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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Zeelander: I'm heading back to bed, for this is going to be a fun and exciting day.


Have fun at the Tea Party, T. I think I'm gonna' go canoeing. ...With the rampant Obamamunism, it'll probably accomplish about the same thing except that I'll have a nice mess of tax-free trout to show for my efforts.

cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Zeelander: I wonder is if the British have a forth of July too?


Everybody has a fourth of July, T, but we're the only ones that celebrate Independence Day. laugh


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Good4U2: Thanks Don,

I will look up your town and see where you are exactly. I have a few weeks of busy coming up but then I think I have a week or so open before my friends are scheduled to come visit me from out west.

I use to Canoe in Oregon when I was younger ... I am looking for a sit on top Kayak now because it would also give me some exercise and get me on the water.

Appreciate the offer.

Tom


You're welcome, Tom. We're just northwest of Knoxville, right off the junction of state route 170 (Edgemoor/Raccoon Valley Rd.) and U.S. 25W (Clinton Hwy.). Guessing we're about 3 - 3 1/2 hours from you.

I'm thirty minutes from 2 different put-ins on the Clinch River (15 minutes from the take-out) and an hour or so from the Nolichucky River where my friend John (Wonderworker here on CS) and I put in to float last week. (He caught a smallmouth that weighed out at just over 4 pounds!)

I'm a truck driver, so I'm gone during the week, but Saturday is usually good.

Oh, and Walmart has a really nice 16', three seat canoe that one guy can handle by himself. It runs about $400.00 give or take and beats hell out of a kayak for fishing/hauling fishing gear. *(Mine's a 16' two-seater.)

Look forward to hearing from you!

...Don...


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Give me a holler sometime and we'll take my canoe out. In our part of the state we've got the Clinch River below Norris dam for trout and the Nolichucky for smallmouth and everything else. Haven't floated the Holston yet, but I've heard that the smallmouth fishing there is nothing short of phenomenal.

Lots of places to go and I've only scratched the surface in the two years that I've lived here.

...Don...


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
NeWildflower: Could I clone you?


God no! I think one of me is plenty! (And then here are those who think one is too darn many!) rolling on the floor laughing

And that reminds me of another wise quote I like: "I was only one and they were many, but even one Sackett is quite a few."
~William Tell Sackett~ - from a book by Louis L'Amour.


cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Zeelander: I went to a local indoor shooting range today. My God, what an inexpensive way to spend a few hours. I spent $10.05 USD in range fees and $11.90 USD per box of .40 S&W ammo. I shot 100 rounds, tor-up 4 Silhouette targets and had a hell of a good time. I also met a bunch of shooting enthusiasts and made some new friends.

I call that a good day. I think this is now on the schedule a couple times a month.

Any other shooters out there?


Reckon there's a few of us. laugh Still looking forward to gettin' you down here and burning some powder in my smoke poles.

thumbs up


cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Indyfella: I think she's down to 1 table and 2 chairs...and 95% of the stuff is boxed up...

We'll see ya in July.

I'm not sure I'm fighting the good fight...


I was thinking paper plates in the park or something, but I'll admit I wasn't looking forward to hauling the smoker grill up there.

See ya' then, you lucky b*stard! handshake


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
druidess6308: Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.~Anais Nin"People living deeply have no fear of death."~Anais Nin

"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived."~Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Generations

Some of my favorite words of wisdom. I like yours by Buddha a lot too, though. It's very wise, and I agree with it wholeheartedly.


You forgot this one, D:

"Well, it's too early to drink, too late to dance and too windy to stack BB's, so I reckon we might as well go fishin'! You see, Grasshopper, life is what you make of it and I'm in the mood to make a fishin' trip of mine..."

~The Kansan~


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Indyfella: Hi Don.


Hi Bob! wave Still fighting the good fight, I see. thumbs up

Looking forward to July 4th! I offered to cook for you guys, but my wife says I don't know anything about moving, so I guess we'll dine out. Looking forward to seein' ya'll!


cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
wonderworker: From"The Collected Stories of Claud Balz"??


Mayhap a sequel to "Antlers in the Treetops"?


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Sparky55: You're gonna screw people up by putting things in such easy to understand terms. Well, there's still going to be at least one that doesn't get it...

How ya doing Don? Good to see you.


Yep, that's my job: Screw with the simple minded.

Doing good Jerry! Good to see you, too! handshake


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Wow. 25 pages and it all boils down to this: The difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals think that the government should take care of the people and conservatives think that the people should take care of the government.


doh


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
browneyes2009: A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!!!!'

The husband said, 'Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?' 'Doesn't matter,' she said. 'Just get out.'?


I got a computer for my ex-wife...


































































BEST TRADE I EVER MADE!!!

tongue laugh


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
How would you feel if the man you had been dating told you he was bi?

I'd say, "You miserable SOB! All this time you told me you were queer and now I find out that sometimes you like women?!!! How dare you!

doh

rolling on the floor laughing


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
mbcasey: I was successful once on CS. Unfortunately she had to move away just as we were getting close.

Just be patient and watch out for scammers.


Hi Ken!wave So good to see you back!

To answer the O.P.: I married a wonderful lady I met through this site. Our 2nd anniversery will be coming up in August. Does that count?

cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
Galactic_bodhi: By Christian colonial standards they were savages. They were just more honest about it than Christians. Conquering another tribe was conquering another tribe, not some other euphemism related to "saving" their souls.


