Yep. That's the reason I'm a fiddle player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
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Yep. That's the reason I'm a fiddle player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
ah well now I feel like an idiot LMFAO!
No need to feel bad, man....at least you are looking ahead.....
And judging by you projects, not letting grass grow under your feet.
I love picking bluegrass as much as I love prepping. My favorite three long guns are a DPMS AR-15, a Martin D-28, and a Stelling Bellflower.
I've been teaching that Engine of Screeching Death for over 40 years. Had you ever thought of getting a left-handed model? I know you can't just turn it upside down like a guitar, but they are available, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Awanita
Cool! Another bluegrasser! Never let it die!
I play with a concertina every now and then, but it's hard to get in any practice. For one thing, it makes the dog howl like he's being beaten! I also play board games, monopoly, shogi, chess and occasionally dominoes. I like to cook. Right now I'm trying to make the perfect pizza sauce, drop biscuits and noodles. The first time I ever cooked for people was when I got invited to a friends barbecue, but for whatever stupid reason, there were no barbecue sauces or rubs! So, we had a contest to see who could come up with the best sauce with whatever the heck you could find in their kitchen. I don't remember who won, but one of the things that stuck in my head was when one of the judges said to me "This sauce is pretty good. It's like you put some sort of addictive substance in it." To which, I replied "I did." I got the stink eye, but then I explained that I used cooking sherry.
My for sure hobbies are hunt and fish. My others are kinda sporadic, by need, seasonal and so on but include leather work (mainly gun/shooting and knife but also saddle and tack), woodworking, dobro guitar, have made a few knives, putting together a parts list to give muzzle loader building a try.
relearning the art of sewing. I have not used a sewing machine since 1986 after an accident nearly caused me my right arm. Now 30 years later, my boyfriend bought me a sewing machine for Christmas since I had been wanting one to be able to make clothes and also quilt. The stipulation of getting the sewing machine, was I had to make him some seat covers for his 1964 Ford Galaxy, done and done. Doesn't look half bad. Have also made an apron for one granddaughter, and have another cut out, just need to get it sewn together.
I have also been getting ready to go back to school for my Bachelors degree, Considered going for a nursing degree.But I know that I can not stand enough, or meet the lifting criteria for nursing, but there are other jobs that I could do if I had the degree that would allow me to work from home. But the knowledge would be worth it, and the work from home jobs pay way better. Decisions decisions.
I've taken up guitar, if not really made any progress owing to a congenital condition I have. Stupid-fingers I think it's called. Still play around with electrons and photons as much as possible.
Would it sound crazy if I took up swapping tales with other Veterans on the internet forums, now that I've reached an advanced age?
I have to admit that I didn't mean to offend. So I'll retract my my statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
Well, here ya go.....go pro?....LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by M118LR
I'm sure you can come up with something?
http://burlingtonliarsclub.com/
You really need to get a life. Seriously! Please seek help at the local VA.Quote:
Originally Posted by M118LR
I don't think running the spreader across the yard, killing 6 and 8 legged critters, requires help at the local VA. But I'll ask them the next time I'm there. Just remember to rotate with a different pesticide each time you do the yard. If you use the same one over and over it's not as effective.
A couple of years ago we got two pups. Litter mates. They are so funny. Always happy. They sure like to go for car rides. We take them to Dairy Queen for pup cups or Arby's for sliders.
Has the VA developed a cure for being an a$$hat?Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
I doubt they will do anything about a non-service related pre-existing condition.
You can downplay it as much as you want. YOU take a joke I made eight years ago and turn it into denigrating my military service because it was different than yours. Your continual theme of you being an elite "frogman" and the rest of us mere mortals just serve at your pleasure has grown tiresome. You told me not too long ago that you were leaving this forum because it was not for you. I do believe you may have been right in that assessment.Quote:
Originally Posted by M118LR
I think your profile pic should have been a slug.Quote:
Originally Posted by M118LR
Had I realized that my poor attempt to poke fun at the "Kill Things" would be taken in such a bad light, I wouldn't have posted it. It seems readily apparent to me , that "Killing Things" isn't a hobby unless it's dealing with insects in the yard. I'm sorry that I rubbed folks the wrong way, so I have removed my upsetting comment.
And I removed you. You are in need of some serious counselling.
Whew! Now that that's over,
recently I've been restricted in my activities and it sucks. But I still can bike and swim. Swimming really helps. Doing some woodworking and leather stuff.
