On 7/5/2016 9:13 PM, T wrote:
Hi George,
GUN SHOP !!?!?! Why! Why! You! You! You!
It was something I enjoyed and was good at. I also worked an eight to
sixteen hour swing shift so had plenty of time to do it. Both my kids
worked in the shop when they were young, daughter cleaned the shop each
afternoon, son did whatever needed, mostly casting lead minie balls.
This was during the sixties when the Civil War reenactments were going
on heavily and lead balls sold well. Still have all the molds and the
small lead furnace, nowadays I make lead sinkers for fishing. Have about
30 lbs of lead in a cabinet in the garage. All the grands and great
grands that like to fish come over and Granpa gets to indoctrinate them
into outdoor sports instead of computer games.
Okay, second greatest profession. (First would be fishing
guide.)
Did that occasionally too, we had a camp on the beach of the Gulf of
Mexico. Fished there from a young age until a hurricane ate not only the
camp but the land it was on.
I work for 1-1/2 gun manufacturers. (1/2 as I think the
recession got him.) Love to go visit them guys.
Then you should know that all men know everything about guns and women,
at least they think they know it. G
I own two very nice weapons, but never shoot them as when
I have any free time on my hands, I go fishing.
I won't say how many or what they are but there's a lot more than that
in the gun vault. I did get rid of my original Civil War weapons and one
from the American Revolution. Guy came by with the right amount of money
and we were both happy.
And yes, fishing is a form of hunting.
Play this for SWMBO (from a safe distance):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRrKaq0IyY
-T
My SWMBO just laughs.
Mine did too, she used to go fishing with me but she's a fine artist and
sat around doing sketches or watercolors. I don't remember how many
portraits of me fishing she has. She even went out with me once when she
was six months pregnant. I had built a plywood fourteen foot long, four
feet wide boat and put a gasoline lawn mower engine in it. Would kick
along at about three miles an hour and was just right for small creeks,
could run in less than a foot of water.
Life is a lot of fun if you let yourself go. Get out and have fun, leave
the environment clean, don't trespass (at least in Texas), be
innovative, live well, die well.
George