Jackmountain got me thinking again about the end of Beave’s life...Not the first time I’ve given thought to it. I have a plan in place.
Some of you have kids that you believe or know will help you in your failing years.
Some may have kids, who might hate your ass, so you already know they won’t be around to help you.
Then, there’s some of us who don’t have kids, that we know of - LOL...So, we have to plan for our eventual demise and what it may entail to exit this place.
What’s your strategy for when the time comes you can no longer manage, simple, day to day tasks ?
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
That was my FIL, who died last week.
Dying from kidney failure isn’t such a bad way to go...Pop, past within 6 days after I stopped his dialysis.
Beaver, This perspective has changed a lot for me after my 15 year old son took his life last year. Everything I did, I did with the intention of leaving him and my daughter a legacy. At the same time, I'm taking care of a father with end-stage renal failure and watching him and my mother's health going down hill. All of this has led to the conclusion that 1) nothing is ever as concrete as you think it is when planning for the future and 2) I don't want to leave someone else a burden to manage my health. I bought some land with the notion that I had a son that could/would help me. Now, it's just me to rely on getting it done.
With that said, I don't want to leave it to my daughter to make tough decisions. She's already been through enough with recent events. I hope to pre-plan to make it easier on her and maybe with some input from her.
Last but not least, I see Dad battling dialysis 3x/week now. It's a scheit life being chained to a chair 4 hrs/day, 3 days/week. It's also impacted mom's quality of life as they can't travel unless major planning which Dad was never great doing. I hate it for my parents and hope I don't go that route.
A long and final walk in the woods with my cheapest handgun.
Something along the lines of this ^^^
If I'm lucky, the bones won't be found until they've been picked clean by the critters.
If I'm really lucky they won't be found until after they've been picked clean and the rodents and other critters have gnawed them for the minerals, and the bigger critters have broken them for the marrow.
If I'm REALLY REALLY lucky, they won't be found...................... ever. They'll have been scattered and allowed to reincorporate into the Urth where they belong. Not embalmed and in a gilded box.
May buy my hunting spots thicket and name it after my dad, leave it for the kids. Shorty gets it all, house/ money/ insurancd...to split if she wants or keep.
Beaver, This perspective has changed a lot for me after my 15 year old son took his life last year. Everything I did, I did with the intention of leaving him and my daughter a legacy. At the same time, I'm taking care of a father with end-stage renal failure and watching him and my mother's health going down hill. All of this has led to the conclusion that 1) nothing is ever as concrete as you think it is when planning for the future and 2) I don't want to leave someone else a burden to manage my health. I bought some land with the notion that I had a son that could/would help me. Now, it's just me to rely on getting it done.
With that said, I don't want to leave it to my daughter to make tough decisions. She's already been through enough with recent events. I hope to pre-plan to make it easier on her and maybe with some input from her.
A long and final walk in the woods with my cheapest handgun.
Something along the lines of this ^^^
If I'm lucky, the bones won't be found until they've been picked clean by the critters.
If I'm really lucky they won't be found until after they've been picked clean and the rodents and other critters have gnawed them for the minerals, and the bigger critters have broken them for the marrow.
If I'm REALLY REALLY lucky, they won't be found...................... ever. They'll have been scattered and allowed to reincorporate into the Urth where they belong. Not embalmed and in a gilded box.
Great, more fodder for another Johny Loco wilderness conspiracy thread
My younger brother told me about an old guy [ohio] who was pretty straight laced didn't do much partying drugs etc. . For some reason he thought it would be funny to have nearly every drug that he could get his hands on in his system - to be found in the autopsy . He had heroin/coke/meth/oxy/thc/valium and was drinking moonshine when he called it quits .. LOL
A long and final walk in the woods with my cheapest handgun.
Something along the lines of this ^^^
If I'm lucky, the bones won't be found until they've been picked clean by the critters.
If I'm really lucky they won't be found until after they've been picked clean and the rodents and other critters have gnawed them for the minerals, and the bigger critters have broken them for the marrow.
If I'm REALLY REALLY lucky, they won't be found...................... ever. They'll have been scattered and allowed to reincorporate into the Urth where they belong. Not embalmed and in a gilded box.
