8/4/22
Howdy Pards,
"Mr.Strongbow" here- as an "older" newbie to the forum.
Just wanted to share with a few of yaz a bit of a testimonial, or if you were to ask my long-suffering beautiful bride of 26 years, sortova' bloomin nightmare- go figure!
So as I have recently discovered - I am not alone with my new found hobby (errrr addiction; obsession; past-time; full-time maybe, errrr?) and want to share how I got here.
Archery was first introduced to me during my Boy Scout adventures in the mid 70's, and to get me out of the house- and looking back, more likely out of the neighborhood, my parents bought me a Little Red Bear bow with the 3 green arrows anyone... member?
Fast forward to my high school days and I bought a Bear Polar LTD and enjoyed it sure enough, even won a little field tourny against the adults (confidence builder for sure). Ended up trading it for a Honda dirt bike. End of my archery days.
Now really fast forward- now in my 50's (yup, I'm a vintage 65' model) during the middle of the Covid "stay at home and work remotely" period of time (idle minds really doooo get into some trouble) and I was browsing the net for some general info about vintage recurves (see why it's call "the web"!!!). And would ya know it, the dang site I visited had a "For Sale" button...damn that button!
12 months later and now in the present...that first harmless little mouse click on the "For Sale" button has reaped a harvest of..... over 100 vintage bows and counting-i chee wawa!!! Well, I can honestly say I may have "An Issue".
I actually feel better just getting this "issue" out in the open and it just may be the start of some sorta salvation from myself...or not.
Anyhooh, I hope this little testimony (or more like a confession- "oh Lord, please help me.. but go kinda sloooow) makes someone feel a little better bit about themselves at my expense...no really...it has been damn expensive, and please share my ( let's call it an "experience") with your spouse or significant other so you can now honestly say "but honey, there is this guy on the web that is waaaay worse that I am"!
Peace & Safety to ya'll,
Gary "Mr.Strongbow" Strong Carlsbad, NM
