Originally Posted by
richhodg66
I was very fortunate to have grown up the son of a very avid shooter, reloader and caster, so I had some know how from jump street. Losyt interest in most of the reloading and casting stuff through teen age years and then became interested in my early 20s again (pre-internet). Bottom line I learned from hangnging out at gun shops and gun shows, reading whatever I could find (love my old Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook) and many pestering phone calls to dad. Oh, and some trial and error there too.
All this said, when I became internet savvy and started joining forums, I learned an awful lot quick, it started trying to learn about an old motorcycle I was messing with, but it was obviously natural I'd gravitate to handloading sites. I thought myself to be a mighty knowlegeable guy with regards to casting and reloading, but have gained knowlege exponentially since joining a few forums, this one in particular.
So, after learning a lot the hard way over the years, forgive me me if I don't just fall all over myself when someone comes on here shrieking and griping that instant gratification doesn't come right to him and he might (gasp!) actually have to read a little bit (heaven forbid you might learn something you hadn't intended along the way). Most of the conservations in those stickies are pretty entertaining, at least to me they are.
Sorry if I come across as being nasty, but there are plenty of other forums, if you don't like the way it is, find another one or propose a suggestion for making this one better. Senseless whinning tends to irritate me and when you open a thread with "this sucks" it gets under my skin fast.