Dave, quiet depends on many factors.
I was quiet for my whole life until I discovered the ALR, building, shooting, establishing my family, taking care of my kids, getting my business going and maintaining it, etc., all the while building guns.
So now I have found a home: a place to shoot my mouth off, and learn from others, and teach some. The kind of work I expect from myself keeps raising in difficulty and execution; I thrive on the challenge. Without the thrill of this chase, I'd be bored.
On the ALR, and everywhere, we will find members who are at different stages in their lives. Add to this the complication: "What do I want out of my gunbuilding?" Does this mean a hobby, a way to study history, to build a gun you could not afford to buy, to supply friends with neat guns, to seek fame, etc?
Somehow we all need to find satisfaction in our lives, and so many of us are just on the run, frantically looking here and there, when it's been right here inside of us all along, just gotta stop, look and listen long enough to hear the signal.
