The Original O'l Farts Club.

[Yarddog]

Something I think of fairly often. I rummaged through my keepsake box last week and saw his obituary. Man, the older I get, the younger fourteen years old looks. That was twenty years ago now.

When I was 16, a few miles down the road from my house there lived two brothers. A year apart. They decided to play with a pistol one day and one shot and killed his brother. Took him a day or so to die. Horrible thing. It just ruined the mama. And the pain in their dads eyes. I’ll never forget the look.
It didn’t make sense. Those boys grew up around guns. Hunted. They should have known better. I Always wondered if their dad didn’t teach them correctly.
The surviving son, could you imagine the guilt of being alive, knowing you caused such grief to your family?seeing your family hurt, and having to relive that moment of you pointing, and squeezing that trigger? The sick feeling when you realized your mistake.
Or the dad?? Was he guilty too? Did he teach his boys? A firearm is a deadly tool. It was designed to kill. Did he do all he could? Who knows.
Every year it happens to someone. More people get shot by “unloaded” guns than you can shake a stick at.

 

[dogzter]

Something I think of fairly often. I rummaged through my keepsake box last week and saw his obituary. Man, the older I get, the younger fourteen years old looks. That was twenty years ago now.

When I was 16, a few miles down the road from my house there lived two brothers. A year apart. They decided to play with a pistol one day and one shot and killed his brother. Took him a day or so to die. Horrible thing. It just ruined the mama. And the pain in their dads eyes. I’ll never forget the look.
It didn’t make sense. Those boys grew up around guns. Hunted. They should have known better. I Always wondered if their dad didn’t teach them correctly.
The surviving son, could you imagine the guilt of being alive, knowing you caused such grief to your family?seeing your family hurt, and having to relive that moment of you pointing, and squeezing that trigger? The sick feeling when you realized your mistake.
Or the dad?? Was he guilty too? Did he teach his boys? A firearm is a deadly tool. It was designed to kill. Did he do all he could? Who knows.
Every year it happens to someone. More people get shot by “unloaded” guns than you can shake a stick at.

No such thing as a unloaded gun........

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

And in the news today - we have a report on how many steps per day it takes - to combat depression 🫥 -

- How many steps/miles do you do per day? - 1 mile = approx 2100 steps - (depending on how long your legs are - I suspect ) - as for myself - I average 4 miles per day currently - thats around one hour of walking - at quick march pace -

Experts pinpoint exact number of daily steps that will beat depression

In research that examined 33 separate studies, involving almost 100,000 adults using fitness trackers, experts found higher counts were linked to better mental health.

www.dailymail.co.uk