Traditions

[King Brown]

We are generally the "one per cent" of comfort if not portfolio. Time, place, birth and circumstance---most beyond our control---have given us much to be grateful. Life, as we say, is good. We fail to live to a high standard of human values, however, without empathy concerning the millions currently losing their homes, jobs, educations and futures, where entry-level UAW workers now are paid $14 hourly, qualify for food stamps, unable to buy products they make. Just a thought, a "quick reply."

[Dollar Grade]

What a wonderful scene you have described Kevin. My eyes are glassy and my heart is racing thinking of chasing the hounds on horseback in full pageantry. What a sight it must have been. In my part of the country they chase the dogs with pick-up trucks on the grid layed out by the surveyors in the 1830's. Not nearly as festive and steeped with tradition. May the horses and hounds run for another 200 years !!

I also spent the morning duck hunting a little swamp near home. I took a cousin that had never duck hunted before. He was able to knock down his first drake mallard and a nice Canada Honker. Not a lot of birds flying but it was a very pleasant morning with lots of great stories told. He served in the Marine Corps and did two tours in Iraq. His second tour as a Marine Sniper. He is a also a Purple Heart recipient. He is going to WMU for one of the many medical degrees available these days.

Even though he is shooting a mossberg I am thinking I planted the bug for a Parker in his future.

Sorry Kevin I hope I didn't hijack your wonderful thread.