Some of my favorite things. What are yours?

[gjamison]

Off today so I figured I'd start a thread about what everyone's favorite things are. I'm a little bored so cut me some slack

Here are 3 of my favorite things(sound like Julie Andrews) funny funny!
Anyway Pre war Smith&Wesson's,George Lawerence holsters and Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon. Thanks guys....

 

[weatherby]

Hunting/woods time is one


shooting collecting another



and just family time

 

[lawandorder]

Try this. A few years ago I tried to get a photo that included any many of the things that were near and dear to me and myself in one image, kinda of a biographical image.

I never could get a good one, but it was fun trying.

 

[blujax01]

Things?

Moxie soda, available only in New England, shipped and wrapped for a Christmas treat. Along those same Christmastime lines, Claxton Fruitcake.

Putting the popup greenhouse on the deck in February and planting seeds for the spring garden. It's my first smell of dirt, which is yet another of my favs.

Frisbee with Shalom the dog. He cheats but is okay. The chirping purr of Chloe the cat sleeping on my chest. She's an unmitigated slut.

Freshly cut grass, piles of leaves, undisturbed snow.

Tears in church. Letting it go.

And much, much more. When my time comes, I'm sure gonna miss this planet.

 

[boatme99]

My kids and grandkids, a nice drive to anywhere I haven't been before, sitting on a boat gently rocking, Autumn.

 

[timn8er]

I'll start off with a couple of sodas;Big Red & Dr Pepper. I drink the sugar free versions these days but I'm hopelessly hooked on both. When I was in the hospital a couple of years ago my diet was severely restricted, as was my fluid intake. After a couple of months they allowed my a little more leeway, & to my delight one of the nurses brought me some Dr Pepper, since they knew that was what I'd want. Heaven! Also, Tex Mex food. Can't get enough. A dish my Mother used to make...Arroz con Pollo. Rice & chicken, Panamanian style. Her German Chocolate cake. You know, those dishes you associate with Mom & home! There's plenty more but I'm trying to keep this manageable. The quiet strength of my Father...the rock of our family. He has saved my bacon too many times to count! And it goes without saying, my S&W 3rd Gens!

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

My wife, kids, grandkids, my dog & 3 cats, fishing in the early morning, shooting with my grandson, and the memories of living in a free America.

 

[3dots]

Hunting, fishing, shooting, reloading and flying/building R/C sailplanes.

 

[tomtheturner]

Favorite things

One of my favorite things is just taking a nice walk in the woods, and doing a little plinking with any revolver, or rifle. I think my favorite food is homemade black raspberry pie. I have a little patch of black raspberries that supply enough raspberries to keep me in pies year round.

Best Wishes,
Tom

 

[zzzippper]

Taking my wife (who is a naturalized citizen of filipino descent) to all the things I've seen my whole life and seeing them again for the first time in her eyes.

Taking her to places that I can no longer physically navigate but watching her scramble around like a kid.

Orange juice in the morning with breakfast ham.

 

[jinx]

My 10 month old granddaughter. My guns. It is also pretty hard to beat a really good cup of coffee.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My favorite things change with time. At this time: I almost lost my wife in September of 2011, I was sitting there holding her hand when she woke up, looked at me and smiled. That to me is the treasure I will keep until I die. Ivan

 

[carpriver]

My Fav-O-right things, My wife, my sons, my granddaughters and daughters in laws , My S&W 686, my Springfield Armory 1911 Mil Spec. my M-1 carbine. Single barrel 7-9 year old bourbons, fresh roast fresh ground coffee. Cold spring water, a good aged medium rare steak with a baked tater, asparagus, fresh baked bread, fresh baked oatmeal cookies with raisins and walnuts, raspberry pie with vanilla ice cream. Sun rise over lake Superior. cool fall days in the woods, warn spring days in the woods. the taste of a warm fresh picked tomato with a bit of salt. Cold beer on a warm summer day. Summer evening around the camp fire with my family. holding hands and sharing a kiss with the woman that has shared my life. Full moons and the smell of burning leaves.

 

[shouldazagged]

At this time in my life, there are so many, and they are so simple!

A fifteen-pound, nine-year-old rat terrier rescue dog named Moose, my companion and source of laughter and exercise for three years.

My kids and their kids, though they are far away and I rarely see them or hear from them.

October.

The high, wild song of sandhill cranes migrating south, far overhead.

Good music of almost any kind, but heavy on classical, blues and jazz.

Memories of my third and final wife, absolutely the right one, who died eighteen years ago this coming Monday. I've never had any desire to try again.

Exchanging ridiculous bits of parody daily via e-mail with my deranged brother.

The feel of a fish fighting hard on my line. Don't care if it's a bluegill, bass, trout or catfish.

Retirement. Hated it when I had to retire for health reasons at 71, five years ago. Now I love being retired despite being broke.

This forum and the people I've met here.

 

[brucev]

My favorite "things?" My Bible. I bought it at the Baptist Book Store in New Orleans shortly after enrolling at NOBTS. It is a Harper Study Bible, RSV. I've used it since about 1980. It was rebound in 1995. It has been in my hands when one the mountain top experiences of ministry when it seemed that Almighty God had opened heaven and worked a miracle. It was in my hands when I was made an elder in the church. It was what I held on to in the hospital. It is at my side as I write this. It will be in my hands Sunday morning. And when I am buried, it will be placed open in my hands with my right index finger pointing to Romans 8:28-30.

