Some already know me from PF

[GTGallop]

Got the invite from Inor and Hawgrider to ditch PF and come aboard so many of you may already know me. What to say for those that don't....?

Middle aged, overweight, white, male, married with kids and a dog. Originally from East Texas (What part? - All of it.), but now living North of Phoenix AZ in a quaint little community called Cave Creek. I'm also a licensed amateur radio operator - KG7NDC. Looking to level up to Gen soon.

Primary interests are bush-craft and life hacks that can be put to use for an immediate return on investment and also in the form of prepping for an uncertain future. Professionally, I am a Project Manager and Process Improvement Specialist with a specialization in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.

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[hawgrider]

Welcome aboard. If this is your first visit here you will find we have the same interests in preps, survival and hacks but we are a helluva lot more fun and we don't play corporate money games with a forum where good people hang out. Look around and have some fun for a change. Glad to have you here. Jump in any time.

[Inor]

Welcome my friend!

I do not think I mentioned this on the green site, but Mrs Inor and I are in the process of becoming your neighbors. Well, sort of. We are presently getting our house ready to sell mid-summer for a move to very rural Cochise County, AZ.

You will find OTP more laid back than the corporatists at the green site. Discussion about preps and guns and HAM are more than welcome here. But so are you latest and greatest BBQ and canning recipes. And of course politics. Consider us more of a "life hacks" site for the self-sufficient redneck hillbilly types.

Again welcome!

[Inor]

Welcome aboard. If this is your first visit here you will find we have the same interests in preps, survival and hacks but we are a helluva lot more fun and we don't play corporate money games with a forum where good people hang out. Look around and have some fun for a change. Glad to have you here. Jump in any time.

Great minds...

[GTGallop]

OUTSTANDING!

Cochise is beeeeeeee-yoooootiful land! Lots of OTG property out there too.

[DerBiermeister]

Welcome GtGallop

Not sure we crossed paths over on PF. I bailed from there about a year and a half ago during the big stink. I didn't like all the favoritism crap that was going on.

None of that here -- we all hate each other. :dancingguy:

[Inor]

OUTSTANDING!

Cochise is beeeeeeee-yoooootiful land! Lots of OTG property out there too.

Yeah, we bought some of it when the bottom fell out in 2009 as retirement property. I had a well drilled a year later to make sure there was water; there is. Now that property is finally selling MN again, we are going to pull the trigger and get down there ASAP!

[hawgrider]

Welcome GtGallop

Not sure we crossed paths over on PF. I bailed from there about a year and a half ago during the big stink. I didn't like all the favoritism crap that was going on.

None of that here -- we all hate each other. :dancingguy:I'm feeling the love LMAO!

[BucketBack]

Hello. I'm bailing on my 6K post, which was today

[hawgrider]

Hello. I'm bailing on my 6K post, which was today
You get full acredidation here for those. All credits transferable.... welcome to the school of hard knox.

[Inor]

Hello. I'm bailing on my 6K post, which was today

What is going on over there? I do not check in there regularly, but it seems a LOT of folks are really pissed off but I cannot figure what it is about.

Of course we welcome you here, but I do not want to make the same mistakes.

[GTGallop]

What is going on over there? I do not check in there regularly, but it seems a LOT of folks are really pissed off but I cannot figure what it is about.

Of course we welcome you here, but I do not want to make the same mistakes.

What is going on? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Same place it always was.

Only difference is that it was formerly owned by a company known as Forum Foundry and they just recently sold it to Vertical Scope. On 05/04/16, the new owners announced they had acquired Prepper Forum from Forum Foundry. Had it been a Nissan Titan Forum, 5.0 Mustang Forum, Wood Working Forum, or Garage / Man Cave Forum, they probably would have been heralded in with open arms and welcome smiles.

But since it is a bunch of preppers who are more than naturally suspicious about any new interlopers - but especially evil overlord, establishment, with the ability to track IP addresses and scan cookies and what not - people got a little uneasy. They are afraid that it is now a corporate tool to market products to you. And it is. But it always was. Any time you participate and pay no money - YOU are the product. So they are selling ads and getting revenue just like Forum Foundry was. No biggie.

