Comments Comment thread. The last Hunt Camp

[larry_minn]

As author requested a separate comment thread. Here it is. I can’t wait to hear more about your family, camp. Panic kills. It’s hard to practice panic safely. The few times it’s been tried on me I have caught clues. But real life showed me i won’t panic. I might throw up a hour later.


“ Maybe you'll find some answers to questions about me. I do ask that comments, if any be placed on another thread to keep this one readable.” Day Late

 

[kaijafon]

very good start! oh that all us kids had parents like that back then!!!!

it's hard to remember NOT to post on the story thread. Sorry about that.

 

[sssarawolf]

Thank you I forgot as well.

 

[day late]

I thank you for honoring my wishes,

 

[larry_minn]

Thanks for the story, and sparking a few different memories. Growing up we could not lock our house from the outside. A twist lock on inside that would not stop a 100lb person at night.
I talked dad into a solid Door, long wood screws with a lock, and a deadbolt above it. Now I lock house, and garage if out of sight of the door.

 

[sssarawolf]

Dang it all, I keep forgetting to say thank you here. I finally did it,

 

[sssarawolf]

My dad. Logger, hunter etc. He couldn't stand being in towns. He even did tree cutting for the local towns. All of this reminded me so much of him. As his father was before him. He did this for a dentist once and traded for my teeth being fixed.

 

[RememberGoliad]

 

[day late]

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It sure feels like that sometimes.

 

[larry_minn]

Thanks for new chapter. Vets like to talk to Vets. My uncle didn’t tell me stories till I got married. My wife did her 20 Air Force. He started telling stories when we visited. His grandkids (in mid 20s) would wonder why he never told them that story if they heard part.
A WWII vet finally talked to his daughter when she made a DVD. He had some stories. Mostly humorous. But only to some people.
Guard duty in Europe. you challenge, get password, if they can’t give password, hold gunpoint, alarm, ready to shoot, any action shoot….
A Captain went out to “test the perimeter“. he tried to sneak past, then forgot password, tried to run. a few rounds from a BAR he had one rd graze his butt. The Captain was told he was a lucky SOB, the soldier needs to aim lower, and empty mag next time.

 

[day late]

Mostly humorous. But only to some people.
Guard duty in Europe. you challenge, get password, if they can’t give password, hold gunpoint, alarm, ready to shoot, any action shoot….
A Captain went out to “test the perimeter“. he tried to sneak past, then forgot password, tried to run. a few rounds from a BAR he had one rd graze his butt. The Captain was told he was a lucky SOB, the soldier needs to aim lower, and empty mag next time.

Guard duty in Colorado, 1970's. I'm at the gate to the ammo depot, 2 A.M. The radio says O.D. on the way. He's not happy. Four posts before me the guards weren't there, weren't where they were supposed to be, in one case was where he was supposed to be. Passed out drunk. He got to me and we started to do the dance. I got to,

"Place your I.D. on the ground and take six paces to the rear."

He took five. I tried to correct him, politely. He started discussing my ancestry and personal habits, insisting he did take six steps. I chambered a round. He got quiet. I clicked from safe to semi to full, slowly. I had a 30-rd. mag. He remained quiet. I asked him to take one more step to make me happy. He took a BIG one. Once he understood I knew how the game is played and I'm better at it than him, we got along great. He even put me in for a three-day pass.

 

[sssarawolf]

Good as usual, thank you.

 

[larry_minn]

Know a few like SKY. One who hated the Japanese. Ok he had reason from WW II. He tried to control it. But it was not until a former Solider of Japan moved in next door. His wife needed help as her husband had surgery. (I forget what but was in wheelchair). So he had to help her get him in during MN winter. They went forward, caught threshold, dumped the victim on the floor. That broke the ice. (And thankfully nobody’s hip) He could see as people.
Plus he learned to roll a chair backwards over bumps.

 

[Griz3752]

Most writers here concentrate on full blown stories c/w back ground and character development.
I probably fit that model for the most part but still enjoy this anecdotal style immensely. Maybe it's because I enjoyed the same kind of introduction to manhood as related here even if mine was mostly familial in nature. Lots of uncles, aunts & cousins on both sides and trust me, a corresponding wide variety of personas and values sets.)

Like Twain and others, there's still a lot to be garnered from this format but one needs to be in tune w/ the story as observations and outcomes rather than the suspenseful, action-based mode.

I'm a fan, again.

Thanks again.

I should also add I wish Comment threads were the norm. Having what often amounts to kibitzing (guilty of it myself) interspersed w/ the actual story can be quite distracting when searching for something or just re-reading.
I get that such often acquaints we, the reader w/ the author and other readers more quickly and see the value of that by itself. I've struck up many conversations in PM mode and learned even more about some topics, all of which are helpful at least.

All y'all can ignore this last if so inclined.

 

[larry_minn]

I recall cooking HOBO meals. Put meat (hamburger, chicken, beef) quartered potatoes, cut up carrots bit of butter, salt in tinfoil. Put that in coals while setting up tents, camp. (Ok we normally precooked meat/chicken in oven day before as worried some kids would eat it raw, Not wash hands after making them.

 

[sssarawolf]

Thank you.