I suspect he's one of those guys that doesn't think he needs a hunting license since he owns 30 acres.
Joke's gonna be on him when someone on the neighboring lot hears him shooting his shotgun in say August, and then finds a wounded deer on his property.
Also he should have fun figuring out which are the edible plants and which are the look alikes.
I eagerly await his preparations for winter in Wisconsin.
If I were him I'd find a copy of this at his local Goodwill.
TL;DR, It stayed with him. If you read James Bradley's 'Flyboy's' you know exactly how Bush felt about it....it stayed with him for the rest of his life.
"He recalled that while on the submarine he asked himself why he had survived. "Why had I been spared and what did God have in store for me? In my own view there's got to be some kind of destiny and I was being spared for something on Earth." Earlier he had told Mr Bradley: "I think about those guys all the time."
Have you read "Flyboys" by the same author? While this was happening, one Island to the north, Chi Chi Jima, the Japs were eating our prisoners to take in their warrior spirit. James Bradley was contacted by a man who had been sworn to secrecy due to the fact they held secret war crimes trials and executions there. The books has the best two chapter primer about what led up to the war. It is absolutely on par with "The Rape of Nanking". It will change the way you look at the Pacific war.
https://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/031610728X
a woman's studies class i took once made us read a book (How I survived communism and even laughed, a doo doo ass book that sucks) that said being a woman under communism is bad because the free communal washing machines they were provided didn't work all the time, and sometimes your clothes still came out damp.
Communism is when your clothes get wet and the wetter they are the more communist it is.
She also talked about how Fidel is a monster/communism is bad because he wanted to ban cars to save the environment. This is a real book.
She also then mentions, completely self-unaware, that she doesn't let her daughter (in America now) play with Barbie dolls (the most basic toy our capitalist society gives to young girls) because they're a terrible image for women. I am making myself so angry remembering this fucking book i gotta stop
“Into Thin Air” by John Krakauer is an incredibly detailed ascent on Mt. Everest; and also a first hand look at how things can go horribly wrong. It’s a gripping read.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385494785/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_Z6MWRVDB1MSW9ZGZEZ9T
On that same note, Lansing's The Endurance (about Shackleton's attempted voyage to the South Pole and absolutely miraculous escape from what would have or should have been certain death) is equally amazing for the real-life adventure readers.
... a supply of seal blubber and sugar cubes can get you through till tuesday.
I recommend a copy of Endurance as reading while waiting for your snow to melt.
So many...
One of my favorite reads of all time, though, is "The Endurance" by Alfred Lansiing.
A non-fictional account of an amazing heroic story of survival, exploration and leadership in the Antarctic in the golden age of exploration of the poles. What they did, when they did it, with the technology they had at the time - it's truly unbelievable. A must read:
In the same genre, Aspley Cherry Gerard's "The Worst Journey in the World" is a long but incredible story of Antarctic exploration written by a survivor academician that was actually there.
The Worst Journey in the World - Wikipedia
Exploration and adventure non-fiction is a powerful genre for me, easily more impactful than even the best fiction (and I'm a big fan of that too!) because reality gives it that more powerful punch.
The extreme conditions of the arctic and Antarctic race to the poles are pretty amazing tales of human perseverance and bravery when you consider the conditions, the challenge, and the capabilities of human technology at the time these almost foolhardy men accomplished it.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark edited by Bernard DeVoto is a really good read.
I just read it in a book recently. I actively looked it up because I was like "wtf, did he just spell aesthetic wrong?"
The Japanese had "doctors" trained to be butchers. They would lash you to a tree and harvest the meat of your lower body and not hit the arteries. You would last a day or so. The next day they would come back and finish you. American and Ausie troops came up on men then half harvested and had to shoot them. They were sworn to secrecy. It was pretty much brought out by the author of Flags of Our Fathers. It's an amazing terribly awful thing to read. The first three chapters are the best short history primer you will find leading up to the war.
https://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/031610728X
"Living off the land" is nice and romantic in theory, but turns out to be somewhat more challenging in practice. Read <em>Into the wild</em> by Jon Krakauer for a nonfiction account of one young man who starved to death trying to do just that.
