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If you remember, I set a new post and set up MLV's target board, last year. He has some glue horses that just won't die and they scratch their skinny butts on the board, knocking it over. Of course it is my fault for poor workmanship. This time I just helped dig the hole and let another BPCR shooter do the rest of the work. As usual, MLV sat in the van with an ice cold Coke. Either the horses die this year or we'll be back setting another post...

? How come gunwriters don't do manual labor ?

To paraphrase John Wooters:

"them as can does, them as can't writes" <G>

Ha!

I think Mike has the right idea...

DF

Gunwriters do do manual labor. When we sink posts on our farm it takes us hours to get the tractor out, remove whatever was last attached - find the post-hole digger attachment, find the new belt for the PTO, get out the grease gun and shoot the grease nipples full, start to drag tghe post-hole digger out of the barn and then notice the wasp nest hanging from the pneumatic control box, then run like hell and find the BIG can of hornet and wasp spray. After spraying the nest we wait on the screen porch waiting for the damn wasps to die and then we are too darn tired to dig holes - we can do that tomorrow!

Terry

Dang it now shrapnel you're going to get JB all spun up with that title and we're going to have to read about his Cowboy'n days & all that stuff..............:)

I bet JBs posthole digger is used so much it looks like polished chrome.
Yeah, that's it.

"... horses that just won't die..."

Obviously you're doing something wrong.

Maybe ? he can't shoot ?? <G>

You must be a budding gunwriter as I have noticed you have conned some one else to do the labor as you and The Duck supervise.

In all fairness to our dearly departed Gun writer:

Somewhere in the 80s Mr. John Wooters was writing about 'writers' and 'editors'. His quote is this:

"Them as can, writes and them as can't, edits". TNC

Both of those guys appear to have been quite successful at avoiding most all manual labor, and gyms.

Someone has to be the brains of the outfit!

You do have a point.

Think they'll find anyone?

I'm the poor soul that go conned into digging the hole and when I got down about 12 inches, I could tell I was digging in virgin soil so I think I know why the post tipped over... I think it will bust off before it falls over this time!

We almost got even with The Duck as we just about drove off with his shovel, post hole digger, clam digger, and digging bar!!! He said they were his wife's, though, as none of the handles seemed to fit his hands..

Shrap, I hear MLV is a pretty decent guy; it sure is nice of him to let you do all this neat stuff.

Good job. I hope you got lunch out of the deal, or at least a Coke.

Sort of reminds me of the Highway Dept tree planting crew: Three men. One to dig the hole, one to place the tree, and one to fill the hole back up. If one was sick the other two just had to drink Coke all day, hold the shovel, and look at the ground.

Why don't gun writers do manual labor?

Sam Clements (aka Mark Twain) explained it well in his Tom Sawyer book when Tom convinced Huck Finn that painting the fence was a lot of fun. Huck painted while Tom just sat.

I guess gun writers are just a little bit smarter than post hole diggers.

I never saw anyone farm out of a mini van before.

Mike was furnishing the tools and materials. He's management, they're labor. Sounds fair to me.