Introduce Yourselves

Discussions about our lives, families, jobs... things may get a little personal
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arkythehun

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Shawn McManus, a.k.a. arkythehun, here.

Between here and the various KdT sites, I've been around since 2004. Today was the first day I clicked on "The Kitchen Table" though.

I live in the Dallas area of North Texas. Because really... Life is too short not to live it as a Texan.

I've a wife (15 years next week!), three kids, three dogs, and a cat. I really just have the bare necessities regarding firearms: two rifles in .3x calibers, a shotgun, and a pistol that fires europellets. My wife and kids also have firearms and I have a .22 Ruger MkII, but I don't those in my collection.

I have a pseudo-political, pseudo-everything else blog:
http://arkythehun.blogspot.com

and an online story that encapsulates many of my views on politics (allegory warning) and sundry other topics

http://www.survivorsofthevirus.com/wp_app

Everything I do professionally is too boring to talk about with most humans but if you use a cell phone in North America or Europe for anything other than voice communications, chances are you are using a system that I've at least touched.
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McClarkus
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Hello from rural Colorado, front slope side. Pow is good. Bang is better. Boom is best. We are lucky enough to have our own range so we do all three. I ski, ride my Harley, hunt, fish, camp, raft white water and shoot stuff. M1 Garand, Colt Ar 15, S & W revolvers, Sig semi autos, Beretta, a bitey little German PPKS, etc, etc. Black powder cannons and mortar round out the toys. Ex PD. I like my neighbors, the farther away, the better......... - Mark
One secret to life. Step #1 - Find something you enjoy doing. Step #2 - Find someone foolish enough to pay you to do it.
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Bob K
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Well Mark, it's about goddam time you got here & introduced yourself.

Welcome, and have fun. This is the greatest board out there.

Best,

Bob K
"Youth and skill are no match for age and treachery." Unknown

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud

"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
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Welcome aboard!
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Welcome!
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shooter z

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Howdy folks I'm in Dallas area [just moved here from South Carolina] and before that born and raised in Maine. Right now unemployed due to several medical problems I used to be an armed and unarmed security officer/supervisor,retired firefighter and am an amatuer radio operator. who shoots when possible.
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Welcome aboard
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Welcome to our little corner of the net.
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shooter z wrote:Howdy folks I'm in Dallas area [just moved here from South Carolina] and before that born and raised in Maine. Right now unemployed due to several medical problems I used to be an armed and unarmed security officer/supervisor,retired firefighter and am an amatuer radio operator. who shoots when possible.
Welcome. You will find a little bit of everything somewhere on this forum. There are also at least 4 other Hams. :lol:
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Welcome, keep in mind if you post a lot and then all of a sudden quit, we may come find you, other than that we are pretty normal, more or less.
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