Definitely start with Endurance by Alfred Lansing
It’s the story of Ernest Shackleton’s voyage to Antarctica in his ship Endurance
4.8 star rating from almost 9000 readers.
It’s an incredible read. The next family member will have a hard act to follow
PS. There are many versions of this historical voyage, make sure you choose the one by Lansing. His research was outstanding.
It's a well-written book about an important issue.
Amethyst is my birthstone so I use it for its energy and protective effects a lot, I personally find that an amethyst geode has even more accutely powerful effects because it's... raw form. You could definitely sell it, but it might also be nice to keep it as well for how it can charge the environment around you. I highly recommend <em>the crystal bible by Judy Hall</em>. 😁
It may have been, I read so many WW2 books I can remember exactly which one. Think the book Flyboys has some stories like this.
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316159433/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_Z2G162DH1K12GK28EJV9
Endurance by Alfred Lansing - tells the true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1916 South Pole expedition. I read this a few years ago when going through a rough patch at work, put it all into perspective.
Was it based on a true story? It sounds a lot like the Shackleton mission, and I found a book called Endurance that is based on it.
If you like that, you'll enjoy Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. It's the story of an expedition to the Antarctica in 1914. The ship was crushed by ice and the crew had to travel across the frozen ocean to the nearest civilization outpost. The book is based on the crew's journals.
If you're thinking about this question you might enjoy the book Endurance which is the true story of Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole. The food issue plays a major role.
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
You can lease land from the USFS or BLM. But you’d better know what you’re doing. This guy didn’t: Into the Wild https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385486804/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_AFB78R26G9MRDAVHX6AE
Clear crystal quartz is always good to have as it amplifies the property of other crystals and stones. (Get those natural with points) Crystals are living things, so nothing can take the place of actually holding and feeling a crystal before you buy it and take it home. Of course, this is not always possible to do. A credible source for crystals would be GIA certified places that carry gems, semi-precious stones, and crystals, or crystal wholesalers, a gemologist who sell at shows (now sells online). or any number of places. There are so many places that resell crystals. I know several people with metaphysical shops and their pricing differ greatly for the same size and type of crystals. You have to be your own judge.
You may want to purchase a book(s) on crystals as you'll find you may want to use them for certain "applications." Here's one book that's pretty good: The Crystal Bible.
Flyboys WWII Naval fighter pilots. Insane stories including Japanese ritual cannibalism.
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Book about CIA assassins/operators.
Dune rules
James Ellroy's LA Quartet, detective noir historical fiction
You can read out it in their own words...
https://www.amazon.com/Journals-Lewis-Clark-Expedition/dp/0395859964
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That marking is probably a 'rack number' applied by the nation that kept it after the war. It's likely an integer. I think there are subreddits where people can ask for translations, and this would likely give you a good clue as to the nation, or region, where it spent its post-war life.
Digging into the markings will tell you where and when it was made, but little else. So far as I know the Japanese did not unit-mark their rifles so there's just no way to know.
I think the best thing to do with it is to appreciate it, and to share that appreciation with others.
If you are so inclined, the book Flyboys is a very worthwhile read. It's an easy read, exciting and well written, and will give you some context into that theater of the war that few people these days understand. Seven bucks.
I just finished this
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
You're through hike is an escalator ride in a mall compared to what these guys went through for two years. Put my hike into perspective.
It's not clear if you are looking for crystals that will help support you in sharing the same space as this person, of if you are looking for general relationship advice. If you're looking towards crystals, Magnesite has a calming effect on emotions, helping you to handle emotional stress. Peridot might also be helpful as it will help to enhance your confidence without aggression and motivate growth. Smithsonite also helps aid in difficult relationships, it helps create harmony and diplomacy. All of these stones and descriptions came from The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall.
I would also think that any stone that promotes your own grounding would be helpful, hematite, black tourmaline, bloodstone, etc.
If you're looking more for relationship advice, I would suggest r/relationships.
I hope this was what you were looking for!
I really enjoyed The Journals of Lewis and Clark and Undaunted Courage
btw I got ya covered OP. You're lookin' for Jon Krakauer.
Into Thin Air and Into the Wild. Both things that happened and both enthralling without being in the least abstruse.