Great, more fodder for another Johny Loco wilderness conspiracy thread
Beaver, This perspective has changed a lot for me after my 15 year old son took his life last year. Everything I did, I did with the intention of leaving him and my daughter a legacy. At the same time, I'm taking care of a father with end-stage renal failure and watching him and my mother's health going down hill. All of this has led to the conclusion that 1) nothing is ever as concrete as you think it is when planning for the future and 2) I don't want to leave someone else a burden to manage my health. I bought some land with the notion that I had a son that could/would help me. Now, it's just me to rely on getting it done.
With that said, I don't want to leave it to my daughter to make tough decisions. She's already been through enough with recent events. I hope to pre-plan to make it easier on her and maybe with some input from her.
I remember your tragic story about your son...I hope my thread hasn’t made you feel worse - not my intention, anyway.
I took care of both my mom and dad when they couldn’t manage due to age and health issues. I made them both a promise when I was younger that I’d never let their shadow darken the entrance to a care facility...I kept that promise with both passing at home with us.
With that said...Wifey and I don’t have kids, and I’m not about to leave my daily care needs up to underpaid strangers who could care less about me or my wife.
I’ve got property with some fairly nice views of the mountains and ocean. I’ll be watching a sunset when I call it a life well lived for myself...My life, my decision.
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
That was my FIL, who died last week.
Dying from kidney failure isn’t such a bad way to go...Pop, past within 6 days after I stopped his dialysis.
Just went to sleep.
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Glad it went that way for your dad.
Not so for mine. He decided he didn't like the dialysis, stopped that, wouldn't let the docs remove toes that had gone black from lack of circulation from the fluid build up (he thought they were going to get back to normal), wouldn't listen to us educated kids, and eventually was seeing things from the hospice drugs and what not.
I remember your tragic story about your son...I hope my thread hasn’t made you feel worse - not my intention, anyway.
I took care of both my mom and dad when they couldn’t manage due to age and health issues. I made them both a promise when I was younger that I’d never let their shadow darken the entrance to a care facility...I kept that promise with both passing at home with us.
With that said...Wifey and I don’t have kids, and I’m not about to leave my daily care needs up to underpaid strangers who could care less about me or my wife.
I’ve got property with some fairly nice views of the mountains and ocean. I’ll be watching a sunset when I call it a life well lived for myself...My life, my decision.
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You didn't make me feel worse Beaver. No worries there. I thought I'd respond as I've reflected on your original post.
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
That was my FIL, who died last week.
Dying from kidney failure isn’t such a bad way to go...Pop, past within 6 days after I stopped his dialysis.
Just went to sleep.
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Glad it went that way for your dad.
Not so for mine. He decided he didn't like the dialysis, stopped that, wouldn't let the docs remove toes that had gone black from lack of circulation from the fluid build up (he thought they were going to get back to normal), wouldn't listen to us educated kids, and eventually was seeing things from the hospice drugs and what not.
Cantankerous in life, and same/same in death.
G, that would have been rough...I will consider myself fortunate after what you went through.
I remember your tragic story about your son...I hope my thread hasn’t made you feel worse - not my intention, anyway.
I took care of both my mom and dad when they couldn’t manage due to age and health issues. I made them both a promise when I was younger that I’d never let their shadow darken the entrance to a care facility...I kept that promise with both passing at home with us.
With that said...Wifey and I don’t have kids, and I’m not about to leave my daily care needs up to underpaid strangers who could care less about me or my wife.
I’ve got property with some fairly nice views of the mountains and ocean. I’ll be watching a sunset when I call it a life well lived for myself...My life, my decision.
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You didn't make me feel worse Beaver. No worries there. I thought I'd respond as I've reflected on your original post.
Find my old dead azz, my savage 220, and a dead buck in some hunting area on FTCKY.. Stroke the fugg out smoking a ciggerette when I 1st walk up to it on the ground admiring it.
Screaming Eagle baby.... Only way to go on ground I spent a good amount of life on. And a PITA till the end when they are getting my dead body outta the woods..... Gonna take at least 4 people to get me out. Probably couple patrol MP,s and a Fed Game warden at the least. At least they will remember that event for the rest of their life and will have a "one time" story to tell.
Guy named 44MC I knew on TNdeer and met one time at the hunting and fishing unit died on post like this minus the dead buck. He was a super duper air assualt trooper also. But only in his mid 40,s. I plan on mine event in my mid 80,s at least. And I know plenty of easy access spots to kill deer people think are nothing spots and dont hunt em.
