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Offline LONGTOM

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What is friendship worth?
« on: May 28, 2009, 06:09:42 PM »
I feel a little odd posting this but here goes.


A quick run down on this.
I have know this man for most of my life.
We all but grew up together attending middle school together until the 9th grade, 1972 or 73 when he quit school and used his brothers ID and joined the navy.
I lost track of him for the next 10 or 12 years.
I went on a fox hunt with some friends who said they had someone they wanted me to meet.
I knew him as HERB but they called him BIG JIM.
Wow, my old school mate after all that time.
We have been inseparable ever since.

He has been out of a job for about 8 months but was prepared and had saved his money to get them through the tough times.
He has also sold some of his guns and a lot of ammo to help out to.
He is back to work now and doing fine.

We hunt together almost every week and go to the Candy Shop several times a month.
We are always trading guns back and forth.
A few months ago on one of our Candy Shop trips I bought an as new Marlin lever action with octagon barrel in 38-55 for $379.00 out the door.
He has been after me to sell it to him.
I am not a Marlin man and told him I would let him buy it when I found a Winchester to replace it.
Tonight I gave it to him as a gift from one friend to another.
Now picture a monster of a mountain man with full beard, long hair and a voice as loud as thunder who was at a loss for words.
He offered to pay me but what is friendship worth?
I have said this many times here on GBO that FRIENDS is what life is all about!

Life has been pretty good to me with the exception of my health the last few years and the economy the past two years.
I am almost 52 years old and don't owe a dime, with a farm and a wonderful family to share it with.
I help those that really need help - stop to change a tire for a lady along the road, jump start a car for some kid who left his lights on all day at school, volunteer at school with the FFA,  help coach my youngest son's little league team, work on a customers livestock trailer and very seldom charge them, things like that.

I didn't post this to crow or brag, just as a reminder that our life here on earth is very short.
Make the most of it, help out those that need it.
Honor thy GOD and cherish your family.
Keep your true friends close.
Honor your word.
I will finish with a quote from my GRANDFATHER, one more time "A MAN'S WORD IS HIS BOND, IF HE WON'T HONOR THAT THEN HE IS NOTHING".

PS:
No, I still don't have my Winchester. ;)


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That my two young sons may never have to know the horrors of war. 

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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 03:15:03 PM »
You got it pretty much figgured out longtom.
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2009, 03:25:58 PM »
"A MAN'S WORD IS HIS BOND, IF HE WON'T HONOR THAT THEN HE IS NOTHING".

My dad said the same.
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2009, 03:30:51 PM »
LONGTOM, Sounds like you had a wise grandfather and he had a fine grandson.
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2009, 04:32:36 PM »
Dang it LT,  ya got me all misty eyed.  If'n I had a Winchester I might even be inclined to send it to ya.  ;)

Seriously LT, sounds like any man would be blessed to have you as a friend. 
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2009, 04:34:34 PM »
 you are a fortunate man.. friends like that are not as common as some would like to believe.. a friend in ups a friend in dns ,or when you name is dirt.... that kinda friend ,you don t pick off of no tree . a few come a long in a life time.. hopefully one is your wife....just my thoughts on it..slim
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2009, 06:29:13 PM »
Thanks guys for the kind words.

Here is the only pic I have of him.



As you can see he is a mountain man all the way.

The wind was blowing pretty hard today but we still had a good day ground hog hunting.
We shot 15 times total and killed 13.
We were unable to recover 2 of them.
One I shot with a handgun and one of his that rolled back in the den.
My miss was when we tried for a double on two young ones at about 35 yds and I wasn't holding quite low enough and over shot by a couple of inches.
His miss was on another young one at about 120 yds, wind drift to the right.
He was using a TC Pro Hunter in 223 and I had my new Handi Ultra in 204.
As you can see in the pic that some were small but we still made some head shots.
I did take one with a Rem 870 using 3" #4 buck.





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That my two young sons may never have to know the horrors of war. 

I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!
My thanks to those who have, are and will stand for mine!
To those in the military, I salute you!

LONGTOM 9-25-07

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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2009, 02:18:25 AM »
Your a Lucky Man ,I wish you all the health necessary to carry on ,
you correct !! a Good True friendship is something thats lasts for ever
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Re: What is friendship worth?
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2009, 05:17:21 AM »
LONGTOM   I CAN T SEE YOU!!!!!!!!BUT I CAN SEE YOUR HEART. GREAT POST
                           JIM
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