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Being good at somng or appearing to be good at something

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 Im going to use shooting especially since many love this arguement.   Are you a shooter? How would you define that?  Long before this dude goes into Oylmpics and wins with no real extras, it has been up for arguement about what makes a good shooter.  My take is on it from this view point. Lets not say good shooter or bad. Lets not even caterogize number of hits in the center. Lets look at it from this point.  I myself love less as I have mentioned before. My goal is to get out and enjoy what Im doing more than buying gear. I do have gear. I have some lazer sights, scopes and a few other items. My daily carry doesnt have tons of optics. Reason is, Im not planning on carrying for every senerio each I walk out. Im mostly worried about anything up close and personal. For myself its not a need.  When we talk about putting rounds down range on a target, even with pistol. I like to do it from iron sights. 25-500 yards.   My idea of a good shooter i...

Bows and arrows

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 Many love compund bows and all the gadgets. I use a recurve. No sights, just the basic set up. My compund bow, same thing. I have used the sights and all the little items.   Once again I perfer doing things in a minimal way. I truely enjoy completing a shot the old fashioned way. With all the gadgets on my compund bow, its really hard to miss a shoot if you practice. With some of the items it is truely fogiving to some bad habits.  Kind of like having a golf club that was designed to have a large sweet spot on the face of it vs. having a extremely accurate swing.  Shooting my recurve requires that even with practice I need to be highly consistent.   Its just a personal choice to have things more challenging. With that said, many times I will turn cheats on my PS5 so its easier to win. 

Why do I enjoy fly fishing

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 I get asked this a lot.   Simply, it is a minimalist sport. I enjoy the fact that I can carry everything I need in a small pouch. If Im going a long distance I might use my vest to carry a few extra items. The streams are quiet. I can fish for anything that every one else fishs for. I have in my vehicle two rods, a vest and a pouch with waders. They take up very little space. I can stop almost any where and cast. Fish in all the same spots as anyone else.  For me its a very simple way to fish and enjoy the outdoors. I dont drag around poles, seats, tackle boxes and tons of gear. With that being said I do have tons of gear, I just dont use it all at one time and to be truthful most of is really isnt needed. 

who do we owe

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 We owe no one anything because of what our ancestors did.  Saying a white, black, indian, asian or anyone else owes someone anything because of incidents that happened 100 years ago is kind of ridiculous.  Especially when you look at history about who did what.  To put it in a compparison way, if some one kills your family member, 200 years later you want something in regards to the incident, is not really viable. Especially if they served time, put to death or what ever the punishment is. To say you feel threatened because of it, well thats kind of stupid. So at end of day, there comes a time when things need to change and let go of what can be let go. Stirring hate over something that really doesnt impact anything is a control tactic to prevent progress and control people by keeping them fighting.

Things were never meant to be perfect

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 One thing that would help almost everyone on planet, is for many to realize that not everything is perfect.  Deliveries arent instant. Flat tires happen. People get stuck. Cars break down. Mistakes happen.  Sometimes you have to step away from fun to handle a crisis or help someone with a problem.  There is even days when skipping work is required to take care of something or another.  This whole we shouldnt ever have to deal with any issue in life, is leading to so many who fall completely apart because things aren't absolutley non intrusive into their life.  Next time you have spent four hours straight on a video game and someone asks you to help or power goes out and you cant play. Dont freak out and whine that end of world is here. Find something else to do till you can get back to your hobby what ever it may be. If you played gof 4 days in a row and your kid asks for you to help with something, dont act like its an inconvience.    

Try learning and thinking for yourself vs. letting government and social media lead you around.

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  If people would take time read the congressional rules they would understand how only two people stop a budget approval. They would understand the difference in senate and House of Representatives. They also understand the voting process and several other things that happen in our government. If so many weren’t so eager to just blame each side. They might start to see where real problems lie. Might even learn that they are as much of the problem as those a holes. AI, social media and the need to put opinions and ideas that really have no impact on running the country in order to obtain power over the people has become more of a forefront than actually knowing what your party and voted officials are doing. Might even learn that some state offices who have claimed a shut down didn’t have to. While they receive some federal funding they also receive state funding. So why did they not show up? People might learn from being informed by reading the constitution. People might ...

Grand Kids

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 Simply once you have grand children you realize why you didnt drown your kids for all the problems they caused you. My daughter once said, you know we are in the house, several of your children are here. I was like yeah and your point is.   I have heard people say oh I dont want them around all the time. You are just trying to make up for mistakes. Many different comments.   For myself I dont feel I have to make up for any mistakes. But I do believe that with grand children, parents have a chance to lighten up. In our defense its hard to find that middle ground of letting the parents be parents and not stepping in. So we shoot for the fun side.   I told my daughter, its my job to spoil them, its your job to stop me.