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
That was my FIL, who died last week.
Dying from kidney failure isn’t such a bad way to go...Pop, past within 6 days after I stopped his dialysis.
Just went to sleep.
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Glad it went that way for your dad.
Not so for mine. He decided he didn't like the dialysis, stopped that, wouldn't let the docs remove toes that had gone black from lack of circulation from the fluid build up (he thought they were going to get back to normal), wouldn't listen to us educated kids, and eventually was seeing things from the hospice drugs and what not.
Cantankerous in life, and same/same in death.
G, that would have been rough...I will consider myself fortunate after what you went through.
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I was a long drive away but the one of five siblings he actually got along with the best.........as far as that goes. But I was the one he'd call and then I'd hear the other side of the story from the ones there near him. As I recall, Mom might have already been in the Alzheimer's place, so she was no help, and if she was still home, by that time we had a caregiver in to help her too.
Now it's evident why I just want to take a drive, push the vehicle over the canyon (after leaving a note and telling folks I was going in the completely opposite direction ) and then walking as far as I could into the bush, covering my tracks the best I could.
I don't want wife, family, friends, or even the underpaid caretakers having to deal with me like they did with dad.
Most likely I'd be even more of a pain in the ass than he was..................because I'm that way sometimes!
Find my old dead azz, my savage 220, and a dead buck in some hunting area on FTCKY.. Stroke the fugg out smoking a ciggerette when I 1st walk up to it on the ground admiring it.
Screaming Eagle baby.... Only way to go on ground I spent a good amount of life on. And a PITA till the end when they are getting my dead body outta the woods..... Gonna take at least 4 people to get me out. At least the will remember that...
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Renny,
Slum would be the only one who knew where you are...He’ll give it 3 days for your to start getting ripe, then hunt coyotes over you as bait.
Watching Biden beat Trump AGAIN in 2024 with 100,000 votes, falling asleep and never waking up, knowing that my country is in good hands and on the right path.
Find my old dead azz, my savage 220, and a dead buck in some hunting area on FTCKY.. Stroke the fugg out smoking a ciggerette when I 1st walk up to it on the ground admiring it.
Screaming Eagle baby.... Only way to go on ground I spent a good amount of life on. And a PITA till the end when they are getting my dead body outta the woods..... Gonna take at least 4 people to get me out. At least the will remember that...
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Renny,
Slum would be the only one who knew where you are...He’ll give it 3 days for your to start getting ripe, then hunt coyotes over you as bait.
Beaver, This perspective has changed a lot for me after my 15 year old son took his life last year. Everything I did, I did with the intention of leaving him and my daughter a legacy. At the same time, I'm taking care of a father with end-stage renal failure and watching him and my mother's health going down hill. All of this has led to the conclusion that 1) nothing is ever as concrete as you think it is when planning for the future and 2) I don't want to leave someone else a burden to manage my health. I bought some land with the notion that I had a son that could/would help me. Now, it's just me to rely on getting it done.
With that said, I don't want to leave it to my daughter to make tough decisions. She's already been through enough with recent events. I hope to pre-plan to make it easier on her and maybe with some input from her.
Last but not least, I see Dad battling dialysis 3x/week now. It's a scheit life being chained to a chair 4 hrs/day, 3 days/week. It's also impacted mom's quality of life as they can't travel unless major planning which Dad was never great doing. I hate it for my parents and hope I don't go that route.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope to never know your pain,, but as the father of a 15 year old son with a moody, depressed disposition, this really strikes a chord with me.
Not sure yet how to accomplish the task but I told the kids I wanted to be cremated... they made me an appointment for next Tuesday... so there is that....
My uncle tells of one of my aunts propensity to mention such places, a damned good one in Idaho for example. Runs in the family, but, I suppose not for long.... I would avoid schools and churches below, or time it for minimal collateral damage...
My uncle tells of one of my aunts propensity to mention such places, a damned good one in Idaho for example. Runs in the family, but, I suppose not for long.... I would avoid schools and churches below, or time it for minimal collateral damage...
My uncle tells of one of my aunts propensity to mention such places, a damned good one in Idaho for example. Runs in the family, but, I suppose not for long.... I would avoid schools and churches below, or time it for minimal collateral damage...
Huh....Wtf - Over
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Auntie knows of a high cliff on a fast turn so you can fly out into the canyon.
