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Title: What did I miss?
Post by: garand4life on October 24, 2022, 04:43:55 PM
I feel like I just came back to town after a decade in lala land...

I haven't visited this forum in what feels like forever! What did I miss? Lot's of unfamiliar names on here now...

On a side note: I missed you guys!
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: billt on October 24, 2022, 04:46:13 PM
Not a lot going on around here these days.
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: garand4life on October 24, 2022, 04:51:36 PM
That's just sad... I remember when Bane, Janich, Pincus, and Ayoob were hanging out here constantly...
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: Rastus on October 24, 2022, 04:57:57 PM
MB may visit yearly.  Some of us old guy hanger-ons are still here.  Glad to see you back!

Get any new guns lately?

P.S.  Marshall drops in every now and again. 
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: garand4life on October 24, 2022, 05:04:37 PM
Many...  Here are the highlights from the new gun buys...

M1D
HK MR556
SCAR 16S
Benelli M4
Shadow Systems MR920L
Glock 19 Gen 5 MOS
SIG M17
SIG P229 Elite
Daniel Defense DDM4v7 Pistol and Surefire RC2 Supressor
Centure Arms AP5
Tavor

That's from 2022...

Long story short, We won a settlement related to a traffic accident involving 2 semis... SO a lot has been going on.
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: Rastus on October 24, 2022, 07:05:35 PM
An accident?  Man that's a heck of a way to finance guns.  Are you doing OK now??
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: alfsauve on October 25, 2022, 12:30:19 PM
Welcome Back.   Hope the accident settlement didn't cost you an arm or leg.  (too soon?)

Just a few of us regulars left.  Impressive list of purchases.  Of course it's missing anything spelled "revolver".
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: garand4life on October 25, 2022, 12:39:32 PM
No, I wasn’t the one in the accident. But, unfortunately we lost way more than an arm and a leg. Semi driver ignored a construction zone and stopped traffic while driving in excessive speed and rear ended my parents (who were stopped in traffic) into a semi trailer also stopped in front of them.
2 counts of negligent homicide later and a lot of good lawyering ended well for my sister and I. So, after things settled down and we had pretty much planned out what were going to do, my sister and I decided to take an amount from the settlement just for us to do as we wanted.

This was part of my choice.
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: alfsauve on October 25, 2022, 01:41:48 PM
I am so sorry for you loss.   I had no idea.   While the law firms tout the big payouts, they neglect to mention that one has to have incurred a big loss to be worthy of such.  Loss of you parents is devastating and trucker/firm should pay out big.
Title: Re: What did I miss?
Post by: Rastus on October 26, 2022, 07:39:49 AM
That pains me too for your loss.  What a horrible thing for your family.  I hope negligent homicide stuck and the driver gets a lot of time to think about his terrible choice.