not to lessen the board...

[bartp40]

I also like to check out:

[methusaleh]

Wow nice site, thanks! Looks like a lot of good reading!

Anyone here visit stalkingtheflock.com? That's another one of my haunts, though I realize it's not for everyone.

[Rustyshakelford]

Wow nice site, thanks! Looks like a lot of good reading!

Anyone here visit stalkingtheflock.com? That's another one of my haunts, though I realize it's not for everyone.

No blog over there though.

[Vicious Ignernt]

I also like to check out:
http://www.warriortalk.com/

I've been on that board for more than 6 months. Very AK and Glock oriented, which is fine. Also very training oriented. A good bit of Christian religion in the mix, which is fine. The owner is pretty strict, which is fine. He would take off of "Recent Posts" any thread I wrote on. And no I wasn't doing my "ignernt" routine. I only do that with you guys, cause you're "special".

But a week or so back, I was challenging someone about a written statement to give to the LEO in case of being involved in a shootong. I said no. Well, one guy thought I was for it, and really got onto me bad. Told me to just shoot myself. Last year I was going through a really bad time. Really Bad. And, yes, I had suicidal thoughts. That guys rant brought all that back.

Now I know I have to deal with life on my own, and I understand in life, as well as on that forum, that "Big Boy Rules" apply first and foremost, but I never would have thought a "Christian" based forum would allow telling someone to commit suicide, even in a joking manner. That's not something I joke about.:(

I worked on a county ambulance a while back. The truck I worked on was the "trash truck", we did all the trash runs in the county so the paramedic trucks would still be available for emergencies. I had my fill of picking up the bodies of suicides. I am reliving a lot of those memories now, thanks to that guy. :(

That's why I appreciate you people here so much. You don't mind it if I get a lettle ignernt every now and again. Thank you.:o

Just so no one gets upset at me, I'm not against WarriorTalk.com. If you want hard core AK/Glock/Christianity, that's a good site. There are some good people there.

[barkingowl]

People who commit suicide are taking the easy way out. I know that sounds cruel & I've been where your at, but it takes real will to stay alive & to face everything that life throws at you. I made a promise to myself a long time ago that no matter how bad things got that I would live out whatever span of life I've been dealt. I remember reading somewhere that life doesn't give you any situations that you can't deal with.

I just took a look at the board. It looks like there's a section for just about everything. Thanks for the heads up & for telling us a bit about it.

[snal]

I went thru a terrible divorce about 19 years ago. I sat out in my garage workshop, completely overwhelmed by the thought that my children had been taken away form me for no good reason. I put a pistol to my head, and to this day I can't say what kept me from pulling the trigger. Although I had my share of custody, it was years before I got over not having my children with me.
No matter the reason, it is impossible to understand the amount of physical or emotional, unbelievable pain that can lead to suicide...unless you've been there.
I lost a very dear friend 5 years ago. Same scenario, wife just pops up and says she's out of love, and is taking the children. My friend was almost a stay at home dad, wife made damn good money, so he part timed while opting to also be the primary care giver for his children. He couldn't take it...and ended his own life.
He was the LAST person that anyone would ever imagine could do such a thing, but I knew his pain, and he had me fooled. I called him the night before, and tried to get him to come up and stay with us for awhile, he had a landscape business, just bought a new truck the day before.
I know his family very well, and I have watched the pain that they have had to endure, and they endure it still. I don't know what saved me, but I'm glad that I didn't do anything to cause that kind of pain to my family.
Easy way out?....far from it...there's nothing easy about whatever might lead someone to that decision, nothing easy about recovering from the brink, and nothing easy about making the wrong choice.

[West Texas!]

Kind of tacky to join one forum and start talking about others.....

[snal]

My appologies to bartp40 for stringing along the off topicness (is that a word?).

[bartp40]

no problem...

Thank you for sharing your experience. Glad you made it through. Life can be trying at times...

[gkim4107]

SNAL, I think what he was trying to say was not that its stuff that is easy that leads up to those things. I would imagine that anything that leads up to the thoughts of ending ones own life, could be nothing more than some of the most painstaking shit in any life. I believe that he was saying that they took the easy way of not dealing with it. You were saying that you dont know why you didnt pull the trigger, but the important thing is you didnt. Something inside you held back your finger. Some people ignore that feeling, and continue on with their plan. I think that was kind of what big owl was saying. Correct me if Im wrong big owl.


By the way, glad you decided otherwise, we like having you around here :)

[David M.]

I had a very close friend, a fellow Marine, who had been married for one month, found out he was going to be a dad and took his life with a pistol. He was the last person I would have ever thought would do such a thing. He was so full of life, or so I thought. The only complaint I ever heard was his concern for finances. This was years ago, and we had to take his body back to Ga. and try to comfort his parents who had just thrown him a party weeks before celebrating his marriage. It was a terrible situation.

[sd allen]

Kind of tacky to join one forum and start talking about others.....

My thoughts exactly............WTF?????

[Vicious Ignernt]

Kind of tacky to join one forum and start talking about others.....

Yeah, you're right.

Thanks for the "wake up".

A new member came onto this forum and started posting over a dozen links to different stuff and I thought you all might want to know what I thought about one of the links. So, I'm sorry I made that assumption.

I've learned my lesson, from now on I'll only say nice things about others. I'll drink another sip of the the "kool-aid".

[bartp40]

Now wait a minute...

I have been on a bunch of boards and forums over the years. It is surprising how closed minded some people can be in regard to their little piece of the corner. If a member shares an experience or links from other boards or forums, I appreciate the sharing of knowledge.

Knowledge is power. Ignorance should not be bliss.

[West Texas!]

I have been on a bunch of boards and forums over the years. It is surprising how closed minded some people can be in regard to their little piece of the corner. If a member shares an experience or links from other boards or forums, I appreciate the sharing of knowledge.

Knowledge is power. Ignorance should not be bliss.

Maybe if you work it into a part of the conversation...then it would be appropriate...however, just tossing every other board out there...tacky, tacky, tacky.