The Zorba thread. - Page 2

Edward Tinker · 08-08-2013, 08:13 PM

I was surprised at the comments you recieved when you first joined... Which from my perception (yours might have seen a different view), was little to no comments. Made me proud of the membership. I took it that folks figured you were here, asking real questions and shared a love of the Luger.

Patronen · 08-08-2013, 10:14 PM

Welcome to the Forum and Collecting!
Sorry if I contributed to wandering off the topic on you grip thread.

All the best.

cdmech · 08-08-2013, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by zormpas

general WTFing,

Can we add that to the "acronyms" thread?
Marc

Zorba · 08-08-2013, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

I was surprised at the comments you recieved when you first joined... Which from my perception (yours might have seen a different view), was little to no comments. Made me proud of the membership. I took it that folks figured you were here, asking real questions and shared a love of the Luger.

Pretty much - I had the occasional comment or question - and several PMs - but it really started getting interesting in the grip thread, so I thought it was a good idea to start this thread just to satisfy people's curiosity. When a weird guy like me comes onto a firearms forum - there's gonna be some surprise!

Its all good - I'm just very gratified at the wealth of knowledge found here - and the depth of consensus. Which is what prompted me to immediately become a patron - something I don't usually do, but this forum deserves it.

If you wanna see a flamewar, try one of the Piano boards sometime - nobody can agree on anything, and it turns into a pitched battle with fixed bayonets more often than not. None of that here!

Zorba · 08-08-2013, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Patronen

Welcome to the Forum and Collecting!
Sorry if I contributed to wandering off the topic on you grip thread.

All the best.

NO worries - it just pointed out the need for this one!

GySgt1811 · 08-09-2013, 10:04 AM

Zormpas,

When you first told us of your avocation my first thought was that you've got a bigger set of jones than I've got.

I then I got on with the forum...

All the best!

Gunny John

PS. If any doofus ever gives you any real poop, give me a shout; I got yer back. GJ

ithacaartist · 08-09-2013, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cdmech

Can we add that to the "acronyms" thread?
Marc

I think we need a "WTF" smilie!

NoncomRetired · 08-09-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

I think we need a "WTF" smilie!

I've always been partial to a 'puking' smiley myself.

WG dog · 08-09-2013, 03:42 PM

Laughter is the best medicine.

Welcome to zormpas!

Had to look for Johnny Carson and the marmoset. This link has Carson and the marmoset, at about 1:30 in, after Carson and McMahon mugging and having fun.

Seems like the link is like TV in that it keeps playing. After Carson and the marmoset, there's a memorial to Gregory Peck with scenes from To Kill A Mockingbird, then an old ad for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and that's as far as I went.

Carson and marmoset made me laugh!

http://www.liketelevision.com/likete...ie&theme=guide

kzullick · 08-09-2013, 06:19 PM

And Doug criticized me for using the term "we" freely!

alvin · 08-09-2013, 06:21 PM

Sorry, I like to use "we" extensively in my posts as well. Give myself a feeling that I am not alone. Feel better that way. Actually, 80% of time, "we" really means "I" in my posts

Just realized that.

Return to the original topic, Zorba's career is exciting. I dreamed I could do some unusual thing when I was a kid, but I could never break conventional lifestyle in decades. Feel boring on myself.

NoncomRetired · 08-09-2013, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lugersrkewl

we have all wore womens underwear and strutted around the house with a martini and a boa at one point or another I dont see what the big deal is....

I can't speak for the forum Marines, 'we' soldiers don't go there, at least not while I was in, well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did.

Olle · 08-09-2013, 07:14 PM

This is way cool! I have always been kind of a "bohemian" myself, and I admire those who have the balls to do what they enjoy without worrying about what the society dictates. My question would be: How in the world did you get started with something like this?

lugerholsterrepair · 08-09-2013, 08:09 PM

Sonny..well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did.
The 101st never burnt down any PX's either! The 173rd has that honor.. We weren't banned from every R&R post in Viet Nam for wearing silk panties! Didn't the 101 go leg?

Zorba, Post a link to your web site..I found the FAQ quite interesting reading!

NoncomRetired · 08-09-2013, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Sonny..well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did.
The 101st never burnt down any PX's either! The 173rd has that honor.. We weren't banned from every R&R post in Viet Nam for wearing silk panties! Didn't the 101 go leg?

Zorba, Post a link to your web site..I found the FAQ quite interesting reading!

Nope, they got tired of humping chutes so they decided to jump from rotor winged aircraft without them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6oto9nzYc4

DavidJayUden · 08-09-2013, 09:36 PM

I'm starting to take it all as a badge of honor. After all, I'm betting those C-96 weenies on the other forums don't have their own male belly-dancer...
dju

alvin · 08-09-2013, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

I starting to take it all as a badge of honor. After all, I'm betting those C-96 weenies on the other forums don't have their own male belly-dancer...
dju

C96 weenies are all busy on relining bores

Everyone has the same question "how to contact Broomhandle Closet, what's the cost, how is the quality, etc". Each C&R has each C&R's feature story. Not many Lugers have that type of bore.

