The Armchair Outfitter

“If, like me, you are fool enough to dream of killing a monstrous whitetail buck with a pointy stick, the state where I hunt guarantees your right to have at it from mid-September to the bitter end of January.  And until the season runs out and hunters still afield are subject to prosecution, this is [...]

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“It’s my belief that history is a wheel. ‘Inconstancy is my very essence,’ says the wheel. ‘Rise up on my spokes if you like but don’t complain when you’re cast back down into the depths.’Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it’s also our hope. The worst [...]

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“I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder.  I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel.  Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.”  -Captain Edward J. Smith, RMS Titanic “Confidence in your equipment is comforting.  Overconfidence in your equipment is deadly.”  -The Armchair Outfitter

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