Ed, are you drunk again?
Everything you write is pompous and, well, just plain ol' dumb.
I have no trouble understanding why you bailed on the legal profession years ago. Case dismissed.
I get it: Four books in print (over 14,000 copies out there); numerous articles for the
DGJ,
SSM,
Perersen's Shotguns,
Hunting & Fishing Collectibles, and about 40 articles for
Parker Pages. All for naught! Alas!
With the exception of
Parker Pages, these people pay me coin of the realm. About 180 "Patrons" sent $100 plus S&H for a copy of the Signed 500 Ltd. Ed. of my latest book, even before I had a publisher. Now thirty or more dealers are all over the Internet--Amazon, eBay,
et al --selling the $49.95 trade edition, and the royalties roll in.
Then along comes some Internet junkie with zero credentials other than a caustic attitude and access to a computer who says he knows better!
I go to the Yooper last weekend and double gun people approach me at the restaurant 20 miles away, wanting to share stories and a beer. Dealers and gun mechanics buy my books and pump me for information. People I don't know ask to have their picture taken... Everywhere I go--Vintage Cup, Sanford, Hidden Hollow, Yooper, Puglisi's, Chadick's, Galazan's, CADA, Las Vegas, you name it--I am known, not necessarily liked, but
known and respected, especially for what I know and am willing to share.
And along comes someone who hides behind "GregSY," who has nothing to say but says it anyway. Let's see: GregSY's words of doublegunshop.com wisdom are:
"Drunk--Moron--Swine--Food Stamps--Oink!--Panty Liners--Chadick a 'pint sized dandy in Terrel'--Pompous--and just plain ol' dumb." Sort of takes one's breath away how much GregSY enlightens us with his double-gun knowledge. Thank you for sharing. I think my prior comment about "half-vast" doesn't fairly capture the spirit and extent of GregSY's participation on this website.
As to GregSY "...understanding why EDM bailed on the legal profession years ago," it was to retire at age 40 and sail my 43-foot cutter/ketch "Outward Bound" from Chicago to Europe and the Caribbean with the wife and kids. Hard work, but somebody had to do it! And after spending the past 19 years, sailing 6-on and 6-off aboard "Solent", mostly in the Caribbean, we sold the Rival 34 in April in order to spend more time in our Mercedes R/V--Alaska in '08 and '09, maybe this year, too--hard work, but somebody's gotta do it.
GregSY: Eat your heart out. Your envy is duly noted. EDM