But some have used it as an excuse to hop over here. I'm still happy with PF - but it isn't perfect. It has (in the last 18 mos) moved away from true skills and prepping to more political and religious gritching. There are some things I wished they would do differently like require 10 posts before you post for sale. I also wished they would scan and approve your first 5 messages. And I wish they would take a more active mod / admin role at steering unproductive threads back around to something on-topic. I'm not leaving there. Not yet anyway. But now that I'm here I'm sure I'll naturally gravitate towards the one that I get more out of.

[Slippy]

Hey GT! :impala:

[hawgrider]

Think relaxed... here GT
We discuss similer things but are not up tight.
We dont flash Ads at you
This site is owned by a man not a company.
Its not shawshank here.
We let conversations drift where they naturally go.
Mods here are for spammers and custodial duties.
We honor freedom of speech.
Rarely does anyone of any value get banned. Unless your a pediflie or a sockpuppet.
If your looking for the long arm of the law and tight reins then this may not be your place.

Give it a shot. Its a fun place with folks who actually care even though we may argue occasionally just for fun.


Inor was here

[Inor]

Think relaxed... here GT
We discuss similer things but are not up tight.
We dont flash Ads at you
This site is owned by a man not a company.
Its not shawshank here.
We let conversations drift where they naturally go.
Mods here are for spammers and custodial duties.
We honor freedom of speech.
Rarely does anyone of any value get banned. Unless your a pediflie or a sockpuppet.
If your looking for the long arm of the law and tight reins then this may not be your place.

Give it a shot. Its a fun place with folks who actually care even though we may argue occasionally just for fun.

Like Hawg says, we take law and order seriously in these parts...

[Arklatex]

Inor was here

Hahaha!

Welcome GT. You found a great place.

[hawgrider]

And.... remember its not like anyone has to make a choice. Lots of folks here visit both sites. Even Denton comes here occasionally to relax.

[Old_SF_Guy]

Welcome GT...Not sure what these other assholes been telling you, but this place is good to go, as long as you don't come a brow beating me to vote for TRUMP. Welcome to the OTP.

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[inceptor]

Welcome GT. It's good to have you here. :beerchug:

[A Watchman]

Glad you found your way over here GT.

[azrancher]

and a dog.

OK what kind of Dog, we don't allow foo foo dogs here...


Well, sort of. We are presently getting our house ready to sell mid-summer for a move to very rural Cochise County, AZ.Where in rural Cochise, you might be my new neighbor...


Cochise is beeeeeeee-yoooootiful land! Lots of OTG property out there too.OTG = OFF THE GRID, I can see some of it across the valley, Arizona Public Service (APS) is nothing about service.

Rancher

[azrancher]

You get full acredidation here for those. All credits transferable.... welcome to the school of hard knox.So... do we get credit for SB posts also?

Rancher

[Inor]

Where in rural Cochise, you might be my new neighbor...

Rancher

We will be about 6-8 miles due west of Sun Sites. The back of the house we are going to build will be looking up into the Cochise Stronghold (west) in the Dragoon Mountains.

Edit: When we get there, I am hoping I might hit you up for some recommendations on things like a new insurance agent and a new CPA, etc. :biglaugh:

[DerBiermeister]

We will be about 6-8 miles due west of Sun Sites. The back of the house we are going to build will be looking up into the Cochise Stronghold (west) in the Dragoon Mountains.

Edit: When we get there, I am hoping I might hit you up for some recommendations on things like a new insurance agent and a new CPA, etc. :biglaugh:

Just curious Mike -- what elevation will you be at? If similar to Flagstaff (around 7500 ft) you'll be quite comfortable in the summer months.

[hawgrider]

So... do we get credit for SB posts also?

Rancher
SB?

[RWalls]

A late Welcome!

[slewfoot]

Welcome aboard GT, I jumped ship over there in December of 2015 and never looked Back. Got an email from Hawg with an invite to join up over here , love it here. Hope that marine from main never finds his way over here.:vomito:

[Inor]

Just curious Mike -- what elevation will you be at? If similar to Flagstaff (around 7500 ft) you'll be quite comfortable in the summer months.

