Helping new visitors here on the forum

[edler7]

[DrCaveman]

In light of this dscussion i believe i owe many thanks to many members here. Just a few off the list, who took time and mental energy away from their day to help me out include: runfiverun, char gar, dave in ga, Wr buchanan. My memory of gratitude can be short, which is why it is good to say thanks upon receipt of help. If i looked back through my history, i would find at least 50 other members who have repeatedly offered sound advice sheerly from the good of their hearts.

(almost) noone is getting paid here, those who are probably break even at best because a site running this volume aint free and there are no goods being sold. Be happy for such an amazing free resource.

Runfiverun that search engine is great! Nice job to the author. Sticky material for sure, or maybe author should be subcontracted by castboolits to tweak the in-house engine.

Mrblue, while your skin may not be thin, you are pretty reactionary and that is not the best personality for utilizing the massive knowledge base which exists here. People are people and will ignore you if they perceive a student unwilling to accept their proper place. As mentioned by recluse we are all students, for life. Soon as you stop learning you are essentially dead.

I have been the guilty party in the above mentioned scenario, acting like i knew more than i did, or arguing with well-meant answers. No good.

Lastly, if a search engine attempt comes up short, or confusing, try scrolling down to page 2,3,4 or 10 within a sub-forum and see what the thread topics are. Ive found tons and tons of relevant answers to questions i had for which i had been consdering starting a new thread.

Happy shooting, and thanks again to everyone who has helped me out.

[Jal5]

Guys I have been hanging out on this site for a couple of years now, and I really didn't know a thing when I first started. If it wasn't for the generous people here that have helped me along the way I might not have continued in this hobby. Now I like casting almost as much as shooting! Just saying thanks isn't really enough. I hope I can share the knowledge I have gained here with some new person in the future and pass it along.

Please keep up the good work!
Joe

[Doby45]

This is the VERY common ebb and flow of a forum, regardless of the topic. I have been a member, mod and admin of more than a few.

And the "old" people on a forum are not always "old" in age. I have dealt with 17yr old admins that get just as tired of dealing with the repeated easy questions as his much older counter part.

There is a bit of an entitlement mentality from some new people, not all. The thought process is "If you do not give me what I want, when I want it and how I want it; then you are just meanie poopy pants. You hate new people!" Well that might be your opinion but that does not make it a fact.

You have to have an inner drive to educate yourself for a forum to work properly. Just like I told my daughter "I can not MAKE you be responsible", the very act of being responsible is doing the right thing when I am not there. That is something you have to have inside you.

This last statement is no reflection on mrblue personally, but if you are such a young and tech savy guy you would know that such a vague search as "AR" would not net you much gain. Maybe you should be a little more descriptive in your search string as the forum is not going to read your mind.

[Bullet Caster]

Yep. I'm now 62, a Vietnam Vet and still a Marine (Once a Marine, Always a Marine) and yes I did build my first computer. It was a 386 DX which had two banks of memory. I learned a lot about computers by building it myself alongside my dad. He built his when I got interested in the inner workings of a computer.

I don't need your thanks (any newbies); I will answer your questions with the best of my ability. I learned in the USMC that "there are no stupid questions." Ask away and I'll do my darndest to try to help you without any impunity. The folks on this board are some of the finest people I'd ever hope to meet. Even when I'd ask the stupidest questions I'd usually get usefull information in return. Even if it meant "search the stickies". At least I'd known that the stupid question had been asked before...I just needed to know where to find it. Folks have been really, really helpfull to me and I want to return that favor by answering any post looking for needed and viable information.

I just hope I can help someone else just as I was helped. Thank you all on Castboolits who have taken the time not only to answer my questions, but who have helped me with "stuff" for reloading. This is, by all means, the very best site on the whole danged internet. BC

[mrblue]

Unlike some people i value some of the thoughts presented. And i only offer rebutle. However if all i keep getting back is some people taking my words too deep. Im happy for my generation but sad that we will have to fix much of what is being handed over to is. very easy for us to understand but others see as confusing and complicated. I depart with a......cool story bro....u mad? Lol

[waksupi]

In fairness, the search engine sucks. At least for me. I just did a search on "Lyman slug" and got over 1600 hits. Is there a way to search for Lyman slug and not have every thread with Lyman or slug hit? If this has been addressed before would someone please send me a link on how to search so I can learn?

Your assistance is thanked in advance.

I think one of the problems with narrowing it down, is that there are over 1.8 million posts on this board. Another 33 members have registered on the board in the last 24 hours. This has been about daily average for months, so I figure it won't take long for us to reach 2 million posts. The Google option is probably the best.

[geargnasher]

Sorry for being so over welmed with all the information on the site and maybe needind some questions clarified. Maybe some people havnt used search engines before and dont know what to ask. As a newer person to this site im trying my best along with others to take it all in. There is new information posred everyday and it can seem very hard to take it in. But im sure you know all this information and seem very upset all these people want to get into a great hobby. I guess this site isnt for me then if people dont want to be friemdly and helping. Guess its time to move on. And also to contact any of the sponsers that they will lose my money and more newbies monies. Sorry to waste your time. But thank you because you need a pat on the back.

