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[Cdrspoon]

I met a nice guy while buying ammo at the local wal-mart and he told me about this site. He was waiting to meet another member for a trade in the parking lot and we had good conversation. Don't recall his name but he was trading a Ruger Blackhawk for an older rifle. I am a casual window shopper with little $$ so no need to post I guess....Mostly just watching and learning from others in hopes to spend what little $$ I do have in the right places =)

 

[Travis798]

Like every other forum I'm a member of, I mostly just lurk and/or just come around when I'm looking for something and mostly read and not post. If I went back and looked, most of my posts are probably all in little sections close together, with long periods in between .

Plus, you people just scare me.

 

[Cdrspoon]

I read something interesting in a forum that spoke of an OSA password if the SHTF... I would like to know it so as to use my preps with like minded people and not be shot in this type of scenario =)

 

[Cdrspoon]

And I bought 2 cases of Tannerite from a member that I found on here from Broken Arrow =) I sure love shooting that stuff =p Now I am up to 3 posts!!!

 

[The Cow Exploder]

post here. Tell me as little or as much as you'd like about yourself ...

But most importantly, I'd like to know how you found OSA ... and why you haven't posted ... or haven't posted much ...

Oldest ELIGIBLE member (anyone with less than 100 posts) gets a surprise ...



ETA: One of these days I'll get all the info in my OP the FIRST time I hit "send" ... Contest ends in 2 weeks ... whatever day that is ... at 5 o'clock p.m. CST ... I'm not staying up until 12:01 the night before just to post a weiner ...

There are two theories of the origin of The Cow Exploder, of the two I know not which is true. The first goes thus:

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One day while I was still living on the farm with my parents the farm animals, I was called upon to go out and sell our cows in town for money. An odd-looking man came up to me, offering beans that he said were magical. "No way!" I said. "I'm not that stupid!" and continued my way to town.

I succeeded in selling only two of our three cows, but that was ok I thought because we would still need one for milk and other things. While I was buying a few other items in town I let the cow graze in the wide open fields bordering the stores which, unknown to me, was near a nuclear plant that was leaking radiation into the fields.

Soon it was time to come home, which I proceeded to do. As I led the cow back I noticed something unusual about it but I couldn't tell exactly what it was. Funny, though the sun had set over an hour prior it still seemed bright. Anyways, it was a beautiful red sunset.

That night I was tired and slept soundly. When the next morning came and I went out to feed and milk the cow there was a very odd look in the cow's eyes. Suddenly it came up to me and bit me, and in the very next second it exploded.

When I finally regained consciousness, I looked around me and saw a terrible sight. The farm and everything on it was devastated. Crops were still burning from the explosion and the bodies of my parents sat smoking in the ashes. As I looked over the farm the house and the bodies, I wept. I was scared and I didn't know what to do. "Why them?" I thought. "Why not me? What spared my life? What did I do to deserve this?"

Mad at myself and the world I felt I had to strike out at something to relieve my anger. I hit a part of dead tree that was torn off in the explosion. The result? I struck oil. Puzzled by this and everything that happened that day I started to run, and fast. After about 30 seconds and 3/4 of a mile I saw, in the distance, a cow explosion. Suddenly as if in realization of what had happened to me I thought "I now posses strange powers, and whenever I use them, a cow explodes. I can use my powers to help people, and use them I will. For I am ... The Cow Exploder! ... and no one is inferior to me."

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Another story, thought also to be true and to precede the previous story is as follows:

One day as I was driving home from work (home at that time was simply a small apartment with $500 a month rent) I noticed a small car on the freeway, a Volkswagen beetle to be exact, in pretty bad shape with worn tires dented fenders and a dirty windshield. However, what struck me as unusual about it was its license plate. It had a bright new California license plate with the setting sun on it which read "THE COW". The reason this struck me as odd was that why would anyone who had a car as bad as that want to spend that much money on a custom license plate? Maybe they wanted to improve their car, but just gradually, and they started out with that meaning to work their way up. Who knows? Anyways, as I was watching it I saw one of it's tires run over a nail and blow out. While the driver pulled over to the side of the freeway something suddenly happened to my car also and I lost control. For some reason my car started steered to the side of the freeway and screeched to a halt right next to the other car.

