A respected member of this forum stated recently that all the chatter going on lately is denigrating this forum and its good intentions in a huge way, or something to that effect.

It's true. I've been a member coming on 10 years and truly rely on doublegunshop.com and the think tank therein to educate me, entertain me and otherwise tip me off to the odd bit that falls a little outside the strict parameters now and again. And the genuine camaraderie here is a wonderful thing.

As far as the torrent of tiring crap directed our way by a certain guy and his alter ego, let's really try to NOT reply, in any way. See a post from him, skip it. Don't even open it. Just skip it.

Like many, MANY of you I value this site with all its varied forums too much to watch it disintegrate into hogwash headaches.

So I appeal to one and all to try to completely ignore the poisonous tripe aimed at us and just skip the damn posts when we see them.

Many Thanks - Marc

kid: wonderful idea!

concur that if something good cannot be said, say nothing, or little to nothing.

I admit I enjoy the positive posts and the exchange of knowledge on the subject we all love, doubleguns

I agree old col.

I can only believe that Ed is attacking Dave's website because the knowledgeble members here have expressed their poor opinion of his "gun-smithing" to the point that it has damaged his internet gun sales business. I am surprised at Dave's forebearence in not removing this guy from the forum portion of his site on a permanent basis.

Perhaps another way of expressing one's opinion of Ed's work would be to buy one of his flamed guns on GunBroker and express an opinion of his work in feedback. If he has nothing to lose other than his "membership" in this forum which he obviously does not value anyway, he has no real reason to respond to our requests that he clean up his act or go away...Geo

I agree 100% Marc!! Ignore him and his alter ego and he'll go away.

geo: you have a very vivid imagination...and a nasty streak here to fore unrevealed.

I think George pulled yer pants down....

joe: that is a little perverted dont you agree? i am trying to maintain a civil relationship with you, but you are making it difficult...plus, dave is hopefully watchin...

I'm not sure what this is all about, but the last few posts give me a pretty good idea. How about we all stick to shotguns and do away with any personal stuff?

31: amen, brother amen!

We're trying too, but certain members here contribute nothing to the discussion. We're trying to figure out a way to eliminate them from this Board so we CAN only discuss shotguns. Do you get it now??

how about we ignore all threads and posts not pertaining to double guns? also, send a private message to poster telling him what you think...and finally if you like, notify post to dave for his info.

Sounds Good- but don't forget- we also have a single shot and classic rifle sector, we can discuss over and unders and drillings, German and Austrian guns- so shotguns- yes- first call goes to that, but if we exclude the other great gun related sectors Dave has set up for us, we really stand to lose a great deal-- What is Ed's "Alter Ego" anyway- Johnny B. Goode?? Just wondering.

Ball's in Dave's court...

Nothing wrong with the "Ignore" button. Works 100% for me.
Dave did banish Ed for a month, and it was nice here, but it did not seem to get through to Ed.
Perhaps if we all had Ed on "ignore" things might get better too, and folks will not rise to his baiting.
Refresh us on the use of the ignore button, please, someone.
Mike

MB in MB - this one's for you.
To invoke the "Ignore" feature:
With your mouse, LEFT click on the individual's name or internet handle.
Click on "View profile".
Click on "Ignore this user".
I have used this feature even back on the "old board" on two characters - provocateurs.
If someone you have "Ignored" starts an article - just shun him/her.

Thank you, Ian.
Mike

It will iron out and calm down. You should have seen this place 13-14 years ago (damn, has it been that long???) when it really was wild and crazy.

i have been here off an on for a little less than 10 years. this forum does parallel the economy....seems like 2007 was the last good year.

Called "ignoring the troll"; older than the internet, works every time and seldom applied...

Please feel free to purposely attack and damage another BBS besides this one. That is obviously your purpose here. When you were unable to use this BBS to promote your gun business you started attacking it. You have done everything you could to diminish it. Some of it very subtle, some of it not so subtle. The hate you have for this board astounds me. Just a group of hobbyists whiling away their free time, sharing a common passion and information. You are like the 12 year old boy that runs a stick down their neighbor's chain link fence to make his dogs bark. There are enough people here so you can always get someone to bark. Between your post above and the Bilious Bob double identity I would think that would be enough to get you permanently banned. Dave said your next strike is your last one.



I haven't asked or petitioned Dave to ban you nor did I ask him to put you on vacation or ban you in the past.

Please stop attacking the board or please stop coming here.

Best,

Mike

"Please stop attacking the board or please stop coming here"

gee mike, just when things were beginning to settle down, you gotta do this... i am really puzzled by your attitude and the motive for your post...

several of us are trying to self police things here, so dave can concentrate on more positive endeavors. posts like yours above are an example of what we are trying to control...if you must make posts like this, please do keep it private, out of respect for others. and, please do make an effort to control your hostility and help us keep things friendly and cordial here.

and finally, when all is said and done, if you dont like a thread or its originator, then just simply ignore it...

Seems to me if someone demanded to be kicked off this board, and then was, it would be easy as pie to sign right back up with a different alias. It appears all one would have to do is obtain another email acct, reregister with new acct and BINGO....right back on board. Makes me think registration process should possibly be more rigid??

buzz: it appears that mike is heading that way...too bad...suggest you not dive in to this pond until you find out how shallow the water is...anyway, it is time for me to head out for my weekly OFWSSC meeting. OFWSSC = Old Farts Wednesday Skeet Shooting Club...any body around Peterborough, NH wish to join? if so, let me know...we do not discriminate based on age; even tho age and experience do beat yute an education most o de time...


by the way, please do send bob a private post letting him know that he is being trashed here as well...ed

ed if you will click this link you can report me and this post to Dave Weber:
Report AmarilloMike to Dave

You would block the IP address. That's harder to mask. If that failed block the subnet.

Cheers
T

Yes. And having two or more online identities - so you can have conversations with yourself or start fights or cause trouble (it's almost always done to cause trouble) - is commonly called "sockpuppeting". On every other site I can think of, sockpuppeting is grounds for immediate banning.

dave: you surprise and disappoint me...i was about to pull the trigger on your can of carbide.