Unlike some people i value some of the thoughts presented. And i only offer rebutle. However if all i keep getting back is some people taking my words too deep. Im happy for my generation but sad that we will have to fix much of what is being handed over to is. very easy for us to understand but others see as confusing and complicated. I depart with a......cool story bro....u mad? Lol

So I suppose I took your threat to leave and contact our site sponsors to cost them as much business as you can "too deep"?

Gear

[Gtek]

I can't stay in the tall grass anymore. If I may mrblue, when the cell tower goes down (inoperative) how long will you survive? If I may once again, another shining example of the new America. I don't have to work for it, I deserve it, where is mine, with no respect and every retard gets a trophy! mrblue I wish you well in your challenges and I hope you learn what crickets really sound like here. Good Day Sir, Gtek

[mrblue]

Gteck i can survive just fine with out a phone. I dont rely on it all the time for everything. But there is abwealth of knowledge to be learned i just like to know things. And yes gear i feel if anything you are the problem not me. Once again im trying to show a different light and you arr threating me. And yes i will contact site sponers. I know one man may not create a flood but every flood starts with one drop.

[MtGun44]

"never played with a computer's innards"

LOL!

Do you know what a 1024 CPU Cray supercomputer even IS? How
many weapons systems have you designed?

Hilarious! Played a few video games and installed a hard drive would
make one a computer expert, I expect. We could throw down numbers
of engineering degrees, how many airplanes we have designed, or overhauled
or built or hybrid buses, or houses, bridges, computer operating systems,
database software and lots of other cool stuff that has nothing to
do with cast boolits. Lots of folks here really know all kinds of stuff, and
that is not particularly relavant. All this stuff is not productive, and nobody
really cares at all, or probably even believes any of it.

Sir - this is so funny. Please, just calm down, pull up a chair and stop
trying to impress us. We aren't going to be, and you really don't need
to be impressed with us either. That nasty edge on many of your
comments is not necessary or helpful and doesn't really work out well.
Let's talk about casting boolits and have some fun. Nobody needs to
be pushing and shoving. Respect each other, learn from each other
and let's put this behind us.

The guy that knows how to make great boolits that shoot well is king here
whether he is president of a company or a cop or a bus driver or any
other job in "real life".

Bill

[mrblue]

Bill, omgstfubbq. If i wanted i could easily google fu that stuff and make it seem like whatever i wanted. I dont know you and i cant verify that you do either. Please

[45nut]

look not for the speck in your brothers eye until you remove the plank in your own eye.

[DrCaveman]

This 'mrblue' character almost seems bent on ruffling feathers and generally being a prick after being dealt with politely by many many people.

Perhaps a mole from another forum? Or from a mgfr of jacketed bullets?

In any case, a person only deserves so much welcome and patience. My minutes are not so valuable that i feel any time has been irreparaby wasted on this post, but it is beginning to feel like i am playing into one litte sensitive person's games for attention and proper recognition.

Threats against the well being of this forum are ABSOLUTELY not a good way to make friends. Repeating them is even worse.

[jmort]

Before I even thought about spending a cent or posting or anything else, I spent a few days, i.e. many, many hours reading everything I found of interest. I just posted a elementary school level question and got about 10 useful responses. Took that info, used the search function on this site, and spent about an hour digging deeper and came to a conclusion. I enjoyed the process. When it comes to the nuts and bolts, this forum is quite nice, and if you want to blow off some steam in the proper forum, have at it. I have yet to find any weakness on this site. It is as good as it gets. I say God Bless .45Nut for making this possible.

[mrblue]

But you are all my friends.

[GaryN]

Well, after that last acronym I don't believe he even deserves a warning. I know what I would do if I were a moderator. He acts like he is seeing how much he can get away with before being banned.

[SciFiJim]

[Quote Originally Posted by runfiverun ]View Post
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=00...69:ggn3vg-bjum
swiped this from a near octogenarian that devised it.

That needs to be a sticky!

There is a ton of information on this site. I search pretty well but this site is a challenge.

I have to agree that most questions have been answered, at least thrice so thank you all for the knowledge.

For what it's worth, I get people at work asking me questions that could be answered faster via Google. I guess it's just how people are now. The benefit on this site is it's easier to find the answer if it's in multiple places and stated multiple ways.[/QUOTE]


Not a sticky, but replace the search function with this link!!

Bookmarked for future reference. The information and knowledge on this forum is great!

And MrBlue, Yes, he does know what he is talking about without having to Google the info!

[dromia]

I get a distinct whiff of troll on this thread.

The thing with trolls is if you don't give them the oxygen then they just suffocate from lack of attention.

[gon2shoot]

It's Bush's fault.