My uncle tells of one of my aunts propensity to mention such places, a damned good one in Idaho for example. Runs in the family, but, I suppose not for long.... I would avoid schools and churches below, or time it for minimal collateral damage...
Huh....Wtf - Over
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Auntie knows of a high cliff on a fast turn so you can fly out into the canyon.
Ahhhh, it’s all making sense now, because of you Mr. Former Smartest Man on Fire.
I took care of both my mom and dad when they couldn’t manage due to age and health issues. I made them both a promise when I was younger that I’d never let their shadow darken the entrance to a care facility...I kept that promise with both passing at home with us.
Conduct is the best proof of character, and I’m not surprised one bit that you did this. I’ve come to know that you’re a good dude, and you continue to verify that.
I took care of both my mom and dad when they couldn’t manage due to age and health issues. I made them both a promise when I was younger that I’d never let their shadow darken the entrance to a care facility...I kept that promise with both passing at home with us.
Conduct is the best proof of character, and I’m not surprised one bit that you did this. I’ve come to know that you’re a good dude, and you continue to verify that.
Not sure yet how to accomplish the task but I told the kids I wanted to be cremated... they made me an appointment for next Tuesday... so there is that....
Sometimes think paddling out as far I as can in my kayak with a bit of weight and line. Hell hypothermia puts you to sleep it is said. The truth is hopefully just not wake up one day with no prior [bleep] for the kids to have dealt with.
My uncle tells of one of my aunts propensity to mention such places, a damned good one in Idaho for example. Runs in the family, but, I suppose not for long.... I would avoid schools and churches below, or time it for minimal collateral damage...
Huh....Wtf - Over
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Auntie knows of a high cliff on a fast turn so you can fly out into the canyon.
Ahhhh, it’s all making sense now, because of you Mr. Former Smartest Man on Fire.
Gracious
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Boomer's a pretty easy one to translate.
That Gus dude. Whoowee!, now there was a tough one.
And kawi on a Friday night..................[bleep]. I don't think there is a supercomputer that could translate that dude.
No one for plowing into an Antifa crowd at 80 mph with a 72 Chrysler Newport?
I hope I live long enough to read about it or see it on a news video.
He shouldn't be giving anyone around here ideas.
They'd likely forget to pull the Trump 2024 stickers off the bumpers and the carnage would be attributed to "Orange Man Bad" instead of a crazy old coot.
A long and final walk in the woods with my cheapest handgun.
I'm all for a long and final walk in the woods but won't use a gun on myself......probably not make a good shot and agonize. My plan is out in the woods in January, sit down under a tree, jeans and tshirt only, take a long nap and wait for Jack Frost to come and take me away.
My alternative plan as I've my wife is to wheel me out on the front porch in January, let Jack Frost do his deed, and then tuck me away in bed with the heating blanket on and when warmed up then call the sheriff the next day. Died peacefully in his sleep.
My ashes are to be scattered in our family's pet cemetery on our family homestead.
Sometimes think paddling out as far I as can in my kayak with a bit of weight and line. Hell hypothermia puts you to sleep it is said. The truth is hopefully just not wake up one day with no prior [bleep] for the kids to have dealt with.
Bring a LOT of weight or make sure to poke a good hole in your guts before you go over the side.
That trapped decomp gas will bring a body to the surface without enough ballast to overcome it.
And if I can't make a walk into the woods, burial at sea is my preferred method of dealing with my no longer living corpus. No embalming, let the sea critters turn me back into usable chemical components.
I'm going to live my current lifestyle until I can't. Eventually move to care facility that will take my LTC insurance, then leave my wonderful kids a good chunk.. I plan to leave this world with my hands in the air as I cross the finish line., having run the good race.
Find my old dead azz, my savage 220, and a dead buck in some hunting area on FTCKY.. Stroke the fugg out smoking a ciggerette when I 1st walk up to it on the ground admiring it.
Screaming Eagle baby.... Only way to go on ground I spent a good amount of life on. And a PITA till the end when they are getting my dead body outta the woods..... Gonna take at least 4 people to get me out. At least the will remember that...
👍👍👍😄😄😄😄😄
Renny,
Slum would be the only one who knew where you are...He’ll give it 3 days for your to start getting ripe, then hunt coyotes over you as bait.
Aldi's, 3rd Wednesday of the month ....... no mask and I just came from Popeyes where I drove up on the curb to get to front of the line for the last chicken sammich.
