July 27, 2005

I am so glad you got to talk to your boy!!

My Friend you brought back some mighty fond memories for me too. My daddy taught me on a .22 single shot bolt, and he used Old Spice everyday. Even though I'm female some of us were taught the same as the boys if we showed an interest. Thanks for bringing him back to me for a brief instant.

I am too old and fat to run and to fat to hide and stay the hell away from paint gun fights.

I really don't remember actually being taught to shoot. I have some early memories of target shooting with my dad and granddad but I don't remember them teaching me to shoot although I'm sure they did.

Paintball kicks ass. I get all misty when I smell Old Spice aftershave too, my grandaddy wore it. Bejus I miss that man.

Give that boy a gun, teach him to use it well, and those will be some of his fondest memories. I know mine are.

Old spice and cordite, man you just woke up something inside of me. Did everyones dad wear old spice? Great news about Quinton. I lost track of how old he, is you gotta refresh us there. I know, from my
nephews that after about 13 they start nagging Mom, how they wanta go live with their dad.....Better hold on to that crackerbox. You might have a 6 gun totin', guitar playin' Cat killin' clone in the making.

My dad always wore Old Spice too. Brings tears my eyes every time I smell it now.

Glad you got to talk to your lad, Rob. He's figuring it out.

This post reminded me of similar memories from my childhood of learning to shoot guns with my daddy.

http://indigosinsights.blogspot.com/2002/08/who-needs-nra-it-must-have-been.html

SO, thats why when I use Old Spice the dam wimmen start crying!

I'm so happy your son has called you!
:)

"And I don't care what some of you GFWs have to say about teaching a boy to shoot. That is one of the closest bonding experiences I ever had with my father and my grandfather.

They both wore Old Spice after-shave."
-Acidman

Your grandfather planned to go out and KILL another human being with his gun. And this was something you were proud to tell about.
What is respectable about that and how does that make for a bonding thing with a son? and WTF does wearing Old Spice have to do with shooting a fucking gun or killing another human being? If that is what you count on to get laid, I would hate to meet the women you attract Acidbrain. The only thing you are passing to the boy are insecurities you could never seem to make up for except to try your damndest to be some kind of Marlboro man...but I believe you have fallen a little short on that goal pardner.

PJ

let me be the first to say :: SHUT-UP-PJ.

PJ, obviously your dad never taught you to shoot or you would know about the smell of old spice. From the tone of your comments I can see why, he probably didn't want to get anywhere near such a waste of skin such as yourself. Sorry about that A-man that clown always ticks me off. I'm glad you talked to your boy and I hope you get to teach him to shoot that .22(that you don't have).

"Daddy"........sweetest words you'll ever hear!

You got to talk to Quinton! Very cool.

That's some cool stuff!!! I wish I could play paintball, too. Our boys used to have pinecone wars in the backyard that were pretty damn intense and brutal.

He sounds like a wonderful boy!!! I'm so glad you got to spend some good time talking to him.

Hey PJ, where does he say is Grandpa was gonna kill someone? Read it again stupid. My DH and son go hunting together and it is about the only thing they do together. They both enjoy those times. PJ - don't like what you read here? Then go visit someone else. We don't need your stupid comments about something you know absolutely nothing about.

I paint ball with my 16 year old son. It's a blast, but he's getting too good, so I don't get invited much any more! I've recently started taking him with me when I go sporting clay shooting. It's a good experience.

Oh, PJ, I think I hear your mom calling. The EZ Bake Oven is warm. TIme to make cookies, dear.

I love painball, but it's an expensive hobby.

I know guys who have painballs guns that cost more than an M1A.

Personally I'd rather have the gun that throws .308 FMJ's downrange instead of .68 cal. dye filled gelatin balls.

I think the paintball gun Quinton uses now cost more than $500. I've never paid that much money for a REAL gun.

(Not that I own any.)

Yes!!!

Paintball is something I want to do. It looks like so much fun.
My uncle taught all of his boys to shoot. He was a cop for many years, so my cousins went out to the pistol range with him a lot. Two out of the three of them grew to love going hunting.
Now the oldest one is in the Army National Guard and has served a tour in Afghanistan. He and the 9 or 10 guys who he served with killed over 30 Taliban.
I don't remember the medal he got for that, but we were sure proud that he got it.
He reenlisted and is now overseas again on a training mission (he's in the Special Forces). It makes me proud.
I don't see any wrong in teaching kids about guns as long as they learn to use them safely.

Uziq,

If you can find a way to do it, do so, because it is a ton of fun. We usually do the natural setting courses. Our favorite is at the base of a mountain, so you use natural cover, streams, etc. We get a lot of SWAT teams that "play" with us, as well as guys in the reserves.

ROFLMAO @ The Other Mikes
Easy Bake oven! LOL! That pretty much nails it. :-)

I've never owned a gun. 4-H taught me to shoot, both at camp and downtown DC at the NRA headquarters range. Came in handy in basic training at Fort Knox. I dunno if 4-H even does stuff like that anymore, 40 years ago they did and it was a blast (no pun intended). I don't own a gun because this close to DC if I even dropped a bullet on the ground I'd get busted for sure. Actually shoot one within 20 miles? Forget it, unless I was a criminal type whacking another criminal type. Then I'd probably be ignored.

Unless of course I was the snipers... at least 3 people got it from them within a couple miles of me, the first one at a Mobil station I frequent, the bus driver at a stop 2 down from one I often get on the bus at.

"Hey PJ, where does he say is Grandpa was gonna kill someone? Read it again stupid."
-Anastasia

"My grandfather bought a pistol and FULLY INTENDED to kill somebody with it."
-Acidbrain

He said it again stupid. Pay attention or shut the fuck up.