My Brothers from other mothers,
I thought I would use my 1,000th post to thank all of you for the wonderful time that I have had as a member of BOCN this past year, and especially thank Spotter and the other originators for taking the time and effort to create BOCN.
Exactly one year ago (March 22, 2009), I was searching on the internet for something ordnance related and stumbled upon BOCN. From the start, I became addicted to regular doses of Ordnance information that always included something new and interesting, and the friendships of the members. Here in the States, we are so spread out that we have to travel long distances to meet at gun or cartridge collector shows, and those don't happen too often. In the past, due to those factors, we tend to have a very limited number of friends that are Ordnance collectors, and limited access to information. One of the reasons for this I believe, is because the only war we have had in our country was the Civil War, so there isn't much in the way of modern Ordnance laying around, with the exception of all the FUDS (Formerly used defense sites) that are contaminated with UXO.
Now, as a member of BOCN with a computer and the Internet, we can have friends all over the planet, and share information as if we were all in the same room. Members share photos and information, trade with each other, and we are all the better for it.
In this past year, I have learned a huge amount of information, formed friendships with people I have never seen, and I have renewed frienships with collectors that I had dealt with up to 20 years ago.
I have also learned a lot about our world from BOCN. Collectors tend to behave the same no matter where they live, obtaining whatever they can from dug-up to factory mint condition. For some reason Brits have a facination for German bombs and Mills Grenades. Nothing wrong with that, all good things, as I have some of each.
All this being said, it isn't the Ordnance that glues us all together. It is the Friendship. The members are polite, respectful, helpful, friendly, sharing, and outgoing. I can't think of a better combination of people's traits anywhere else, where I could enjoy spending my time as much as I have here in the past year. I'm looking forward to many more years, and many more new friendships.
John
I thought I would use my 1,000th post to thank all of you for the wonderful time that I have had as a member of BOCN this past year, and especially thank Spotter and the other originators for taking the time and effort to create BOCN.
Exactly one year ago (March 22, 2009), I was searching on the internet for something ordnance related and stumbled upon BOCN. From the start, I became addicted to regular doses of Ordnance information that always included something new and interesting, and the friendships of the members. Here in the States, we are so spread out that we have to travel long distances to meet at gun or cartridge collector shows, and those don't happen too often. In the past, due to those factors, we tend to have a very limited number of friends that are Ordnance collectors, and limited access to information. One of the reasons for this I believe, is because the only war we have had in our country was the Civil War, so there isn't much in the way of modern Ordnance laying around, with the exception of all the FUDS (Formerly used defense sites) that are contaminated with UXO.
Now, as a member of BOCN with a computer and the Internet, we can have friends all over the planet, and share information as if we were all in the same room. Members share photos and information, trade with each other, and we are all the better for it.
In this past year, I have learned a huge amount of information, formed friendships with people I have never seen, and I have renewed frienships with collectors that I had dealt with up to 20 years ago.
I have also learned a lot about our world from BOCN. Collectors tend to behave the same no matter where they live, obtaining whatever they can from dug-up to factory mint condition. For some reason Brits have a facination for German bombs and Mills Grenades. Nothing wrong with that, all good things, as I have some of each.
All this being said, it isn't the Ordnance that glues us all together. It is the Friendship. The members are polite, respectful, helpful, friendly, sharing, and outgoing. I can't think of a better combination of people's traits anywhere else, where I could enjoy spending my time as much as I have here in the past year. I'm looking forward to many more years, and many more new friendships.
John