Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: PING!

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

PING!

I loaded enough M2 Ball to practice a couple times, and shoot next months match. The next club CMP match is themed 'Any rifle, any period', so I expect the relays to be mostly full of AR's. Being a Contrarian, that means I must shoot Liberty, the Garand.

Tomorrow I have a range date with a lifelong friend I just met a couple years ago. He's bringing along a 45-70 High Wall single shot, that I may OHH and AHH over it, and I'm looking forward to that. We are making a day of it, shooting both rifle and pistol, with lots of Old Fart BS'ing to make it sing.

I can see myself owning a long barrel single shot in some ancient caliber, casting my own bullets and loading black powder cartridges with same. I have time for that silliness now.

In just a couple weeks, we'll be attending the Celtic Fling at Faire. For the first time, I'll be in something of garb. A kilt, this snazzy tunic Herself had made for me, my first-ever pair of actual sandals, and a brass knobbed walking stick to lean on.

Ya know something? I'm beginning to feel retired.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"