Back some 65 years ago my Grandfather used to say that I like to paddle my own canoe. I thought he was loopy because we didn't have a canoe and I'd never even sat in one.
Paddle your own canoe
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I don't dare tell the Great Silverback to go to his room.
Who knew he was a lot of yaks?
Interesting thread.
I'm finally home from a gun show in Laramie that started Friday. I didn't sell a thing or buy anything, either, but I had great fun jaw-jacking with friends, old and gnu (couldn't resist).
I'm happy to learn the history of my sign-off! I never knew.
I have a nearby friend make a new hat for me each Fourth of July. This year's -- in red, white and blue -- reads:
Know many
Trust few
Paddle you own canoe
Good friends tell me it's the crux of who I am.
292: here's the backstory.
Two gals raised me. They were both born in the same plantation house in southern Virginia: Mom and Mamo, Mom's Mom.
If I'd say "I can't" when told to do something I heard, "Can't is a fellow who can't do anything. You CAN." Still today, yes, I can.
I made the top enlisted rank in the Air Force, I earned bachelor's and master's degrees while on active duty. One half of one percent of enlisted folks have a master's.
I live at 7,880' in a cabin on a hill above a tiny, dirt-streeted town 30 miles from gas and groceries. The county doesn't plow the hill in the winter so at the times when I can't drive to my cabin I haul a six-gallon gas can, groceries and supplies a quarter mile up the hill on my sled. I heat with wood and gather my own.
Please know, I'm not a tough mountain man, and I'm not an over-achiever. I simply do what I need to do to be happy, and I am happy. I get along with most everyone, and I rarely ask for help. Stubborn? Yeah, I s'pose! Independent? No question.
Hope this answers your question, 292.
I'm finally home from a gun show in Laramie that started Friday. I didn't sell a thing or buy anything, either, but I had great fun jaw-jacking with friends, old and gnu (couldn't resist).
I'm happy to learn the history of my sign-off! I never knew.
I have a nearby friend make a new hat for me each Fourth of July. This year's -- in red, white and blue -- reads:
Know many
Trust few
Paddle you own canoe
Good friends tell me it's the crux of who I am.
292: here's the backstory.
Two gals raised me. They were both born in the same plantation house in southern Virginia: Mom and Mamo, Mom's Mom.
If I'd say "I can't" when told to do something I heard, "Can't is a fellow who can't do anything. You CAN." Still today, yes, I can.
I made the top enlisted rank in the Air Force, I earned bachelor's and master's degrees while on active duty. One half of one percent of enlisted folks have a master's.
I live at 7,880' in a cabin on a hill above a tiny, dirt-streeted town 30 miles from gas and groceries. The county doesn't plow the hill in the winter so at the times when I can't drive to my cabin I haul a six-gallon gas can, groceries and supplies a quarter mile up the hill on my sled. I heat with wood and gather my own.
Please know, I'm not a tough mountain man, and I'm not an over-achiever. I simply do what I need to do to be happy, and I am happy. I get along with most everyone, and I rarely ask for help. Stubborn? Yeah, I s'pose! Independent? No question.
Hope this answers your question, 292.
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My weekly column is called "Do it outdoors" and is in the Perquimans Weekly a small newspaper in Hertford, NC. When I started several years back I thought I had enough old stories to get me through weeks when I hadn't done anything interesting. Now that I've ran out of old adventures I struggle sometimes. Thank you to two-bit cowboy and the rest of y'all. Researching stuff for my column is what got me to join this fine group.
292 - Don't get your feet wet.
