Lessons Learned

By gunwriter Having walked this earth for a half century I’ve learned a few things. I’ve spent lots of time in classrooms and in various labs being instructed but the best lessons I learned the hard way. My Grandfather was a good teacher but he went about the task in kind of a hillbilly way, like when he suggested I pee on the electric fence. One of the best lessons Grandpa taught me was not to screw around with a hornet’s nest. We were at our hunting camp and I was throwing rocks at a huge bald-face hornet nest under the eve. (For the record, nothing stings like a bald-face hornet.) He repeatedly told me to stop. I didn’t. Finally I scored a hit and here they came. I had a plan; it was to run around front and go in that door. But, when I got there, Grandpa had the screen door latched and was standing there with a smile. The hornet hit me right in the ass. Since then I’ve taken great care with the stringing kind. Here are a few other lessons I’ve learned that you might find of some benefit. 1. If you have to use …read more

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