I have been a reader for 4 years on this site and, being on vacation this week, I just signed up. I have been a longtime active member on other sites, and I have noticed the the people who populate ETS are more friendly. On some other sites, if you have not been a member for 5 years with 2000 posts and a gold star, you don't get many serious responses to your posts. I am looking forward to passing some frigid winter days talking about survival, the outdoors, and equipment with the knowledgable folks at ETS. To those of you who read this and have not yet signed up, I put my hobo mark here. This is a friendly place.

I agree. This place features civil, informative discussion. Either that or the Mod's hit squad is very busy.

Four years before stepping into the discussion, that's restraint.

Welcome aboard!

:-)

I agree too. This is a VERY unusual forum in its genuine nice-ness and respect.

Every once in a while we'll get someone who is out there, but the moderators do a great job in either teaching them what is acceptable, or removing them.

There are some great and very knowledgeable people here. I've only seen one problem in about five years and the mods resolved it quickly.

Welcome to the dark side... err I mean posting

Welcome, pull a log up by the fire, and enjoy

Friendly place - there have been 3, count'm threads I've moderated - 2 were spam, one was me jumping the gun, and _I_ made a mistake

Nice to now this place hasn't gone downhill since us new mods took over! Hopefully we won't let y'all down...to much.

-Blast, humbly.

I feel sorry for guys like that. When the computer screen goes dark, they still have to live with themselves. Why get mad? With the huge variety of interests, experiences, geographical locations etc, how would anyone expect overall agreement on anything? Big knife-little knife...Bear Grills -Les Stroud. The banter and opposing views is what makes it fun.