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To Keep it - Give It Away
The only thing any of us can really share, are our experience and observations.
And some Hardware.
First the Software.
The sad reality is, many folks are not being brought up with firearms in the home. Nor are they being brought up with knives.
Nor learning how shoot, hunt, use a knife, sharpen a knife and maintain it.
These folks are not being parented as kids used to be. Many do not have Mentors to assist them as well.
If you want to keep what was passed onto you, give it away to another. It does not matter what you have to pass forward, pass it forward.
Teaching someone to shoot , or how to sharpen a knife freehand are two obvious activities one can pass forward.
Maybe you reload metallic or shotguns shells. Pass it forward.
Maybe you can read maps, and use a compass. Pass it forward.
Learning to build a fire, make shelter, and gather water is not just for Scouting Programs, we all need to know how to do this.
Perhaps you have a "green thumb" and can grow tomatoes, pinto beans, corn...
You have mechanical skills for motor vehicles, or outboard motors...generators, plumbing, electrical...
We all have talents and gifts, even if we do not think so. Pass it forward, this is what responsible firearm owners do.
Growing 'maters, being able to replace a washer in a kitchen faucet, figuring out why a car won't start and being able to replace a battery - saves someone some monies, besides feeling self reliant.
The monies saved from being self reliant, might make the difference in a kid getting a new .22 rifle, or the lady getting her CCW license, or going to the range, or...
Now Hardware.
You have not used that Red Ryder BB Gun in decades. You have no kids of your own , but there is a kid in need of one.
Maybe someone uses Red Ryder's to teach shotgunning, Pass it forward.
That holster drawer.
Yeah that sucker has some stuff you will never use...Somebody has a need for what you have in that drawer.
Get with a CCW instructor, or training facility and there will be a person in need and you might make all the difference in giving one away.
That fella or gal running the shoe shop, will pass forward in tweaking the fit of that holster, or maybe the belt just needs contouring to better fit a body shape.
You might be flat broke, unemployed because you got laid off.
Yo can flip a burger , turn a hot dawg, make lemonade, or make coffee.
Just get out of self, head to a range or sit in on a CCW class.
That mom will appreciate a burger flipped, and that dad will wonder how a kid can get mustard on the seat of a pair of jeans from a hot dawg.
The CCW instructor will appreciate coffee being made, materials passed out, and the lights flipped on or off for a video presentation.
You get the point.
To keep it - give it away.
The only thing any of us can really share, are our experience and observations.
And some Hardware.
First the Software.
The sad reality is, many folks are not being brought up with firearms in the home. Nor are they being brought up with knives.
Nor learning how shoot, hunt, use a knife, sharpen a knife and maintain it.
These folks are not being parented as kids used to be. Many do not have Mentors to assist them as well.
If you want to keep what was passed onto you, give it away to another. It does not matter what you have to pass forward, pass it forward.
Teaching someone to shoot , or how to sharpen a knife freehand are two obvious activities one can pass forward.
Maybe you reload metallic or shotguns shells. Pass it forward.
Maybe you can read maps, and use a compass. Pass it forward.
Learning to build a fire, make shelter, and gather water is not just for Scouting Programs, we all need to know how to do this.
Perhaps you have a "green thumb" and can grow tomatoes, pinto beans, corn...
You have mechanical skills for motor vehicles, or outboard motors...generators, plumbing, electrical...
We all have talents and gifts, even if we do not think so. Pass it forward, this is what responsible firearm owners do.
Growing 'maters, being able to replace a washer in a kitchen faucet, figuring out why a car won't start and being able to replace a battery - saves someone some monies, besides feeling self reliant.
The monies saved from being self reliant, might make the difference in a kid getting a new .22 rifle, or the lady getting her CCW license, or going to the range, or...
Now Hardware.
You have not used that Red Ryder BB Gun in decades. You have no kids of your own , but there is a kid in need of one.
Maybe someone uses Red Ryder's to teach shotgunning, Pass it forward.
That holster drawer.
Yeah that sucker has some stuff you will never use...Somebody has a need for what you have in that drawer.
Get with a CCW instructor, or training facility and there will be a person in need and you might make all the difference in giving one away.
That fella or gal running the shoe shop, will pass forward in tweaking the fit of that holster, or maybe the belt just needs contouring to better fit a body shape.
You might be flat broke, unemployed because you got laid off.
Yo can flip a burger , turn a hot dawg, make lemonade, or make coffee.
Just get out of self, head to a range or sit in on a CCW class.
That mom will appreciate a burger flipped, and that dad will wonder how a kid can get mustard on the seat of a pair of jeans from a hot dawg.
The CCW instructor will appreciate coffee being made, materials passed out, and the lights flipped on or off for a video presentation.
You get the point.
To keep it - give it away.
CoRoMo
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This latest post is so very true. I've put in some hard thought into the rearing of my kids so that they don't miss out on the things I was blessed with. I recently decided to make sure the boys get a chance to participate in the Boy Scouts and in 4-H. Whether they are interested in them or not, I don't care, but I want them to have the opportunity to get the experienced I did from groups like that.
My wife and I have decided to move out of the city (pop. 5,000) and buy some land so the kids can grow up with wide open freedom. I know what you might say, this little town isn't a city. It is to us two farm kids who are now parents.
