Another Reason to Like CSP

[tmark]

Unlike another website that I frequent, the CSP on Gun Talk allows anything reasonable to be talked about, even if not gun-related.

The "other" website often closes threads that are political or nongun related.

Dick and Gloria, I salute you!

[JB White]

Like pulling a stool up to the counter and pouring yourself a cup of coffee at an old time gun shop. None like that in my area anymore *sniff*

[phil441]

I belong to a number of gun forums. This is the only one that I feel really comfortable in. Thanks to Dick, Gloria, Pat and Jeff.
And like JB, the last homey gun shop here closed and merged with a larger operation about ten years ago. The coffee was horrible, unless you made it yourself, but you could sit and chat for awhile.

[John Sukey]

Maybe you should rename gun talk "the Cracker Barrel" Like the old general store where customers would sit around the cracker barrel and talk about different things.

[Ben Hartley]

...rename gun talk "the Cracker Barrel"...

Um, John, it already is so named. See the forum index page: It says

Forum: Gun Talk
The "Cracker Barrel" Forum! Post whatever you like.

Ben Hartley

[Barryeye]

So where does this American saying" Cracker Barrel" come from? In the North of England a "bit crack" is a casual chat. Could the two be related?

[JB White]

So where does this American saying" Cracker Barrel" come from? In the North of England a "bit crack" is a casual chat. Could the two be related?

Barry, this is what I've come to know. It might be different for others from different places but the gist of it is there.

Up through the earlier years of the 20th century goods were shipped in large barrels to the local stores. The small general goods stores were typically the place in town where people might gather and chat. From what I've been told. National Biscuit Company aka Nabisco used to advertise their name rather largely on the sides of their barrels. Those large barrels sat out in the stores and made good expedient table tops for coffee cups and checkerboards etc. Pull up a couple of rickety chairs, crates, or smaller barrel to sit on and hang out for a while.
Once boxed goods became the norm some places kept an old barrel around for just that purpose. When I was younger the barrels were gone in my area. Stacked milk crates or a wooden newspaper rack served the same purpose but the term remained the same.

[Hecklerusp45]

Barry, this is what I've come to know. It might be different for others from different places but the gist of it is there.

Up through the earlier years of the 20th century goods were shipped in large barrels to the local stores. The small general goods stores were typically the place in town where people might gather and chat. From what I've been told. National Biscuit Company aka Nabisco used to advertise their name rather largely on the sides of their barrels. Those large barrels sat out in the stores and made good expedient table tops for coffee cups and checkerboards etc. Pull up a couple of rickety chairs, crates, or smaller barrel to sit on and hang out for a while.
Once boxed goods became the norm some places kept an old barrel around for just that purpose. When I was younger the barrels were gone in my area. Stacked milk crates or a wooden newspaper rack served the same purpose but the term remained the same.

I think you are correct sir.

[Barryeye]

Barry, this is what I've come to know. It might be different for others from different places but the gist of it is there.

Up through the earlier years of the 20th century goods were shipped in large barrels to the local stores. The small general goods stores were typically the place in town where people might gather and chat. From what I've been told. National Biscuit Company aka Nabisco used to advertise their name rather largely on the sides of their barrels. Those large barrels sat out in the stores and made good expedient table tops for coffee cups and checkerboards etc. Pull up a couple of rickety chairs, crates, or smaller barrel to sit on and hang out for a while.
Once boxed goods became the norm some places kept an old barrel around for just that purpose. When I was younger the barrels were gone in my area. Stacked milk crates or a wooden newspaper rack served the same purpose but the term remained the same.

Thanks JB. I am now a wiser man. Funny thing is that I worked for Nabisco (NZ) for 20 years.

[dryheat]

The reason it's more democratic here is that there isn't a whole lot of debate(on politics). There are so many more argumentive sites that CSP is in a back water, so to speak. Not to say that this isn't a jewel of a site. There are serious historians that will pipe up on occasion and that is probabaly due to the fact that this is a site that now discusses an archaic weapon that the young turks aren't following any longer. Long live the king.