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I have mixed feelings about the whole macho thing. My own macho thing I'm talking about, not that of guys. On the one hand, I have no "man card" that obliges me to deafen my ears or damage my hands just to show how tough I am. However, I shoot and am interested in guns way beyond what's necessary for self defense. Its clear that I have a huge drive to aim/throw stuff. But why do I enjoy aiming and throwing bullets--especially big bullets--so much more than basketballs, baseballs, marbles or snowballs, which I also enjoyed in my young broad days? Honestly, the macho component does matter. Enough so that I just don't enjoy shooting .22s these days. But not so much that want to shoot calibers that are more than I can handle with one hand, either hand. Nor do I want to shoot .44mag out of guns so light they make shooting it painful.
Ah well. I come by the macho naturally. My mother gave birth to three kids without anesthesia or screams or tears. On the third one the doctors were leaving her waiting and unattended because they decided who to pay attention to by who was screaming. Finally my mother blew up and said "This is my third child. Its coming and its coming soon. I'm not screaming because I don't scream. I'm a stoic. But I promise you if I have this baby in the waiting room or hall instead of the delivery room, I'm not going to pay the bill."
Ah well. I come by the macho naturally. My mother gave birth to three kids without anesthesia or screams or tears. On the third one the doctors were leaving her waiting and unattended because they decided who to pay attention to by who was screaming. Finally my mother blew up and said "This is my third child. Its coming and its coming soon. I'm not screaming because I don't scream. I'm a stoic. But I promise you if I have this baby in the waiting room or hall instead of the delivery room, I'm not going to pay the bill."