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i'm up for helping out...
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Guys I've been sick, and had a sick household, I've been away for a few days. Wildone I will PM you to see the final details on getting my money for the binos to you or Doug. Not sure of the final details.
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Guys I've been sick, and had a sick household, I've been away for a few days. Wildone I will PM you to see the final details on getting my money for the binos to you or Doug. Not sure of the final details.
Thanks,
Matt Man, sickness sucks. I know I was very ill several weeks back, to the tune of losing 50-60 pounds in a month sick. I couldn't get shipments out and felt terrible about it. My mom also got diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time so I understand how such a thing can mess up your best intentions. I hope you and your family are on the mend! The people here are great and they'll understand completely.
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I'm not one of the Chosin Few but no more remarkable group of Americans ever existed.
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I'm sure I can find something for young James but is there a deer hunting rifle out there for him?
I know Paul mentioned a .204 and FOst has offered up that very tacticool .22 but neither are deer rifles.
Maybe someone has a 94, 336, or a Savage they'd like to sell cheap?
I regret that I do not.
Sounds like a worthy young man to me though.
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Wow, you guys are great! I should have mentioned that my bros and I would love to get him something ourselves, but just couldn't swing it--one is the sole breadwinner of a family w/ 3 kids, one is a broke student, and I am a (equally broke!) seminarian. For our trip we're just planning to go somewhere a few hours away for a couple of days and stay at a friend's place. Nothing fancy, but it does require a rifle! Don't worry if it doesn't work out, though--I'm just grateful to you all for even considering it...
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." Jn 1:14
"The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted: So it must be restored." -St. Edmund Campion (+1581)
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Wow, you guys are great! I should have mentioned that my bros and I would love to get him something ourselves, but just couldn't swing it--one is the sole breadwinner of a family w/ 3 kids, one is a broke student, and I am a (equally broke!) seminarian. For our trip we're just planning to go somewhere a few hours away for a couple of days and stay at a friend's place. Nothing fancy, but it does require a rifle! Don't worry if it doesn't work out, though--I'm just grateful to you all for even considering it... When is this hunting trip taking place? I might be able to help, depending...
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The trip is happening over Thanksgiving weekend--so Nov. 22-25, 2012. BTW, I like your signature--I had very much the same realization when I was in Iraq back in '05.
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." Jn 1:14
"The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted: So it must be restored." -St. Edmund Campion (+1581)
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The trip is happening over Thanksgiving weekend--so Nov. 22-25, 2012. BTW, I like your signature--I had very much the same realization when I was in Iraq back in '05. Okay, that's doable. Check your PMs!
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PM checked. AlaskanMatt, you are a *very* generous and fine Christian man! Consider James accounted for, all the way from Afghanistan.
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." Jn 1:14
"The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted: So it must be restored." -St. Edmund Campion (+1581)
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Well, quite a few generous folks on this forum are building a custom 35 Whelen for me, so I am more than happy to pass it on to a youngster who needs a rifle!
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Well, it's nice to see generosity catching! Again, thank you!
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." Jn 1:14
"The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted: So it must be restored." -St. Edmund Campion (+1581)
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It is catching and very rewarding.
Makes a guy feel good to help out.
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"It is more blessed to give than to receive"
I find it is often also more FUN to give than to receive. ;-)
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Well nobody gives more, in reality and potentially, than do those fine young men and women who sign on the dotted line to serve this great Nation in our military.
May we always have folks willing to do so.
Thank you Matt!
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It is my distinct honor to serve, and I am grateful for your gratitude!
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All veterans and active military have my undying gratitude, always have and always will.
I was honored to serve as well, USN 1983-1987.
I served during peacetime but of course I could not have possibly known that would be the case when I signed up.
That is why ALL veterans have my respect.
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I also love your sig line and will add that for me nobody appreciates their great good fortune at being born an American than someone who has seen how most of the rest of the world lives.
It had and continues to have a profound effect on my appreciation for this great Nation.
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Very nice thread guys. Show me again that the "fire" is filled with first class people.
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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well gents, got the scope in and the rifle scoped up and the box filled with goodies. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/walukie1/20120321_171429.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/walukie1/20120321_201424.jpg) not going to be able to make it to the UPS place till saturday due to work issues. but i think the wait is worth it. i coated it with a rust preventive cause lord knows they will soak the box in water just to upset me!
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