Attention RLB Gypsies

[Hellrazor]

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.....

[elkhunter77]

Vers, what are these other sites associated with this one that everyone talks about? Do I need to register there also? Mark

[versifier]

The other two forums are GunLoads (you need to register) and Cast Boolits (I'm not sure what their current policy I don't go there much unless I need to look something up). We used to have links to them at the top of the page. Start here at the GL Home Page (which is also well worth checking out, all kinds of interesting stuff there) and follow the links in the left hand column from there: http://gunloads.com/

[Jammer Six]

Cast Boolits will welcome you with open arms, as long as you're a christian republican and blame everything bad in your life on the President. One of two sites I've watched defend racist language.

[fryboy]

considering that some of your comments o'er at castboolits jammer added to by your " i dont shoot comment" i have to wonder why you hang around reloading forums ......

any site will be what the user makes it , they all only work by user input . reloaders , casters and shooters in general are a gregarious lot ( people who delve only into politics ... not so much ) those who either wish to share knowledge or learn from those who may have knowledge usually do well at such sites , the real statement i guess i have to make is that no matter where you go there YOU are

[Jammer Six]

Get a grip. I'm an instructor. I shoot all the time.

I was commenting on SkyKid's comment about writing ownership.

[elkhunter77]

Jammer I am an instructor also. Spent much of my life training SRT shooters and such. Sarcasm is the only thing that keeps me together anymore LOL I really try to stay away from politics, religion, race and just about any of them type of conversations. There is plenty of hate in my line of work and I really don't need to look for more.

[versifier]

Skykid was just trying to mend a fence, he's an incurable optimist and an old friend. I can see how his comment might have appeared to someone who doesn't know us both well and wanted to stick up for me because of what was said on the other site. Your hearts are both in the right place, I clearly recognize real friends by their actions. Jammer smelled the beginnings of a pogrom, as his "I do not shoot" reference alluded to the German priest who said "When they came for the Jews , I looked the other way because I was not a Jew....when much later they came for me, there was no one left to stand up to them." This time it was just one individual with ruffled feathers because he sees a different path than the one I wish to follow, not a systemic threat.

Jammer has a valid point about CB though. When I asked publicly that mods and others follow the clearly written forum rules and not make religious posts because they tend to be divisive and alienating to non-Christians like me, and that we should be focusing on what we have in common, i.e. shooting and casting, I got a series of hate filled PM's from two of the mods telling me that I was not welcome among "this group of Christians" and would never be. That was about eight years ago. I have not posted there since, and never will again. I still do research there for cast loading data and I consider it a valuable resource. But to me the site will always stink of pogrom, and it is never far from my thoughts when I visit there. This is the first (and last) time I will speak publicly about it, but that is the real reason why I'm no longer an active member there yet still remain a strong advocate of shooting cast rifle bullets in every other venue I belong to. That is actually the main reason why I asked to have the "Off Topic" section removed years back when I became a mod here, so it would never become an issue at RLG. And I'm happy to say it never has.

[j1]

V I never knew that you wrote and published. What have you written?

I was once warned and finally expelled from some board for trolling. I used to fish and trolled for miles. I said that I did not think that citizens had any need for fully automatic firearms. You do not have to agree with me but if you do not let me state my opinion I have no reason to go on that board.

[versifier]

Three volumes of poetry (hence my netname) with another almost ready, two DVD's of poetry (one live, one in the studio), three textbooks on teaching writing skills to different ages, dozens of scifi/fantasy short stories (some on audio cd's) & one novel in progress, my first children's book that will be coming out within the next year when the illustrator finishes her paintings for it, a handful of technical articles (firearm and shooting related, two of which you can find through the GL Home Page), a volume of Q&A's about handloading and casting on various forums I belong to that's about 3/4 done, one workbook that I use with the handloading classes I teach, and I also ghost memoirs, speeches (non-political), announcements, and obits. I travel around the state when I can reading and teaching writing workshops in elementary through high school, and I read both prose and poetry at open mics and coffee houses promoting my books & DVD's. Last summer I was honored with an invitation to read at The Frost Place, Robert Frost's farm in Franconia, one of the high points of my career. I am the only person in the history of either organization to have been concurrently a member of the NH Poetry Society and a NH Hunter Ed instructor. Someone has to bring a dose of reality to those tree-hugging liberals. I like to do my part.

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