Wow...I go out for a few hours and that happens. Okay.
madmax...swimming's good. Decent exercise while at the same time easy on the knees.
What kind of woodworking?
Right now collapsable chairs for rendezvous' and general outdoorsy stuff. I'm working with pine now because it's light, cheap (ish), and easy to work. When I get the size right I'll do a couple in a hard wood. I have a stave for a longbow ready to shape too.
Wow. I just stepped away for a moment to wind my clock and when I come back, this happens. ....I knew when he got here it wouldnt be for long. I guess he was too old to toss around too much. He was the only member I ever put on my ignore list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I think it was his avatar that creeped me out more than his posts.
Yeah, I was waiting on the tick tock......Quote:
Originally Posted by pete lynch
nice. What sort of wood are you using for the longbow stave?Quote:
Originally Posted by madmax
My only comment is that you guys waited 5 months too long!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I don't know why anyone would call this a quick exit.
Apparently this guy's dive bell had a crack in it.
Locust. From our land in NC. I also have a hickory stave from there. I have been waiting to build a trad foot vise to carve them with an old rescued drawknife. A good friend has built many and I can count on him to give me advise on the bows. I want a light pull on the first one to get back into the groove. All my recurves are 55 lbs. Too much nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by tundrabadger
Apparently a dive bell with internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
Actually, it read absolutely not as a joke. I thought you might be a member of PITA or something. You seem to be very critical of anyone who hasn't had your life experience and you elevate your own life experience above all others. I could overlook it if you had Aspergers or some such but, really.
I've spoke to many service men who said that they served with no other ideals than, "This was my job and I got paid for it. I did a good job and am satisfied." You're not an item of worship. I've given up my own advantages in order to help other get their lives started up or started back up. There are, I don't know how many, people alive today because I didn't buy the car I wanted. I worked for a public organization so money wasn't in the picture. Now I'm a retired person with a tiny pension and social security. I have no regrets. I would tell the people we were placing in service positions that their jobs were important. Their work meant that to people working directly with others didn't have to be distracted by doing other things. Their work was as important as ours.
Your work was stressful. I worked on a lay barge. Take your mind off what you're doing out there and you lose an arm, break a rib, burn one side of your face off, or die. I saw most of it. I almost died myself several times. You saw people die - I've lost friends to "the fight". You fought for people - I've been doing that most of my life. And most other people do the same.
I didn't know my father as "Sarge"; that phase of his life was long over before I came along. But he fought like a tiger to get his family along in very hard times. I realize now what an overprivileged ingrate I was as a kid. I didn't realize what hard times we did come through until I grew up. I guess that's part of what growing up is.
C. S Lewis wrote that hell was not for "sinners" but for those who had become their sin - who had stopped becoming human and had become their passion. I used to address people in a local Multiple Sclerosis support group and I warned them not to become so absorbed in multiple sclerosis advocacy that they ceased to be human - not to be a multiple sclerotic instead of being a human.
When a person stops being a person and becomes a veteran, that's their sin.
M118LR, you should be careful.
Oops. I missed the last page. Ya'll can remove the last post if you want. Or, maybe, you know, philosophy.....
Locust? I never would have thought! This place is full of locust and I have a couple of House brothers into archery. Thanks!
My sentiments exactly........Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
I think it needs to stay...Very well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfVanZandt
Tried to rep you, but have to spread it around.
Oh Yeah, What else were we talking about.....Trolls? ....hobbies... and bows?
And all that in one thread. Typical.
I snorted at the cracked diving bell comment. Very good.
Actually, I just dropped a hobby. Yep, my last endurance hike. It's not the pain and the exhaustion, or smelling like ammonia. I want to start doing more technical hikes and I've found out that I actually can haul a loaded backpack. And some of the technical hikes are as grueling as the endurance hikes. By the way, if you ever visit Colorado, Waterton Canyon is spectacular.
Technical hikes/climbs are my favorite.
Oh yeah. Rock climbing is my thing.
I do life long learning. My kind of technical hike involves a lot of measuring and photography equipment. This year I'll be looking at the psychology, philosophy, parapsychology, and religion of the area and blogging about it. I advocate for active, life long learning.
I have a lot of hobbies, most of them expensive. Aside from hiking and camping, and cooking since I'm a chef, I am very into music/audio and movies. Sharpening is also a hobby of mine, and I am a big gun nut.