Just shy of 5000. Before we bought the place, we went down for a couple weeks in July to see if we could handle the heat and the monsoons. It wasn't too bad. It would get into the high 90's every afternoon, but it was tolerable if you stayed out of the sun and it cooled off nice in the evenings.

This year we went down for a couple weeks at the end of November and beginning of December and the only thing that surprised us was the evenings got into the 10's at night. Obviously, that is no big deal for a couple of Minnesotans, but I expect we will be bitching about it in a few years. Plus, it was still warming up to the 60's during the day.

[Inor]

Welcome aboard GT, I jumped ship over there in December of 2015 and never looked Back. Got an email from Hawg with an invite to join up over here , love it here. Hope that marine from main never finds his way over here.:vomito:

We can solve that problem if it ever occurs. :biglaugh:

[DerBiermeister]

Just shy of 5000. Before we bought the place, we went down for a couple weeks in July to see if we could handle the heat and the monsoons. It wasn't too bad. It would get into the high 90's every afternoon, but it was tolerable if you stayed out of the sun and it cooled off nice in the evenings.

This year we went down for a couple weeks at the end of November and beginning of December and the only thing that surprised us was the evenings got into the 10's at night. Obviously, that is no big deal for a couple of Minnesotans, but I expect we will be bitching about it in a few years. Plus, it was still warming up to the 60's during the day.

That is pretty good all around weather. Kind of reminds me of Billings Mt in the summer. Gets into the low 90s in the daytime, but little humidity and cools off to upper 50s at night.

[azrancher]

We will be about 6-8 miles due west of Sun Sites. The back of the house we are going to build will be looking up into the Cochise Stronghold (west) in the Dragoon Mountains.You will have good views to the East if you are on that side of the Mountains, I didn't realize that there were sites up there as high as 5,000', I am at exactly 5,000' on the East side of the Huachuca Mountains.


When we get there, I am hoping I might hit you up for some recommendations on things like a new insurance agent and a new CPA, Insurance agent, we had Farmers, we had a wildfire, we are now with USAA, we don't need no stinking CPA.


SB?Survivalist Boards


surprised us was the evenings got into the 10's at night. That corner of Cochise gets colder than it does over in the next valley, Benson-Bisbee. I don't know why but it does.

Rancher

[Inor]

That corner of Cochise gets colder than it does over in the next valley, Benson-Bisbee. I don't know why but it does.

Rancher

Global warming due to the pot smoke from all the hippies in Bisbee. :biglaugh:

[hawgrider]

Oh my... Refer Madness...

Actually smoking pots is fun just ask Hickok45.

[Inor]

Oh my... Refer Madness...

Actually smoking pots is fun just ask Hickok45.

No, you don't understand. Bisbee, AZ is perpetually stuck in 1969 Berkeley, CA. The last time we were there, Mrs Inor had to threaten me to get me to stop picking fights. Finally we just left and drove up the road to Tombstone.

[hawgrider]

No, you don't understand. Bisbee, AZ is perpetually stuck in 1969 Berkeley, CA. The last time we were there, Mrs Inor had to threaten me to get me to stop picking fights. Finally we just left and drove up the road to Tombstone. So deadheads did reproduce eh!:hippie:

[GTGallop]

Bisbee is a gorgeous little town. I love it as a get away but you are right about the hippies. If B.Sanders ever showed up again, there would be a line of people six miles long and three abreast of men and women who want a chance to schlob his knob.

[DerBiermeister]

No, you don't understand. Bisbee, AZ is perpetually stuck in 1969 Berkeley, CA. The last time we were there, Mrs Inor had to threaten me to get me to stop picking fights. Finally we just left and drove up the road to Tombstone.

Must be a twin town to Taos, NM

[Sasquatch]

I got the same invite from Inor and Hawg and I've been tied up in their basement for the last 4 months! Run! Run as fast as you can. The freaks are crazy!

