Resigning as moderator

I want to thank everyone for participating on the forum during my tenure as the M1 Carbine moderator. There have been a few bumps here and there, but overall we have a great group of guys here.

I carried an M-2 carbine in Vietnam and have enjoyed collecting carbines for 42 years now, started in 1976.

My agent orange cancer from Vietnam in now terminal. I don't know if that means a few, or maybe six, months. But my strength and mental capacities are drastically diminished. I need to spend my time and energy getting things ready for my wife of 50 years.

My thanks to all for the years we have shared on this forum. I've made many great friends.

Jim

Thank you Jim, for both your selfless service to country and dedicated moderation of our forums here over the last several years.

It’s been genuinely appreciated by all of us.

Regards
Doug (and Deborah)

I wish you the best, as I had friends that had "Agent Orange" cancer.

Thank you Jim for everything you have done for these forums and especially our country. It is a debt that we can never repay. I have only been a member a very short while here, but I have read your posts for the last decade it seems before I became a member and I've learned a lot from you. Thanks for the email conversations I was lucky to have with you and thank you for the items I was lucky enough to get to buy from you, they will be cherished always by my family because they came from the collection of a true hero of our country. Thank you Jim for everything you have done and do for the hobby as well. Even though I have never met you, I consider you a friend and my heart sank when reading this thread this morning.i hope you will check in on the forums every now and then and keep us learning with your knowledge. I will always keep your picture with the things that came from you because even though I have them now, me and my son still consider and will always consider them yours.thanks for everything Jim

Jim,
From the other side of the pond from "Brothers in Arms" I can only reiterate what Badger said above.
Thanks for your past service to keeping the worlds Freedom and service to your country, may I wish you all the luck in the world.

Get all the **** out of the way, and enjoy the rest of your time together for however long that may be. See you in Valhalla my old friend!
;)

Thanks Jim for all the knowledge and pictures you have posted here over the years thoroughly enjoyed all of what you have shared with us here.
Now it is time to do those things you have been putting off for various reasons the bucket list everybody has one and if I may say one thing that I learned from one of lifes bitter moments its this................

The things you meant to say but never did say them to the ones you love as when you cross the great divide those words you take with you and are lost forever to those that matter.

Life taught me that as my dad died of pancreatic cancer one of the most painful of the Jimmy Dancers I had the chance to say things to him at the hospital a week before he died but never did I have felt guilty ever since some 33 years and still counting....until its my turn.

I'm sorry to hear all of that Jim, wish I'd had a chance to meet you after you moved closer. Not much of comfort I can say at a time like this, wish you the best and you'll be in my thoughts.

Jim, when you told me this I was truly saddened. You most assuredly are one of the good ones! Christine and I offer our most heartfelt prayers to you and Barbara to help you through this. We will never forget your generosity and caring. Christine and I owe you a great deal! Much love and please stay in touch.

Thank you for your service to this great country and to Milsurps.com!

Thank you for your service to your country and your fellow collectors. Your help will be greatly missed.

I have truly enjoyed your posts here and thank you both for your service and your unselfish sharing of you knowledge here. My prayers are with you and your family.

Thank you for all the time and effort you have put in to contributing on here. As a younger collector it means a lot.

I wish you all the best, and that you enjoy what time you have left.

Jim, there's often not enough deserving words to say in a situation like yours, but thank you and I wish you only the best in the time you have left with us.

Jim, in this day an age of fake parts and dishonest intentions, it was truly my pleasure to deal with you. You are a rare bird when it comes to honesty and integrity.
Thank you for your service to our country. It is greatly appreciated.

Jim
My prayers an Thanks to you for all you have done. Prays for your family also.

Thank You Jim...........

Well known long before he came here, he was a perfect choice.
It was 4-12-12 when Jim stepped in here as a Moderator. Firm, helpful, knowledgeable and rarely hung over. Respected by all especially those who came to know him off line. Bit of a Curmudgeon at times... but no one is perfect. He could have played Max the part Walter Matthau played in the movie Grumpy Old Men, but Matthau worked for minimum wage.
Some of you may not have known but Jim is a collectaholic, guns, knives, razors, coins, slot cars, tin foil, Barbies...... etc.
We owe him our sincere Thanks as we do all of our veterans. I look forward to him taking time for himself now. He's the man we know because of a gal he met back in 1966. I still picture them sitting on their back deck. Her sitting in her rocking chair ankle deep in cedar shavings as she whittled away on a continuous linked chain with a trace of Redman creeping down toward her chin and Jim with sun block on his nose kneeling in his gardening apron pruning his roses and daisies. They sure looked happy and I'm sure they will enjoy many more good times together.

So Jim,
Promise us you'll pop in every now and then to keep in touch. Like if the wife beats that Breaking and Entering thing and if your neighbor figures it out that your the one throwing the dog crap over in to his yard.

God Bless Buddy :beerchug:
Charlie

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Jim's Story in His Words:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=37560

Jim it has been our good fortune and pleasure to have been here with you. You helped make it real for one and all. Thank you just doesn't seem to be enough. God bless you and yours.

Bruce

Thank you for your work here and in defense of freedom. May God grant you peace and strength in the days to come.

Gee Charlie, it IS possible to laugh and cry at the same time! Thank you for that. :)

As a foreigner, I wish to thank you for fighting for our common freedom.
God bless you and your family for the coming, hard times.

Jim, In the short time I have been on the fourm it has been great reading your posts, I will miss them. I have the ammo box end haning on my wall that you sent me and thier it will remain. Thank you for everyting and your time with us on the fourm.

Jim, thank you for your service on this forum and thank you for your service to your country. May God bless you and your loved ones as you finish your life's journey.

From one North Californian to another, you've served the North State/State of Jefferson well.

It has been a pleasure to work with you on the staff here. Thank you for fighting for your country's freedom! Godspeed to you, with my prayers.

Bob

Jim,
Ending life is something that can't be done for you. It is your life and this part of it can be handled in a lot of ways. I'm absolutely sure you are taking this part on with the same determination that got you through two years of a lousy war and the joy of having a grateful nation spit on you when you came home. I hope that you will somehow be cured, but if not, eyes on the prize. Enjoy every day to the fullest, and not too much longer, a bunch of us will be joining you. If there is any way I can help, let me know.
Thanks Brother,
Dave

God bless you sir for your selfless service to our nation. The debt we owe you and your brothers in arms is great, Gods peace.
Jim

Jim, thanks for all you do. Wishing you the best on your retirement.
In my prayers.
Best,
Dan

Thanks
Semper Fidelis

GeorgeP

Thank you for everything you have done Jim. Take care...

Bernie

The best moderating job done on any forum in my opinion. God bless Jim and thank you.