Blogs by Forum Members

[Hobie]

Several years ago I started blogging (links in my signature). The first was a journal for the grandkids. The other was a place to rant about various and sundry. I know that a lot of forum members have blogs but I'm not linked to all of them. If you have a blog, post up with a link and a description perhaps including why you got started in blogging.

[awp101]

I don't have one. If I did, it'd be more of a blah-g...

[Old Savage]

Wait a minute - I thought this was my blog.

Age quod agis.

[Hobie]

Wait a minute - I thought this was my blog.

Age quod agis.

[COSteve]

Blog?? What's a blog???

I'm guessing that a number of us here aren't really 'into' blogs and tweets and such. If I want my friends to know something, I use the old fashioned way to tell them, I call them and actually talk to them. I don't 'text' either. My grown kids tell me I'm old fashioned and reply, "Why thank you very much." That really frosts my 23yr old daughter and her older brother just rolls his eyes.

[iceman]

If I want everybody to know whay I am doing I will tell my wife. Otherwise I will tell you what I want you to know.

[Blaine]

I miss deer, lose fish and spend too much money doing so........there

[Leverluver]

Thought about it........for about 5 seconds. Found out Jack Nicholson was right; whole lot of people that can't handle the truth

[rjohns94]

Below is a link to some of my blogs. I guest blog on the Leadership Connextions International Blog site. I am a partner in this organization and our mission statement is to resource underresourced Christian Leaders througout the world. This summer, I travel to Argentina and Peru to conduct some training there through this organization. During the lent season of 2009 I started to "walk for Grace", where each day I spent time on the streets of Baltimore, or in the woods or somewhere, experiencing the people I met there, and discovering the incredible gift of God's Grace in my life. The walk and my response to this understanding of Grace is what I blog about. The link takes you to the latest, so page down to get the beginning blog and then read up. I have taken this walk to the steets of Ethiopia, Baltimore, York, and I hope to one day be able to organize a movement of awareness for those whom God loves and society shuns.

http://lci.typepad.com/leaders_resourci ... n-walking/

[Hobie]

For those of you wise acres who have been panning blogging with your usual high brow comedic talents I'll let you in on a little secret. My gun blog is really about letting my grandkids know what they've inherited. My goal is to write about all I've got or had and how I came to have it so that it will have a bit more meaning or interest for them. It might take a while, but I think that they will get at least one pass through my "papers" (yeah, I'm going to print it out). They are getting some neat toys and I just didn't think it was right that they would only have the thing and not know the story behind it. The big plus in doing that journal this way is that my friends I've accumulated in 27½ years of military service and family who are spread all over the world can keep up with me if they like. Some have enjoyed a bit of time away from life in Afghanistan or Iraq to see photos of "the world" and such.

The political blog? Well everyone has to vent!

JimT has a blog, www.theanswer.org

[Warhawk]

For those of you wise acres who have been panning blogging with your usual high brow comedic talents I'll let you in on a little secret. My gun blog is really about letting my grandkids know what they've inherited.

Great idea Hobie, and something I ought to do.

Mine http://wpwarhawk.blogspot.com/ is mostly about long motorcycle rides, but has a little gun stuff thrown in.

[Leverluver]

No grandkids. Already started giving some guns to younger friends that would appreciate them. I wouldn't give my great nephews a rubber band. They'd shoot their eye out.

[Sarge]

Common working guns, gun tinkering, 1911 yammerings, odds & ends-

http://sargesrollcall.blogspot.com/

[Hobie]

Sarge's blog is EXCELLENT! He posts far too infrequently but a great deal of info there.

[alnitak]

Below is a link to some of my blogs. I guest blog on the Leadership Connextions International Blog site. I am a partner in this organization and our mission statement is to resource underresourced Christian Leaders througout the world. This summer, I travel to Argentina and Peru to conduct some training there through this organization. During the lent season of 2009 I started to "walk for Grace", where each day I spent time on the streets of Baltimore, or in the woods or somewhere, experiencing the people I met there, and discovering the incredible gift of God's Grace in my life. The walk and my response to this understanding of Grace is what I blog about. The link takes you to the latest, so page down to get the beginning blog and then read up. I have taken this walk to the steets of Ethiopia, Baltimore, York, and I hope to one day be able to organize a movement of awareness for those whom God loves and society shuns.

http://lci.typepad.com/leaders_resourci ... n-walking/

Mike, what an amazing series of journal entries, and a wonderful mission. Your writings have touched me deeply. I look forward to more entries from your journal!

