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I think you may be misunderstanding us Phill.

I don't believe I or anyone else here would advocate taking a firearm onto a plane.

I have only met a half dozen chordians in person but I can assure you; I wouldn't think twice about walking up to any one of them and shaking their hand even if they should have an AK-47 slung across their shoulder. I can't imagine why they would, but it wouldn't matter.

You see, a gun could just as easily be a hammer. They are both implements; inanimate objects. A hammer can be used to create the most beautiful chateau or it can be used to crush a human skull. It is a matter of who is wielding that implement. I go to the bank several times a week during my busy season. I always have my gun. It has never jumped out of my pocket and tried to make a withdrawal. It has no mind of it's own.

I believe you are doing yourself a grave injustice in writing off some very good people because they choose to be around or own firearms.

I would be willing to wager that most of the active members of this board, that you converse with regularly, own at least one gun, probably more than one. It's part of our culture. .  Unless you were raised in a strictly urban environment, guns were a part of growing up. I had my first one at 10. Started hunting at 12. When I was in high school you could walk around the school  parking lot the week after our Thanksgiving holiday and find at least half of the student's cars with a high powered rifle in the trunk. We went to the woods after school that entire week. That's just the way it was. We didn't know anything different. No one ever used them for nefarious purposes. Our parents taught us right from wrong and how to safely handle a gun. We took courses after school on gun safety.  Now granted, something changed since my teenage years. Personally, I feel it's all the prescription drugs that are now given to young children to "calm them down."

I'm sure I will not change your viewpoint with a couple paragraphs but please believe me when I tell you; we are all quite as sane as you are and you shouldn't feel the need to avoid personal contact with us because we were raised in a different culture.

Well, thanks for listening and I hope I get to meet you some day.

Joe

I'll buy the property where we held chordie Pa back in October.

This summer will be one long, continuous music event. Come and go as you please.

Who needs a plane ticket?

Some years back when I started carrying, I stopped at my parents house. My dad wanted to see what I had. I pulled it out and my mom asked: "That's not loaded is it?" I looked at here and said matter-of-factly: "Not much point in carrying an unloaded gun."

She didn't get it.

I haven't been on a plane since 1988 and have no desire to run the gauntlet of trying to board a plane today.

I haven't used IE since I discovered Firefox back in 2007.

Happy Birthday Bill

Something is wrong here Bill

Both links take you to the same song; Roger's "One of These Days"

Just thought I'd let you know

Here's my other channel Bill.

Help yourself. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/Donkeyranc … mp;sort=dd

Not exactly neighbors but at least Bushy isn't alone on the continent now.

If you two ever got a break I might be afraid the end of the world as we know it was upon us.

Hang in there.

I'm hoping that shows up with the changes that are in the works. That and uploading pics directly without the need for an outside hosting site.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit? … R1CHRaQzhE

Bill, I'm only seeing 3 time zones in Australia. We have one person in the eastern time zone; bushy243

There are however 4 representatives from New Zealand; beestie, Jandle, Peatle Jville, and easybeat.