I of course don't know exactly what or how my actual exit will be, but I just went down, arranged for my own cremation, and paid for it. All my wife has to do is call this outfit , they'll pick me up, supply her with a few death certificates to settle other matters, then Im getting scattered on my favorite stream with my two favorite dogs. No service, no preachers, no flowers, just an invite and an open bar for my friends...
A long and final walk in the woods with my cheapest handgun.
Something along the lines of this ^^^
If I'm lucky, the bones won't be found until they've been picked clean by the critters.
If I'm really lucky they won't be found until after they've been picked clean and the rodents and other critters have gnawed them for the minerals, and the bigger critters have broken them for the marrow.
If I'm REALLY REALLY lucky, they won't be found...................... ever. They'll have been scattered and allowed to reincorporate into the Urth where they belong. Not embalmed and in a gilded box.
This. I volunteered for 20 years in old folks homes. Always said I would never go in one. My son knows that if I get to the point where I can’t live on my own, even with assistance, I’m going for a walk in the woods.
Hope it doesn’t come to that. I’ve donated my body to science so I hope I die a quick death and they can find some use for me.
And, like Ingwe, I don’t want any service, no burial, stone or anything. Those that will remember me, will. The others don’t need a reminder.
I'm going to live my current lifestyle until I can't. Eventually move to care facility that will take my LTC insurance, then leave my wonderful kids a good chunk.. I plan to leave this world with my hands in the air as I cross the finish line., having run the good race.
My heart goes out to you devnull.
Your current lifestyle typically leads to HIV. Ask AKPenDude and JimFromTN
I can't rule out ‘checkin’ out’ if I become a physical or financial burden to my kids with end of life issues. Nothing messy...just go for a trek up in the mountains.
Find my old dead azz, my savage 220, and a dead buck in some hunting area on FTCKY.. Stroke the fugg out smoking a ciggerette when I 1st walk up to it on the ground admiring it.
Screaming Eagle baby.... Only way to go on ground I spent a good amount of life on. And a PITA till the end when they are getting my dead body outta the woods..... Gonna take at least 4 people to get me out. At least the will remember that...
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Renny,
Slum would be the only one who knew where you are...He’ll give it 3 days for your to start getting ripe, then hunt coyotes over you as bait.
LOL
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He needs ta get his back area permit schitt then.
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I have bursitis
You’re a case study in medical wonders.
It’s hard to imagine anyone in your family getting sympathy for small boo-boos.
MeMaw, I have a sore throat.... Really, child, look at your uncle Slum sitting over there. He’s got half a lung, no kidneys, a bleeding ulcer and a bad case of Peyronies of the wee-wee. Do you hear him complaining ? No !....Stfu and go play outside.
No concrete plan, but I hope to not freak out, rescind my long standing DNR/DNI order, get intubated and make my kids make the decision to withdraw cares when I don't improve and my kidneys fail, then die less than an hour after they pull out my ET tube.
That was my FIL, who died last week.
He really rescinded the order at the last minute? Death can be a scary thought for some.
“Take courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.” - Jesus You don’t have to be afraid, even when there’s something to be afraid of.
So, at the time, Jesus was saying he was the only way to God? But, wasn't this before the whole death and resurrection thing? Maybe he knew in advance? Must have known he was salvation, huh? How's that work?
So, at the time, Jesus was saying he was the only way to God? But, wasn't this before the whole death and resurrection thing? Maybe he knew in advance? Must have known he was salvation, huh? How's that work?
To me, Jesus was comforting His followers, and He was telling His followers these things in advance to bolster their faith, not only for in the meantime, but for when these very events would happen.
“Take courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.” - Jesus You don’t have to be afraid, even when there’s something to be afraid of.
So, at the time, Jesus was saying he was the only way to God? But, wasn't this before the whole death and resurrection thing? Maybe he knew in advance? Must have known he was salvation, huh? How's that work?
He was, and is God, in human form, sent here to die for our sins. Accept or reject, it's up to you. Jesus is still the only way to God the Father.
Beaver10; Good evening my cyber friend, I hope the day's been decent to you and you're all well.
I'll start with sincere kudos for looking after your parents, that's not easy, simple or many times pleasant.
We had both my late Mom and Mother in Law in extended care as we weren't able to deal with the medical needs. We were the closest family dealing with them and even that was tough many days.
