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    Rolex- the stupidest, lamest company

    I used to covet getting a Submariner from my birth year. Was one of the items that drove me to grind along in my career. Finally got the discretionary funds to buy a nice one from my birth year though by then my cell phone was always with me and it showed a very accurate time and auto-updated...
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    Will reloading disapear with the new too lazy to do it generation

    Book III of Odes, Horace circa 20 BC
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    Thoughts on Cape Buffalo under 40"

    I shoot my Cape buffalo in Limpopo. Fenced area though only on perimeter or a large property then around crop fields inside the exterior fence. I was seeing buffalo most days of the two weeks. I knew would not bump into an ancient warrior with worn stubs for horns though these buffalo were born...
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    Would you hunt in an area in Africa that used a sliding scale for fees?

    I look at variable pricing tied to the horn measurement as another variable as with daily fees and if add additional animals, get a lift from the airport, cost per day for an observer, if want the hunt videotaped, etc. I would lean towards rather large increments of inches to bounce into the...
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    Looking for outfitters with big hunting areas (>=50,000acres) in South Africa or Namibia

    Seems the non-fenced options often were laced with villages and postoral cattlemen so the sound of jingling neck bells is a common sound as was bumping into them while out attempting to track wild game. The sight of snares seems to be a daily occurrence. Evidence of poachers is not uncommon...
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    In memoriam: My wife’s passing

    So sorry for your loss. My uncle fought a similar battle and he was repeatedly comforted by our support during his extended fight even as the challenges and discomfort mounted. He passed eventually after about one year from diagnosis though by that time had lived decades of life and I only heard...
 
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