Windows to the soul

[SweetWitch]

A surefire best seller! Women like to read about other womens' domestic travails cast in a humorous light...it either reminds them of things they've done or to think 'I'm glad that didn't happen to me'.

They like it because it reminds them they're not alone in this thing called family life.

 

[TE999]

They like it because it reminds them they're not alone in this thing called family life.

I wonder how many women have read Bombeck, et al, and thought 'I'll be damned if I'll get married or if I do, no kids'?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

They like it because it reminds them they're not alone in this thing called family life.

Like I said, the ability to relate to the author in a very personal way. Marketable? Man!

 

[SweetWitch]

I wonder how many women have read Bombeck, et al, and thought 'I'll be damned if I'll get married or if I do, no kids'?

I believe I said that very thing.

Like I said, the ability to relate to the author in a very personal way. Marketable? Man!

Between the washing of the windows and the guy in the white Cadilac Escalade, I'd have a hell of a lot of readers.

 

[TE999]

Between the washing of the windows and the guy in the white Cadilac Escalade, I'd have a hell of a lot of readers.

Don't forget the Princess and the Puppy...that's a few chapters right there.

 

[SweetWitch]

Don't forget the Princess and the Puppy...that's a few chapters right there.

And Fuzzball, the world's craziest cat.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

And the late, lamented gazebo. Not to mention the neighbors and their bizarre children.

 

[TE999]

And Fuzzball, the world's craziest cat.

Now you have a cast of characters: Long suffering Mom, Dad aka 'The Lump', The Princess, The Puppy, Fuzzball the Demented Feline and a slew of walk-on's and general irritants.

Get writing, woman!

 

[SweetWitch]

And the late, lamented gazebo. Not to mention the neighbors and their bizarre children.

Yesterday, the girlies had on their swimsuits and to get them out of my hair, I turned them loose with a package of water balloons. I told them to keep them away from the house.

So...

They got very quiet after a while, then came into the house giggling insanely. This is never a good sign.

I had just got sat down after the debacle with the windows, plants and husband, and here they come... They had water-filled balloons stuffed into their suit tops. If that wasn't bad enough, they had one each stuffed into the back of bottoms. They both looked like they had a load in their drawers.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Oh dear Lord . . .

 

[SweetWitch]

Oh dear Lord . . .

My husband ran from the room moaning those very words while shielding his eyes.

 

[SweetWitch]

A robin committed suicide today. It flapped its wings and dove.


Right into my front window. Sigh. Bird guts, blood and feathers everywhere.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

A robin committed suicide today. It flapped its wings and dove.


Right into my front window. Sigh. Bird guts, blood and feathers everywhere.

And now you need a meditation on the transitoriness of life and the hazards of clean windows.

 

[SweetWitch]

And now you need a meditation on the transitoriness of life and the hazards of clean windows.

I'm thinking of using a gun, actually.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm thinking of using a gun, actually.

On a robin? Well then, I'd recommend a 2 1/2" .410 and #10 shot.

 

[SweetWitch]

On a robin? Well then, I'd recommend a 2 1/2" .410 and #10 shot.

So, what you're saying is don't use gramps' double 16?

 

[The_Fool]

I had this intuitive thought that this thread might have murder and mayhem.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So, what you're saying is don't use gramps' double 16?

Can you get #10 shot in 16 ga.? It's getting harder and harder to find anything in 16 ga. And I mourn that. Nothing is more elegant in the field than a 16 ga. o/u. In side by side, 12 works just fine but it's bulky in o/u and 20's are effete.

 

[TE999]

A robin committed suicide today. It flapped its wings and dove.


Right into my front window. Sigh. Bird guts, blood and feathers everywhere.

That's like those crows in that Windex commercial...once again, art imitates life.

 

[The_Fool]

Can you get #10 shot in 16 ga.? It's getting harder and harder to find anything in 16 ga. And I mourn that. Nothing is more elegant in the field than a 16 ga. o/u. In side by side, 12 works just fine but it's bulky in o/u and 20's are effete.

Smallest I've seen is 8 shot. And there are some really sweet 20's. Perfect for quail or dove.

 

[SweetWitch]

I had this intuitive thought that this thread might have murder and mayhem.

Of course, silly. I started it.

Can you get #10 shot in 16 ga.? It's getting harder and harder to find anything in 16 ga. And I mourn that. Nothing is more elegant in the field than a 16 ga. o/u. In side by side, 12 works just fine but it's bulky in o/u and 20's are effete.

This is a 16, side by side. It's (I believe) over a hundred years old and belonged to my great-grandfather. Hasn't been shot in years.

That's like those crows in that Windex commercial...once again, art imitates life.

You mean life imitates art.

 

[The_Fool]

Of course, silly. I started it.



This is a 16, side by side. It's (I believe) over a hundred years old and belonged to my great-grandfather. Hasn't been shot in years.



You mean life imitates art.

Don't shoot it unless you get it checked out first. Especially with modern loads.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

This is a 16, side by side. It's (I believe) over a hundred years old and belonged to my great-grandfather. Hasn't been shot in years.
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Really? Who made it? I used to have one by Remington but it was stolen from the gun shop where I had it up for sale on consignment. Those old guns had 'way too much drop at heel for modern shooting but I now have the skills to restock such a thing. Interested in selling it, or is it a family heirloom, more valued for it's provenance than for it's cash-in price?

 

[SweetWitch]

Really? Who made it? I used to have one by Remington but it was stolen from the gun shop where I had it up for sale on consignment. Those old guns had 'way too much drop at heel for modern shooting but I now have the skills to restock such a thing. Interested in selling it, or is it a family heirloom, more valued for it's provenance than for it's cash-in price?

I'd love to tell you but it's in the gun safe. I'm not going to go open it and wake up the sleeping bear in the back room.

No sale, doll, especially if you're going to change anything on it. It's all original and it's going to stay that way. My gramps would roll in his grave if I sold it. And my dad would kill me.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'd love to tell you but it's in the gun safe. I'm not going to go open it and wake up the sleeping bear in the back room.

No sale, doll, especially if you're going to change anything on it. It's all original and it's going to stay that way. My gramps would roll in his grave if I sold it. And my dad would kill me.

Understood. I have a Winchester 97 from my grandfather. It's really in terrible shape and among my other post-retirement chores will be disassembling, re-bluing and restocking it. I need a goose gun, anyway, and cherrying up this old-timer would be cheaper than buying an new Browning Maxus. Of course, it's not 3" chambered but for snows over decoys, it ought to be good enough.