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Ok I got your back. Go to TSC get live trap put cut up cantelop in it and wait. When caught put in bed of Tacoma and relocate.
At my house we dispatch them to their maker and feed the buzzards.

 

Could use a snare trap also

 

Really wasn’t much choice for me. Think Pond, I can’t swim but I’m about to learn right quick. It was definitely Sink or Swim. Grateful it turned out the way it did. Bad choices yielded bad consequences. Didn’t need no refresher course on those. Not gonna lie, if it wasn’t for Spirituality, I wouldn’t be here. No doubt about it.

 

I wouldn't be here either. I used to think I wouldn't make it to 40 and I wouldn't had I stayed on the road I was on.

 

Military was best option for me, had we stayed in OR. My life would have been much different. Im pretty sure My stepdads sister's kid ended up getting murdered in a drug deal gone bad. Not saying id ended up that way but never know.

 

Current neuroscience says the human brain continues to develop/mature to at least age 26, maybe even later. I think you’re well within the bell curve

 

I’m of the firm belief that if you don’t know who you are, where you are & where you’re goin’ by 40….make a will, you won’t be around long.

 

That was me and I am five years past due. Lol

 

I’ve always said knowing what you want to do as a kid and going for it successfully is the best gift in the world!

 

I think I became a man a few months maybe a year after my daughter was born. It took that long to really sink in my thick head that I couldn't just do what I wanted anymore. I think that's what it is. Realizing and accepting that your responsibilities extend beyond yourself. Making choices that you may not like, but are in the better interest of the group. And then finding the contentment that comes from fulfilling them

 

When you crush your enemies,.. see them driven before you,.. and hear the lamentations of the women, that is what guides us, drives us, makes us men. No, but on a serious note; I believe the transition point from boyhood to manhood begins when the boy takes full responsibility over their life, actions and family. We, as men, play a very important role in a boys life in helping to guide them through difficult points in their lives with either action or advise. There isn't one single point in a mans life where you could point to and say, that's it, that's the point I became a man. There are many factors that play into becoming men. When you become a provider for example. Working to support a family. Being responsible for paying back debts and paying bills on time. Having integrity. I often mention to my children when they lie that they only have one opportunity to establish an impression. I tell them that if they strip away all their worldly things, the only thing they have left is their word. If they say that they are going to do something, they better do it and vise versa. Trust is another key virtue. If you are trustworthy it plays a part in becoming a man which falls along the lines of having integrity, being reliable. Building and supporting a community, whether it being a circle of friends, coworkers or religious endeavors also plays a pivotal part in becoming a man. A man must provide, whether that be food, shelter, strength of body or mind, words of encouragement, words of truth even if it will hurt the receiver. We must always be pursuing excellence. I forget the exact wording but it goes along the lines of: "weak minds talk/gossip about people, strong minds discuss ideas." A man needs to be focused (not like me right now doing 10 different things, bouncing this way and that).

-J

 

I would have loved to have known what I wanted to be. I just knew I wanted to graduate high school and work.

Cole wants his own grading business, I said that's fine and one of the reasons I try to show him how to mechanic and weld so he can work on his own stuff and not have to depend on others.

 

That striped thing on the front of your shirt -- isn't that what office people call "a tie"...?

Looks uncomfortable.

 

How the Boss Man tells ‘em apart.

 

You hit so many things with this, one that stands out is being a man of your word. One of Cole's baseball coaches shows a good game (not related to baseball) on FB but when it comes to doing what he tells you he's going to do in person, he fails miserably and I have lost all respect for him because of that. I don't even tell him hey unless he says it to me. I don't like fakes.

 

If I had to spend time with that dude I'd buy a Taser just to use it on him.

 

I'd agree here. Mean what you say. If you say you will be somewhere do something.. do it.

 

I use “Don’t tell me, Show me” at work all the time. Kinda cuts to the chase for sure.

 

I like that.

 

kinda on same lines, and i dont know what it is but used to be when you called someone to do work for you, you expect them to be there. If they were going to be late they'd call you or reschedule. Now seems like theres lots no shows...no calls, nothing then you try to call them back and no response. Ive had people ask me to do side jobs such as painting and such. While i can do it i dont like it. Especially when i have stuff i need done. I just tell them up front i cant do that right now. Simple as that.

Guess a persons "word" isnt what it used to be.