[MI.oldguy]

Welcome over to the orange place.I would have welcomed you sooner but,the little woman has me busy lately. :needbeer:

[azrancher]

No, you don't understand. Bisbee, AZ is perpetually stuck in 1969 Berkeley, CA. The last time we were there, Mrs Inor had to threaten me to get me to stop picking fights. Finally we just left and drove up the road to Tombstone.It grew into that state of mind, when I moved here in 1981 the mine had closed and you could buy a 4 bedroom home for $8K.

Rancher

[azrancher]

Must be a twin town to Taos, NMNah not even close, Taos is artsy fartsy, Bisbee is for hippies and drinking, try it on Halloween, OMG... parking is a problem!

Rancher

[Inor]

Nah not even close, Taos is artsy fartsy, Bisbee is for hippies and drinking, try it on Halloween, OMG... parking is a problem!

Rancher

A couple of questions for you Rancher...

With the mine closed, how does anything stay in business in Bisbee? It seems like a fairly good sized small town, but I cannot see where they do anything beside a bunch of hippie art shops and have the courthouse?

When we were down there last fall we heard a rumor that they were opening one of those "The Villages" retirement communities in Benson. Is that true? We heard they were planning on bring in 25,000 people! If true, I am going to open a discrete STD clinic when we get there!

[azrancher]

With the mine closed, how does anything stay in business in Bisbee? It seems like a fairly good sized small town, but I cannot see where they do anything beside a bunch of hippie art shops and have the courthouse?Yes it is the County Seat, and yes things were tough when the mine closed, it is still in "maintenance mode", it is a tourist meca, it was the largest town between Saint Louis and San Francisco it has lots of antique stores, good eating (Bisbee Breakfast Club in the old JC Penny building, Cafe La Roca for high class and fairly cheap) Lots of B&B's... it's a tourist town now, although some of the Feds that work at Ft. Huachuca live there, unlike Tombstone the Town that didn't know when to die, Bisbee will live on forever.


When we were down there last fall we heard a rumor that they were opening one of those "The Villages" retirement communities in Benson. Is that true? I have not heard it was a retirement community, it is within commuting distance of Tucson, yes I heard it was 25,000 homes, of course in Arizona that is a negotiating point, water being the main problem for that development, that will be bargained down, and of course only a few thousand homes every 10 years will ever be build, ... Kind of like Sunsites, you see how well it got developed!

Rancher

How do I get my Banned logo...

[Sparkyprep]

Welcome, finally!

[Inor]

How do I get my Banned logo...

Give us the story of how and why you were banned and we will set you up!

[azrancher]

Give us the story of how and why you were banned and we will set you up!

Sure this prick over on Survivalist Boards....

Originally Posted by cdvaight
Dear azrancher,

You have received an infraction at Survivalist Forum.

Reason: Arguing with a Moderator
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I'm not sure if you're trying to get banned or just don't know how to read? Don't complain about moderator action. You were wrong and you know it.

Quote:
"yeah, it was just a glitch in the website according to one of the mods... "

It was a glitch in one of the moderators, I pointed that out and and got 1 bad boy point.
-------

This infraction is worth 2 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

All the best,
Survivalist Forum

[Inor]

Sure this prick over on Survivalist Boards....

Originally Posted by cdvaight
Dear azrancher,

You have received an infraction at Survivalist Forum.

Reason: Arguing with a Moderator
-------
I'm not sure if you're trying to get banned or just don't know how to read? Don't complain about moderator action. You were wrong and you know it.

Quote:
"yeah, it was just a glitch in the website according to one of the mods... "

It was a glitch in one of the moderators, I pointed that out and and got 1 bad boy point.
-------

This infraction is worth 2 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

All the best,
Survivalist Forum



Okay, I think I set it right. I am pretty new to this Admin stuff so if I screwed you up just give a shout. It was certainly not on purpose. :biglaugh:

Edit: We need to start trolling SB for the good guys and point them here. I have an ID there (but cannot remember what it is) and I do stop by and read once in awhile. But I do not spend enough time there to know who is who yet. It seems like there might be some good guys there, but like PF it looks like their admins might be full-on retards.

