RIP bikerdoc

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I haven't been here in months. Other passions and life's problems have pulled me away from THR. The first post I saw had nothing to do with .41 magnum, .357 .vs 9mm or a bear thread.... It was about bikerdoc. I grabbed some very average Canadian Whiskey. His posts always carried weight. That weight had wisdom and humility.

I instantly thought of rcmodel. Gentlemen that were effectively cut from the same cloth. I sent questions and these guys took their time to write back. The humility that they exuded...Years ago...Hell THR was a .com domain then..

I worry about the future. They embodied that period of Americana and all of the good that comes with firearms. Who here will carry the torch in the same spirit as these gentlemen who have now passed before us? Very sad here.
 
This is such sad new. Even tho I never meet Doc in person, I considered him a friend. My last PMs with him were on September the 4th. He contacted me in regards to my health and upcoming surgery. Doc was the type that worried more about the people he liked then himself. I will miss him greatly.
Rest easy my friend and may you find peace.


The good pain

We all have to leave some day. When we do, if it causes pain in the hearts of family and friends, that’s a good thing. Because the only reason for the pain is from the love they had for you. If you don’t want anyone to cry when it’s your time to go, stop shearing your heart with those you know.
But remember this, even tho there are tears and sorrow when a loved one passes, there is also joy in the fact that they were a part of your life.
 
I didn't see this until just now. My own heart just stopped. He and I have traded a few notes (and likes) back and forth here. Seemed like we had a lot in common.

I enjoyed hearing from him once how it took him all of two seconds to buy back the Ruger Police Service Six he'd been offered by his department upon its retirement (officers were given the option when the revolvers were retired to buy them for the price of one dollar.)

He also let me know how easily one can carry said Ruger Police Service Six in an IWB holster worn in a cowboy boot, prompting me to try it with one of my own Saddlebrooks and my dad's RPSS. :)

Biker, in the words of one of my favorite TV sheriffs (Lucien Connally, Absaroka County, WY), "See you on the range.."
 
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GunnyUSMC said:
The good pain

We all have to leave some day. When we do, if it causes pain in the hearts of family and friends, that’s a good thing. Because the only reason for the pain is from the love they had for you. If you don’t want anyone to cry when it’s your time to go, stop shearing your heart with those you know.
But remember this, even tho there are tears and sorrow when a loved one passes, there is also joy in the fact that they were a part of your life.
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I was in advanced middle age when I had the realization that all meaningful relationships end in loss, either through death or distance, and the better the relationship the deeper the loss. The only way to avoid loss is to never have any meaningful relationships, and that’s just a different kind of loss on its own.
 
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