The Czickness LII.2…..the sunshine and roses version.

[mcapo]

Thanks for the response. I looked at the DWX a few months ago and while I liked it didn't feel it was worth so much extra money vs the CZ especially after sending it out for an optics cut.

The DWXc is nicely done and more or less competitive in the 1911 price range genre. I would agree though, it’s msrp is several hundred or more above its value especially without an optic cut.

I only bought one because [mention]gmcttr [/mention] implied that I wasn’t “allowed” to buy one.

 

[Bennettjh]

Happy Friday, folks.

 

[88E30M50]

If I'm able to travel West again, I'll probably head more north to Wyoming, or Montana. If a grizz gets me, it'll be an OK ending !

That would be THE fitting end to this version of you, MM. A fight with a grizzly would cement the legend for all time.

 

[DadSmith]

One of my sisters lives in the Denver area. I happened to catch this picture of a double rainbow in the mountains during a visit a few years ago.

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It really is awesome scenery out there. I took a lot of pics but I won’t bore you with my amateur cell phone photography skills.

Did you run down to the end of the rainbow to find that pot o gold?

 

[MindfulMan]

That would be THE fitting end to this version of you, MM. A fight with a grizzly would cement the legend for all time.

 

[88E30M50]

One of these days, when I retire, I intend to spend a summer wandering around the US with a camera in hand. I need to fit my truck out with a bed top camper and whatever else I need to get into the back country.

Lots to do to prepare between now and then. It's not that far off, actually.

 

[mcapo]

That would be THE fitting end to this version of you, MM. A fight with a grizzly would cement the legend for all time.

Concretely cemented.

 

[MindfulMan]

One of these days, when I retire, I intend to spend a summer wandering around the US with a camera in hand. I need to fit my truck out with a bed top camper and whatever else I need to get into the back country.

Lots to do to prepare between now and then. It's not that far off, actually.

When my wife retires, we've talked about buying a small motorhome and traveling, It truly would be a dream come true. We shalll see !

Yup, your time to retirement will fly-by, 88'.

 

[MindfulMan]

Concretely cemented.

I'd go down fighting !

 

[Firehawk]

That would be THE fitting end to this version of you, MM. A fight with a grizzly would cement the legend for all time.

My money’s on MM! That grizzly doesn’t stand a chance! He’ll come wielding a Spinosaurus tooth tipped spear!

Edit: And a 500 S&W magnum!

 

[Firehawk]

Did you run down to the end of the rainbow to find that pot o gold?

It’s Colorado. There was no gold, just pot.

 

[ChrisK]

One of these days, when I retire, I intend to spend a summer wandering around the US with a camera in hand. I need to fit my truck out with a bed top camper and whatever else I need to get into the back country.

Lots to do to prepare between now and then. It's not that far off, actually.

You will be a lot busier when you retire…Ask me how I know…

 

[Benp]

Evening all!
I changed the rear brake pads on the truck today. Would have been better to have been able to do this earlier in the year, but they only recently let me know it was time, and thankfully it wasn’t too cold out.

 

[ditcherman]

A few of you have given the open-mouth WOW emoticon as a response.
Seriously as a heart attack (and B2V knows how serious that is) : I'd rather be killed by a bear at 72 years old, than live (barely) as a mouth-drooler in a nursing home.
Of course, I'd rather have options other than the (2) above, and hope that I will.
But, you never know your path until it happens, and then it's often too late to change course.
Native Americans used to just wander out in the snow/cold when they felt their usefulness was expended. For their time in life's stream, that made perfect sense, and I think that they were wise !

So sayeth MM ! But never fear. I hope that I'm in Montana searching for dinosaur bones when I'm in my 90's !

Those were the exact instructions my dad gave to us (we were way too young to understand it) because he was afraid he would end up like his mom with dementia. He had fallen in love with the west and told us “just tell me to go see what’s over that next hill”.
He was serious too, he didn’t have dementia but he went out brave and facing it.

 

[ditcherman]

As much as I hate what Colorado is trying to do to their Ballot, it sure is beautiful out there. I spent about a year total in Colorado when I was in the Air Force. Back then, it was a different world as far as the people, and attitudes.

It’s funny - not funny- watching that revolution.
We first skied in Telluride in ‘77, and you might ride up the lift with a direct descendent of a miner, or more likely a hippie/druggie, and the miners would complain about the druggies coming in, and the druggies would complain about the normies coming in, and through the years all the “locals” would complain about all the “new people”.
We skipped forward many years but it is now thoroughly and completely Californicated, but the old Californians complain about the new Californians.

But it’s still beautiful and its beauty will hopefully outlast mankind.

 

[ditcherman]

It’s Colorado. There was no gold, just pot.

That rainbow smells like skunk!

3 and out.

 

[MindfulMan]

Those were the exact instructions my dad gave to us (we were way too young to understand it) because he was afraid he would end up like his mom with dementia. He had fallen in love with the west and told us “just tell me to go see what’s over that next hill”.
He was serious too, he didn’t have dementia but he went out brave and facing it.

There you go ! ..... he was wise.

 

[MindfulMan]

It’s funny - not funny- watching that revolution.
We first skied in Telluride in ‘77, and you might ride up the lift with a direct descendent of a miner, or more likely a hippie/druggie, and the miners would complain about the druggies coming in, and the druggies would complain about the normies coming in, and through the years all the “locals” would complain about all the “new people”.
We skipped forward many years but it is now thoroughly and completely Californicated, but the old Californians complain about the new Californians.

But it’s still beautiful and its beauty will hopefully outlast mankind.

Hopefully, the Rocky Mountains will last for a long, long time. It'll take people to get smart, and likely reduce the population growth.
Let's be optimistic, because optimism is often self-fulfilling.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Good morning beautiful people. Coffee or die.

Everyone ready for the jolly old fellers appointment? I know some turkeys that are foaming at the mouth.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

I may have done a thing ...

@WebSnyper remember that time I tried to get rid of a Ruger? Well the universe slapped me and I just added one without deleting. (I saw a shiny, and I liked it). So here's a +1 from the classies I couldn't say no to. If the SR1911 stays, I'm not gonna cry about it.