Closing a door

[Cornflake]

I'm giving most of my firearms to a former colleague. That includes a Winchester .270, a 12-gauge pump shotgun, a 16-gauge side-by-side and a small .22. I was an avid hunter for years but I haven't hunted since 2008. I finally accepted the fact that I won't be hunting again. The desire isn't there and most of my old hunting friends are no longer hunting.

Nothing in my arsenal is valuable. My colleagues were exceedingly generous when I retired so I decided to give these to the only hunter among them. I'm holding onto a model 94 Winchester for sentimental reasons. It reminds me of my grandfather.

Assembling the guns and cleaning them a bit brought back lots of pleasant memories of past hunting trips. It also made me feel old. Sometimes I look at my musical instruments and wonder if their day is coming.

[coachdoc]

They will pry my 000's from my cold dead hands.

[Cosmic Wonder]

I played my Collings for about 15 minutes last night before lights out. It sounded so damn good. I’m not by any means a good player. But a simple finger picked E, 1, 4, 5 progression, can just about bring tears to me, because of the tone. As long as I got that, I’m keeping my guitar.

Mike

[Rob Hanesworth]

[david]

Jan 9, 2020 17:07:24 GMT -5 Cornflake said:

I'm giving most of my firearms to a former colleague. That includes a Winchester .270, a 12-gauge pump shotgun, a 16-gauge side-by-side and a small .22. I was an avid hunter for years but I haven't hunted since 2008. I finally accepted the fact that I won't be hunting again. The desire isn't there and most of my old hunting friends are no longer hunting.

Nothing in my arsenal is valuable. My colleagues were exceedingly generous when I retired so I decided to give these to the only hunter among them. I'm holding onto a model 94 Winchester for sentimental reasons. It reminds me of my grandfather.

Assembling the guns and cleaning them a bit brought back lots of pleasant memories of past hunting trips. It also made me feel old. Sometimes I look at my musical instruments and wonder if their day is coming.

I am getting closer to this stage. I have been hunting chukar partridge for the last 40 years. They live on steep, usually rocky, mountain slopes. I do not travel that ground very well anymore (and am looking for some nice flat trails that hold a pheasant or two). I really have little desire to get a bunch of birds. My last 3 day hunt, I got one chukar. But it was just wonderful to watch my old dog do what she was born and bred to do. She made maybe one of the most picturesque points, head held high, rock solid, with a young dog backing, atop a mountain overlooking a river and valley.

Like you my guns are not very valuable. I will start giving them to my sons.

Now that Mike has told us how great his Collings sounds, I might swing by his place, steal it, and spend time playing it instead of hunting.

[John B]

Bringing along one of your guns might make it easier to convince Mike to let go of the Collings. Just sayin'.

[Cornflake]

"My last 3 day hunt, I got one chukar. But it was just wonderful to watch my old dog do what she was born and bred to do. She made maybe one of the most picturesque points, head held high, rock solid, with a young dog backing, atop a mountain overlooking a river and valley."

david, I get it. Hunting birds with a good dog was always a joy. I didn't have a good dog all that often, though.

[david]

Jan 9, 2020 22:19:51 GMT -5 John B said:

Bringing along one of your guns might make it easier to convince Mike to let go of the Collings. Just sayin'.

I just could not do something like that at gunpoint - if things went sideways there is the chance I would hit the Collings.

[sidheguitarmichael]

All things transition. When my eyes went, so did all my motorcycle stuff, and I was a pretty avid motorcyclist.

[t-bob]

Transitions...

This all started with me
2013
I had just a little bit with a small room.
I had 2 guitars - I sold my Taylor 312ce
And more stuff
And sold a lot more

2016
It got a little less - I moved 14 times

2017
Less - I stopped my storage

2018
Less less less

2019
Less less - I sold my 1991 honda. I gave somebody a good deal. $1000

2020
I have a few clothes, guitar, dulcimer, a printer, in my Puerto Vallarta
The Gypsy

Transitions.......

