofclubs]

Hello everyone.  My name is Michael (often FiveofClubs online).  I'm from Valley Forge PA.  Grew up as the son of Bullseye shooter and until 4 or 5 years ago didn't consider there was really any other way to shoot.  Now I'm getting into IDPA, USPSA, 3-gun, and zombie shoots (yes I said the z-word).

Loving the downrange podcast, and the new season of shows!

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[PegLeg45]

joined a while back but haven't posted until asking a question in pistols the other day.  Someone mentioned to add an intro here.  .  I guess I'm what Mr Bane calls a 2.0'er.  Raised in a very liberal gun hating family.  And I do mean Brady/Bloomberg style. This apple rolled far from the tree thank God.    Got my 1st 22 (10/22) about 10 years ago when at Bass Pro when there with a LEO friend visiting from FL  (I'm in Forsyth County Ga).  Never shot it until '09. lol   Went to the local Range (Bulls Eye) and too a quick pistol class in '09.  Then picked up an SR9 (at range shooting that was the 1st time I also shot aforementioned 10/22 .   Then got the bug, and picked up in order..  Got my Ga CCL, an M1 Garand from CMP, then a LCP,  picked up a CMP 1903A3, Mosin-Nagant.  Now looking for an Outdoor range in the area to play with the new Rifles...   I like to travel really light, so the LCP is my EDC these days.  I use a mixture of Critical Defense and Hydro-Shock with the LCP when carrying..

Welcome to another fellow Georgia member, glad to have you.
You may want to PM another member, AlfSauve about range info in your area.

[PegLeg45]

Yeah, it left a mark.. Mine came back, well, the Lord gave me a little longer, the first time in 05. At least we thought we made it.. They took out a tumor from her right breast in the summer of 05. We were told at the beginning of that process that if it were disturbed at all that any cells that got away could/would get caught somewhere else and grow again.. I told the Dr to take the whole thing. My wife looked at me like I told her to take her head or something.. I wanted her, not her breast.. I told her I was a leg man, which I am. Tried not to lose a sense of humor through that.. Well, it got disturbed.. It was technically "Breast Cancer" that had metastasized and showed up in her Coccyx Spine (tail bone), right hip, C-Spine and her brain.. That meant bone cancer, which is the most painful place, I'm told, and she lost her mind.. Bubba, my whole world revolved around her.. They took a divet out of her head the size of a softball. The big tumor was too big to take it all. They got about 80% of it. There were 5 more small ones lower in her brain that they didn't see before they went in, but it didn't matter.. She was gone in 10 weeks. Of all the honorable things I've been blessed to do in life, taking care of her was far and away, the most, and hardest.. It was just us, too.. The pharmacist brought the drugs and a Nurse came by twice a week for a half an hour. The kids didn't show up.. My wife didn't want them to see her like that, and they didn't want to remember her like that. I don't blame the kids.. It was hard. When I broke, though, they didn't cut me much  slack.. Once she was gone, I freaked.. I never did get over it, per se.. I kinda went around it, but I was still crying at the beginning of this year, pretty regularly.. I lost all of 09.. I remember things that happened but... It left a mark..
Enjoy the friendship with her. That's the part that gets you through the days when it's hard.
I can't not ramble talking about it, it seems.. Sorry.. We were so blessed..
Anyway.. Thank you..
(I can't imagine it either, and it is an abyss all its own..)

My heart and prayers go out to you......
The Great Physician spared me your pain when my wife went through a bout with cancer in 2009/2010, so I can not say that I know exactly what you have been going through....but this place was a place of comfort for me personally when we were going through her treatment process....and these folks on here have grown to be a great family to me.
I hope you find that as well.

[PegLeg45]

Hello everyone.  My name is Michael (often FiveofClubs online).  I'm from Valley Forge PA.  Grew up as the son of Bullseye shooter and until 4 or 5 years ago didn't consider there was really any other way to shoot.  Now I'm getting into IDPA, USPSA, 3-gun, and zombie shoots (yes I said the z-word).

Loving the downrange podcast, and the new season of shows!

Welcome, Michael (5oC)....good luck with the new 'wide world of shooting' that you mentioned discovering. There are members on here involved with just about any form of shooting out there.

[Solus]

Yeah, it left a mark.. Mine came back, well, the Lord gave me a little longer, the first time in 05. At least we thought we made it.. They took out a tumor from her right breast in the summer of 05. We were told at the beginning of that process that if it were disturbed at all that any cells that got away could/would get caught somewhere else and grow again.. I told the Dr to take the whole thing. My wife looked at me like I told her to take her head or something.. I wanted her, not her breast.. I told her I was a leg man, which I am. Tried not to lose a sense of humor through that.. Well, it got disturbed.. It was technically "Breast Cancer" that had metastasized and showed up in her Coccyx Spine (tail bone), right hip, C-Spine and her brain.. That meant bone cancer, which is the most painful place, I'm told, and she lost her mind.. Bubba, my whole world revolved around her.. They took a divet out of her head the size of a softball. The big tumor was too big to take it all. They got about 80% of it. There were 5 more small ones lower in her brain that they didn't see before they went in, but it didn't matter.. She was gone in 10 weeks. Of all the honorable things I've been blessed to do in life, taking care of her was far and away, the most, and hardest.. It was just us, too.. The pharmacist brought the drugs and a Nurse came by twice a week for a half an hour. The kids didn't show up.. My wife didn't want them to see her like that, and they didn't want to remember her like that. I don't blame the kids.. It was hard. When I broke, though, they didn't cut me much  slack.. Once she was gone, I freaked.. I never did get over it, per se.. I kinda went around it, but I was still crying at the beginning of this year, pretty regularly.. I lost all of 09.. I remember things that happened but... It left a mark..
Enjoy the friendship with her. That's the part that gets you through the days when it's hard.
I can't not ramble talking about it, it seems.. Sorry.. We were so blessed..
Anyway.. Thank you..
(I can't imagine it either, and it is an abyss all its own..)

The price you paid is the measure of how great the love you shared is....

[JovanS]

Hello All!

Well after spending so much time cruising these forums... I've finally decided to join in on the quaker bashing! j/k  . I've been frequenting these forums since I came across the first season of TBD: S. Don't ask why I took so long to join, I just don't care much to get into "virtual" arguments with people hiding behind screen names. Of course, after spending so much time one the sidelines, it's easy to see that DRTV is quite a bit different from the rest of the forums. So here I am...


Jovan