I'll again say for anyone who might not have done so, please have a valid will and power of attorney completed. Here in BC we need a further document now called a Representation Agreement that allows someone to make medical decisions on our behalf - along with a doctor - should we become incapacitated. We've given the girls contact information for all the banking, insurance, lawyers and wills, so that's settled as well.
As we age it seems quite natural for us to contemplate not only living well but also dying well, as it's part of our time here, albeit the last part of it.
After watching both Moms struggle with dementia, I made a comment to our eldest that I'd be knitting up a big bacon vest and would like to be dropped off up top on one of our hunting areas where grizzlies are known to live. She didn't think that was funny and told me so Beaver.
I'm not entirely sure I was kidding, you know?
My late father watched enough of his family suffer from dementia that he prayed fervently that God take him quickly and so help me Dad's prayer was answered when another stroke took him nearly 20 years back now.
While as you know about me, I have faith in a higher power and an afterlife, which I admittedly cannot truly grasp in my humanity and as well in that same human body and head I'm in no particular rush to go quite yet.
Still, it's not a bad thing to take stock once in awhile and give it some sober consideration, so thanks for doing that for me tonight.
All the best to you this fall and good luck on your hunts.
Whenever I go hunting in the Belknaps, upland or whitetail or even fuggin beaver trapping systems in the valleys, I’m always having an eye open for those big north-east signature granite out-croppings. Boulders. Faces of them with granite piles at bases. It’s where the yotes inevitably burrow in to make big dens. Black bear too. I call that [bleep] the Granite Tomb. Don’t want to get found cuz insurance policy and suicide? You just need to find the right one, and manage to bring along an appropriate “closing stone” is what I’d call it - a stone large enough but not so big that you couldn’t haul it in behind you, so to speak, laying flat on your belly in a tightly constricted entrance way into such a ‘den’. Most of those places seem to open up into surprisingly roomy areas. It’s just the throats of them that are extreme. Anyway, throw some smoke or thoroughly burn out the appropriate area before making it yours. Position closing Stone. Bring along favorite bottle of whiskey. Smokes. Best big bore revolver. Get in that den. Drag the closing stone into place behind you. Then get comfortable enough for an hour or so to make your peace with your maker and this garbage world. Exit.
“Take courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.” - Jesus You don’t have to be afraid, even when there’s something to be afraid of.
So, at the time, Jesus was saying he was the only way to God? But, wasn't this before the whole death and resurrection thing? Maybe he knew in advance? Must have known he was salvation, huh? How's that work?
He was, and is God, in human form, sent here to die for our sins. Accept or reject, it's up to you. Jesus is still the only way to God the Father.
Respectfully, that has always seemed like some sort of "my way or the highway" conversion scare tactic for simple ancient people... Appreciate it and will keep it in mind JG...
If you were a bad man, you could always make someone else shivvy themselves up into such a place. And close it behind them. Been done. Harder to perform for oneself.
Seems just walking off into the woods would needlessly worry the family, unless they were in on it, and also didn't have you locked up or red flagged! Wouldn't that piss you off! Spend your years free and then have the kid get your guns taken away as the final insult! Best hide a few around...
It’s hard to imagine anyone in your family getting sympathy for small boo-boos.
MeMaw, I have a sore throat.... Really, child, look at your uncle Slum sitting over there. He’s got half a lung, no kidneys, a bleeding ulcer and a bad case of Peyronies of the wee-wee. Do you hear him complaining ? No !....Stfu and go play outside.
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I literally have tears running down my face, I'm crying laffin' 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve lost two older hunting buddies in the last few years and now I think both went out as well as you could. First one left a note on the kitchen table for his wife to find that said he was taking his hunting dog, who was getting very crippled from cancer, for one last chance to smell the birds or something like that, and he would always love her. So she instantly knew something very bad was about to happen and it was after all the bird seasons had closed in late February? He drove five hours to the spot we used to quail and chukkar hunt and buy the tracks in the snow he carried that dog about a quarter mile up the mountain to lone tree on a rocky outcrop overlooking the valley. They found him there next day holding his dog in his lap the dog was wrapped up in his jacket with a gunshot to the head. Coroner said he died of hypothermia. Found out later he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a few months before but hadn’t told anyone. Second was hunting at the local deer club and called home to say he had just shot the biggest buck he had ever seen on the ranch. When he didn’t come home wife called everyone to go looking. His son found him several hours later slumped over dead from a heart attack. He had gutted and drug the deer a few hundred yards to his hunting jeep and sat down on the ground with his back against a tire and his rifle in his lap.
