Where is everyone #5

Don't think U can add Pictures in a PM

 

Well that would explain it then lol. Still learning all the stuff on this place anyway.

 

@MACK E-6, got the rail installed and the spike on the mag tube.

 

One of the hardest lessons we have to learn, right at that final step...at the threshold of obtaining the coveted Mancard...the final lesson is just what you described. You get a certain age, and everything becomes a peter contest. Some guys even have peter contest with girls. Does that even make sense? Having a peter contest with a peterless contestant? Ford vs Chevy is a peter contest.

I wrote about this awhile back about how you know when you are a Man...it's when the Men recognize you as one of them. When I was a kid, and the relatives got together, the Men would sit and talk, the women would go off to a separate place, and the kids would go play outside. One day, I went into my uncle's house for a family gathering. I was about 17, working 3rd shift and going to highschool. When I walked inside, my mom went off with the women. My uncle sitting in a group of Men, sees me, holds out a chair and called me over. One of the Men hands me a beer. Never again was I allowed to go hang with the young people.

Well, after we ate, my uncle challenged me to an armwrestling match. I had been chopping trees for a decade, worked as a roofer during the summers, and was benching around 350lbs. And my uncle was past his prime. Well, we locked up and went at it. It ended as a draw. In private, my mom said to me, "You could have beaten him, couldn't you? Why didn't you?"

"It would have been disrespectful."

It was a test. My uncle could see that I was physically strong. But having true might is beyond the physical. When guys find the need to have peter contests, they're not strong. Having a chip on your shoulder and feeling the need to prove yourself are too, signs of weakness. He was testing me. I made the grade.

 

Wisdom, indeed. Which is lost on 99% of this current generation.

 

That's neat for them to think of that, cool names too. They do grow up way to fast but it sure is fun to watch and be a part of.

No pictures of you in your party hat? lol

 

Are you going to be there? Did you see this?

Police investigate death of man at truck show

 

Was just reading about it this morning. Sad situation indeed. If he did fall while cleaning his truck off, I can only imagine rules for the future.

 

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