I got my fifty year old ass out of bed, worked out on some of my 24 year old weights and racks, got into a 49 year old car, threw on my 20 year old very high end sunglasses, carried my 28 year old pistol, put in a 38 year old 8-track, went to the local gun store, bought a 110 year old pump shotgun, took it to the range and fired a few boxes of 26 year old squirrel/rabbit shot I have been meaning to use up after relocating.
I got home and had some 15 year old scotch.
The kids are out of school or back from college. We are getting ready to watch a 14 year old movie I took them to when they were kids, then go see the sequel.
I fill an ice chest with beer. I don my FLC vest and my favorite carbine, and hike the hundred yards or so from the house to a spot on the ranch where I can set the ice chest and my carbine on some old rusting farm machinery. I proceed to slowly empty the ice chest while watching for critters, and, after dark, the moon rise.
I had the day as well but I wouldn’t call it satisfying, I finished the day off with getting a vasectomy…lol
Started out great tho, washed two of our vehicles and mowed grass. I recently applied hydro helix on my F250 and has been awesome so far, it’s a ceramic coating that is way easier to apply than wax. Basically spray it on and wipe off. I’ve got to do the wife’s car soon but that’ll have to wait until I heal.
Whatever.
If someone’s skills in handling a firearm, piloting an aircraft, racing a car, or performing surgery are so meager, they can’t handle it with a few drinks in them, then they probably aren’t fit to do it sober.
Fishing puts you directly in touch with nature. Fotography makes you really pay attention to your surroundings. And who needs to sell F******? Finish off some beans by the fire and let it rip, maybe even light some on fire.
A little wife-time in the morning
Shooting by myself around noon-afternoon
Fish with friends or hunt afternoon-evening
Cook bounty with some brews and friends
As for alcohol and firearms, we are all adults here (if you’re not one, it doesnt apply to you).
I was joking, but on second thought, if you can kick ass at any of those with a buzz on, you’d have to be really good at it compared to a guy that is barely competent sober. Are you saying that does not sound logical to you?
Sounding logical and actually being logical are two different things.
There are well-documented physiological changes which occur when we put alcohol on board. Generally, we (the person drinking) are the least qualified person to determine if we are sober enough to drive, etc.
Personally, I won’t get on a motorcycle after one beer/drink and I won’t drive a car after two.
I put a radio in a car for a buddy before Christmas and he brought me a case of corona a few days later. I still have at least 6 left in the fridge. That’s with me and the wife drinking them, that’s how rarely I drink. I just rarely want a beer, not opposed to drinking either; I just rarely do. So I fall into the category of 1 and done. I’m always tethered to my phone for work issues and sometimes that requires making an appearance if it hits the fan so that’s part of it (we run 24/7/365). I also don’t drive in the very rare occasion I have more than 1. But I see no issue in me having 1 and then target practicing or reloading.
Perfect day off starts with getting home alive and uninjured. I am starting to show my boys how to do carpentry. I love making sawdust. I have also found my inner child again with some basic rifle skills using a pellet rifle. My boys are learning how to shoot and I am relaxing and enjoying time with them.
Happened this past Saturday. Hooked up the boat and drove down to the coast with the family. We launched about 9am and headed out to a barrier island close by. Dropped my wife and daughter off on the sound side of the island so they could hang out and my son and I went to the ocean side of the island and started trolling for Spanish Mackerel. We got into them right away. After a couple of hours we both had out limit of nice sized mackerel. Cleaned them right there on the boat, threw them into the cooler and headed back in and hung out for the rest of the day on the back side of the island. Couldn’t ask for a better day.
Today! I hit the range @ 1:30 with a colleague, and try out my battlebelt/chest rig setup, and run a few 1 - 2 - 3 drills. My colleague is also unfamiliar with a battlebelt and chest rig, so I get to do a little teachin’, too. 75 for a high today, and low humidity - perfect way to spend a Monday!
