Anyway, I discovered a lot of people were going to the range, which really surprised me.  Come to find out, half the people going to the range were getting ready to take a proficiency test to get their gun permit.  I already had mine, although I am preparing to go for my federal permit.  I don’t have to worry about qualifying; I consider myself a great shot.  I still go every week just to make sure; and it is fun!  But back to the people that go there regularly now.  They will probably never go back there again after they get their gun permit as it has become quite a controversial issue down here in the Washington area.

While talking to the gun shop owner, who owns the range, he agreed with me too, but business is brisk right now and these people will take all the business they can get!  I forgot to mention he holds proficiency classes every Saturday and is booked up for the next three months!

She says that you order a skateboard deck, a truck, wheels, bearings, hardware, and grip tape all separately.  All of those things have multiple manufacturers to choose from!  I did not know that you could do that, I thought you just went down to the local sporting goods store and bought a skateboard!  I’ve learned a lot about skateboards from talking with my daughter!

Last weekend my friends invited me to play paintball with them at a local paintball field. I thought it was too cold out, but I went anyway. I had never played paintball before, so I had to rent an airsoft gun at the shop at the field. What a great time we had playing paintball! I’m a pretty good marksman with any kind of gun, so I whupped their butts! I had so much fun that I think I’m going to buy my own paintball equipment for future games!

Afterwards we went to Steve’s house to shoot pool and watch a movie in his new man cave that he recently built. He and his wife had built a new garage in their back yard and turned the old garage that is attached to their house into Steve’s recreation room. They put in a wet bar, a wide screen television and a pool table. I understand that they found the pool table at a thrift store for only one hundred dollars! A perfectly good slate table! How lucky can a guy get!