enjoying your daily newspaper
a healthy schadenfreude bone always helps one enjoy reading ones local newspaper. to wit, in this weekend's, is the report of a new hampshire hunter on the first day of muzzle-loader deer season shooting himself in the hand while pulling his *loaded* rifle up into his tree stand. (couldn't find the link on the sun's site, so here's the AP story from yahoo). seems our candidate darwin award winner (too bad they don't have an honorable mention category for the non-fatals) pulled on the rope even after a stick got stuck against the trigger, and there, as they say, you have it. oh, and for those folks interested in the detail of these sorts of things, it was a 50-caliber piece, and the guy was 63. we could ask what 63 year old might have been doing climbing trees, but that would be pointless, as the real question is how a guy gets to BE 63 in the first place, if this is the way he manages his weapon.
posted by kad barma at 10:21 AM
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I feel for you. My motto is, "Never let school interfer with your education." And, as someone who graduated in the bottom half of his High School class (that would be at least 400 students ahead of me), I know that academics comes hard to some folks, or late to some folks—I eventually got a Masters Degree.
It isn't the school, it is the education and I think the Voke was a good vote. Which is why I am less impressed with where one graduated from than what one did while there. And Voke kids do go to college.
I was lucky. While my parents expected me to go to college, my Father's only advice was "Don't pick the field I am in." My sense was that the advice wasn't about the quality of the job my Father had (white collar, working with blue collar and trying to prevent injuries and save lives), but about striking out and being your own person.
Regards — Cliff
Showing my lack of insight, this first comment was one post off. Sorry 'bout that.
Regards — Cliff
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