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Once upon a time....there was doom. It was good, it was scary, folks were convinced it was right around the corner and approaching like an out of control locomotive. And humanity was much like the damsel tied to the tracks...there was no escape.

Now...we talk about politics. Weather...how scary those hail storms are, and tornados? Tornados have been around since one snatched up Dorothy all those decades ago. Y2K is a quarter century old joke, peak oil is 7 years in the books and I don't know about the rest of the country, but where I am, I can order gasoline or diesel by the truck load and use it to build bonfires for the rest of the year for my neighbors if I want to.

Real doom never needed discussions on housing prices, did it? Buying a hunting/fishing cabin to hide from the suburbanites fleeing the cities for lack of food, sure, but insurance getting more expensive because someone lives in a hurricane landing zone? That is a given, and always has been. Company can't make a profit, can't find an under writer, they pull out of the market, less competition, other companies raise their rates. CFS.

Worse yet, because people don't study the history of doom...they just get scared, read whatever reinforces a preconceived opinion, rinse and repeat. Not all of us educated doomers of course, we all know that endless cycles of non-doom are the norm, having lived through a couple of them now.

So...when do those of us who have been in this game for decades now....figure this out...and warn others to not take this stuff (multiple cycles of which we geriatrics have lived through now) so seriously?

Oh yes, and one quesiton for RE....when and how did you learn to be a first class shot with a rifle, being a sort of forever city dweller type?

I'm trying to imagine....RE....La Longue Carabine.....stalking game in the wilderness of New England forests.

[RE]

Oh yes, and one quesiton for RE....when and how did you learn to be a first class shot with a rifle, being

Summer Camp.  Riflery & Archery were 2 of my electives,

RE

[TDoS]

Oh yes, and one quesiton for RE....when and how did you learn to be a first class shot with a rifle, being

Summer Camp.  Riflery & Archery were 2 of my electives,

RE

I did summer camp. They wouldn't let us have anything more than BB guns. But plenty of bows and arrows. What did they let you shoot, 22's or something more interesting?

[RE]

22s to start, 30-30s or 30-06 when you qualified Expert.  NRA Certification.

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[TDoS]

22s to start, 30-30s or 30-06 when you qualified Expert.  NRA Certification.

RE

Hell, what kind of summer camp was that, handing out NRA certs at the age of what, like 12? Was this something daddy funded or later, when you were working to support your mom and saving for European vagabond trips and Australian sightseeing?

Still have the NRA cert? Do they require updates through time or anything, or was it just like a badge of accomplishment in the moment type thing?

[RE]

Yah, pretty good summer camp.  Mom worked full time so sending me to 8 weeks of camp actually worked out cheaper than day camp and sitters plus going to movies and such.

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[TDoS]

Yah, pretty good summer camp.  Mom worked full time so sending me to 8 weeks of camp actually worked out cheaper than day camp and sitters plus going to movies and such.

RE

What age did you stop requiring sitters? I can't see handing a 30-30 or 30-06 to children below the age of 10 or 12. 

[RE]

Oh, mostly I watched myself at home, but going oout to movies  or out to the park to ride my bike took accompanymment by someone older until I was about 11 or 12.  My camp years were 9 to 12.

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