OT - Signature lines - care to explain?

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:02 am

I'm sorry if this has been done before and lately, but I gotta know the origin of some of your signature lines! Some of the members are new.
Mine is straightforward and includes the author.
How about yours? Maybe include your avatar as well.

Quinn

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:10 am

Mine was part of something I wrote here and KirkD suggested that I use it. He likes the old stuff - 100 years or better. I like the newly manufactured versions of the old stuff.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:10 am

Mine is simply a comment I made in a thread sometime back. I like it so well I adopted it as my sig line.

Joe

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:16 am

As for my signature line:

Straight forward picture of a Marlin .444SS - fits right in with the name of this forum.

As for my Avatar:

NEVER mess with a Nun. I'm not even Catholic and I know that. A lot of people (especially those that went to Catholic schools) associate disipline with a Nun with a ruler. My Avatar shows that that's not the worst of it. A Nun and her Gun are not to be messed with either. Besides, I think it's funny and the Nuns at the Catholic Orphanage up the road from me when I was a kid used to shoot rabbits and such to supplement the orphanage stew pot.

Twinsfan · Post by **Twinsfan** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:25 am

**sigh** Mine speaks for itself.

Actually, my wife has tolerated me for a little over 22 years now and thankfully is used to a little teasing. She isn't into guns at all but pretty much accepts the fact that I am and that our two boys (16 & 10) are as well.

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:31 am

And that is good advice - welcome.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:34 am

I had a buddy about 20 years ago in S.E. Indiana who used my signature line regularly along with a large collection of odd ball sayings. I can't remember the rest of them but that one always stuck in my head. As far as my Avatar; I'm a fan of skull mounts as opposed to standard taxidermy head mounts, plus, I love to coyote hunt (that's a coyote skull). I found that picture on the net somewhere and modified it to suit my needs.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:41 am

My avatar is one of my nicest packing pistols, the Ruger Blackhawk .41 Mag with 4 5/8" barrel made in 1976 in a Three Cross holster and an Oklahoma Leather belt.

The signature line of CQ DX de KC0HBR is a ham radio morse code thing that says I am looking for distant stations.

The web site is the gun shop that will (hopefully) be up and running by May 1. We are still waiting to take posession of the building that is on the web site. I am hoping that our FFL will be in hand by mid to late March. From what I have been told, the standard wait for an FFL is 3 months.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:40 pm

I just wanted to add that if I was as good loking as Quinn, Joe, and the Old Savage, I'd have a picture of myself for my avatar. That's a huge if, you guys are better off with the coyote skull.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:50 pm

Sig line is from the Johnny Cash song "Six Gun Shooting" from the album "Legend of Jesse James" ca. 1979

It pretty much sums up the way I live. I've been very blessed to have no real worries worth mentioning, and scared of very little.

Age is catching up fast though

The avatar, is just a pic of my favorite combo rig. Trapper 44mag and
a Ruger SBH

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:55 pm

"That'll Be The day" came from John Wayne's phrase in "The Searchers". I saw the movie with my mom and dad in 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. Buddy Holly and the Crickets made a song with the phrase. It stuck with me right after the movie. The first time I remember using it was in a 6th grade football game when a running back got smart and said, after I put him on his butt, " I'll run over you next time" I said "That'll be the day" and he didn't. I have been saying it ever since, sometimes with good results, sometimes not so good.

The avatar is a work in progress. I'm still deciding. The one I have now is a photo of me at the ranch.

Idiot · Post by **Idiot** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:02 pm

I don't know. It was something someone said upon my arrival to the forum.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:27 pm

I stole my signature line from a Beer Can. Bank's Bitter "unspoilt by progress". It's brewed in Wolverhamton, West Midlands, England.

I prefer things that have stood the test of time (like leverguns) to modern stuff that looks more like something Flash Gordon would have in his gun rack!!!

By the way WELCOME to Twinsfan. I could have used your signature up till a couple of years ago but now I'm a born again bachelor!

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 pm

the first part of my sig I got from a list of quotes on a sniper site. The second part of the sig is just one of those USMC moto quotes. I liked it so much that I started using it. The avatar is a pic of me in Camp Fallujah Iraq.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:49 pm

I change mine weekly. I just can't get enough of the old Winchesters and their ammo. My links are to my two most visited places. Targetmaster is owned by my best friend and I have spent many enjoyable hours there and have walked out the door with many fine guns. Atglen gunclub is the club I belong to.---has a 500 meter range and everything in between.------------------Sixgun

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:56 pm

Signature line: I'm don't think I've ever really crossed that line, but I've snuck up awful close! The wife sez I've crossed it many a time, and mostly stay over there!

I tell her to have worn a badge as many years as I did, I had to! And to have been recruited for some of the duties I've done, I KNOW I do. The second is just my way of saying "there's no time like the present." 'Sides, I often forget the line we're supposed to say to start our CAS stages, so that's one I fall back on!

Avatar: Me and "Poco", one of my quarter horse mares, playing a little cowboy mounted shooting; and both of us are intent on killin' those evil, nasty, dastardly, rotten, back-stabbin', no-'count, balloons!