I’m still in Marin County. I live at a Motel 6

I’m still finding to get my replacement passport.
Possibly. I should talk with Diane Feinstein office.
Friday 1/10/2020 early soon. 9am?

changes and transitions..... I’m a Gypsy....

This is going to happen today
I’m almost out of money. !!!
This is a huge prayer 🙏



Thanks all

******it’s better on the 1/10/2020 today thread******

[drlj]

To quote Bryan Sutton, “It’s less of of what you get each day and more of what you give away.”

[PaulKay]

I also have many guns collecting dust. But since I never bought them to hunt, it is of no relevance for me.
I keep them mostly out of some stupid idea that I’m protecting the household. Of course there is still a concealed carry option which I virtually never do either.

[fauxmaha]

It's my experience that one of the greatest gifts one can give one's children is to get rid of life's accumulation of stuff while you're still around. Far better to find someone who will use/appreciate something than leave behind one more chore for someone else.

[Hobson]

Try moving. That will help you get rid of stuff, as Bob well knows. Mr. H gave away a bunch of reloading supplies, realizing that he's not likely to shoot enough for the rest of his lifetime to ever need to reload again. And no good place to store powder and primers at our new house.

[Cornflake]

"It's my experience that one of the greatest gifts one can give one's children is to get rid of life's accumulation of stuff while you're still around. Far better to find someone who will use/appreciate something than leave behind one more chore for someone else."

I agree. I don't have plans to depart any time soon but I've had some reminders of the accuracy of your observation.

[epaul]

Jan 9, 2020 23:03:53 GMT -5 Cornflake said:

"My last 3 day hunt, I got one chukar. But it was just wonderful to watch my old dog do what she was born and bred to do. She made maybe one of the most picturesque points, head held high, rock solid, with a young dog backing, atop a mountain overlooking a river and valley."

david, I get it. Hunting birds with a good dog was always a joy. I didn't have a good dog all that often, though.

I've had and have good dogs, but they were never trained to hunt, just retrieve tennis balls and such. So I missed that experience.

But, I did have a chance to go hunting with Todd after Ijam one year, and he was amazing. He plowed through that standing corn like a bull in heat and then pirouetted almost gracefully to dead stop and stuck out one big arm... "Birds! Right over there. Where I'm pointing."

I walked up, readied my gun and said, "Flush, Todd, flush!". And Todd charged ahead bellowing like a bull moose... and surprised the hell out of a family of skunks.

It wasn't pretty. But, I brought him over to Factory Chef and he sprayed Todd down with some special sauce he had concocted. Apparently this wasn't the first time.

[Deleted]

Living abroad and seeing how others live, we in the West generally have too much stuff. I really noticed that in 2014 when we sold the house for our move to Kuwait.

Given the choice between spending money on accumulating things or traveling, I'd rather travel. Of late, I've adopted the philosophy that if you can't carry it, you probably don't need it.

And I know this board is all about guitars, but I was thinking today that if I had to get by with just one guitar, I could do it. It is nice to have a couple of spares, though....

[RickW]

Jan 10, 2020 9:50:33 GMT -5 fauxmaha said:

It's my experience that one of the greatest gifts one can give one's children is to get rid of life's accumulation of stuff while you're still around. Far better to find someone who will use/appreciate something than leave behind one more chore for someone else.

If they want it. Been reading a few things the past little while about how the kids today view stuff. They certainly don’t want the old china, or much of the furniture, or the stereo. hey don’t want my CDs or records, and none of my guitars, or the books. When asked if there was anything in particular they wanted, out of all the stuff we have, they came up blank.

[RickW]

I have been playing more than ever. Playing music and writing is keeping me going. Been working on my slide, on the tenor a bit, and I got a cajon drum for Christmas, which I happily thump away on. For guitars, I’d kind of like to have a couple of different ones, but even there, I’m pretty good. I play the Stonebridge, the tenor, and the weissenborn a fair bit. I could just dispose of the rest.

[majorminor]

Millring is getting all my shit when I go