Speaking of antlers, I've taken George out hunting, but he doesn't seem to be a hunter yet. George doesn't have the spirit. Although one time we had a groundhog that the dogs roughed up. A ground hog is a varmint that we have in the neighborhood. The dogs roughed it up and George was just a little guy 9 or 10, but he did have his own rifle for shooting. So we had to shoot this creature ‘cuz it was suffering. And George got his gun all loaded up and it was there, and I'm standing beside my son. George is aiming at this creature on the ground, it was kinda in bad shape. He says to this thing "And meet my little friend!" and he shoots this thing. I don't know where he got that, from TV or something, isn't that the craziest thing you've ever heard? So anyway we had a dead groundhog, and we dealt with it. ‘Cuz the damn creatures can tear up your dogs pretty good if they get them. Living in the country you gotta take care of your varmints a little bit. The bears will just walk through, you don't get too excited about them. Just phone the neighbor and tell them when the bears are running through.

 

But me and George, we'll do a lot more things later in life. ‘Cuz I take him out, and we shoot the rifles and we get ready to go hunting, but hunting season is school season, it's hard to get time off to go hunting. And hunting deer, to be successful you gotta take time, and two Saturdays out of the fall is not enough time. To be fortunate, to be a good hunter. There's lots to learn. There's a lifetime of things to learn on how to hunt deer, on how to be patient. But my son George is just young and I guess he's done different things in life.

 

We haven't done many things outside with the sports or the canoe or things like that, our turn is coming around. It's just somehow, young people today are busy doing other things. So busy, That I can't understand. I've only got one son, and I've only got one family so I don't know what all the other people are doin’ but I've heard other people say, that it's hard to get young people to commit to doin’ simple things like going fishing. They're kind of, too busy solving the world’s problems on a computer. But that's just people, and it'll come around. But what do kids do, we have a problem in society with that boy is down there on the internet with his games, and that's too much.

 

I'll put in 4 or 5 hours of work in the morning and then come in to wake George up. I'll come in for lunch, and then he's still prayin’ in the sheets there. Holy mackerel. You'd think he worked the night shift and just got home himself, he was so tired looking. I slept in too a bit when I was young. But I mean... Not noon... Oh my god.

 

My Dad was a shift worker, working all three different shifts. Sometimes he'd come home from night shift and I would have breakfast with him. And when he did the day shift in the evening we'd be doing something, especially if it was fishing season.

 

George says that because I'm his dad and he's my son, we can yell at each other without feeling guilty.  ...I don't feel guilty. We just don't have a good conversation when it comes to those damn phones or computers. He says I've come a long way with the phones, from no knowledge at all to now I can turn it on and off. But the story is: #1 Jackass there can't let me get out of the car without the phone! He thinks I'm supposed to carry it 24/7, or even more than that if I could. For example, this one time, I stop the car, and he gets out to go to the barber shop, and I continue half a block to go to the bank, wait in line and then come back to the barber shop. Well just as I enter the barber shop, I pull out my phone and here he was texting me a million times wondering where I was. Well I showed up to the door, he was done, and then we left. Nothing more to say.

 

Yeah, George and I need to spend more time together, learning how to do all the simple things, outside.

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Chapter 9

One Son

Speaking of antlers, I've taken George out hunting, but he doesn't seem to be a hunter yet. George doesn't have the spirit. Although one time we had a groundhog that the dogs roughed up. A ground hog is a varmint that we have in the neighborhood. The dogs roughed it up and George was just a little guy 9 or 10, but he did have his own rifle for shooting. So we had to shoot this creature ‘cuz it was suffering. And George got his gun all loaded up and it was there, and I'm standing beside my son. George is aiming at this creature on the ground, it was kinda in bad shape. He says to this thing "And meet my little friend!" and he shoots this thing. I don't know where he got that, from TV or something, isn't that the craziest thing you've ever heard? So anyway we had a dead groundhog, and we dealt with it. ‘Cuz the damn creatures can tear up your dogs pretty good if they get them. Living in the country you gotta take care of your varmints a little bit. The bears will just walk through, you don't get too excited about them. Just phone the neighbor and tell them when the bears are running through.

 

But me and George, we'll do a lot more things later in life. ‘Cuz I take him out, and we shoot the rifles and we get ready to go hunting, but hunting season is school season, it's hard to get time off to go hunting. And hunting deer, to be successful you gotta take time, and two Saturdays out of the fall is not enough time. To be fortunate, to be a good hunter. There's lots to learn. There's a lifetime of things to learn on how to hunt deer, on how to be patient. But my son George is just young and I guess he's done different things in life.

 

We haven't done many things outside with the sports or the canoe or things like that, our turn is coming around. It's just somehow, young people today are busy doing other things. So busy, That I can't understand. I've only got one son, and I've only got one family so I don't know what all the other people are doin’ but I've heard other people say, that it's hard to get young people to commit to doin’ simple things like going fishing. They're kind of, too busy solving the world’s problems on a computer. But that's just people, and it'll come around. But what do kids do, we have a problem in society with that boy is down there on the internet with his games, and that's too much.

 

I'll put in 4 or 5 hours of work in the morning and then come in to wake George up. I'll come in for lunch, and then he's still prayin’ in the sheets there. Holy mackerel. You'd think he worked the night shift and just got home himself, he was so tired looking. I slept in too a bit when I was young. But I mean... Not noon... Oh my god.

 

My Dad was a shift worker, working all three different shifts. Sometimes he'd come home from night shift and I would have breakfast with him. And when he did the day shift in the evening we'd be doing something, especially if it was fishing season.

 

George says that because I'm his dad and he's my son, we can yell at each other without feeling guilty.  ...I don't feel guilty. We just don't have a good conversation when it comes to those damn phones or computers. He says I've come a long way with the phones, from no knowledge at all to now I can turn it on and off. But the story is: #1 Jackass there can't let me get out of the car without the phone! He thinks I'm supposed to carry it 24/7, or even more than that if I could. For example, this one time, I stop the car, and he gets out to go to the barber shop, and I continue half a block to go to the bank, wait in line and then come back to the barber shop. Well just as I enter the barber shop, I pull out my phone and here he was texting me a million times wondering where I was. Well I showed up to the door, he was done, and then we left. Nothing more to say.

 

Yeah, George and I need to spend more time together, learning how to do all the simple things, outside.

​

 

 

 

Chapter 9

One Son