Harter66
04-10-2014, 02:22 PM
Maybe I've lead a gifted life or maybe I just look beyond the disaster and see the new life,the Phenix from the ashes if you will. I've never looked half a glass of water and dwelt on whether it were full or empty.
It is sad to learn that we are loosing long time well liked members, we'll see them on the other side . I am inspired to see 15 pages of farewells to Felix. It's nice to get a PM saying ''that was a moving story about Bing/Bill/Family it really got me''. I know that we can't always post the '' my grandson took his 1st step today'' or '' I hit the lottery I'm buying the 1st 100 posters a new NOE of there choice''. Dammit there has got to be some sunshine some place.
Well here's mine .
2 yr ago my folks just packed up (sorta) and moved to Ar from Walker Lake Nv. 2100 sqft house on an acre w/2400 sqft of workshop on an acre looking over 500,000 acres of Walker lake's surface. That sucks it 3500 miles round trip for me and the grands and great grands at Christ mas. I'm making the house payments for them and I get the Lake house and as an only child I will eventually have the 25 acres in Ar,I'm in no hurry though. Last yr I worked 22 weeks having been laid off from my government contract ,union represented job of 17yr. (How's that thing about the CIC and unions go again?) So I hauled 4 loads of the folks stuff 1700 miles 1 way basically on my dime ,really just to get it out of the house and shop.(I can use all but 1 room in the house and almost half the shop.)This yr they said ''how was your Christmas? go to class for 3 days check out at 400 Thursday Every trip back I've broken something from blown tires in BFNM to yesterday afternoon when while fixing a fender on the trailer I found a broken spring . I decided to stay a month this time and get in on the snow goose slaughter,they left the week before I got to Ar. The week after I got here my GF blew the rear end in our other truck at home so shes driving my kids 1 ton 4x 7? Dodge 8MPG wonder till I get home .
Hell of a mess wouldn't ya say ?
I've met 5 members from here and attened a gathering here ,well in Mo,from another shooting forum where I met 15 members. Played host to a western Nv gathering where I met 15 CB members. The quality of time spent w/ my folks in the last 2 yr has been better than probably any other 2 weeks in the last 30yr. I've got grown kids that can loan me a car . I've been awed over and over by the character of internet friends Tim Malcolm comes to mind Fly and others too.
As for my broken trailer ? Well I went to the recycler and found a spare main leaf and a new spring pack,along w/157# of cast boolits ,ingots and some WWs for $52. I'll have 2 cords of oak to take home to cover some of my gas and the Tx hog shoot isn't a wash yet.
Friends no matter how bleak it looks somewhere in it all there is going to be a bright spot whether it 2 qts of 38 wadcutters in a bucket of junk or knowing that those gone are in a better place . Chin up you can sow the fields but they won't grow w/o some rain.
It is sad to learn that we are loosing long time well liked members, we'll see them on the other side . I am inspired to see 15 pages of farewells to Felix. It's nice to get a PM saying ''that was a moving story about Bing/Bill/Family it really got me''. I know that we can't always post the '' my grandson took his 1st step today'' or '' I hit the lottery I'm buying the 1st 100 posters a new NOE of there choice''. Dammit there has got to be some sunshine some place.
Well here's mine .
2 yr ago my folks just packed up (sorta) and moved to Ar from Walker Lake Nv. 2100 sqft house on an acre w/2400 sqft of workshop on an acre looking over 500,000 acres of Walker lake's surface. That sucks it 3500 miles round trip for me and the grands and great grands at Christ mas. I'm making the house payments for them and I get the Lake house and as an only child I will eventually have the 25 acres in Ar,I'm in no hurry though. Last yr I worked 22 weeks having been laid off from my government contract ,union represented job of 17yr. (How's that thing about the CIC and unions go again?) So I hauled 4 loads of the folks stuff 1700 miles 1 way basically on my dime ,really just to get it out of the house and shop.(I can use all but 1 room in the house and almost half the shop.)This yr they said ''how was your Christmas? go to class for 3 days check out at 400 Thursday Every trip back I've broken something from blown tires in BFNM to yesterday afternoon when while fixing a fender on the trailer I found a broken spring . I decided to stay a month this time and get in on the snow goose slaughter,they left the week before I got to Ar. The week after I got here my GF blew the rear end in our other truck at home so shes driving my kids 1 ton 4x 7? Dodge 8MPG wonder till I get home .
Hell of a mess wouldn't ya say ?
I've met 5 members from here and attened a gathering here ,well in Mo,from another shooting forum where I met 15 members. Played host to a western Nv gathering where I met 15 CB members. The quality of time spent w/ my folks in the last 2 yr has been better than probably any other 2 weeks in the last 30yr. I've got grown kids that can loan me a car . I've been awed over and over by the character of internet friends Tim Malcolm comes to mind Fly and others too.
As for my broken trailer ? Well I went to the recycler and found a spare main leaf and a new spring pack,along w/157# of cast boolits ,ingots and some WWs for $52. I'll have 2 cords of oak to take home to cover some of my gas and the Tx hog shoot isn't a wash yet.
Friends no matter how bleak it looks somewhere in it all there is going to be a bright spot whether it 2 qts of 38 wadcutters in a bucket of junk or knowing that those gone are in a better place . Chin up you can sow the fields but they won't grow w/o some rain.