Lilred's Rant of the Week-Field & Stream

[BILLY D.]

gee lired i know people who do the same type thing customizing vehicles, hint, hint.

it's the american dream to take something, a vehicle or gun or our homes and apply our artiistic presonal touches.

like "sweet" i'm still giggling about that one, i mean skeet, i'm wondering how that little youngin is getting ready for santa claus. i'll bet she is all a titter. they get so excited. i remember all my little ones when they were at that age. their excitement made me feel good. i guess that made us parents better people.

that reminds me of a little story. i was in the supermarket one day before christmas a few years ago and a mom and her little one were in there shopping. the little one was probably tired and hungry and was screaming and grousing. i noticed this for a complete aisle and mom was really getting frustrated. i walked up to them and rasied my hand put it over the little ones ear and whispered into it in a grandfatherly manner. the little kid was silent and looked at me with the biggest blue eyes i've ever seen and quieted right down. a couple of aisles later the mom asked me what i told the little one. i said i simply whispered "santa claus is watching you".
i never seen such a more gracious and relieved smile in my life, and she told me thank you, and it made my day.