After I got out of my car to see what was wrong and found nothing I noticed the woman at her car trying to change the tire and looking quite helpless. I went over to offer my help but then for some strange reason I had a sudden urge to push her down on the ground and jump on her. Which I did. At that very instant "THE COW" (her car) exploded!

"You saved my life!" she said.

"I didn't mean it," I started to say. "I mean, I never really meant to pull over in the first. You see I seemed to have lost control of my car, and my car pulled over by itself."

"Do you expect me to believe that?" she said. "You saved my life, do you want me to do anything for you?"

"No, thank you. I told you it was just coincidence that made this happen in the first place. I don't want anything." "Yes you do," she said, and with that I noticed a slight change in her voice. It became louder and more resounding. Like the guy in the SU 2000 Motor Oil from Shell commercials. "You wish to return to your childhood, to a time when you had no cares or
responsibilities. You want a chance to start over again," she said. "You're right," I replied. "But a lot of other people have that same wish. But why are you telling me this? I can't do anything about it and neither can you. But why dwell on the past?" "Because it is your destiny, your fate to go back and start over again. You enjoy making people happy and now is a time when many people need happiness, or at least a feeling that they are at least better than someone else in this world. They don't need any more people to look up to and idolize, that will only make them feel worse. No, what they need is someone to
be able look down upon and laugh at, and you will be that person." "Thanks heaps," I said. "But no thanks. What's this all about anyways? Are you sure you're all right from what happened to your car and everything? Maybe you hit your head on the dashboard." "I am perfectly fine. But I'm not sure about you. When you wake up you may think this was all a dream, and maybe it is. You may not remember this, you may not even care, but when you wake up, you will be..."

"Wait, I don't think I belong here!" "I already told you, this is your fate! You were meant to drive off..." "No, I mean I thought this was supposed to be a humorous story, not something out of some wild lunatic's fantasies." "Like it or not, you're stuck. Sorry. But anyways let me continue..." "No way, I want out and NOW!" "You're getting paid $100 a word." "As you were saying..." "When you wake up, you will become a 14 year old boy. For you are..." I found myself repeating her words... "For I am... The Cow Exploder!(R) ... and no one is inferior to me." (Sorry I repeated that line, but I like it. It has a nice ring to it.)

Suddenly I woke up, as if from a dream, having the mind and body of a 14 year old boy just as she said. At first I thought it was a dream, but then under my pillow, I found $17,600. Hmmmmmmmmm ... I wonder...

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The last story is thought by some to precede the first, but, in any case, the latter of the two stories is the one most often accepted as true. In some small, primitive countries, they also believe this story to be some kind of religious literature, and base religions after it. Unfortunately, there have also been found to be other rumors started by some real jerk.

For those of you who are interested in knowing I was not on and type of illegal drugs or anything when I thought of my handle, or, for that matter, this story. Cloves are legal.

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Miss BadgeBunny, sorry this is probably not exactly what you wanted to know when you asked for us to tell a little about ourselves, but what the heck! As for how I found the OSA forum, that too is another long story that's best left for another time as it involves travel, crowds, shotguns, and livestock - though not necessarily in that order.

 

[goldflinger]

I have to throw this post up here just see how many posts I have and when I joined. check the forum out most every work day, but don't have much to say.

 

[sandscards]

Been watching quite a while and post just a little. Started with just a little knowledge of guns an got started and read and learned a little. Got my license and learned to shoot and then couldn't find ammo. Read here some more and got started reloading. Seems I know a little about a lot of things and a lot about very few things. Lots of people here know more about a subject than I so I just let them answer and read and learn. Really check a couple of times a day to keep track of the posts to learn a little and laugh a little more.

 

[BillMac]

I just post when I have some pressing thought that needs to be answered, or someone posts something that just begs to be responded to. I have actually posted more than this number. Some way, I lost my count when I had to rejoin a while ago, so I'm trying to build back up. We can never hope to catch up to your tally though BB!

 

[vigiltln]

I like to reload and continually search for helpful information from those who have more experience. Probably will not post much, but will use the forum to answer questions I may have. I plan to seach the forum for answers to my questions/problems before a post a question that has already been answered!

 

[BadgeBunny]

Sorry I haven't been responding the last few days, guys ... It's been a really rough week ...

I am, however, glad that you are all here. And I will check "join dates" on Sunday to see who our winner is ...

So ...

All you guys who've been members FOREVER ... and who don't have 100 posts yet still have a chance to get in on the action!