Things I can't and can stand

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I can't stand hearing some Smuck talk of the Winchester model 1886 he got from a widow to 'help her out' for a hundred fifty bucks. I can't stand his friends hanging around, laughing, clapping him on the back and telling him what a 'sharp guy' he is. That's not what the best of gun folks are about.

Now, it has been said many times but I'll say it also: these forums on blades are far friendlier than the corresponding ones on firearms I've entered. The HI site is above them all. It is just plain a nice place to visit. I've been here a few months and I've seen how we pulled together to help Bill and Bura when they needed it. I watched when many of you sent Khuks to Afganistan. It's humbling to be around people who give a damn. Sometimes it is difficult to seperate the hype from the reality, and there is a fair load of spiritual gobbledy gook here...but there almost always is wherever the real thing is present. I've noticed that most of my life, when you talk of something special, almost sacred, it is rare when words do it justice. (I'm the guy who hates standing and singing in church; what do i know?)

I'd like to thank all of you for a great forum.

This is kind of awkward for me to say...but I'd also like to thank the person who sent me a Chir AK by Bura. You know why he did it? Because it was just sitting there and he knew I did not own a Bura. He wanted it to go to a place where it would be used and not looked at. Raghorn did that. We've decided when and if, God willing, baby Keith is born healthy and happy it will be his when his hands and brains can hold it.

In the meantime I found out last night wacking on my growing pile of Kukuri downed pine trees why so many of you swear by these Chir AK's..the darned thing nearly keeps up with bigger blades! I found out why you all admire Bura so much...and I found out a little bit more why this place survives.


munk
 
munk = Here's a rare story you don't hear about often:

A friend of mine was saving up money for college, etc. He desperately needed a car to get him to his job and was looking in the classified ads. He notices an little ad that says: Old Ford Mustang for sale. $300.

So, he calls the lady up and makes a visit. When he gets there he finds a beautifully restored '65 stang with all the trimmings. It was her late husband's car that she couldn't get running, so she had left it in the garage for nearly 7 years. She figured it was worthless and that no-one would want it.

(this is where we separate the men from the boys)

He tells her he could not possibly take the car for only $300. It turns out that the only thing the car needed was a new battery. So, he put one in for her. The next day he calls the newspaper and has the ad changed. Within a few days, the car sells for $3500 (this was about 15 years ago).

How many of us would have done the same?

I'd like to think that all of us would have, but I know that's not true. There was a time in my life when I would have taken advantage of "Grandma" - just paid her and ran! Fortunately, I have had a few life-changing experiences and when I came to those "crossroads" I chose the better way. I believe that people are naturally good. Learning to behave good is a whole 'nuther story. It's good to know that there are folks who arrive at it sooner than I did.
 
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Oh.. now I understand. Old gun = collector's item = lotsa munny. I don't own any guns :(

One doesn't get clean hands by wiping them on a dirty rag. Choose your friends wisely.
 
A guy I know from church has an old Gibson ES335 electric guitar. His parents got it for him when he graduated high school. It is a mid to late 60's, I forget the exact year. He doesn't play guitar anymore, he plays bass and drums. He offered it to me for $800 one time. I was tempted and I did not know the real value of it but I was sure it was a few grand at least. I talked him in to keeping it. He still has it. He let me borrow it once for a week, it sings. Maybe one day I will buy it from him for what it is worth.
 
In nature, there is no such thing as "fair" or "unfair".....there is balance, however, and those who do not understand this risk upsetting their own balance, and the chance of never being able to recover it.
 
I am more concerned with the harm these 'unbalanced, unatural' folks do to society than I am with their well being. I think what Walosi said relevant to spirit but not as applicable to say, a murderer, though you could see murder as the last consequence of 'unbalance'. I like to think there are natural laws at work in our society; honest business gets more consumer loyalty, a presence of firearms restricts criminal behavior due to the simple law that if you behave very badly someone might shoot you. We don't cross over double yellow lines in traffic on a two lane crowded road; not because it is against the social compact, but because a head one collision is painful. Hell, I may be talking my way into agreeing with Walosi after all.

munk
 
What Walosi said makes sense. Umm, well, kinda sorta. If I understand it right. Oh hell, I'll go get a second cup of coffee and take my meds and then try to make sense out of it.
 
To the folks on this forum. Thanks you for sharing your ideas, opinions, values, spiritual truths so openly.

There aren't many places to go that I know of to find the balance I need other than in theory. Practical application of right and wrong, here and now, by others who share my conflicts helps me keep what's left of my sanity. Having fun while I read and respond is just the icing on the cake.
 
Naw. That's because there is a natural law that allows old men to speak in short, cryptic sentences.


munk
 
I think the old coots' teachings are based on the principle that the bigger the jackass the young whippersnapper makes of himself the longer he'll remember the humiliation and the point of the lesson.

( Whether this bears a resemblance to the medicine way is something you'll have to decide for yourself. I remain profoundly suspicious, however. )
 
Rus, that has to be "sorta true"....if it was "entirely true", I'd be the wisest of the wise.
 
Big jackasses can grow into wise men. I don't know what happens to little jackasses.


munk
 
I took a polaroid snapshot of a jackass looking straight into the camera and put it up on the bathroom mirror where I could see it as I shaved in the morning and check to see if the face in the mirror was starting to resemble the face in the photograph.

If I recall correctly that was just prior to me starting to grow the beard I've had the last 10 years.
 
The above discussion illustrates why, even though I mostly lurk, I am proud to be a member of this Forum.

--Mike L.
 
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