Told my wife if something happens to me where I’m going and only getting worse. OD me and let me Ride that last one out to the heavens. Otherwise I’d like to live a long healthy life with my wife and kids and go in my sleep.
My plan is to last until somebody puts my first great grandson in my lap. After that, I don't care. If I had to state a preference, it would be found dead, frozen in place, with the antlers of a big buck still gripped tightly my hands.
However, my guess is the end will be far more prosaic. They'll probably have to use a tranquilizer gun to get me out of the treestand.
The finally had to put great grandpa Elmer in the home, because they caught him out on a limb in his 100th year, trying to trim it with a saw. The problem was he was sitting on the limb he was sawing.
Beaver, This perspective has changed a lot for me after my 15 year old son took his life last year. Everything I did, I did with the intention of leaving him and my daughter a legacy. At the same time, I'm taking care of a father with end-stage renal failure and watching him and my mother's health going down hill. All of this has led to the conclusion that 1) nothing is ever as concrete as you think it is when planning for the future and 2) I don't want to leave someone else a burden to manage my health. I bought some land with the notion that I had a son that could/would help me. Now, it's just me to rely on getting it done.
With that said, I don't want to leave it to my daughter to make tough decisions. She's already been through enough with recent events. I hope to pre-plan to make it easier on her and maybe with some input from her.
Last but not least, I see Dad battling dialysis 3x/week now. It's a scheit life being chained to a chair 4 hrs/day, 3 days/week. It's also impacted mom's quality of life as they can't travel unless major planning which Dad was never great doing. I hate it for my parents and hope I don't go that route.
Prayers for peace and solace devnull. That a a load to bear you have on your mind and hands. Caregiving one's parents is not easy and I am so very sorry to hear about your son.
Good on your for standing up and taking these troubles on, I can empathize as I was primary caregiver for both my parents in their declining years. I have kidney troubles in my immediate family as well, oldest daughter is bedridden and her only outside exposure is via ambulance transport to dialysis those same three days a week.
One thing I would never do is use a firearm to end my life, that is traumatic to the living, and gives the libs another tic on the gun violence charts. I have worked too hard too long to preserve our Right to keep and bear them. Had I to choose to end my live it would be by other means, as easy on my few give a sh*t folks that remain as possible. Most likely I will suffer that widow maker heart and attack and go pretty quick. Wills are done, money left to do the clean up and haul off. Probably outlive the oldest daughter, Covid nearly got her a few weeks ago, the other daughter is an energy thief, got a living donated kidney before she ever had to go on dialysis, and is the least grateful person I know for all the sacrifices others have made for her. So she is cut out, her share to her kids under the son's admiration of any funds.
I do the best I can every day, I think that is our charge.
I/ve put my request in with the Big Guy to let me die in the stand. I've told my hunting buds to roll me out on the ground and let the hogs recycle me!
Lord knows it would be good Karma (and cheap) considereing how many of them I've done the same!
“Take courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.” - Jesus You don’t have to be afraid, even when there’s something to be afraid of.
So, at the time, Jesus was saying he was the only way to God? But, wasn't this before the whole death and resurrection thing? Maybe he knew in advance? Must have known he was salvation, huh? How's that work?
He was, and is God, in human form, sent here to die for our sins. Accept or reject, it's up to you. Jesus is still the only way to God the Father.
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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
I was able to meet with an old family friend couple of my parents. In talking the subject of having will came up. They just assumed that the survivor would get everything. Having gone through the passing of my dad and the amount of time and money it took to get my mothers affairs in order-
Getting a WILL done is the minimum you should do. Every person or couple should do this, whether you are 20 or 80.
I’ve found it best to have Beneficiary Deeds for your house and your cars, and Transfer on Death for your financial assets...thereby taking them out of the hands of the probate court. And I’ve found it best to not even mention those things in your Will. To me, making your Probate Estate as small and insignificant as possible makes sense. A Will with nothing more than a directive for residual assets (basically, the crap left in your house) is awesome. House, cars, financial assets go straight to your heirs upon your death...none of them are part of the Probate Estate.
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