Gone are the days...

adrock- Jerry IS busy with Family or maybe he's burning out. It's draining dealing with peeps all the time.
Where is morimotom??
 
I'm new here as of last month, and I couldn't be happier, all you guys are very friendly, informative and helpful, maybe it isn't the same, but your knowledge base and willingness to help new guys (rookies, novices) and expand there knowledge base is a great service to both them and busse , and will help insure busse lives on.

As a new guy and rookie, I thank you for your help, it is not in vein....
Sincerely
-Michael
 
RussMo said:
Michael, your on the money Brother:thumbup:

This is whats happening at least in my mind. Like the song say, "the future is in the air"!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KcRl1p2waM
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
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Yeah Michael is on the money. :thumbup:

After reading that some of you guys miss the old hogs i came to thinking, well i have only been here for a year and to me you guys are the old hogs, to me this forum would not be the same without you Russ, Gravel, Jody, Sue, Rob, Rolf, Kaak,Drbarnes, M67, Dericdesmond, PeterPHWS, on-the-edge, Will York, Andy the Aussie, LVC, Eric Isaacson, Resinguy all of you and and a bunch more i can't remember at the moment are the reasons i have been sticking around since i joined.

Also the fact that we can shoot the breeze or discuss knife stuff with the Busse crew makes this place pretty awsome :thumbup::D .
 
Lennox- You are a good man.^
Let's see what happens here.
I'd still love a chisel ground Busse knife. :D
 
I too have failed to be wow'ed by Busse's recent offerings. I love the ones I have but my favorite chopper is my Dogfather. As far as my field knife, I use an M390 blade from another maker because it holds its edge longer than my small INFI blades. Its night and day. I'm hopefull things will get better until then I'll keep waiting for that e-mail from Pokey.
 
When we arrived, for each of us everything was shiny & new. Just like being a kid in the candy store for the first time. Which one, how does that 'taste', "I want I want I want", how do you get that, where did it come from, etcetera...

Then we received guidance from the HOGs already here, read, posted, and learned the ways, and along the way discovered which knife models really got us hooked.

Then we used them. And life was good. Boys with toys. ;) Big heavy duty "tonka toys" that took what we dished and laughed at our puny efforts to beat them down.

We showed the images, the fauna (and cars and such) down, the spirits up... Believers, mebbe even (dare I say it?) fanboys. We came for the knives, we stayed for the friendship.

We grew "fat", as we scored much Bussekin, some grails, and witnessed many shenanigans along the way.

The years passed by. Change of the guard... Some old school HOGs off to other hobbies and things, some n00b piglets just discovering INFI & Bussekin, everything shiny & new...

We watch as they take their first steps into the madness we know and love ('cause we're already crazy ;))

We guide them, teach them patience and how to use the forum search function... ;) and show them the ways of Pork-fu.

They taste the madness, use the INFI.

They read, post, share experiences, show the pix and learn the ways...the years pass by, and again new blood replaces the old.

The tree of INFI must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of new collectors and (ab)users. ~Jerry Busse...or Thomas Jefferson...or mebbe Garth said it?? ;):D:D

As others have said, it's a cycle. Do I miss many that were here who've moved on? Yes, absolutely, and hopefully, they return, if even for a short visit. But I look at some of the members who've joined us here since. No need to name names, but there are some real HOGs among them, great folks who've left their mark here and continue to do so with great threads, posts, images, and spirit...
And love or hate this forum, anything is better than the stage we went through a few years back when there was constant bickering and arguments between members, good threads getting derailed and going bad, and just a general "chill" in the atmosphere overall around here. Those are things I don't miss, along with the few members...again, no need to name names...that were causing the majority of these problems.

Nothing stays the same except change... :) Personally, I feel an upswing in the cycle coming, and I'm looking forward to what it brings, not only from Wauseon, but from the members who frequent this forum these days... :cool::thumbup:
 
And there's always Jaxx to put things into perspective. In many ways, I still think of myself as a noob. There are so many things I haven't learned about Busse, and many questions I will probably still ask. But I find I can help occasionally which I enjoy.

So yes, once you put things in perspective, this forum goes through an evolutionary process every so often. Lots of great people I miss, but a lot of new folks to take their place.
 
Thank you Alex. You are a True HOG and a good person.
Thanks Gang.
Carry on!!
 
Will York said:
Nice, Alex. Ya noob. :D
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See, folks? Everything is relative. To Will, I still am just a piglet! :D

RussMo said:
Get'em Will, LOL Alex a noob, shoot I'm still a cruit compared to y'all. Maybe not in age, ALEX!!!
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LOL, Russ. ;)

There's two HOGs standing on top of a mountain. The younger one says to the older one: "Hey, let's say we run down there to the Trough and grab one of them knives". The older one says: "No, piglet. Lets walk down and grab 'em all". ~ idahoskunk...or Robert Duvall in Colors. Or mebbe Garth said that one too? Heck, I don't remember. Senility, I reckon! ;) :D:D
 
I haven't been here long at all. I wasn't here for the old times so can't impute on that. But in the time I've been here it seems to have slowed some. That's ok for the short term. I like the people here and the comradery. I would have a beer with any of you, if you existed in the real world. :-) I imagine Busse is busy with all the Walking Dead fans looking for Darrells knife and the military orders. Maybe they need to add a second shift. I am available on nights and weekends..... But we have to convince the wife I'm still driving a truck...
 
Hey hey hey.....I'd like to think I exist in the real world.


And while you at convincing your wife, I will do the same. I'm available until I have to return to work from this ACL surgery....
 
I do miss raising hell here with Tony, Skunk, Cobalt, and others.
I started the chat thread over in Becker (now the long running Snark thread) somewhat as a replacement.
Life goes on. As Jaxxx says, it's all relative. When I look at the early goings-on of my Photobucket, there are some funny memories though.

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BTW, I heard that the poor immigrant who came over with nothing but a coffee mug and shoes married that stunning blonde and lived happily ever after.
 
Guyon! Welcome home! Have you been lurking, or did someone give you a tip about this thread?
 
resinguy, I stop by and look in once in a blue moon. When are you making it back down to Blade?
I meant to PM you a while back and see if you bought one of those thin Swamp Rats.
 
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