I'll bite...
I started as a newbie looking for firearms info.
I de-lurked...well, I can't remember why. Probably as a prelude to asking a bunch of stupid questions.
Top Ten Reasons I'm hanging around:
10) Civility. This place actually expects us to deal with each other with a reasonable amount of courtesy and respect. Enjoyable, especially compared to the decline of these things in American society today.
9) Fantastic moderators. Far too many places go to extremes one way or the other. Either you agree with everything the In Crowd believes, or you're nuked; or any wild-eyed schizophrenic can barf insults and abuse at everyone and everything and no one does squat. THR Moderators walk that fine--and not easy--line between allowing freedom of expression and knowing when someone's just being a jerk.
8) Nightcrawler's got me hooked on his dang gunrunner serial.
7) Information. You know...the thing that led me here in the first place. After a couple of months here, I'm so well versed in Logistically Tactical Combat Weaponry Knowledge that I could conquer a couple of Third World countries armed only with a toothpick and a stale bagel!
6) A lot of very interesting, stereotype-breaking people. I intend to send some liberal friends to read some of the posts.
"See? I'm not the only gun owner that quotes Monty Python!"
5) Waiting for Skunkabilly to post pictures of his Uber-Tactical Carbon Fiber Toothbrush.
4) The masochistic side of me just can't get enough of trying to explain the libertarian philosophy to die-hard Rebublican dogmatists.
3) "My Gun/Caliber Can Beat Up Your Gun/Caliber" threads more entertaining than
Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, or even
Crossfire.
2) Because I've found guns are more addicting than tattoos.
And the
Number One reason I hang out here is...
1) To bug the
out of people by making their serious question thread into a Letterman "Top 10 List" parody!!!