Middle of the night + I was just thinking about an old man that I once knew. Tom Stephens,born in 1913 died in 2004. He was always ready to go on a quail or dove shoot + even at 90 wanted us to go canoeing on a pole,paddle,portage to which I drew the line,#1 I KNEW who would be doing all of the above,#2 what would I do if the old gent passes on our trip?Back to the heading. I had remarried to Satan's sister at this point + she bitched about everything including my collection of National Geographic magazines. Come on,none of us ever throws them away,right? At this point in time old Tom was house ridden so I took him all my copies of N.G. After that as his mind started to go a little he would call me up almost every day + say,"Do you know where I went today? China + South America + the South Seas".etc.Those magazines could not have gone to a better place.Makes me a bit weepy thinking back now but I would not have done it any other way had I to do it again.R.I.P. Tom
Originally posted by NormanConquest: Middle of the night + I was just thinking about an old man that I once knew. Tom Stephens,born in 1913 died in 2004. He was always ready to go on a quail or dove shoot + even at 90 wanted us to go canoeing on a pole,paddle,portage to which I drew the line,#1 I KNEW who would be doing all of the above,#2 what would I do if the old gent passes on our trip?Back to the heading. I had remarried to Satan's sister at this point + she bitched about everything including my collection of National Geographic magazines. Come on,none of us ever throws them away,right? At this point in time old Tom was house ridden so I took him all my copies of N.G. After that as his mind started to go a little he would call me up almost every day + say,"Do you know where I went today? China + South America + the South Seas".etc.Those magazines could not have gone to a better place.Makes me a bit weepy thinking back now but I would not have done it any other way had I to do it again.R.I.P. Tom
Great post!
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If I ever get too old to shoot much, I will still have my collection of Nat Geo and Smithsonian to fall back on, as well as three tall bookcases of hunting books from people like Keith, Ruark, and Craig Boddington (just to name a few) to keep me company. Along with a case of Amarula or good single malt and some Cuban cigars...
Rich,speaking of Cuban cigars;here's a story for you.You remember my minister Peter who I sold several guns for to help him out a coule of years ago. Well,he took members of the church along with clothing + food donations down into Mexico for the orphanages. Cut to the quick,coming back he sees a vendor with Cuban cigars + says why not,I'll just smoke it later when I get home. Crossing the border the guard asks if he has anything to declare. No, nothing. So the guard points to Peter's pocket + says what's that + what is your business in Mexico?So Pete just tells him the truth. Guard takes the cigar out of Pete's pocket,cuts off the Cuban band,puts it back in his pocket + tells him to have a nice day.Sometimes good services are rewarded quickly.
