02-05-2004, 02:33 PM
And I meant no disrespect to you, JapanRon. Sometimes my emotions creep down to the fingertips when I'm typing and I don't proofread to delete those words and phrases that shouldn't be there.
I was born in Texas so I know about the Alamo, although the history books were probably biased in favor of Texas.
I've found, unfortunately, that many so-called "outdoors people" require a warm bed, a hot shower, a flush toilet and an outlet for a hair dryer before they'll even set foot off the main road. Their idea of roughing it is firing up the gas bar-b-que on an enclosed porch and have no idea of how to cook over an open fire. Oudoor means a ski slope with a hot rum and coke before a roaring fire at the end of the day while talking about missing that tree in their path. So I agree with you on that point.
I'd like to see more politicians try it the old-fashioned way, camping on the shore of a lake or river (spring or summer time so they won't freeze in the 50 degree weather), bait their own hooks, pull in their own fish and gut them for the grill. Then, maybe, they can relate to what we call the outdoors and experience a little of what we enjoy, and why.
The BIG problem is: how do we get them to see our side of the outdoor argument? Unless we have a wad of cash in our mitts, they wouldn't even entertain the thought of listening to us. Or if they did, the words would go in one ear and out the other, like pouring sand in a bucket with no bottom. A useless endevor. Or as the Borg would say, "Resistance is futile."
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I was born in Texas so I know about the Alamo, although the history books were probably biased in favor of Texas.
I've found, unfortunately, that many so-called "outdoors people" require a warm bed, a hot shower, a flush toilet and an outlet for a hair dryer before they'll even set foot off the main road. Their idea of roughing it is firing up the gas bar-b-que on an enclosed porch and have no idea of how to cook over an open fire. Oudoor means a ski slope with a hot rum and coke before a roaring fire at the end of the day while talking about missing that tree in their path. So I agree with you on that point.
I'd like to see more politicians try it the old-fashioned way, camping on the shore of a lake or river (spring or summer time so they won't freeze in the 50 degree weather), bait their own hooks, pull in their own fish and gut them for the grill. Then, maybe, they can relate to what we call the outdoors and experience a little of what we enjoy, and why.
The BIG problem is: how do we get them to see our side of the outdoor argument? Unless we have a wad of cash in our mitts, they wouldn't even entertain the thought of listening to us. Or if they did, the words would go in one ear and out the other, like pouring sand in a bucket with no bottom. A useless endevor. Or as the Borg would say, "Resistance is futile."
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