[azrancher]

OEdit: We need to start trolling SB for the good guys and point them here. I have an ID there (but cannot remember what it is) and I do stop by and read once in awhile. But I do not spend enough time there to know who is who yet. It seems like there might be some good guys there, but like PF it looks like their admins might be full-on retards.Yes they are pretty bad over there, is Ricekila a member here, he, just got off of a 2 month Ban, hangs out at dardsidesboard forum, or others, but he's a good boy, had over 40K post on SB when he got banned for 2 months... go figure that out.

Rancher

[Inor]

Yes they are pretty bad over there, is Ricekila a member here, he, just got off of a 2 month Ban, hangs out at dardsidesboard forum, or others, but he's a good boy, had over 40K post on SB when he got banned for 2 months... go figure that out.

Rancher

Yeah, it happens. I was the #1 poster at prepperforums until I called out an admin for lying to a member. Those morons even banned my wife because she was married to me! :biglaugh: Meh. The owner of this site only started it because he was banned from every "decent" forum on the internet. That is basically why all of us ended up here. This is a good place.

The only reason there have not been a whole lot of prepper posts here is because we have all known each other for years (literally). We have exchanged most of the prepper info we have. We should get some new blood to spark those conversations up again so we do not get stale.

[Prepared One]

Welcome to both GT and Rancher.

[MI.oldguy]

Yes they are pretty bad over there, is Ricekila a member here, he, just got off of a 2 month Ban, hangs out at dardsidesboard forum, or others, but he's a good boy, had over 40K post on SB when he got banned for 2 months... go figure that out.

Rancher

Rice is not interested,confirmed by a pm'd invitation some time ago.some others also,either they don't like me or they are some righteous kind of pricks.

[Targetshooter]

I am here to , welcome good to see you here .

[Jeep]

Welcome GT

[rice paddy daddy]

Welcome, GT!

[rice paddy daddy]

Rice is not interested,confirmed by a pm'd invitation some time ago.some others also,either they don't like me or they are some righteous kind of pricks.

Nah, not Ricekilla.
Bonafide 101st Airborne Vietnam veteran. Nice guy, and my Brother.

[Deebo]

Ain't no law in Kansas lawdog.
I think that's how he said it.
Welcome Gt.

[Gambit]

howdy from my kiddie pool of shame

[MI.oldguy]

Nah, not Ricekilla.
Bonafide 101st Airborne Vietnam veteran. Nice guy, and my Brother.

Not saying rice is not nice.he just declined otp.said all the forums are getting to be the same,maybe he was having a bad day,we all do.

[azrancher]

Nah, not Ricekilla.
Bonafide 101st Airborne Vietnam veteran. Nice guy, and my Brother.Oh you both did Nam... I'm sorry, I decided not to, won the lottery went to college instead.

[rice paddy daddy]

Oh you both did Nam... I'm sorry, I decided not to, won the lottery went to college instead.

Enlisted before the draft went to the lottery system. 1967.
Volunteered for overseas duty in the Republic of Vietnam in 1969.
Have no regrets.

[Ricekila]

Rice is not interested,confirmed by a pm'd invitation some time ago.some others also,either they don't like me or they are some righteous kind of pricks.

From what I barely remember ? -- not pricky but 5 forums a night was my mental limit back then - whenever then was ?


Nah, not Ricekilla.
Bonafide 101st Airborne Vietnam veteran. Nice guy, and my Brother.

RPD -- is this where you be ? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/RICEKILA/Smillies/banana151_zpsv4jba0w9.gif

[rice paddy daddy]

RPD -- is this where you be ? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/RICEKILA/Smillies/banana151_zpsv4jba0w9.gif

This is one of the places. I lost interest in SB a couple of years ago.
Great to see you, my friend.

[MI.oldguy]

Hey!,welcome finally!.not you being pricky there fella,just a few others there.then was in Jan.of 2016 if I remember right.when you saw my post on sb and told me you saw it on pf also.

Hang around,its more fun here.