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Thread: Rumbler... The Legend

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    Quote Originally Posted by OscarMike1127 View Post
    i had the pleasure of meeting Mike only once. Hindsight can be cruel. After reading about the generosity and caring of this man, I should have endeavored to meet him again.

    There is a lesson to be learned in all of this, gentlemen. Why do we always save our kind words for someone only after they are no longer with us?
    Because he was a cantankerous SOB that'd would bitch slap every one of us if we were talking about him like this while he was still burning oxygen.




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    Never met Rumbler in person but when I signed up for this forum I was having trouble gaining access. I reached out to him via PM and he granted me access with this caveat, if I turned out to be a bot he would shoot me in the face! We would've gotten along just fine.
    RIP brother.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lonesurvivor23 View Post
    I am wearing my " Get ready to Rumble Two To The Snot Locker" wrist band to honor Mike! Small token of honor to a true man's man! Miss ya Mike!
    Fuck. I forgot about that. Good idea.

    Quote Originally Posted by Leon View Post
    he granted me access with this caveat, if I turned out to be a bot he would shoot me in the face!
    LMAO!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leon View Post
    Never met Rumbler in person but when I signed up for this forum I was having trouble gaining access. I reached out to him via PM and he granted me access with this caveat, if I turned out to be a bot he would shoot me in the face! We would've gotten along just fine.
    RIP brother.
    Same here. He help me to get set up at the begining.Never met him in person, but talk a little over the old chat room. RIP Rumbler.

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    I can’t say that I knew Mike very well, though we did meet several times. We traded numerous messages on the forums over the years, and I scored a scope from him in that “pay it forward” thing that was going on for a while. Out at Talon, my son and I borrowed his chronograph to measure how fast potato sabots come out of a spud gun based on the different propellants used (my son’s science project), which Mike seemed to get a real kick out of (AquaNet rules, BTW). No doubt Mike was a generous guy with his knowledge, his stuff, and in his acceptance of people – however they may show up. Though he didn’t suffer fools indefinitely, he absolutely gave folks a chance to straighten up before he’d administer an Internet dope slap as a character correction measure.

    After his illness was announced I shared a few success stories with him related to the aspects of his illness that I was aware of, as a means of encouragement, and frankly I was encouraged by his cheerful response and that he seemed to truly appreciate that people were praying for him. I liked Mike, am saddened by his death, and will definitely miss his presence.

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    I will miss Mike and the big red range bag.
    Yo Tony, Do me a kindness. - Winnebago Man

    The beatings will continue until morale improves!


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    Luck is the phenomena created when Preparation meets Opportunity .

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    I fondly remember the time I made the mistake of challenging Mike to a pin top shoot off at 200 yards. I learned a lot that day. One lesson was that Mike was an excellent shot and another was that he was a real gentleman! I was actually looking forward to trying that again with him someday. It is quite a saddening loss to come to the realization that none of us will ever have the privilege of shooting with him again!
    Yo Tony, Do me a kindness. - Winnebago Man

    The beatings will continue until morale improves!


    "We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we're going to rip out their living goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun cocksuckers by the bushel-fucking-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours." - George S. Patton

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    Like substratum, I didn't know him well, I knew of him with all the tgf posts and bans and such before I met him, when I would see him at the public range, he was always focused on a goal, so I took notice of that, as that shows a level of commitment.

    When I got started reloading, and reading his posts here, id send him a pm about some questions I had. He was always happy to share his knowledge with me, and the reasons "why", and I'm grateful for that. I'm still learning.

    The biggest thing he stressed to me was being consistent.
    So my thanks, and how I'll remember him is where I talked to him the most,
    In the reload section.

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    After reading all your entries, I wish, I had met him in person. Nothing like meeting people that are so good and real. I hope his family is dealing with this as best they can. RIP.

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