Well as I type this I have to "not" get too Mushy as my good friend 1/4 Away Fred tells me but here I go and this may be long but please stay with me an follow the long rabbit trail I'm about to take you all on...
Several years ago I was searching Tradgang and saw a really nice looking Hoot's recurve that a member here had a picture of and that bow had some very pretty woods in it so I asked the fella "what were the wood he had in the Hoots"?
Well I get a P.M from the gentleman letting me know the woods and they were macassar Ebony and Bocote and what a combo it was and a friendship developed right here that day...
I couldn't get that bow off my mind and it just made me hunger for Lee Hoots to craft me one but I Had "No extra spending money" due to adopting three orphaned little girls that needed a Forever home so the bow was out of the question for now..
Well since I needed money to purchace the Hoots I
had mentioned this to 1/4 away Fred and his answer just cracked me up an went something like this "It's easier to ask for forgiveness later then to ask for permission now !
when something pretty comes along like a bow so he see's this Dale Dye and just purchased it..
Now in between the Dye and the Diablo I was trying my hardest to get me a Diablo or super diablo on the big auction site for a birthday present but got outbidded each time an my max could only be $175.00 max as hammered in stone by my dear wife
Well I did finaly win the bid on a Howatt Hi-Speed and when all done and shipped it was exactly $175.00 to my door.
As Fred and I continued to tell each other about other Super Diablos we both saw Fred got that itch again for a really sweet one that he just had to have and he won that bid and just got it this past week and has showed pics of it on here also...It's very mint with the case also...
Now here's the part that I had to take you all through the rabbit trail to get to.
Just this past Thursday I came home exhausted from a long day at work and sick with a sinus infection and like many when we get home the first thing we do is check the mail..
In the box was two pink notes that explained to me I missed a package that needed a signature and If I called the mail lady she just may be in the area and I could meet her and pic it up...I first thought my wife can get the "Whatever it is package" herself cause it's probally some fruit basket or something "woman related" anyway But something told me to be nice and go get the package like a good husband should do..
So as my first two girls got off the bus we headed to the post office cause the mail lady had a full box of message's stored up and I couldn't leave her one to meet her close by...
As I entered the post office with my pink slip My girls were asking a million questions like "What is it Daddy" and I said :dunno:I didn't send it..
Well the clerk went back and brought out this Big long box which had a pic of a shop light on it and was from "Don forever stainless" in Wisconsin?
I thought I ain't ordered no stupid lights for my shop but heck it's addressed to me and I'm holding the winning pink ticket so it's mine now and besides I could use a new shop light...
Well as I was putting it in the truck I thought it was light to have a shop light in it an my brain went in Overdrive and so did my girls asking me this"Daddy did you buy a bow wiffout Mommy knowin bout it"?
I said "No only my good friend 1/4away Fred would do such a thing" not me cause I am afraid of Mommy and what will happen when she found out.
Funny when you wonder what is in the box so as I arrive home I go into my shop and with 3 pair of hands the box was open and I proceed to pull out a bowsock.
As I started to wonder why I was receiving a bow and from Don in Wis. Who I had no clue to whom he was other then my newest bestest friend I couldn't figure out why would someone send this to me..
Then as I got to the middle of the bow there was an envelope attached to the riser over some bubble wrap and written to Keefers...
Inside the note were these words typed..
Keith,
Now don't go getting all mushy on me but I want you to have this bow.Actually,my plan(I told you I had a plan)was to send this to you when I received my Rose oak.But now that I have a Super Diablo I really don't need another bow with similar specs.Besides,both of you were born the same year and you deserve each other.Consider it a belated birthday present for my bestest buddy.
Enjoy! FRED...
I have yet to have met 1/4 Away Fred and this isn't the first time Fred has gifted me something but God knows Fred's heart and Fred has always been a pleasent helpful and unselfish gentleman with a caring passion for others ...I could never repay such a fine gift like the 1963 50# Diablo that Fred gifted me but what meant so much more to me then the diablo was Fred's heart and the Letter he written to me and calling me his "bestest buddy"..God Bless you Fred and I hope I wasn't too "Mushy"1
Your "bestest buddy"
Keefers <")))><
Topic: "Mushy stuff" and a Manly Man named Fred! (Read 649 times)
