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by Toepopper
23 Jul 2024 10:38
Forum: Living Free, Self-Reliant, Less Encumbered and Prepared
Topic: My off grid journey.
Replies: 0
Views: 552

My off grid journey.

When I was 30 years old I realized I had to bug out to save my sanity. I worked in just about every major city in the country, both coasts and the Midwest and the Gulf Coast too. Big cities are a trap. I was talking to a real estate agent while sitting on a bar stool in San Jose California in 1978 ...
by Toepopper
23 Jul 2024 10:38
Forum: The Stubbed Toe
Topic: My off grid journey.
Replies: 0
Views: 5207

My off grid journey.

When I was 30 years old I realized I had to bug out to save my sanity. I worked in just about every major city in the country, both coasts and the Midwest and the Gulf Coast too. Big cities are a trap. I was talking to a real estate agent while sitting on a bar stool in San Jose California in 1978 ...
by Toepopper
14 Feb 2024 19:48
Forum: The Stubbed Toe
Topic: Chuck Mawhinney
Replies: 1
Views: 1903

Chuck Mawhinney

Viet Nam war sniper Chuck Mawhinney passed away on Feb 12 at 75 years old. He had the most confirmed kills of any sniper in that war. I met him a few years ago while participating in the Idaho State Sniper Championship at Blacks Creek Rifle Range near Boise. Chuck was the guest of honor and did the ...
by Toepopper
23 Dec 2023 08:26
Forum: The Stubbed Toe
Topic: Cataract surgery
Replies: 1
Views: 1534

Cataract surgery

In the summer of 2021, I noticed that I could no longer see the sights on my pistol, could not get a proper sight picture or sight alignment and had a lot of misses while participating in a local defensive pistol shoot. Went to the eye doctor at the VA hospital for an eye examination and the doctor ...
by Toepopper
09 Oct 2022 08:33
Forum: The Stubbed Toe
Topic: Dreaming
Replies: 0
Views: 2594

Dreaming

Last night I had a dream. I was young again and living in Florida during the great construction boom of the early 1970s, making good money and having not a worry in the world. I was hanging out with good friends and having a great time, was tan and fit and as strong as a horse. This dream was so ...