I need help

[Lphunsjr]

Are you the chubby kid from the story in the other thread? LOL. JK, welcome aboard. I wish I was going to Jacks to meet some of you guys. Sounds like a good time.

[Bill from NJ]

TDietz,

 

Welcome, Its nice to see another fellow curmudgeon here.

 

Remember these words:  “No man is an island, entire of itself”. 

It is sometimes hard to follow these words, but...

 

 

Oh, I happen to notice your line; “without me, my rifle is nothing”

 

Reminds me of the Marines Rifleman’s Creed:

 

This is my rifle.  There are many like it, but this one is mine.  It is my life.  I must master it as I must master my life.  Without me my rifle is useless.  Without my rifle, I am useless.        

 

I must fire my rifle true.  I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me.  I must shoot him before he shoots me.  I will.  My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make.  We know that it is the hits that count.  We will hit.

      

My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life.  Thus, I will learn it as a brother.  I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel.  I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.  We will become part of each other.

      

Before God I swear this creed.  My rifle and I are the defenders of my country.  We are the masters of our enemy.  We are the saviors of my life.

      

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy.

[bigfish525]

How about a nice cool glass of cool-aide.

[smoking gun]

how come I didn't get no invite?sucks to be me or you guys I got a shoedown we gon have a bbq North Cadillac style

[TDietz]

Thanks Guys, It's been a hectic couple of weeks since I posted this, saw that it popped back up last week and didn't have time to respond. Yeah, most of my breakdown issue was due to receiving some grim news the day before from my brother- bad heart. Hereditary thing, I'm definitely feeling it. He's scheduled for open heart surgery/ valve replacement soon so keep us in your thoughts please.

[kmtpr]

Hope all goes well for your brother. Prayers sent.