I have a disease -- Competitionshooteritis
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jackieschmidt
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I think a lot of us older guys who have a natural competitive nature suffer from a mental problem that in short, keeps us going.
That being, we have a fear of being a “USETA”. We have all seen it. Several old codgers sitting around talking about the things they “useta” do. “I useta do this, I useta do that”, all the while sitting around not doing much of anything.
Well, as long as I am reasonably healthy, I refuse to lay around and become a “USETA”.
Shooter13
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Well I had 2 out of 10 low aggs, I also probably had the largest group LOL, the wind was well ... windy! Probably 10-20 MPHFrankie,
how did Saturday's rehab/terapy session?I know I missed out.
Tim
ckaberna
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That “uesta” mentality has led to an early demise to a bunch of folks. Keep on, keeping on, doing what you do is IMPORTANT.
Piling up with fat a— buddy at the local biscuit store every morning may be easy but is it worth it?
Seems as though more and more are quitting.?? Don’t let the current shortage drag you down, we have to keep on keeping on!
rjtfroggy
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I'm inflicted with the same illness, but I also suffer from the "useta" syndrome, but not from choice.
After suffering from low back injury and 8 surgeries (fused from tailbone to L3), and now in need of knee replacements most of my outdoor activities are in my memories only. Knee replacement is now on the back burner because I am scheduled for cataract surgery in May & June, Looking through a cloud is getting worse by the day, and looking through the scope is scary when you can't find the dot, makes shooting score very difficult.
As for the torture of spending the day at the range I still try but it is getting tougher, the walk to hang targets ruins the joy of shooting. I was a ultra-light stream fishermen but standing in the water is no longer possible because of the unstable knees and bad back, and hunting is out of the question.
So being a " useta" guy is my option for now any way.
At 71 I still hope to live long enough to get it all fixed, so I can get back to doing all of what I use to do.
GETTING OLD AINT FOR SISSIES.
After suffering from low back injury and 8 surgeries (fused from tailbone to L3), and now in need of knee replacements most of my outdoor activities are in my memories only. Knee replacement is now on the back burner because I am scheduled for cataract surgery in May & June, Looking through a cloud is getting worse by the day, and looking through the scope is scary when you can't find the dot, makes shooting score very difficult.
As for the torture of spending the day at the range I still try but it is getting tougher, the walk to hang targets ruins the joy of shooting. I was a ultra-light stream fishermen but standing in the water is no longer possible because of the unstable knees and bad back, and hunting is out of the question.
So being a " useta" guy is my option for now any way.
At 71 I still hope to live long enough to get it all fixed, so I can get back to doing all of what I use to do.
GETTING OLD AINT FOR SISSIES.
The Golden years right Roger? Whoever came up with that slogan I'd love to drop kick him right in the teeth.
I suffer from useta I useta be active hobies lift weights,run, hunt ,fish, trap. Then one day in 94 I ran my Z28 off in a deep holler . Broke my neck. Could be worse. Im not bitchin . Lucky to be here. So if I say used to , Its because I cant do a hell of a lot anymore. Doug
There are hobbies, then there are competitive hobbies. Competitive hobbies usually cost much much more than regular hobbies.
rjtfroggy
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The only thing GOLDEN Jim is your PEE.
wildcatter
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Wait till it progresses. My problem spread to not just competitive shooteritis, to every aspect shooting is involved in.
He'll I'm know building guns that are known to be obsolete,, why when you have a full blown 6mm ppc bench gun would you run out and buy everything to build a 222 full blown bench gun?
Maybe just old age, body parts shrinking, eyesight failing, belly getting bigger, joints failing, and now the mind is pulling chit like this,,,, but hey, it sure is fun! And after all these years, that's what all that work was for, I'm having fun!
For spicying up the discussion here is one controversial quote.