Bingo! Give the man a cigar! By their standards, Indo-Europeans were the savages. (By mine, they still are.) But isn't rape still rape, regardless of why it's done? Isn't murder still murder? If the guy down the ridge kicks his dog with a tennis shoe because it's the way he's always done it - Does that then make him better than the guy across the valley who kicks his dog with a boot because it hurts more and gets his point across better?

Anybody know WHY one tribe or another didn't try to take over the whole damned continent? I'll submit that it's simply because there weren't enough of them to do it. Or to even feel the need to do it because, for the most part, they already HAD plenty of land. (Although there are plenty of exceptions - no, I'm not going to quote specifics, we can all read - where one group completely dis-placed another simply because they thought their land more desireable.)

Peace, ya'll! I'm outta' here for the evening...

wave

cowboy


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
StressFree: I wanted info on South American indigenous tribes imposing their belief systems on other tribes, and how were they so different? You said "Oh, and if you REALLY believe Also the natives never imposed their religion or spirituality on any other tribe. then you might want to read up on some of the SOUTH American tribes, (amongst others)."

And now you have to convenientaly go to watch tv and avoid my question...plus Grandfather Ugly is North American...I did not ask for that. My original point was that the Natives did not impose their will and belief systems over an entire continent and hemisphere. They were content and respected their boundaries.

You speak of horses, and I'm speaking of something far greater and cruel. Wake up.


I still maintain that they would have, given time. Mankind is mankind and it doesn't matter what shade your skin pigment is or where you've lived for the past 10,000 years, basically you're still a damn mess and very damned few have ever gotten past that, although I, personally have been trying.

Walk in my shoes and maybe some day YOU'LL wake up. And as to the question you accuse me of avoiding - Pardon me for not being able to recall specific names, but there's a temple(s) in Central America specifically dedicated to the furtherment of that tribes particular religion. It's thought that thousands of <otherwise to be assimilated peoples> were "sacrificed" (read tortured/killed) because they wouldn't accept the religion of the conquerers. It shouldn't be too hard to find out more for a man of your cunning and resources.

In the mean time, if it'll make you happy, I'll concede your point that Indo-Europeans are the most screwed up folks in the history of the world and that we'd all be better off if they'd stayed "over there" and left the Indians alone.

Good night, SF. Maybe next time we can start this earlier in the day? (Then I won't have to "conveniently" do something else with my life.)

wave


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
drivenbysound: You make a good argument, Kansan, but I don't think the Native Indians slaughtered, raped, pillaged and plundered another land of peoples in order to lay the foundation for their society. Yes, there were always battles between rival tribes, etc., but the Europeans (our ancestors..for America, anyhow)) took it to a whole other level. They (Europeans) already had a place to live.

It's almost like, well, I have a house and all, but I like my neighbors better..so, I think I will go next door and kill him, take whatever I choose, and then put any remaining family members in the shithouse out back.

Not a respectable place to start.

For anyone who feels the desire to tell me to go live elsewhere if I don't like what has happened/happening here in the states, well, you can figure it out.


You mean like the Lakota did when they took over the Black Hills in what is now South Dakota? Or do you mean like the Apache did when they came against the Navajo and others? (Here's a piece of trivia: "Apache" is a Navajo word that means basically "enemy.")

And tough titty for all the captured women of other tribes who were routinely raped as a matter of course and then made into slaves (if they lived long enough).

Yep, pretty peaceful folk, them natives! But hey, they were spiritual beings, so it's all cool!



doh


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The_Kansan Claxton (Powell), Tennessee USA
StressFree: Okay, now you've engaged me a bit more here as I see that I should respond to you more fairly Kansan because I did leave out some key points in relation to your assessment.

Tribes warred and fought in this hemisphere but even in this respect they were different. Their value system also reached into their warfare...they had flowing boundaries. They existed for thousands of years in that state and did not have a record of leaders who attempted or were successful in conquering massive areas of the continent. The Iroquois never had Iroquoian legions that invaded all of North America to establish themselves as rulers. The Sioux had no leaders equivalent to Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler or Alexander, who wept because he thought he had no more lands to conquer.

Tribes in North America did not fight over what would be regarded as a mystery.

Among the Indians, tribal warfare was on a much smaller scale and of much shorter duration. Military weaponry among the North American tribes did not evolve or change toward increased killing efficiency because mass destruction was not their main interest. They had no need to evolve beyond the bow or the spear. The Euro-American mind became very inventive for better performing weapons of unimaginaable destruction.

I believe spirituality was the Native Americans' primary and highest focus. Not materialism as wee see today.


Spirituality was very important on an individual basis, not necessarily so on a 'national' one. Please don't tell me that materialism wasn't part of the culture. Any man worth his salt who couldn't gift a prospective 'father-in-law' with enough horses, hides and/or other gifts to please him would never marry. Tell a Lakota warrior with the biggest horse herd in the nation that he didn't need all those horses to be successful because his ultimate goal was spirituality and he'd laugh at you and take your hair - and then your horse.

At the same time, depending upon the tribe, it wasn't uncommon for someone to gift himself into poverty. You'd think that someone else would immediately step forward and see that they wouldn't then starve, but I assure you that this was not the case.

There are alot of points we could argue and I'm sure that some of it would be 'give and take' but frankly, I'd rather watch T.V. with my lovely wife, since I'll be leaving out at 5:00 a.m.

If you're really interested though, I could suggest some books - written by the people who were there - that might further your understanding a bit. If you'd REALLY like to learn, I could give you the address of the man (Grandfather Ugly) who walked me through my first vision quest and then saw to it that I was inducted into the War Eagle Society...

Later...

handshake


cowboy


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