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All of these threads trying to coerce people to donate money, shaming those that haven't, ridiculing and shaming people for there mistakes, worrying about what people say behind your back, etc. etc...yadi yadi yada...make me remember what my Granny always told us: "If you spend enough time properly tending your own business...you rarely have any time to tend anyone else's business...much less worry with what they said about you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | ||
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+1 Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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Lane: Grandmother was a wise and wonderful woman and we need more like her in the population today. You were a blessed man to have her in your life. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Yup. Eric Hoffer mentions this in his book True Believer. He says people mind their own business when it is worth minding. When it ceases to be worth minding, they then turn their attention to the affairs of others. There are a lot of people like that these days who can't leave the lives of others alone. | |||
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Makes sense cognitively and intuitively. | |||
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I must have missed most of it. Thats good. Lets just all go hunting and enjoy it while we still can.  | |||
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To Granny:  "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Good words to live by !! | |||
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Best post ever!!! DRSS | |||
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I will make it a point not to comment on any hunter's lion. | |||
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That's right " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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My Granny Easter had 11 kids all but the last 4 born at home. I have pictures of her going to town horseback with one kid sitting behind her and one in the oven. They lived in a house heated by wood that had a porch on the back to store the ready-to-use wood and a BIG pile out behind. When they got older...my Dad sent me by every evening to make sure that porch was filled with wood. They had an old home-made cart used to move wood from the big pile/splitting area to the porch. One day we were sitting by the fire having a cup of coffee warming up and and I said something like: "I wished I had a dollar for every stick of wood I have moved in that cart." Grandad shot me a look and said: "your Granny has toted more wood in the curl of her apron than you have ever moved on that cart." (she would grab the bottom of her apron and curl it up for a sling) I think about that everytime I think I've done something better than someone else has. Kind of puts things into perspective for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Great post Lane, I can relate to your last story. My grandmama told me one day she couldn't imagine a woman complaining about putting clothes into a washing machine. We still have the scrub board she used to wash clothes by hand when she was young, still has some ly soap on it. Our granny's were educated by sweat, they didn't have time to sit around and have the likes of internet pissing matches, they had to work. Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist | |||
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Yes, Granny did have it right! One of the best damn posts in a loooooooooooooooooong time!  I too, was part of the generation that was lucky enough to be taught the insights of that generation by the same type of grandparents!  | |||
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That post has wisdom beyond our years sir! My Granny was almost identical. Damn is she missed. | |||
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Spot on!  And there is Balule's Law of the Universe: No good deed shall ever be left unpunished. | |||
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Go Granny!!!! Exercise makes you look good naked, so does bourbon.....You decide | |||
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AMEN !!! I don't finish half the threads I start reading on here because they quickly degrade into a pissing match, mostly about nothing. I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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How many of your grannys said,"If you don't have anythiing good to say, don't say anything". Mine did. If I don't remember anything she told me, I try to remember that. | |||
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Mine used that one too!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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My Grandmother raised two daughters (a third one died less than a year old) on a farm having only one leg. She cut her foot with an axe cutting kindling and with Medicine as it was then ( before the 20th century) before they could finally get her to New Orleans to a hospital she had contracted gangrene. The other was removed at the hip when she was 16 years old. She was on crutches all that time and what really reminded me was in all this time they only had wood fire,wood stove in the kitchen and wood fireplaces in each room. I have seen her so many times gather one edge of her apron (which she ALWAYS wore)with one crutch hand and navigate up stairs from the wood pile to the back porch. Try that some time when you are feeling frisky. She was lucky in one respect,there was another woman in town who was missing the other leg and they would buy a pair of shoes together. She was lucky in that the woman wore the same size. She was probably the second most wonderful woman I have ever known. SCI Life Member NRA Patron Life Member DRSS | |||
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By Dr Easter: "If you spend enough time properly tending your own business...you rarely have any time to tend anyone else's business...much less worry with what they said about you." I do believe the intent of such "old-fashioned" wisdom is that we should not be meddlers, and not be concerned with general gossipers. Much agreed! It does NOT mean that we should turn a blind eye and walk on by, when an elderly person has fallen down and is unable to get themselves up; nor does it mean that we should stay quiet while the FALSE words of another are causing serious harm to our good name. {Your UNmarried daughter is seen enter- ing an abortion clinic and remaining there for hours. Some old bitty is telling the whole community what she saw and adding "You know what that means...". You KNOW she went there to talk a friend OUT OF HAV- ING AN ABORTION because you drove her there and spoke with her on the phone during the time she was there! You know you'll address the old biddy and set her straight! At least I know I would!} D/R Hunter Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal... | |||
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Not sure how you could ever infer that (bold above) into her intended meaning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Hi Dr Easter, If I am so occupied with getting my business taken care of, how could I possibly choose to insert myself into the business of some older person who has fallen down? I don't believe your granny would want that to be one's thinking at all! Instead, make the fact that an older person who needs your help is your business when you can do so, is what granny would put forth.  D/R Hunter Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal... | |||
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True words by a very wise grandma Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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