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Spending

Men spend money primarily on two things.  If you want to sell your product you have to tap into those two things:

Sex and Violence.

If something looks sexy and dangerous… it’s going to sell.  If it’s not selling, it’s not sexy or dangerous enough.

Almost a whole hour?

Some customers at Basin Sports… You just want to say “Get Out.”  Guy wanted some new arrows cut to length of his old arrows.  Okay, fine.  No problem.

But then the guy starts running is mouth… “Yeah this is my last arrow.”  Alright, not really caring about what you do with your splinters, but fine.  “I shot this big old Buck this morning… nailed it.  High shoulder hit. Blood was pumping out like a fire hose.  Those Grim Reaper heads really cut them open, you know.  But the critter ran off.  The blood trail ran out about a hundred yards.  Searched for that sucker for almost a whole hour.  Gunna go back out and get another one.  Gotta fill the tag you know.”

I chewed on my tongue as I cut the arrows.  I had a lot I wanted to say… but instead I just did my job and kept my mouth shut.

 

The Big Fifty.

The day spent at the range with the Big Fifty. The Bushmaster BA50 was fired all day, with only a couple breaks to let it cool down.

A whole box of empty boxes... We fired a lot of ammo.

The gun never failed, never jammed, and when the shooters did everything I coached them… they hit the targets.  One barrel at 1000 yards, the other barrel at 1100 yards. The kicker was doping the wind correctly and the wind was constantly changing.

 

The Tudors

The Tudors has become my guilty pleasure.  The HBO production is absolutely amazing in it’s depth and detail.  Very historically accurate as well.  It makes King Henry VIII seem quite sympathetic. Which is a good thing considering he is a great grandfather of mine.  Yes my family had a castle until relatively recently.  Anyways. The show is incredible. The casting and the acting is fantastic.  So is the costumes.  You can see why Henry went through so many wives.  The scenes with the actress that played Anne, that Cute nose and smirk of hers… As Spock would say, fascinating.

A Ride to Washington.

I might kick off the start of Autumn by a motorcycle ride to Washington State.  There is only one doctor in the world that I have any trust in, and he’s in Washington.  I am considering this trip… But I don’t know yet.

I’m not sure as to what route I’d go, but I’m thinking north up through to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, then through Spokane into Seattle.  I would burn up all my vacation days… and I’d take my time.  On this ride.  No rush.  No hurry.  No Conquering the Road like in trips past.  Just an easy ride through the Pacific Northwest.