My beloved Remington made 1903 Springfield, nicknamed "Crack Baby." CB was made in 1942 and rebuilt sometime later w/ a High Standard 1944 barrel. CB has numerous biscuit repairs to the handguard, a dutchman to the toe of the buttstock and a few dowel repairs to the forearm, thus the name "Crack Baby." The fellows at the vintage rifle matches know CB very well. Using my fiendishly accurate amazingly precise abandon all hope when these are being fired cast bullet match loads, CB averages 96.9 for 10 shot strings fired prone slow fire. The match load is a 165 gr. flat nosed cast bullet loaded over a mere 8.0 gr. of Unique. It is slow, so slow that in really cold weather the bullets sometimes loose base stability before reaching the 100 yd. mark. When they arrive, they arrive a bit sideways. One of the fellows once looked at my target and "complained" that it wasn't fair as I was shooting "Sidewinder Missiles!"

My S&W Model 18. Early on I discovered Skeeter Skelton and Bob Melik. I read everything thing I could find that they wrote on firearms. I could at that time hardly afford .22 LR ammo. From Melik's writings I determined to buy a S&W 18. It took me a few years but I finally bought one. Over the years I've bought them, and stupidly let them go. In 2000 I found a real beauty of a 18-3 at a local gun show. An acquaintance was selling it. I sold my 98/24 and took what cash I had and bought it. The first 12 rounds fired out of it (twice around the cylinder) off the top of my car at 25 yds. produced a group of less than two inches. I've shot the hound out of that little gem of a revolver. One fine day I fired a six shot group off-hand with that little revolver at a peanut trailer a little over 65 yds. away. The entire group measured slightly over five inches, with five of the rounds inside four inches. This is one revolver that I would hold onto even if the bottom fell out and I had to sell every firearm I own. I would not ever want to be without it.

 

[Maddog 521]

Harley Davidson's and handguns seems to be the two things that I spend my quality time on.

 

[ridewv]

My favorite things change with time. At this time: I almost lost my wife in September of 2011, I was sitting there holding her hand when she woke up, looked at me and smiled. That to me is the treasure I will keep until I die. Ivan

That's as good as it gets!


My 3 favorite things?

My wife and family.
Our pets.
Spending time at our get-away home in the woods.

This photo captures three; wife, pet, at our get away.


Then in no particular order;
Riding around this great country on a motorcycle.
Bourbon
Steel pistols, especially older ones.
Bolt acton .22’s
My tractor
Sitting at nice fire be it outside in the summer or inside at the wood stove.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
brown paper packages tied up with strings,
these are a few of my favorite things.

 

[timn8er]

If anyone here has read a book by Ken Kesey called "Sometimes A Great Notion", this thread reminds me of a chapter in the book when one of the main characters in the book reasons for living are delineated. Kesey puts it simply: "This is Hank's bell ringing". That statement means a lot more to me now that I'm older! Its been years since I read that book, & I think that its time maybe to read it again. I recommend it highly;it is definitely different.

 

[Texas Star]

This is about things, so I won't list family, and guns are obvious. I'm also fond of nice knives.

I like good coffee and tea, preferring teas from Twining's or from Taylor's of Harrogate. Which depends on the variety. For a Darjeeling, I like the blend from Taylor's, which is fuller than that from Twining's. But I'm very fond of Twining's Irish Breakfast, and Ceylon.

I love blackberries, whether by themselves, in preserves, or in a pie.

I like quiet summer days, especially if I can get in some birdwatching on a nearby lake or in woods.

I like seeing warm spring days after the sun has allowed the new green of trees to blossom.

I like reading, so far in books or on the Net. I don't have a Kindle. And I just heard on the news that books are actually gaining in popularity. I was worried.

I like the way my favorite pair of shoes feel.

I like having a taxi driver who speaks good English and isn't surly.

I like grocery shopping, especially where they have a good deli with turkey, ham, and cheeses like Havarti and Muenster and Swiss.

I like bookstores.

I wasn't going to mention family much but I like having my son back alive from Iraq and knowing that his wounds aren't too troubling and that he can now sometimes talk more about his experiences there. And I like him sending me a photo of a really tight group he shot with his Model 70 Featherweight Classic .30/06 topped by a Zeiss 'scope that I gave him.

I like the spectrum of colors in nature and in cars and ladies' dresses and in birds' plumage.

I like the calling of doves on a gentle morning.

I like the questing of a green mamba in a tree, alert and so vividly bright green. Even at the zoo, from the other side of a glass barrier, the alertness, fluidity of motion and the inherent deadliness fascinate me.

I like finding clothes that I like, that fit, and are on sale, without spending forever looking.

I like looking at things with a good binocular that renders colors well and enhances the world as seen through its precise lenses.

I like the Victoria's Secret fashion show, heh! Especially when Doutzen Kroes is the featured model. If there's a better looking woman than Doutzen, I haven't seen her, and she seems really nice in interviews.

I like looking at a mounted whitetail deer head that my DIL shot and later traded to me for something that she and the son wanted.

I like scrambled eggs. Unlike Ian Fleming, I wouldn't be happy to eat them at every meal, but pretty close.

I like good pens, and still occasionally use my fountain pens. They lend a certain elegance to writing.

I like my silverware, Oneida's Michelangelo pattern. It, too, is elegant in its Baroque magnificence. It adds a lot to the dining experience. It's really stainless, so I don't have to polish it.

I like really good chocolate from firms like Lindeman's and Ghiradelli.

And I like reading a book chapter or an article that I wrote and knowing that it's good. Especially when others tell me that, too.


Right now, I'd like a cup of coffee, so I'd better close and go make it.