[Northkeep] FW: Teach Archery to our Younger Generation!
kevinkeary at aol.com
kevinkeary at aol.com
Thu May 21 14:00:49 PDT 2009
In reply I have a couple of other great reads:
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/02/rise-and-fall-of-nigerian-space.html
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/07/get-out-of-there-part-iii.html
Bounce around LawDog's blog a bit. I ga-ron-tee you'll run out of
breath in a few places.
-----Original Message-----
From: Niewoehner, Hugh <Hugh.Niewoehner at flightsafety.com>
To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
Sent: Fri, 15 May 2009 1:39 pm
Subject: [Northkeep] FW: Teach Archery to our Younger Generation!
OK...so I was harassed about this one yesterday so I'm supposed to share
with all of you.
Damon
-----Original Message-----
>> This is why the boys will be archery hunting. It gets your blood
>> pumping. read below..... it is worth your time.
>>
>>
>> Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass
>> compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went
around
>> our
>> place sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow.
Did
>> you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor will take 6 rounds
before
>> it goes down? Tough sumbich.
>>
>> That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazzard
>> fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up Tshirt
>> doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming
arrows
>> all over the place. Keep in mind this was 99.999% humidity
swampland
>> so
>> there really wasn't any fire danger. I'll put it this way - a set
of
>> post hole diggers and a 3ft. hole and you had yourself a well.
>>
>> Anyway, one summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming
>> arrows
>> into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I look over under the
>> carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (ether).
The
>> light bulb went off. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I
>> thought it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner ..
.
>> lets face it . . to a 10 yr. old mouth-breather like myself ether
>> really
>> doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got
a 1
>> pound can of pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles) to add
to
>> the excitement.
>>
>> At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and
>> opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a
>> little bit around the ether can but it all sorta dumped out on me.
No
>> biggie...1 lb pyrodex and 16oz ether should make a loud pop, kinda
like a
>> firecracker you know? You know what? Screw that. I'm going back
in
>> the
>> house for the other can. Yes, I got a second can of pyrodex and
dumped
>> it too. Now we're cookin'.
>>
>> I stepped back about 15ft and lit the 2stroke arrow. I
>> drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a
clunk
>> as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I
>> turned
>> to see my dad getting out of the truck... OH SH!T! He just got home
>> from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go
from
>> my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with
a
>> WTF look in his eyes. I turned back towards my target just in time
to
>> see the arrow pierce the
>> starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile
of
>> pyrodex and into the can. Oh. Shit.
>>
>> When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I
>> don't
>> know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or
just
>> reflex jerk back from 235 fire trucking decibels of sound. I caught
a
>> half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial
explosion
>> and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering
1ft
>> above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little, low to
the
>> ground, layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a
crawfish
>> or two. The daylight turned
>> purple. Let me repeat this...THE DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE! There
was a
>> big sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I
>> said "was". That mother got up and ran off.
>>
>> So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my
>> shoes with my Thundercats T-shirt shredded, my dad is on the other
side
>> of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback
-
>> ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOUR BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE
DAMIT
>> CEASE FIRE!!!!!
>> His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All
>> windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a
slow
>> rolling mushroom cloud about 2000ft over our backyard. There is a
Honda
>> 185s 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders
are
>> drooped down and are now touching the tires.
>>
>> I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I
>> don't know- I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't
hear
>> inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it
>> would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I
said
>> something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp
>> pain, blacked out, woke later.... repeat this process for an hour
or so
>> and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me
CPR
>> so dad could beat me some more. Bring him back to life so dad can
kill
>> him again. Thanks mom.
>>
>> One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that
>> stump again. Mom had been bitching about that thing for years and
dad
>> never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled
>> business.
>>
>> Dad sold his muzzleloaders a week or so later. And I
>> still
>> have some sort of bone growth abnormality either from the blast or
the
>> beating. Or both.
>>
>> I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into
>> archery.. Its good discipline and will teach them skills they can
use
>> later on in life. Something they won't learn in school.
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