A more powerful resource than Google for the ethnographic student -- McDougall!

Jim McDougall · 7th November 2008, 01:08 AM

WOW!
I just sat down and as always opened our site.............and I am more than overwhelmed!! and both moved and humbled by such incredible kindness.

Thank you Bill for opening this thread, and all of you for your kind words and friendship, many of you for years! Actually, the truth is all of you have been my inspiration, and by the weapons you've shared and questions you've asked, I have researched and learned...and we all learned together!!!

You're all like family to me, especially from this rolling 'bookmobile' on the road!!

where each day I always have you to talk with, no matter where I am, and I can never thank you all enough for always being there.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you all!!!

As always,
Jim

Battara · 7th November 2008, 01:25 AM

Jim as I said once before, I bow in your presence.

fearn · 7th November 2008, 02:41 AM

Wow, I should check this site more often.

Jim,

You're an international treasure, a veritable fount of wisdom, and an inspiration to civil and informed discussion and debate. Your posts are high on the list of why I visit this site. Thank you!

F

Robert · 7th November 2008, 03:03 AM

Jim, I really can't add much to what has already been said other than thank you for all the help that you have so graciously offered to me and everyone else since I joined this wonderful forum.

Robert

CharlesS · 7th November 2008, 03:29 AM

More kudos to Jim. He always shares his knowledge in such a friendly and humble manner. Even more, he always seems willing to lend and ear and indulge other people's interest and specialties even when they are not his own.

Just gotta make it to more Baltimore events Jim!!!

CourseEight · 7th November 2008, 04:31 AM

Hear, hear!

Marc · 7th November 2008, 10:35 AM

Long time I go, when I first came to this fora, foolishly thinking I knew something, it was him one of whose made me realize how little I actually knew. I remember myself blowing the -by then blissfully sparse- birthday's cake candles and wishing for a library like Jim McDougall's.
Now, years later, knowing barely a bit more, and with a good share of such knowledge coming from Jim and the people around here, I find myself blowing those -every year more crammed- candles wishing not as much as for a knowledge like Jim's (now I'm painfull y aware I'll never reach that point

) but for being able, as years come by, to be just a fraction as gentle, witty, enthusiastic and generous as him.
Thank you for everything, Jim

Mark · 7th November 2008, 02:02 PM

Yes, Jim rocks, no question.

What puts him not only head and shoulders, but also torso above others in this field is, as others have noted, his gentlemanly manner, and his generosity in giving both time and wisdom to all who come, even those with whom he disagrees. A true class act.

PS: Yes, please steer that rig toward Timonium sometime around mid-March.

7th November 2008, 01:08 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,580	WOW! I just sat down and as always opened our site.............and I am more than overwhelmed!! and both moved and humbled by such incredible kindness. Thank you Bill for opening this thread, and all of you for your kind words and friendship, many of you for years! Actually, the truth is all of you have been my inspiration, and by the weapons you've shared and questions you've asked, I have researched and learned...and we all learned together!!! You're all like family to me, especially from this rolling 'bookmobile' on the road!! where each day I always have you to talk with, no matter where I am, and I can never thank you all enough for always being there. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all!!! As always, Jim

7th November 2008, 01:25 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,323	Jim as I said once before, I bow in your presence.

7th November 2008, 02:41 AM	#3
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Wow, I should check this site more often. Jim, You're an international treasure, a veritable fount of wisdom, and an inspiration to civil and informed discussion and debate. Your posts are high on the list of why I visit this site. Thank you! F

7th November 2008, 03:03 AM	#4
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Jim, I really can't add much to what has already been said other than thank you for all the help that you have so graciously offered to me and everyone else since I joined this wonderful forum. Robert

7th November 2008, 03:29 AM	#5
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	More kudos to Jim. He always shares his knowledge in such a friendly and humble manner. Even more, he always seems willing to lend and ear and indulge other people's interest and specialties even when they are not his own. Just gotta make it to more Baltimore events Jim!!!

7th November 2008, 04:31 AM	#6
CourseEight Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 222	Hear, hear!

7th November 2008, 10:35 AM	#7
Marc Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madrid / Barcelona Posts: 256	Long time I go, when I first came to this fora, foolishly thinking I knew something, it was him one of whose made me realize how little I actually knew. I remember myself blowing the -by then blissfully sparse- birthday's cake candles and wishing for a library like Jim McDougall's. Now, years later, knowing barely a bit more, and with a good share of such knowledge coming from Jim and the people around here, I find myself blowing those -every year more crammed- candles wishing not as much as for a knowledge like Jim's (now I'm painfull y aware I'll never reach that point ) but for being able, as years come by, to be just a fraction as gentle, witty, enthusiastic and generous as him. Thank you for everything, Jim

7th November 2008, 02:02 PM	#8
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Yes, Jim rocks, no question. What puts him not only head and shoulders, but also torso above others in this field is, as others have noted, his gentlemanly manner, and his generosity in giving both time and wisdom to all who come, even those with whom he disagrees. A true class act. PS: Yes, please steer that rig toward Timonium sometime around mid-March.