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Sundown at Coffin Rock
The Blue Press ^ | Unk. | Mark Pixler (editor)

Posted on 10/21/2018 12:39:07 PM PDT by super7man

The old man walked slowly through the dry, fallen leaves of autumn, his practiced eye automatically choosing the bare and stony places in the trail for his feet. There was scarcely a sound as he passed, though his left knee was stiff with scar tissue. He grunted occasionally as the tight sinews pulled. Damn chainsaw, he thought.

Behind him, the boy shuffled along, trying to imitate his grandfather, but unable to mimic the silent motion that the old man had learned during countless winter days upon this wooded mountain in pursuit of game. He's fifteen years old, the old man thought. Plenty old enough to be learning. But that was another time, another America. His mind drifted, and he saw himself, a fifteen-year-old boy following in the footsteps of his own grandfather, clutching a twelve gauge in his trembling hands as they tracked a wounded whitetail.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: future; guns; history
Haven't seen this for awhile at FR. Beautiful day for a bit of reflection and knowing there is an election on the horizon.
1 posted on 10/21/2018 12:39:07 PM PDT by super7man
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To: super7man

Almost didn’t read it.

What a horror story.


2 posted on 10/21/2018 12:58:32 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: generally

Without Trump, that was the course we were on.


3 posted on 10/21/2018 1:13:48 PM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (The love of many has grown cold. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: super7man
"You can call Agent Goodwin tomorrow. Gramps finally showed me where it is."

So am I understanding correctly that he is turning in Gramps?

4 posted on 10/21/2018 1:57:41 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Yes, that is the horror.


5 posted on 10/21/2018 1:59:18 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

The whole scenario is a horror, that just doubles down on the horror.


6 posted on 10/21/2018 2:09:17 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: ImaGraftedBranch

Yep. Loving this turnaround. Trump team is amazing!


7 posted on 10/21/2018 2:18:03 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: super7man

Lots of time between ‘tonight’ and ‘tomorrow morning’. If Grandpa has one tunnel, it’s a fair bet he has at least one more for snitches.


8 posted on 10/21/2018 3:09:19 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Robert DeLong

Yep. They knew sooner or later Gramps would turn over the responsibility to the Grandson. But he was already corrupted by the system.


9 posted on 10/21/2018 6:52:04 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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