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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 591967" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>You just want me for my machinery.......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> Better to be forthright than not.....</p><p> </p><p>I'm a whole lot older than you surmise and I don't have all my parts anymore, one reason I have to condense my hunting and travels, not a lot of time left and especially worrisome is 'can I do it'??</p><p> </p><p>Living here where the air is dense, I have reservations about being able to survive higher elevations. My hunting comrades all hunt out west and other places but they are quite a bit younger than I am. The standing joke is 'Ill be shipped home in a body bag'.....</p><p> </p><p>Besides that, my eyesight isn't what it used to be. I barely passed my last DOT exam. I don't want to wear glasses but I see that coming, hearing aid as well. The hearing part isn't all bad. I have what my wife terms 'selective hearing' anyway.</p><p> </p><p>I never thought I'd have problems reading a 60 division vernier.... well, those are in the chest now.....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>The eyesight is why I agonize over optics. I surely would prefer a cheaper optic but I can't really compromise because, like a crutch, I need all the help I can muster. I cringe at the cost of optics and firearms but it's only a knee jerk from being frugal because it's just a matter of digging up another jar in the yard......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>My wife questions my wisdom as far as buying firearms but I just tell her that my cousin gets them all, anyway. He's the only one in the family who actually hunts and understands......</p><p> </p><p>I will say that I have a whole lot more pistols than long guns probably because I shoot match pistol and I carry... Not constantly, just when the situation is conducive to carry. Carrying a firearm is a big responsibility. The use of deadly force, even in a life or death situation can have untold repercussions....</p><p> </p><p>In retrospect, I've lived a good life, did basically what I wanted to, when I wanted to and the time left (whether in fact civilization as we know it ends shortly or not) has little impact on my current agenda.</p><p> </p><p>The whole scenario reminds me of the movie 'Gone in 60 Seconds'. None of us (I suspect if to does come about and it will at sometime, that's inevitable) will have any time to contemplate the outcome, let alone the immediate threat.</p><p> </p><p>You live each and every day to the fullest you can. I certainly have no regrets about that.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Sounds enlightening. Also sounds like a Caldwell Lead Sled shooting experience.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>When you look at the grand scheme of things, this world we live on and this solar system is a mere speck of fly do-do. We (it's our nature) envision ourselves as supreme beings but are we? My thinking is we aren't and we aren't alone as the sole species of intelligent beings (not that the current crop of humans act intellegently....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) However, this is our lot so we might as well make the best of it.</p><p> </p><p>The alien thing has been around for as long as people had the time to imagine and contemplate what if.... The Aztec's, the Mayans and Egyptians and others depicted aliens in their cave drawings much like we do in photographs.... or U-Tube...</p><p> </p><p>Far as the Bible is concerned (and I don't want to start a war over this statement), the Bible is someones interpretation of events that happened or were imagined and recorded in that person(s) vision of what occurred or again, was imagined because the very essence of intelligence is the ability to imagine, contemplate and record.</p><p> </p><p>This particular thread captures my interest. I read it daily.</p><p> </p><p>When it happens. it happens. There is nothing you can do to change it (except postulate), so enjoy what is, now.</p><p> </p><p>Like some very wise person once wrote down for antiquity....</p><p> </p><p>"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference"....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 591967, member: 39764"] You just want me for my machinery.......:rolleyes: Better to be forthright than not..... I'm a whole lot older than you surmise and I don't have all my parts anymore, one reason I have to condense my hunting and travels, not a lot of time left and especially worrisome is 'can I do it'?? Living here where the air is dense, I have reservations about being able to survive higher elevations. My hunting comrades all hunt out west and other places but they are quite a bit younger than I am. The standing joke is 'Ill be shipped home in a body bag'..... Besides that, my eyesight isn't what it used to be. I barely passed my last DOT exam. I don't want to wear glasses but I see that coming, hearing aid as well. The hearing part isn't all bad. I have what my wife terms 'selective hearing' anyway. I never thought I'd have problems reading a 60 division vernier.... well, those are in the chest now.....:D The eyesight is why I agonize over optics. I surely would prefer a cheaper optic but I can't really compromise because, like a crutch, I need all the help I can muster. I cringe at the cost of optics and firearms but it's only a knee jerk from being frugal because it's just a matter of digging up another jar in the yard......:) My wife questions my wisdom as far as buying firearms but I just tell her that my cousin gets them all, anyway. He's the only one in the family who actually hunts and understands...... I will say that I have a whole lot more pistols than long guns probably because I shoot match pistol and I carry... Not constantly, just when the situation is conducive to carry. Carrying a firearm is a big responsibility. The use of deadly force, even in a life or death situation can have untold repercussions.... In retrospect, I've lived a good life, did basically what I wanted to, when I wanted to and the time left (whether in fact civilization as we know it ends shortly or not) has little impact on my current agenda. The whole scenario reminds me of the movie 'Gone in 60 Seconds'. None of us (I suspect if to does come about and it will at sometime, that's inevitable) will have any time to contemplate the outcome, let alone the immediate threat. You live each and every day to the fullest you can. I certainly have no regrets about that. Sounds enlightening. Also sounds like a Caldwell Lead Sled shooting experience.:D When you look at the grand scheme of things, this world we live on and this solar system is a mere speck of fly do-do. We (it's our nature) envision ourselves as supreme beings but are we? My thinking is we aren't and we aren't alone as the sole species of intelligent beings (not that the current crop of humans act intellegently....:)) However, this is our lot so we might as well make the best of it. The alien thing has been around for as long as people had the time to imagine and contemplate what if.... The Aztec's, the Mayans and Egyptians and others depicted aliens in their cave drawings much like we do in photographs.... or U-Tube... Far as the Bible is concerned (and I don't want to start a war over this statement), the Bible is someones interpretation of events that happened or were imagined and recorded in that person(s) vision of what occurred or again, was imagined because the very essence of intelligence is the ability to imagine, contemplate and record. This particular thread captures my interest. I read it daily. When it happens. it happens. There is nothing you can do to change it (except postulate), so enjoy what is, now. Like some very wise person once wrote down for antiquity.... "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference".... [/QUOTE]
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