Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Im an avid outdoorsman and cannot stand big piles of litter in the outdoors. I see empty plastic bait and tackle containers, plastic water bottles and all kinds of trash. I used to keep trashbags in my truck just to clean up after other people's mess. Now, paper, I dont mind. That stuff breaks down and makes good compost for the worms, and worms improve the soil.
I also care about animal populations. Im a hunter and a large portion of the meat that gets put on my table comes from what I hunt. Deer, turkey, rabbit, squirrel. Im careful not to kill of my entire population and I do support conservation efforts, but ironically, I cant stand game wardens.
I also do care about pollution. I dont want chemicals and raw sewage being dumped in the rivers, lakes and streams. Again, being an avid outdoorsman, alot of the fish that gets put on my table comes from fish I catch in lakes, ponds and rivers. But at the same time, the EPA is so overbearing with their emissions standards, that they have RUINED the reliability on deisel and gas trucks. Ive also heard stories about farmers not being allowed their cattle to drink from water bodies ON THE FARMER'S LAND. What kind of nonsense is that?? I also heard stories about factories that use water to cool off industrial equipment, and instad of just running water from the "tap", theyre required to install expensive equipment to "make sure the water is clean".