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:00 pm

Ummmm...

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:39 pm

Hobie wrote:Ummmm...

What Hobie said...

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:39 pm

My avatar is the ribbon for the Vietnam Service Medal.

My signature block comes from the website Militarysignatures.com

cubrock · Post by **cubrock** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:47 pm

My avatar is me last year after successfully taking a squirrel offhand at 20 paces with my new-to-me S&W 624. I chopped it down to just my face, but I'm holding both the squirrel and the gun.

My sig line shows the two most valuable guns I own: Texas Longhorn Arms #5s in .44 Mag and .45 Colt. I don't have a lot of show-off guns like a lot of you guys, but these two make me look good.

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:07 pm

It's been one of my favorite sayings since I was a kid, pretty self explanatory. Jim

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:48 pm

cubrock wrote:My avatar is me last year after successfully taking a squirrel offhand at 20 paces with my new-to-me S&W 624. I chopped it down to just my face, but I'm holding both the squirrel and the gun.

My sig line shows the two most valuable guns I own: Texas Longhorn Arms #5s in .44 Mag and .45 Colt. I don't have a lot of show-off guns like a lot of you guys, but these two make me look good.

You have two more "show off" guns than I have!

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:50 pm

Idiot wrote:I don't know. It was something someone said upon my arrival to the forum.

I can change your user name...

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:15 pm

RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT, AND SPEAK THE TRUTH,
THIS WAS THE ANCIENT LAW OF YOUTH,
OLD TIMES ARE PAST,
OLD DAYS ARE DONE,,
BUT THE LAW RUNS TRUE, OH LITTLE SON.

stormspotter · Post by **stormspotter** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:46 pm

John Wayne fan and mine if a partial quote from "The Alamo". Entire quote would not fit.

I think that little speech was the best few lines of the movie.

canonsix · Post by **canonsix** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:21 pm

My sig line is self explanatory, at least I hope it is. Doug

cubrock · Post by **cubrock** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:23 pm

Hobie wrote:
cubrock wrote:My avatar is me last year after successfully taking a squirrel offhand at 20 paces with my new-to-me S&W 624. I chopped it down to just my face, but I'm holding both the squirrel and the gun.

My sig line shows the two most valuable guns I own: Texas Longhorn Arms #5s in .44 Mag and .45 Colt. I don't have a lot of show-off guns like a lot of you guys, but these two make me look good.
You have two more "show off" guns than I have!

I dunno, Hobie. Your 1886 SRC is surely worth showing off!

Boomer45 · Post by **Boomer45** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:23 pm

23 year USAF Vet. 1968 - 1991. Retired E8

Signature line comes from 16th Special Operations Squadron Patch AC-130 Gunships "Any Time, Any Place". Served with 1ST Special Operations Wing, 1972-1976

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:18 pm

The quote is from a reply JimT made to someone. I found it in a thread during a search for something else. It struck me as quite appropriate and something I should strive for in my own life.

The C'thulhu '08 reference is based on the HP Lovecraft character. C'thulhu is the embodiment of absolute evil, period. He/it is never given more than a vague description because anyone that views him/it can't comprehend the sight and goes mad.

Given the political choices usually available and people saying we have to vote for "the lesser evil" I enjoy the irony of the situation.

Rod WMG · Post by **Rod WMG** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:03 pm

I chose my signature line because so many of us feel that man is in control. That's not the view of Scripture.

Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:16 pm

My avatar is easy, as that's my other vice -- besides guns that is...

As for my signature, that's the last line of a 1-page creed that I wrote with the title "Freedom and the Second Amendment". It's pretty neat, if I do say so myself, as when it's printed out it has a shadow image of the Liberty Bell visible behind the text.

If that intriques anyone and they want to see a pdf copy, just send me a PM with your home/office e-mail address.

Old No7

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:20 pm

don TomÃ¡s wrote:
Hobie wrote:Ummmm...
What Hobie said...

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:45 pm

My avatar is the chubby baby that scampers around my house. The sig line is a quote that I find very useful, albeit un-practiced.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:48 pm

The avatar is my ugly mug. The picture in the signature bar is the book jacket cover where I got my nickname - the "Ysabel Kid" (pronounced "sabel"). My signature bar includes the various pro-gun organizations I below to, and ends with a hyperlink to "The Patriot Post", a.k.a., "The Federalist".

Good topic Quinn!

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:28 pm

With the election year upon us and looking at some of the candidates I don't think mine needs much of an explanation does it?

I actually wrote it myself for another shooting board I belong to but I think I've seen similar somewhere else since then. Anyone else seen the same or similar?

Bullard4075 · Post by **Bullard4075** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:52 pm

Heck you guys are waaaaaay ahead of me, I don't even know what an Avatar is.
As for my signature , if I have to explain it, it isn't funny.

