"So you see, you can only back up so far and still be a man." my dad
"it's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away...
https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/study-montana-retains-dubious-ranking-top-suicide-rate-in-nation
Suicide has touched too many in Montana, including my family, extended family and friends. The act of suicide doesn't end ones pain, it just transfers it to people who have no choice in the...
Was in Paris July 14, 1989 for their Bicentennial.
Oktoberfest 3 times, first time I was single and with my Army buddies, kind of remember it.
Front Row Center at Munich Olympic stadium: Monsters of Rock (The Black Crows,AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue) August 24, 1991. FUN times.
Calgary...
I have clients who maxed out their tax advantaged savings: ie IRA, Roth IRA, 403B's, 401K's etc and now many complain that the government is basically in control of when and how they can take their money out.
I watch my parents who are in their 80's and scrimped and scratched and saved, now...
I spent 6 years in the Army and coffee was sometimes the only thing I looked forward to. I have cut down on my daily intake of coffee but quitting coffee has not had to enter my mind, yet. I have become one of those bad coffee snobs who cannot drink Folgers and has to fresh grind the beans...
I have quit sugar and stopped drinking alcohol for 2 years now, if I have to give up my coffee what is the point of living?
I have to have some kind of bad habit, I would feel stupid laying there dying of nothing.
Nemont
The taxidermist surprised me with a call that the deer I shot on Veterans Day was ready.
Not sure that I will keep him in this same place but put him on the wall in my man cave for now.
Or I have been diligent , worked hard, saved, plus also put her first in 99% of things. At a point in my life my kids are all getting done with college, they didn't have to borrow any money to finish, and I have rekindled my big game hunting bug. Spent a couple of years not even bother to buy...
I tell her that I am applying a tag, she smiles and asks what days I might be gone, so she can plan a trip with her hen group. Cost has never been discussed.
Late season, on blind shy geese combined with a blue clear sky they can be deadly. Other times the geese flare off those flappers at 70 yards. It just depends on the the day. Factory batteries and cold are a way to have them go dead after half an hour.
Nemont
Since we have adult kids with spouses it has been way cheaper to rent a house that sleeps 8 than 4 hotels rooms. We have rented AirBnb's in Bozeman 3 times, Seattle, Kalispell, Nelson BC, Pray MT, Minneapolis, Drumheller AB, Paris France, Munich GE, Missoula, Spokane, San Diego, Portland and...