Neanderpundit

I am lusting after a Coke lighter on Ebay, placed there by a friend of mine. I figure this sucker will go for a couple hundred bucks, since it is one of the rare “racist” Coke products (It plays Dixie- how or why that’s racist I don’t get but hey) and it’s in practically perfect shape. Maybe some of you like this sort of thing and have more disposable income than do I- but let me tell you, this fucker is NEAR PERFECT. I’ve held it in my hands. It’s never been filled wiht lighter fluid, and the mechanism works proerly-a miracle in it’s own right. Imagine standing on a Hotlanta street corner, lighting a smoke with your vintage Coke lighter, while DIxie plays on the tiny musicbox inside. Damn.

Last year, I got my bow too late i the season to do any hunting. SO I shot some, and parked it for the year.

I was in pretty poor shape then, and that was quite a few pounds ago. I had problems drawing the bow at the factory setting (65#) but I knew I had to work on that. I chjanged the weight setting, and put it away.

In the interim, I’ve lost quite a bit of weight, and spent a lot of time working on the road in factories, much less in offices. So there have been plenty of opportunities to work, though I have done almost no lifting of weights.

So I pull the bow tonight out of it’s case. And draw it.

And I let it back, carefully, and think, “I adjusted this down”. I looked. I ddint’. I adjusted it up, to about 90#. And I can draw it and hold it for ages, it feels like I’m pulling on a rubberband slingshot.

It’s wonderful to see things come together like this. And since I’m hungrier now, maybe I’ll be a better hunter.

treoblogging. had no idea I could do this.