All of the stories about "bear chasing" reminded me of something from about 25 years ago.

I worked part time weekends and summers for a friend who owned a large police eqt and gunshop. One of the other part timers was a local cop who was an AVID bowhunter. He used to kill time when business was slow by talking about and planning a trip to Alaska to hunt brown/Kodiak bear. One day he was working on me to go along and be his backup with one of my rifles or a combat slug gun. After a while I got tired of the non-stop sales talk and told him
"I will go if you can arrange for me to hunt the Kodiaks MY WAY."
He: "What will you use?"
Me: "A 25mm Bushmaster from the turret of an M2 Bradley!"

That was the end of "Why don't you come with me?".

I'm scheduled for surgery next week for a complete separation of my Achilles tendon in my left ankle. My son says that's what happens when a 65 year old guy spends his time chasing around and photographing big Alaska Brown Bears instead of playing chess.
Doc says it will be a three month recovery. No Alaska trip for me this year It was going to be a great one with a sister, 2 brothers and a sister-in-law.
I have had a bunch of family photos (a couple hundred) I've been planning to photo-copy for more than a year. What better project to work on with 3 months on the sidelines staring me in the face?
I just received a photo-copy set up with LED lights from B&H. Who knew it would be that expensive?. So between the copy project and hassling all my UHH on-line buds, I think I will be able to keep busy.
I'll let you all know how it comes out.