Thanks guys, I know I can simply not engage... But I am not sure what it is, its just not in me to do so, I suck.. John pm'd me before I seen the last attacks and said "ignore it" {he and others have sent me pm's like this a few times, lol}, and I tried, but its torture to do so, I am a very aggressive person, I know this about my self... Maybe its the years of abusing Deca a test E {its obviously a contributor, lol}, or maybe I was born this way {my father is also "hard headed" as my mother puts it}, but what ever the cause, as Popeye says "I yam whats I yam"...
Greg, I think I sent you my cell before, pm me and Ill resend it, I do like coming here and posting, and I am not going to name names but its seems to bother some people and this is probably all they have, where with me its not...
I was thinking, I also frequent a sniper forum {gun talk, as some of you know I love long range shooting} and a couple chopper forums, I have been a member in some of them for close to 10 years and in one have almost 15K posts, I can not remember one argument {a few disagreements over the years but nothing like what a couple of the AH ones have turned into and in no way as frequent}, a bunch of gun toting bikers and no drama!!! But with the audio crowd everything is an argument, tube vs ss, cheap vs expensive, 5.1 vs 7.2, bookshelfs vs towers, avr vs separates, brand vs brand, amps sound the same or the more you spend the bigger your d!ck is, ect I could go on for ever, lol... sure there are a few Harley vs Victory or Glock vs everything else in the other forums, but thats it, in this hobby every f#ckin thing is a debate and argument, and people take it personally here {me included}!!!
Now I know with the motorcycle forums its a good chance you will meet up with who you are talking with some day, I have ridden with guys from the forums in 15 different states, and there are guys on there that have done 49 states, and since everyone adds pics of their rides, its a good chance someone remembers you and most of the time, our rides start at bars, lol... Could be a dangerous situation... And with the sniper and gun forums, that just could be dangerous because there are some sick individuals out there.... so that may have something to do with it...
I have been to a few events, emo stuff and a couple local audio fests and of course I play guitar so I have been to a few musician meets, and I can honestly say with VERY few exceptions, there are not many audio guys that would argue like they do on here in person. I mean no offence, but last year I met up with a couple guys at the Boston Emo get together, and my wife made the comment "if you start hanging out at these types of places, we are going to have to get you some penny loafers and v neck sweaters to wear over your shirts... " , a great bunch of guys, and we shared a few beers {emo is good about having an open bar at their events
} and talked about audio stuff it was awesome. We honestly had a conversation about tube and SS amps that didn't ever get out of hand, lol {dan had the carver stuff setup at that time}.... Great bunch of guys, we showed off pics of our equipment and had a great time, I got a great deal on a dac some free hats and had a great time... But you get these same guys on an open internet forum and they are all mouth... We were showing pics and talking and Dan from emo asked "what do you do for a living that you can buy $20K juke boxes?" no jealousy or "your bragging" BS, he laughed when I told him and said "oh that explains it" he had just built a house and then we got into a big conversation about that, its was just a good time.. His wife and my wife were talking about TN {we own property there and my wife went to UT}, we all had a great time. And all the other audio gatherings I attended were very similar, all smiles and great guys...
But for some reason, you get people on the internet and its a different atmosphere...
Im not saying it was all bad, I often read through the site and just laugh at some of the stuff you guys come up with, I feel down when fellow members hit hard times and happy when they are doing well, its like a home away from home, but I find my self getting pissed off over little comments and probably taking things the wrong way {not all the time, but sometimes}....
I like you all, I accept you how you are, and have no issues with the site itself, its a great place to get info, give info, and Gene and the staff and mods do great work, you guys rock, and I will miss checking in, but I am thinking its time to move on, my wife said I should start another bike project and I am thinking she is rite, especially since I have had my eye on this guy
N255 » Malibu Motorcycle Works I have bought from Chris before and I can have that here by Friday, and since I finished my 300 softail {kind of} I have been missing them garage sessions a little, after all when building I get to enjoy music {I have a nice system int the shop, wharfedale dentons {the new ones} and a nice tripath integrated}, whiskey {can work on a bike with out whiskey}, and tools {ahhh tools}.... I normally would just build another AR, 1911, or rem 700 but I think leaving AH warrants a new motorcycle build, a rifle build wont do it for me, I would be back in a week, lol.. A chop can take me a year, the 300 softy took me a long time, since I only do a little here and there, and its a lot of work...
OK, I am rambling, lol.. this is what gets me in trouble....
PS thanks Reup, Jon, and Don.