[Sarge]

Sarge's blog is EXCELLENT! He posts far too infrequently but a great deal of info there.

Thanks Hobie, you are too kind.

[rjohns94]

I have just spent some time on your blog Sarge, I second what Hobie said.

[scarville]

I just comment on what seems interesting at the time. When I have the time.

http://parabarbarian.blogspot.com/

[COSteve]

As evidently one of Hobie's, "wise acres who have been panning blogging with your usual high brow comedic talents . . ." let me first say that I am honored to be among such a fine group of citizens. Seriously, I see my grown kids, friends, and neighbors texting, blogging, and tweeting and I say, "Good for you." However, when they say I should too, I say, "No thanks, I'll stick to one on one communication."

I spent 41 years working where a major part of my job was to communicate with people outside our company. We tried every sort of communication technique developed in the last 40 years and the most accurate and complete method was and still remains a face to face discussion. Second to that, the telephone and video conferencing are almost as good. All others have some degree of issues because the quality of communication goes down dramatically without direct and immediate interaction.

[Hobie]

Anybody keep a diary/journal Steve?

[jdad]

I'm almost embarassed to say that this is the first time I've read your blog Hobie. It's pretty obvious that you're enjoying the 12CS,from the number of posts that you've mentioned it in. I'm really glad it's gone to a "working" home and is going to be used as the "tool" it was designed to be.

[Hobie]

I know there are some more members with blogs... There's some good stuff out there!

[Sarge]

That was a great little article on the British Bulldogs, Hobie. Good stuff.

[Malamute]

Sarge, have you replaced the rear sight on your Santa Fe Hawken yet?

I've been wanting one of that type for a future project. I think I even have one in the white somewhere in my junk pile, but no elevator. Yours is polished and browned already.

[Retro]

I've had a web page for ages, with all the stuff that interests me.

I started blogging when we bought the house, almost two years ago. So I'm basically a houseblogger. But now and then I blog about guns as well.

Decided to rather document my gun doings on web pages again. Wrote some php to go through directories and make pages based on that, not quite a database backed website but almost. Have only written the one rifle up so far, but that will change.

http://www.retro.co.za <- web
http://www.retro.co.za/blog <- blog

[Sarge]

Sarge, have you replaced the rear sight on your Santa Fe Hawken yet?

I've been wanting one of that type for a future project. I think I even have one in the white somewhere in my junk pile, but no elevator. Yours is polished and browned already.

Actually, when I bobbed the barrel back it tightened groups and changed the POI enough to work with what's on there. I'm tempted to go with a primitive fixed sight but I'm gonna measure dovetails etc. & take my time ordering...like to get it right on the first try.

[rjohns94]

yes, Hobie, I have journaled since 6th grade. In them are everything from fishing, hunting, sailing, running, cycling, spiritual and financial journals. Not to mention the journey of being a father, brother, son, and my naval career, sales career and now college instructor, an mission trip participant.

[donw]

http://daytodaywitharcheryairgunsfirea. ... dness.html

is a link to my blog...

this one is on a bow hunt, though...

i do firearms and airguns, too

[Hobie]

yes, Hobie, I have journaled since 6th grade. In them are everything from fishing, hunting, sailing, running, cycling, spiritual and financial journals. Not to mention the journey of being a father, brother, son, and my naval career, sales career and now college instructor, an mission trip participant.

We were strongly "counseled" against having a journal of any kind but that was in a life that ended back in 1976 or so and I've finally gotten over the training!

[dr walker]

Great topic Hobie.
I have always enjoyed your blog. You have many excellent articles. Your article on the 357 Max helped me get my Contender shooting better.
I book marked Sarge's and Mike's for when I have more time.
For you guys that are against blogs, your blog can be anything you make it.