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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
Oh, Brother Hutchins, I don't have any say in the matter! The no-live-ammo rule was dictated by my husband, after a couple of unfortunate (and very expensive) incidents that are best forgotten. It boils down to "No live ammo until you are old enough to understand that your father's racehorses and prize Charolais bulls are not there for target practice." Six years old seems to be the age for that.
It doesn't stop them spear-fishing most nights, though. There's a Beluga whale just up the estuary from us, though I'm rather hoping they don't find it as I am not some sort of Eskimo and wouldn't know how to cook it.
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Very reasonable. I have to admit, I've gone out to the'car barn' and found a few bullet holes in my cars, no doubt from high spirited horseplay as well.
I spoil my kids and none of the boys have to do 'barn duty' as shoveling manure and such is (as I am sure you understand) 'woman's work' that is part of making them attractive to a potential husband. The Hutchin's boys all learn how to run a company and mange people. Seeing the little tykes up on the 'boss man' cart, yelling instructions through a bull horn at all the field workers, makes a daddy proud.
Whale hunting, that sounds like fun! I imagine everyone 'gets a hit' with one of those beasts.We tried our hand at seal hunting last spring in California. We used sledge hammers. Some crazy people yelled at us about 'clubbing' the disgusting animals. Such idiots.
Anywho, I am looking forward to seeing your families talley. It is all about togetherness,the family unit and most of all, showing our love to Jesus.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Amos 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Numbers 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.