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I had a great uncle that was a cowboy, an actual one, as opposed to movie "cowboys", he was my dad's uncle, my grandpa's brother, and I remember him. Grandpa was born in 1903, and Dow was his older brother, so, born around 1900, or a little before. He ran away when he was 14 or so, and went out west to Montana to be a cowboy. Those boys had a rough life, due to an Evil Stepmother, so Dow bailed. He met his wife while out there.
Dow was a hell of a shot. I've seen him shoot dimes out of the air from a holstered pistol when they were flipped into the air. He gave me the best advice for pistol shooting I've ever had - "Don't aim.That's wasting time. Just point that pistol like it was a finger, an extension of your own body. Sights are for suckers".
In his later years, he was like I am now - a wrinkled up has been with nothing but stories to tell. But he could still plink those dimes, He and his wife are long gone now, but man, they were something in their day.
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I had a great uncle that was a cowboy, an actual one, as opposed to movie "cowboys", he was my dad's uncle, my grandpa's brother, and I remember him. Grandpa was born in 1903, and Dow was his older brother, so, born around 1900, or a little before. He ran away when he was 14 or so, and went out west to Montana to be a cowboy. Those boys had a rough life, due to an Evil Stepmother, so Dow bailed. He met his wife while out there.
Dow was a hell of a shot. I've seen him shoot dimes out of the air from a holstered pistol when they were flipped into the air. He gave me the best advice for pistol shooting I've ever had - "Don't aim.That's wasting time. Just point that pistol like it was a finger, an extension of your own body. Sights are for suckers".
In his later years, he was like I am now - a wrinkled up has been with nothing but stories to tell. But he could still plink those dimes, He and his wife are long gone now, but man, they were something in their day.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’