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:20 am

20 - 30 years ago, these bumper stickers were popular that said "Have you hugged your child today?". Always thought they were kind of annoying... Anyway, one day I saw a sticker that said "Have you hugged your truck today?" and thought that was pretty funny, still do, so I adapted that for my sig.line. If I ever think of something intelligent to put down there, I'll change it.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:07 am

Nothing I enjoy more than roaming around my mother's homestead in the foothills of the Laurentian mountains. My cousin still lives there and his twins have both built themselves homes there and are raising their children there. I enjoy sitting in the quiet of a sunny fall day on a stump and imagining maybe my grandfather (I never met him, he was killed in a hunting accident before I was born) and my Dad probably sat there also. I have taken my 2 best deer from that farm.

Texican · Post by **Texican** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:39 am

Handle: Texican - 'cause I am. Proudly.

Avatar: Josh Randall's 'Mare's Laig' Winchester 92 cutdown - 'cause I like it.

Sig Line: "Gentlemanly Rogue, Projectilist of Distinction, and Son of Old Republic"
- I always liked Maverick, more so than other shows about drovers and lawmen. I've at times fancied myself a kindred spirit of Bret's.
- I enjoy friendly competition and occasionally have been lucky to place in the standings. I choose 'Projectilist' to engender thoughts of a more refined approach to the study and use of firearms. I've read that the term 'Gunman' wasn't always a derogatory term, and in history held the same regard as 'Swordsman', until the Roaring '20's. I think "Projectilist" restores some of that lost charm.
- I have the wagon bows from the conestoga wagon my great-great-grandparents came to Texas in; I share blood with some figures of historical note in the great Lone Star State.

The last picture below is just in good fun. It's Bruce Campbell in 'Army of Darkness' As S-Mart's employee 'Ash, from Housewares', repelling a zombie with a Winchester. I love that scene.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:56 am

Mine is the name of the tribe where I was raised, I had to add the 1 because it was already taken; which surprised me, since people are always asking me to spell it.
Gamekeeeper , welcome back to the ranks, it's a good feeling ; is it not?

JohnnyReb · Post by **JohnnyReb** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:02 am

Mine is just something I say to keep the newcomers nervous....

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:45 am

jazman wrote:It's been one of my favorite sayings since I was a kid, pretty self explanatory. Jim

Always loved that one.

As for my Avatar, I want to put a picture of me doing something cool there, but I never have a chance to take a picture of myself doing it, as I am otherwise busy.

My signature line is just one of my favorite Psalms. Whether you believe or not, it's darn good advice.

That, and when I see it at the bottom of the page, it works like a safety. "Do I really want to post this?"

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:49 am

DennisD wrote:With the election year upon us and looking at some of the candidates I don't think mine needs much of an explanation does it?

I actually wrote it myself for another shooting board I belong to but I think I've seen similar somewhere else since then. Anyone else seen the same or similar?

They sell bumper stickers that say that at gun shows.

RonEgg · Post by **RonEgg** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:16 pm

Mine is from a friend and was referring to flying off an aircraft carrier.
Everybody wants to say they have done it, just most don't want to keep doing it.

Ron

PPpastordon · Post by **PPpastordon** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:56 pm

My little Scripture sig. line reminds me, and I hope others, that we do not always "know" what we think we know.
Don't worry; if honest with one's self it will become obvious that this is sometimes strongly to our benefit.

Oh, and "Grace and Peace," in that order because we need God's grace if we are to ever have true peace in our life - IMHO!

Grace and Peace.

PPpastordon · Post by **PPpastordon** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:00 pm

RonEgg wrote:Mine is from a friend and was referring to flying off an aircraft carrier.
Everybody wants to say they have done it, just most don't want to keep doing it.

Ron

Ron;
Have flown from an aircraft carrier a couple of times. IT IS A HOOT!
However, your friend is most likely correct. I know I have had my share of those thrills - long ago!

Grace and Peace.

RonEgg · Post by **RonEgg** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:01 pm

PPpastordon wrote:
RonEgg wrote:Mine is from a friend and was referring to flying off an aircraft carrier.
Everybody wants to say they have done it, just most don't want to keep doing it.

Ron
Ron;
Have flown from an aircraft carrier a couple of times. IT IS A HOOT!
However, your friend is most likely correct. I know I have had my share of those thrills - long ago!

Grace and Peace.

I am with you it is a ride. Had my last one way back in 1984.

Ron

cas · Post by **cas** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:01 am

My avatar is Br'er Rabbit... whom I suppose was very influential on me as a child.

The signature line... the last line of this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5DIFiHqNkt0&feature=related

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:10 pm

Texican wrote:The last picture below is just in good fun. It's Bruce Campbell in 'Army of Darkness' As S-Mart's employee 'Ash, from Housewares', repelling a zombie with a Winchester. I love that scene.

The name's Ash, Housewares.

All right you primitive screwheads, listen up! You see this? This-is-my-BOOMSTICK!

Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun.

Zombie-I'll swallow your SOUL!
Ash-Come get some.

Yeah, it's been awhile but I've seen that movie WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many times.

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:07 pm

My signature line is a quote from L. Neil Smith(Google works if you want to know more, ok, ok here's a link, http://www.lneilsmith.org/ ). I don't agree with everything the man says or stands for, but that little line just nails it. That and you've got to like a guy that writes a book called Lever Action.

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