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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
February 17th, your 17th Anniversary here and my 76th birthday. I'm in for the karma and if it is something I won't use, I'll reKarma it.

Happy Birthday, Johnny!

flashguy

Please don’t enter me but congrats! I know the feeling.

Congrats on 17 years. Time flies.

I don't post a lot because I'm more of a listener, but I am over 2000 anyway. What have I learned? That this place has some of the most diverse talents in the world with a great knowledge base that can be tapped on so many subjects.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 911Boss:
17 years ago today I found this rag tag group. Using DSL, Windows XP, and a AMD Athlon based computer with probably a 320Gb HD and 2Gb RAM.

Today, 1 Gig cable internet, Apple MacBook Pro, 1TB SSD, 16Gb RAM. Oh, how times have changed!

The one thing that has been consistent is the awesomeness of this Forum, Para, and all the folks who have been so helpful to their "imaginary friends" over the years.

For the Karma, I don't know what it will be yet - either a flashlight or a pocket knife, I have too many of both. I'll figure it out in a day or so and update with info and a pic.

Rules...

Need to have been here 10 years or more with a "substantial" number of posts. No minimum number, but I would say 4 digits maybe? I want this one to be for active, longtime folks.

Tell me one thing you have learned from SF or how it h as improved your life.


Winner drawn on Monday![/QUOTE

I'm in please, knife or light!

Happy Anniversary!

I've learned so much here it's difficult to pick one. Maybe, that although this is a Sig forum, Glocks are good too and welcome here. Yes, I've bought several.

This sounds like a fun karma so I'm in.

One of the things SF has improved my life or helped me was during a bleak period of my life, reading the threads in SF gave me a respite from everything else in my life that was depressing me; this was around 2008 and on for several years when my house was under water and my 401k became a 201k.

Besides that, I saw posts from reasonable people even though I may disagree with their positions from time to time.

I'm impressed with the answers to threads that go "here's a blurred picture of part of a quarter inch of a whatchamajigger I snapped during a fog, what is it?"

And the correct answer would be posted in under 30 seconds, "Oh, that's the ding a ling on a 1942 whatchamacallit and that particular model was used by General MacArthur during the battle of Okinawa." And that's across a wide breadth of specialized areas of knowledge.

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Please add me, and thank you! I've learned much here. Ammunition types and performances, scopes and optics, accessories, the list is long! Even if someone just posts a link to a helpful site. The members here are always willing to assist and share their knowledge. It's benefitted me countless times. There's that as well as the laughs and chuckles. Hello!

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Originally posted by 911Boss:

Tell me one thing you have learned from SF

I have learned that as soon as they see the word "karma," many folks will jump right in without reading the requirements.

That said, please count me in.

Congratulations!
I have learned that this group is one of the most knowledgeable groups of bastards out on the web. Be it gun talk, appliances, general knowledge, or any combination. This is one of the first places I stop when I have a question and do a search.

Congratulations!

Please don't count me in for your generous karma. I have more than enough lights and knives around here.

I learned from jljones a safer way to holster your pistol by placing your thumb on the back of the slide so it can't cycle.

Congratulations on 17 years.

What I have learned from this group is we can be a long distance from each other, yet if we need help it’s like we all live in the same building and the help needed is a nano second away.

Yes, please include me in your karma. I have totally stopped watching the local and natl. news, as it is soooooo much garbage. I come here.....usually daily, to be brought up on the current events.

Congrats on 17 years!

There is no place on the internet quite like this.

Congrats on lasting this long!

Please include me, assuming I check your boxes.

Thanks!

It always helps to know what you are doing.
Thanks, and cheers.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
It always helps to know what you are doing.
Thanks, and cheers.

But, as we know, not strictly required.

Anyway, I had decided to start IPSC and was googling to get the goods. The search led me here to a post by Honda, if I recall. Got what I wanted stayed for the fun.

Congrats to the anniversary boy!

I learned that American slide P series need to be lubed up like a Saigon Whore to run properly.

And get some grease!

Thanks for the chance. I’ve learned lots of stuff here. The last thing I learned was some plumbing stuff. The breadth of knowledge here is outstanding.

Edited to add because I read the post above and it made me chuckle. Without this forum I would never know that Sig P series rails have an entire grading system based on wear. Does Beretta? No. CZ? No. S&W? Also no. Nobody worries about alloy frame wear like Sig owners. Lol