Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

#51,802
avalanche said:
Why would you WANT to get away from her if she hunts and fishes?
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Busenhalter-6 wanted to go deer hunting... And here is how it went.

"It's early. I need to do my hair. Are we there yet? How far do we have to walk? When do we see a deer? I have to go back to town to use the bathroom. I think I got bit by a tick. This gun is heavy. Is this the best place to sit? Do we do this all day? This gun is heavy. What do I do when a deer shows up? Will you clean it for me? How do we get it out of the woods. That squirrel scared me. Are there wolves here? My feet are cold. How do I tell if it's a deer or a moose? Are there other hunters out here that could shoot at us? Why aren't you talking are you mad a me? How come there are no deer? Did you bring me lunch? I should have brought my knitting. I have no cell service here. Can you take my picture and post it? I think I hear something. Is that a deer? I am ready to go home.

So by 9:30 am... she was back home knitting... and I went out and got a nice four-pointer. Not making that up, either.

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
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Amen. Momma likes fishin.

Doesn't like hunting. Between the early mornings, long long walks in cold temps, the cleaning of game its just not for her.
Plus she says she doesnt think she could shoot an animal when groceries are easy to get. She did admit if (when) it isnt easy to obtain food, she is sure she will be more than able.
I did tell her that practice now is kinda key.... ?.

Kinda like hording ammo and supplies. She supports it. Has no idea how it really goes or what it takes. Leaves that to me, knows where stuff is and how to use it.
 
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Tucker301 said:
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The thing that's most disturbing from the picture is that a snake doesn't just wrap around the boy's leg. That snake has clamped down on his leg and then wrapped itself trying to suffocate the prey. That kid's in a lot of pain from the bite, more than from the snake wrapping around his leg.
 
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I could tell by the guys voice in that video something was up. Was not convinced at all that he was an antifa commie puke.


As for the house and fancy garage.
I see no indoor 10M air rifle/pistol range.
No specific weapons securing room, and no place for a nice truck. That “storage/work” area could store a few supplies.
 
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powdahound76 said:
I could tell by the guys voice in that video something was up. Was not convinced at all that he was an antifa commie puke.


As for the house and fancy garage.
I see no indoor 10M air rifle/pistol range.
No specific weapons securing room, and no place for a nice truck. That “storage/work” area could store a few supplies.
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But it's signed. So, you know, it's got that going for it.
 
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Tucker301 said:
I know we have some pilots here, so...

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I am a 777 pilot, check-airman, instructor, and subject matter expert on the aircraft. I will confirm that this is a true statement. But my qualification were not needed to determine this, as any pilot or non-pilot would know this.
 
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bigwatchpilot said:
I am a 777 pilot, check-airman, instructor, and subject matter expert on the aircraft. I will confirm that this is a true statement. But my qualification were not needed to determine this, as any pilot or non-pilot would know this.
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Is the '77 unique in this regard, or is it more common than we may know ? :unsure::p:LOL::LOL::LOL:
 
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This may be Motivational to some of you...........from a friend of mine.........

SIX BOYS AND 13 HANDS

Each year I am hired to go to Washington , DC , with the eighth grade class from Clinton , WI where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable.

On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima Memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II.

Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, 'Where are you guys from?'

I told him that we were from Wisconsin. 'Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story.'

(It was James Bradley who just happened to be in Washington , DC , to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who had passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington , DC , but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.)

When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.)

'My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I wrote a book called 'Flags of Our Fathers'. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me.

'Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called 'War.' But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are people who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old - and it was so hard that the ones who did make it home never even would talk to their families about it.

(He pointed to the statue) 'You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph...a photograph of his girlfriend Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. It was just boys who won the battle of Iwo Jima . Boys. Not old men.

'The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the 'old man' because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's die for our country' He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.'

'The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes was one of them who lived to walk off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero'. He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?'

So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes carried the pain home with him and eventually died dead drunk, face down, drowned in a very shallow puddle, at the age of 32 (ten years after this picture was taken).

'The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night. ' Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. Those neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away.

'The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley, from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say 'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell’s soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press.

'You see, like Ira Hayes, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a combat caregiver. On Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died on Iwo Jima , they writhed and screamed, without any medication or help with the pain.

'When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.'

'So that's the story about six nice young boys... Three died on Iwo Jima , and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time.'

Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless.

Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in-between that sacrifice was made for our freedom...please pray for our troops.

Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also ...please pray for our troops still in murderous places around the world.

REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day.

One thing I learned while on tour with my 8th grade students in DC that is not mentioned here is . . that if you look at the statue very closely and count the number of 'hands' raising the flag, there are 13. When the man who made the statue was asked why there were 13, he simply said the 13th hand was the hand of God.

Great story - worth your time - worth every American's time. Please pass it on.
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Edit.........this story is not my friends experience........he forwarded me the story, worth while none the less.........Semper Fi..........
 
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