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Offline No Powder

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Remember when
« on: October 31, 2023, 09:05:15 AM »
Hey Bigsmoke, 14 years ago you posed a question about an inscription on your friends powder horn.
(A Meso Burn ) Now I know that's a long time ago, and I can't remember what I had for breakfast today. Did you ever get a clarification on what that phrase meant?
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2023, 11:03:08 AM »
All I know for sure is that I haven't had breakfast yet, but I think it might happen pretty soon. :pray:

Honestly, I am not sure what I was even asking about, but no, I don't recall ever getting an answer.  But that is not positive either.  Ain't getting older fun???

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Re: Remember when
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2023, 01:08:58 PM »
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Getting old isn't for cowards....  ;banghead;
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2023, 01:53:48 PM »
Quote from: PetahW on October 31, 2023, 01:08:58 PM
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Getting old isn't for cowards....  ;banghead;

Nor for sissies...
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2023, 09:29:42 PM »
Quote from: Bigsmoke on October 31, 2023, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: PetahW on October 31, 2023, 01:08:58 PM
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Getting old isn't for cowards....  ;banghead;

Nor for sissies...

You must have listened to my Dad; that was one of his favorite sayings!   :laffing

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Re: Remember when
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2023, 06:14:22 PM »
Quote from: Winter Hawk on October 31, 2023, 09:29:42 PM
Quote from: Bigsmoke on October 31, 2023, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: PetahW on October 31, 2023, 01:08:58 PM
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Getting old isn't for cowards....  ;banghead;

Nor for sissies...

You must have listened to my Dad; that was one of his favorite sayings!   :laffing

~Kees~


If yer Dad was born after 1942, he mighta heard it from me...  :bigsmile:
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2023, 10:13:55 PM »
Quote from: PetahW on December 26, 2023, 06:14:22 PM
If yer Dad was born after 1942, he mighta heard it from me...  :bigsmile:

He was born in 1910, I in 1944....
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2023, 11:19:59 PM »
At the moment, it beats the alternative!
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2023, 11:42:37 PM »
I take comfort in the fact that I've forgotten more useful stuff than these young kids will ever know. :laffing :laffing :laffing :laffing
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2023, 11:09:44 AM »
Was the friend or the person who originally owned the old horn Scottish ? "a meso burn" might be Gaelic for something akin to "a mid, or small, stream". Was the horn decorated with a forest with a creek running through it? Just guesses, but maybe this is a lead.
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2023, 04:48:07 PM »
Wow!!! A 14 year old question... I'd be lucky to remember a question 14 minutes ago... :Doh!  :laffing
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2023, 05:44:50 PM »
After reading all of these posts, I believe it's safe to say there aren't too many youngsters in this assoc. What a shame.
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2023, 09:06:19 AM »
Quote from: No Powder on December 27, 2023, 05:44:50 PM
After reading all of these posts, I believe it's safe to say there aren't too many youngsters in this assoc. What a shame.

No, I expect there's not, but that's not all that bad. I'd rather see the youngsters out doing (taking part in this pastime / or something constructive), over hanging out on a computer talking about it. That's what really promotes this pastime, IMHO...
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Re: Remember when
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2023, 02:43:48 PM »
You're absolutely right about that Joe. I never thought about it like that. I would rather had a young buck with  me hunting with his smokepole today, instead of reading about hunting with one on the computer.
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