"We use the term “surrogate activity” to designate an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that people set up for themselves merely in order to have some goal to work toward, or let us say, merely for the sake of the “fulfillment” that they get from pursuing the goal. Here is a rule of thumb for the identification of surrogate activities. Given a person who devotes much time and energy to the pursuit of goal X, ask yourself this: If he had to devote most of his time and energy to satisfying his biological needs, and if that effort required him to use his physical and mental faculties in a varied and interesting way, would he feel seriously deprived because he did not attain goal X? If the answer is no, then the person’s pursuit of goal X is a surrogate activity. Hirohito’s studies in marine biology clearly constituted a surrogate activity, since it is pretty certain that if Hirohito had had to spend his time working at interesting non-scientific tasks in order to obtain the necessities of life, he would not have felt deprived because he didn’t know all about the anatomy and life-cycles of marine animals. On the other hand the pursuit of sex and love (for example) is not a surrogate activity, because most people, even if their existence were otherwise satisfactory, would feel deprived if they passed their lives without ever having a relationship with a member of the opposite sex. (But pursuit of an excessive amount of sex, more than one really needs, can be a surrogate activity.)
40. In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one’s physical needs. It is enough to go through a training program to acquire some petty technical skill, then come to work on time and exert the very modest effort needed to hold a job. The only requirements are a moderate amount of intelligence and, most of all, simple OBEDIENCE. If one has those, society takes care of one from cradle to grave. (Yes, there is an underclass that cannot take the physical necessities for granted, but we are speaking here of mainstream society.) Thus it is not surprising that modern society is full of surrogate activities. These include scientific work, athletic achievement, humanitarian work, artistic and literary creation, climbing the corporate ladder, acquisition of money and material goods far beyond the point at which they cease to give any additional physical satisfaction, and social activism when it addresses issues that are not important for the activist personally, as in the case of white activists who work for the rights of nonwhite minorities. These are not always PURE surrogate activities, since for many people they may be motivated in part by needs other than the need to have some goal to pursue. Scientific work may be motivated in part by a drive for prestige, artistic creation by a need to express feelings, militant social activism by hostility. But for most people who pursue them, these activities are in large part surrogate activities. For example, the majority of scientists will probably agree that the “fulfillment” they get from their work is more important than the money and prestige they earn."
"We use the term “surrogate activity” to designate an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that people set up for themselves merely in order to have some goal to work toward, or let us say, merely for the sake of the “fulfillment” that they get from pursuing the goal. Here is a rule of thumb for the identification of surrogate activities. Given a person who devotes much time and energy to the pursuit of goal X, ask yourself this: If he had to devote most of his time and energy to satisfying his biological needs, and if that effort required him to use his physical and mental faculties in a varied and interesting way, would he feel seriously deprived because he did not attain goal X? If the answer is no, then the person’s pursuit of goal X is a surrogate activity. Hirohito’s studies in marine biology clearly constituted a surrogate activity, since it is pretty certain that if Hirohito had had to spend his time working at interesting non-scientific tasks in order to obtain the necessities of life, he would not have felt deprived because he didn’t know all about the anatomy and life-cycles of marine animals. On the other hand the pursuit of sex and love (for example) is not a surrogate activity, because most people, even if their existence were otherwise satisfactory, would feel deprived if they passed their lives without ever having a relationship with a member of the opposite sex. (But pursuit of an excessive amount of sex, more than one really needs, can be a surrogate activity.)
40. In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one’s physical needs. It is enough to go through a training program to acquire some petty technical skill, then come to work on time and exert the very modest effort needed to hold a job. The only requirements are a moderate amount of intelligence and, most of all, simple OBEDIENCE. If one has those, society takes care of one from cradle to grave. (Yes, there is an underclass that cannot take the physical necessities for granted, but we are speaking here of mainstream society.) Thus it is not surprising that modern society is full of surrogate activities. These include scientific work, athletic achievement, humanitarian work, artistic and literary creation, climbing the corporate ladder, acquisition of money and material goods far beyond the point at which they cease to give any additional physical satisfaction, and social activism when it addresses issues that are not important for the activist personally, as in the case of white activists who work for the rights of nonwhite minorities. These are not always PURE surrogate activities, since for many people they may be motivated in part by needs other than the need to have some goal to pursue. Scientific work may be motivated in part by a drive for prestige, artistic creation by a need to express feelings, militant social activism by hostility. But for most people who pursue them, these activities are in large part surrogate activities. For example, the majority of scientists will probably agree that the “fulfillment” they get from their work is more important than the money and prestige they earn."
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