Don Foreman wrote:

Yesterday was my first smoke-free anniversary after quintuple bypass.
No slips, no oopsies, no excuses.

Excellent. My anniversary was May 6th. This is one of those things where the first
anniversary is way more important than the 23rd. That goes for 1 day, 1 week, 1 month
anniversary's also.


How doin', Gunner? G Raise them
cigibutt taxes, ya *******s, see if I care anymore. Smokers are a
minority so screw 'em, it's the American way regardless of party.
Party lines merely differ about which minorities should get screwed.

Common Gunner, imagine the VC are thick, not moving, camped almost on top of you, you are
laying out there in your gilii suit with a pack of menthols that will be noticed if you
light up even if the bad guys are smoking.


I've bought four nice handguns with the money I've not spent on butts
in the past year. The most recent was for Mary,her choice on her
permit, and she is already scarey good with it. Sig P232 if it
matters. I can't hit crap with it (yet) but it sure works for her.
The challenges and perils the likes of we must overcome now are
rather different than we faced during the '60's and '70's but no less
potentially lethal albeit somewhat quieter. Old dogs must learn new
tricks if we wanna become even older dogs. But it's still discipline.
Hike the brisk 3 miles every freakin' day. I don't have to like it, do
have to do it.
Hikes up and down range doesn't count: I march my miles before I load
up and go to the range for grins and giggles.

You might want to look into rifles. Uncle likes to fire, check the target, walk back,
fire again. Good exercise. Keeps ammo costs down too.



We're not subsisting on tofu and rabbitfodder by any means, just
being sensible most of the time. We're meateaters, carnivores to be
sure, counting fowl and fish as meat.

Tofu and grass? Why stay alive. There is plenty of room for the taters next to a broiled
steak. Taters go good with chicken too.

Wes
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"If I can not learn, I can not teach." Massad Ayoob