Steve, thanks again.
Kind of Blued
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sm said:
I thought sm was AT LEAST in his 60s!
Carry on, kind sir!
sm
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*snicker*
Nah dude, Ike was in his second year of Presidency with Nixon as VP when I was born. I just started really early on some stuff.
Art and I often get taken for being around the same age.
Ain't neither one of us every acted our age, and we ain't about to start to either.
*grin*
Kind of Blued
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Ah well, I hope you don't mind if I keep you as an older fella on his front porch in my mind's eye, because at a certain point, the brain can't go back far enough to change it.
I suppose that's a compliment. It'll happen reading a good novel, imagining the narrator or character after spending so much time reading with 'em; then they make the movie and get it all wrong.
The mind's a funny thing.
I suppose that's a compliment. It'll happen reading a good novel, imagining the narrator or character after spending so much time reading with 'em; then they make the movie and get it all wrong.
The mind's a funny thing.
roundoff
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Thank you Mot45acp for pointing me to this thread with your signature.
Thank you sm for sharing your insights - I have greatly enjoyed reading them.
Thank you sm for sharing your insights - I have greatly enjoyed reading them.
They'd be noobs or foolish if they did.
SM's style is unique, but his wisdom is nearly universal.
SM's style is unique, but his wisdom is nearly universal.
Floppy_D
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I wish sm would tip back the Geritol and start posting some more.
Just a difference in communications style. Some people type out the words that they would say in a conversation. Some folks seem to type out responses as though they were text-message repsonses (they very well could be, on today's phones.) The medium is the same, but the approach is different. sm tends to type as though he were writing... and I find it a refreshing change.
Just a difference in communications style. Some people type out the words that they would say in a conversation. Some folks seem to type out responses as though they were text-message repsonses (they very well could be, on today's phones.) The medium is the same, but the approach is different. sm tends to type as though he were writing... and I find it a refreshing change.
I can understand the problem folks have with the "Faulknerian" style of some of the posts and I appreciate the recognition of the wisdom amongst the rest of the words. Not everyone can get beyond the format.
As to sm posting some more, he's in a place, like many these days, where his circumstances leave him without daily internet access.
As to sm posting some more, he's in a place, like many these days, where his circumstances leave him without daily internet access.
mcdonl
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And this is best learned with trial and error over many mornings discussing such matters.
I hope all is well.
content
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Hello friends and neighbors // Thanks for taking the time SM , well worth the read.
sm
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If'n you drive a stick shift...
I suggest you spend quality time getting lessons, and spend quality time in practice , of those things to keep you safe.
Not just shooting...as not everything defaults to gun .
Then again I was raised, where one learned to drive a stick shift...
...correct basic fundamentals transition to automatic transmissions.
I suggest you spend quality time getting lessons, and spend quality time in practice , of those things to keep you safe.
Not just shooting...as not everything defaults to gun .
Then again I was raised, where one learned to drive a stick shift...
...correct basic fundamentals transition to automatic transmissions.
Nugilum
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Please Sensei, Your pupils desire true knowledge...
The_Pretender
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If I may...
Just a few things I carry with me, perhaps could be expanded upon:
Always give someone the benefit of the doubt. If you got it all figured out, you may as well not even be alive. Listen. Learn. That "jerk" you run into at the market may very well be coming back from burying his mother/father/wife and is hurrying to grab a meal for his family.
On this subject- When you run into a funeral procession, pull over and pay your respects to those passing by. Take a breath and be thankful for your moment of life. There will be a day when you're driving in that line. -and another when you're riding in it.
Every day- step outside and enjoy the fresh air. Stand with the sunlight on your skin. The birds chirping. Close your eyes and breath deep.
There are over 6,000,000,000 people on this planet right now. Not to mention the millions and millions that have come and gone. You are a spec on a dot in an ocean of stars. Be humble.
When you're laying in bed next to your significant other, hold her close. Listen to her breathe. Hold her body close to yours and savor every golden second you can in that moment. Do this each and every night. And every chance you can. A day will come when you can't. And you would give ANYTHING you ever could for just one more moment. But you cannot. And it will hurt.
Don't take life for granted. Don't get caught up in life to forget to live.
Just a few things I carry with me, perhaps could be expanded upon:
Always give someone the benefit of the doubt. If you got it all figured out, you may as well not even be alive. Listen. Learn. That "jerk" you run into at the market may very well be coming back from burying his mother/father/wife and is hurrying to grab a meal for his family.
On this subject- When you run into a funeral procession, pull over and pay your respects to those passing by. Take a breath and be thankful for your moment of life. There will be a day when you're driving in that line. -and another when you're riding in it.
Every day- step outside and enjoy the fresh air. Stand with the sunlight on your skin. The birds chirping. Close your eyes and breath deep.
There are over 6,000,000,000 people on this planet right now. Not to mention the millions and millions that have come and gone. You are a spec on a dot in an ocean of stars. Be humble.
When you're laying in bed next to your significant other, hold her close. Listen to her breathe. Hold her body close to yours and savor every golden second you can in that moment. Do this each and every night. And every chance you can. A day will come when you can't. And you would give ANYTHING you ever could for just one more moment. But you cannot. And it will hurt.
Don't take life for granted. Don't get caught up in life to forget to live.
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