G.T. · 08-09-2013, 10:25 PM

I wish I could just dance! I went into a home depot and bought a few sheets of plywood.. when the cashier was looking for the UPC symbols.. I couldn't help her lift the plywood.. I told her I suffered from ABNB, and was not alone in this world.. She said, I'm so sorry, and, she asked what is that??
I replied, "All Belly & No Butt! My pants fall down if I bend over!!

.. I think we have a great forum and all the members are a very diverse lot... except for those paratroopers...

....( Jerry & Ed) With whom I'm also very close!!! Best to all, til...lat'r....GT

NoncomRetired · 08-09-2013, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by G.T.

I wish I could just dance! I went into a home depot and bought a few sheets of plywood.. when the cashier was looking for the UPC symbols.. I couldn't help her lift the plywood.. I told her I suffered from ABNB, and was not alone in this world.. She said, I'm so sorry, and, she asked what is that??
I replied, "All Belly & No Butt! My pants fall down if I bend over!!

.. I think we have a great forum and all the members are a very diverse lot... except for those paratroopers...

....( Jerry & Ed) With whom I'm also very close!!! Best to all, til...lat'r....GT

OH but I'm wasn't a paratrooper...........only birdschitt and fools fall out of the sky, I used a good rope to get to the ground.

tomaustin · 08-09-2013, 10:48 PM

"pop and drop"...........

08-08-2013, 10:14 PM	#22
Patronen User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 312 Thanks: 335 Thanked 93 Times in 70 Posts	Welcome to the Forum and Collecting! Sorry if I contributed to wandering off the topic on you grip thread. All the best. __________________ Dave

08-09-2013, 08:09 PM	#34
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	Sonny..well maybe a 173rd did now and then but no one in the 101st did. The 101st never burnt down any PX's either! The 173rd has that honor.. We weren't banned from every R&R post in Viet Nam for wearing silk panties! Didn't the 101 go leg? Zorba, Post a link to your web site..I found the FAQ quite interesting reading! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

08-09-2013, 10:25 PM	#38
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,485 Thanks: 1,283 Thanked 3,581 Times in 989 Posts	I like his threads! I wish I could just dance! I went into a home depot and bought a few sheets of plywood.. when the cashier was looking for the UPC symbols.. I couldn't help her lift the plywood.. I told her I suffered from ABNB, and was not alone in this world.. She said, I'm so sorry, and, she asked what is that?? I replied, "All Belly & No Butt! My pants fall down if I bend over!! .. I think we have a great forum and all the members are a very diverse lot... except for those paratroopers... ....( Jerry & Ed) With whom I'm also very close!!! Best to all, til...lat'r....GT

08-09-2013, 10:48 PM	#40
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	and all my jumps were from well under 800 feet---better known as "pop and drop"...........

08-08-2013, 08:13 PM	#21
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	I was surprised at the comments you recieved when you first joined... Which from my perception (yours might have seen a different view), was little to no comments. Made me proud of the membership. I took it that folks figured you were here, asking real questions and shared a love of the Luger.

08-09-2013, 10:04 AM	#26
GySgt1811 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 237 Thanks: 1,238 Thanked 126 Times in 84 Posts	Zormpas, When you first told us of your avocation my first thought was that you've got a bigger set of jones than I've got. I then I got on with the forum... All the best! Gunny John PS. If any doofus ever gives you any real poop, give me a shout; I got yer back. GJ

08-09-2013, 03:42 PM	#29
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Laughter is the best medicine. Welcome to zormpas! Had to look for Johnny Carson and the marmoset. This link has Carson and the marmoset, at about 1:30 in, after Carson and McMahon mugging and having fun. Seems like the link is like TV in that it keeps playing. After Carson and the marmoset, there's a memorial to Gregory Peck with scenes from To Kill A Mockingbird, then an old ad for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and that's as far as I went. Carson and marmoset made me laugh! http://www.liketelevision.com/likete...ie&theme=guide

08-09-2013, 06:19 PM	#30
kzullick Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: East Berwick, Pennsylvania Posts: 227 Thanks: 609 Thanked 100 Times in 81 Posts	And Doug criticized me for using the term "we" freely!

08-09-2013, 06:21 PM	#31
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Sorry, I like to use "we" extensively in my posts as well. Give myself a feeling that I am not alone. Feel better that way. Actually, 80% of time, "we" really means "I" in my posts Just realized that. Return to the original topic, Zorba's career is exciting. I dreamed I could do some unusual thing when I was a kid, but I could never break conventional lifestyle in decades. Feel boring on myself.

08-09-2013, 07:14 PM	#33
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 663 Times in 318 Posts	This is way cool! I have always been kind of a "bohemian" myself, and I admire those who have the balls to do what they enjoy without worrying about what the society dictates. My question would be: How in the world did you get started with something like this?

08-09-2013, 09:36 PM	#36
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'm starting to take it all as a badge of honor. After all, I'm betting those C-96 weenies on the other forums don't have their own male belly-dancer... dju