You can get corn mush, you know. Maybe your wife is keeping you in the dark.
Its not all bad though. Recently I am beginning to realize what I can still do rather than being focused on what abilities I've lost. Also I have one of those mobility scooters you see the old timers rolling around in. There is a beautiful lake in the grounds of Stirling university which I live only about a mile from. The lake has a perimeter trail that is sufficiently level to traverse on my scooter. It is a great place and tbh I don't visit it often enough.
That place for me is very special, it has a particular quality to it I can't quite comprehend but its effect is to promote clarity of mind and invigoration of ones being.
Gordon.
Yeah I use to have an old Ithaca, Know all to well what them Slugs can do xD, that damn thing was way too light, talk about doing damage to your shoulder xD
The only shotgun I own is an older ('60s) Spanish side by side 12GA 2-3/4". I don't push slugs through it, but I know what 00 buck does to old computers. 🙂
The Google Earth view of that lake looks really nice, and there are some photos of the lake, too. That's a beautiful place.
That is a real shame.
Killing isn't for everyone. My dad has no interest, and never has. My mother was raised on moose and has a strong passion for the outdoors. At 70, she has just taken the course and obtained her hunting licence. She doesn't know if she will or won't kill a moose, but she will have the choice. She will be a hunter either way.
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But what about music?
My daughter surprised me a bit today as we rode along in my truck.
David Gilmour's "About Face" was playing on the deck. Some slow Gilmour licks were coming through at low volume.
"Is this Pink Floyd?" She asked.
"No. But it is David Gilmour playing", I said.
"Ahhh. Right. That makes sense".
I asked why she thought it was Floyd.
"Well, he just has a way that he plays."
Indeed. He does.
My daughter surprised me a bit today as we rode along in my truck.
David Gilmour's "About Face" was playing on the deck. Some slow Gilmour licks were coming through at low volume.
"Is this Pink Floyd?" She asked.
"No. But it is David Gilmour playing", I said.
"Ahhh. Right. That makes sense".
I asked why she thought it was Floyd.
"Well, he just has a way that he plays."
Indeed. He does.
It is one of the most amazing places for me personally. I didn't always live here in Stirling, I grew up just on the fringes of Glasgow, about 27 miles from Stirling. Anyway in 1996 when I was still living there, I undertook an open university course ( distance learning ) and as part of the course you attend a week long summer school at a university, that was when I discovered Stirling University. Aside from the beauty of the campus, that week at the summer school was one of the best weeks of my life. As I said before the place has a special quality to it, an energy, a vibe. My friend Bryan gets it too so I don't think its just me being a casualty of over indulgence of drugs!
In 1997 I decided that I wanted to do psychiatric nursing and it turned out that you could study it at Stirling University. So in September 1998 I began a three year program based at Stirling uni, since then, with the exception of a 5 month spell back in Glasgow, I have lived here in Stirling. It is a great place to live and for a long time after my stroke I forgot that, but now it's all coming back to me and I try to get out on my scooter every day that it isn't raining. Sadly these scooters are not that tolerant of heavy rain!
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Speaking of scooters, I have a friend who, when she gets out of the hospital will rely on a scooter so a friend and I decided a ramp was in order. All 24 feet of it at a slope of 1.6:12. Built like no other with enough supports and bracing to outlast any earthquake. It's not finished yet but I know the pics will surface around here somewhere when it is.
I have never needed to pull the trigger since I know two people who like to hunt and fish that don't consume all they kill, so I get free food for helping out with the dirty work. My ability to hit a target isn't so good, and is getting worse because of shaky hands. Shooting an animal and wounding but not killing it is inhumane since it will bolt and run until it eventually drops, and dies. You will likely never find it, and the animal suffers needlessly.
This is the real reason I haven't tried to shoot a deer. You don't pull the trigger unless you have a kill shot. If I was 100% confident of my shot, and nobody else was ready, I would take the shot, but I haven't done so, and at the moment I do not own a legal hunting rifle.
I sold several of my guns about 10 years ago, and my brother managed to abscond with most of the collection left to us by our grandfather....who had a small arsenal. He was an avid hunter and could go into the Georgia woods with minimal equipment and no food, and come out a week later with a cooler full of meat. Mostly small game like rabbit.
10 years ago I could populate cell phone boards by hand with a soldering iron, a microscope and a pair of tweezers. SMD devices have gotten smaller, and my hands have gotten worse, so I gave that up too.
At the beginning of hunting season this year a new billboard was erected on the major roadway through this area. It shows picture of an elephant and a caption that reads "I am not a trophy." Coincidence? It is sponsored by the WWF (World Wildlife Federation) and there are no wild elephants here.
Due to a shot knee (call me colourful), I borrowed an electric mobility scooter for a couple of months.
Each trip to the supermarket was a display of the humane character of 'normal' people. In particular when heading for the cash register.
(admit that, on the stock market, I've counted several times on the quantitative predictability of mankind)
Feeling melancholic? People no good? Too many sociopaths, psychopaths and supermarket people around?
All those suckers spoiling the fun of the good people. Isn't that right?
All those suckers spoiling the fun of the good people. Isn't that right?
^cheers for The Clash song
booo , ssss for the Supermarket ppl except the ones dressed in their bathrobes at the dairy section/
Cassiel any news / prognosis on the ear situation?
booo , ssss for the Supermarket ppl except the ones dressed in their bathrobes at the dairy section/
Cassiel any news / prognosis on the ear situation?
It's still ****** but I got used to it. After the first days of sorrow and anger, because there's sorrow in losing something valuable and there's anger of losing it stupidity, came a quiet peace. I got used to it.
you didn't lose it stupidly it;s not like you got it by standing too close your friends firing off their dad's old thunderbuss's.
Well it's not gone, it's slightly damaged. And it all happened because of my unhealthy relationship with my equipment. I got it all wrong lol. One second and then it's too late to go back..
In 25 years time, you and me will be exactly the same : no job, no teeth, and no future.
In the meantime, there are more good people I appreciate and care about than I did 25 years ago.
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