As with many others, have ended up on BLF numerous times from Bing or Goog searches, happened upon some off topic threads and thought the place seemed mighty friendly and decided to sign up.
So, Happy New Year All,
Dave
North Alabama
Hey there BigDave, a BigWelcome to you! Glad to have you here.
Thanks sb56637… obvious by the wording of your post you’re not a “bot”… Exactly what I was talking about “mighty friendly” exemplified already!
Welcome from IOWA. This is a awesome place.
Make yourself at home, BigDave!
I'm a quasi-sentient welcome bot.
Hey thanks Chadvone from Iowa!
As for you Racoon city… I’ve seen some of your “welcome messages” and dog gone it, I’m humbled and honored (and enamoured 
with your welcome… looks like she has the purty green eyes and red hair (well, on my monitor) of an Irish cutie! No, I’m talking about the one in the larger image, not the one sleeping in the tree!
-Dave
I am vwpieces.
W E L C O M E to B L F
Would you like to play a Game?
Hmmm, chess, tic-tac-toe…. thermonuclear war?
Wait a minute….which photos are streetsigns?
Haha, a warm welcome to you BigDave!
Hi and welcome BigDave.
sb is a bit like the Stig. Know one knows who or what he or she is. 
Hey and again. Welcome.
From an ex pom Australian, Just to be different.
Great forum Great group. Mostly.
Enjoy.
Welcomd to BLF BigDave!! 
Where are you located in “North Alabama”?? I’m close to Gadsden.
Fer Real!!! Well, it wasn’t street signs for me when I signed up (if that’s what you’re talkin about)… That capcha(sp?) thing asked ME to check all that had a “Bus”… ok, simple enough, it gave me two buses to start out… then it only gave me an 18 wheeler and what appeared to me to be a Bud Light urban/local delivery truck… finally told it to refresh with a different image, then it wanted to go through about every car on the market LOL!
Thanks for the welcome tatasal!
-Dave
LOL, SB, I would consider that an honor… I loved that show, watching Clarkson was like watching and waiting on a FUBAR to happen. Whoever put those three together new their casting skills! They only scratched the surface when they did their road trip through Alabama!
Thanks for the welcome MRsDNF!
-D
Thanks kindly there Mackal17… Australia, that’s either 1st or second on my list of three, maybe four places I’d like to visit on this globe before I have to step into that eternal light!
Nice ta meet’cha Mackal17!
-Dave
HAHAHAH I like this guy already! One of my favorite movies!
Welcome to the forum BigDave!
Do you guys ever go out to the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Range out there? Such an amazing place if you have any firearms :+1:
Ah Teacher, quoting scriptures from the book of Paul! Blessed be the Tide. Folks from the outside could never appreciate that LOL!
Northwest Alabama, Teacher, up here ’round the Shoals area, south of the Tennessee River.
Gadsden… you’re over there by the…. Coosa River??? Thanks for the welcome cuz!
-Dave
Talladega’s a little fur out of my regular stompin’ grounds but Teacher may have ventured off down that way, assuming he likes things that go bang. I have to rely on my own pasture, back yard/woods or occasionally visit a range on our State managed wildlife management area.
Thirty, forty year ago, you could go plinkin’ in about any abandoned gravel pit you came across but those days are gone, owners and even some non-owners have put fences around those pits to keep folks out. Terrified of liability I suppose, although I know one of’em, the guy has the mentality of “if I don’t like it and can’t enjoy it, you ain’t neither”… ornery old codger!
Thanks for the welcome there Yourid!