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Centercut said:
From Teddy Roosevelt. Very applicable to keyboard warriors who never Step into the Arena…

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
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Teddy, was a doer, not a watcher - have to respect folks like that. That said, with the advent of television and now social media living vicariously through others has become too easy for many of us. I think many of us know we are a bit fanatical…

At the same time I’m glad that there is a place like AGN where I can talk and listen to people who have the same interests. My wife’s eyes would glaze over if I started talking about pellet speeds and foot pounds, while my neighbors would call a swat team if they saw me with a Red Ryder. Thank God for the internet!

-Marty
 
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MartyMcFly said:
Teddy, was a doer, not a watcher - have to respect folks like that. That said, with the advent of television and now social media living vicariously through others has become too easy for many of us. I think many of us know we are a bit fanatical…

At the same time I’m glad that there is a place like AGN where I can talk and listen to people who have the same interests. My wife’s eyes would glaze over if I started talking about pellet speeds and foot pounds, while my neighbors would call a swat team if they saw me with a Red Ryder. Thank God for the internet!

-Marty
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Teddy didn't have the Internet either. This forum is about the only place I get to experience airguns most of the time. I have so much work to do around my home I most times don't have the time or energy to walk the couple of hundred yards to shoot at my shooting range. It's also usually either to hot, to much snow, or the wind is blowing to hard.
 
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Centercut said:
From Teddy Roosevelt. Very applicable to keyboard warriors who never Step into the Arena…

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
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In a similar but much shorter form. I did not pen this, it was a sign at work.
“Most people fail in life not because they aim to high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit”.
 
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DesertSilver said:
Teddy didn't have the Internet either. This forum is about the only place I get to experience airguns most of the time. I have so much work to do around my home I most times don't have the time or energy to walk the couple of hundred yards to shoot at my shooting range. It's also usually either to hot, to much snow, or the wind is blowing to hard.
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I look at wind as an adversary . lot of times it wins but it is a challenging foe .
 
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Northwoods22 said:
I'm just here for the pretty pictures. And this place keeps me out of the bars, so there's that.

On a more serious note, I come here to learn, laugh, and when I have the relevant knowledge, I contribute.
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home drinking is good , you can make your own noise level , unlike bars
 
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That stock.
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