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"'CAN'T'died in the poorhouse." Allen Revere Leitner, my grandfather.
 
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2 more from Winston Churchill'
"You don't
make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." plus
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind + won't change the subject."
 
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Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don't. Pete Seeger.
 
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"Things are not the way they used to be, and I doubt they ever were" Will Rogers
 
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master. Christian Lange.
 
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One I saw recently on a T-shirt,"Remember, parents who are confused by technology taught you how to use a spoon."
 
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Be not afraid of any man, no matter what his size,
Just call on me in times of need, + I shall equalize.
Early Colt advertisement.
 
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'No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.'
Lucius Cornelius Sulla..."Felix"
 
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We don't have to choose between disarmament + nuclear war; we can have both! Anon
 
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2 by Churchill:
"Communism is not a policy, it is a disease. It is not a creed, it is a pestilence."
"There are 2 places where socialism will work: In Heaven where it is not needed, + in Hell, where they already have it."
 
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In other states the right of the people to bear arms is protected by the constitution, In Texas the constitution is protected by the people who bear arms.
Lynn Ashby
 
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Here is a line from a song by The NZ band Crowded House back from when pop music was great. The song is, "Don't Dream it's Over".

"But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me."



~Ann





 
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I remember that song well; thanks for sharing, as it has not had airplay here in a long time.
 
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Originally posted by Norman Conquest:
I remember that song well; thanks for sharing, as it has not had airplay here in a long time.


Quality music from back then. Not a lot I like that's come out in recent years.


~Ann





 
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I totally agree. I am a fan of many forms of music. I am STILL enamoured with "The Beatles", but my down home music is Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, etc.
 
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God is not on the side of the big battalions but rather on the side of the best shots.~~~~Voltaire


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War is natures way of teaching American's about geography. Ambrose Bierce.
Kinda along those same lines I recall, a poster from 1970 (posters were big then) that said, "Join the army, travel, see the world, meet interesting new people, + kill them."
 
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Men are basically smart or dumb + lazy or ambitious. The dumb + ambitious ones are dangerous+ I get rid of them. The dumb + lazy ones, I give mundane duties, the smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart + lazy ones, I make my commanders. Erwin Rommel.
 
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I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.

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I aim to misbehave.

Capt. Malcom Reynolds


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Hipshoot is a very handson guy!

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Here's one from poet Emily Dickerson, "The only commandment that I ever broke was, 'Consider the lilies of the field.'" Wink
 
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Patton:

When in doubt, Attack.

As a trial lawyer, that has proved good advice for the most part.
 
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Also by Patton,
Take not council of your fears.
 
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Patton always gave good advice.
 
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Yes, he did. He was a hard, but honest man, who believed just like Rommel that a commander should lead from the front.
 
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My library contains quite a few books on/about Patton. Wish I could have met him.
 
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Just watched the movie "Patton" on TCM a couple of days ago. Love watching it every time that it's on television. I also have the DVD of the movie. tu2
 
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Did you see "The Last Days Of Patton", a made for TV movie, also starring George C. Scott. It deals with the aftermath of his car accident.
 
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"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." John Wooten

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." Oscar Wilde
 
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Also by Oscar Wilde, "The worst form of perversion is celibacy."
 
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History is philosophy learned from examples.
Thucydides
 
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Fame begets scavengers, whose only importance lies in the leavings they forage." Maria Riva, Marlene Dietrich's daughter.
 
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Of all the words of speech or pen,
The saddest is,"It might have been".
 
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Never do your enemy a MINOR injury.

Nicolo Machievelli
 
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"Money is not the root of all evil; lack of money is" Unknown

"In heaven there is no beer; that's why we drink it here." Words from a Polish Polka


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Yeah, my ex-wife told that to my banker about 35 years ago. We never argue about money. Why argue about something you don't have. The banker was not am mused.
 
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Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity when some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?

Thomas Sowell

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Thomas Sowell


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. Sir Francis Bacon
 
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Of all the words of tongue or pen,
The saddest is "It might have been",
P.G. Wodehouse.
 
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