{"id":9480,"date":"2016-09-01T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/musing-in-shreveport\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T15:29:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:29:35","slug":"musing-in-shreveport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/musing-in-shreveport\/","title":{"rendered":"Musing in Shreveport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nThis is my back yard, play area.  I play during the week, because of the ease of available space.  Surprised by the &quot;Golden Touch Invasion&quot;.  (forgot, totally, of classes for week end)<br \/>\n\tMy area is so full of GT wanna be, shooters, that I usually leave table when they show.  Most, 90%ish, are jerks.  JERKS.  While starting a roll, a group slowly surrounded the table.  Not looking, just feeling.  Glancing to my right (I shoot SR 1) I see, Rose, Doc, Dom, etc, etc, the Cadre!  Mr. Finesse settling in at other end of table.  Flinch or play ?  I enjoyed this time more than most any in the past 2 yrs.  I knew that stupid, crude, and thoughtless actions would NOT be happening.   Believe me that is a relief.  <\/p>\n<p>\tFortunately it was a decent roll.  Since I am a total &quot;Lone Wolf&quot; shooter, this was like a Christmas party.  Rose was smiling, big, Dom was riding me like a rented mule.  &quot;C&#8217;mon Dave&#8230;5-3, a 5-3 !&quot;   When I shoot I usually have a great deal of banter with the dealers.  The big guy (dealer) told me, &quot;just shut up and shoot!&quot;  He is a super stick, and Dom also liked the guy.  Lots of yelling, laughing, and $$.  A roll of 4pts to the Fire, and I was done.  Exhausted.  Rose MADE ME give her my spot, and I was moved off to the corner. <\/p>\n<p>\tActually I made Rose move.  I really was exhausted.  As I was shooting, I think Dom saw my mind drifting, and he verbally got me back on line.  What a great time.  Maybe friends are not a bad thing ?  What was Dom&#8217;s comment after, what I thought was a pretty smooth roll&#8230;.Cheers ?  High five ?  &quot;You made me proud&quot;?&#8230;.NO.  &quot;Dave you need a tune up.&quot;  Gotta love him.   Best of times.<\/p>\n<p>\tShoot with passion, or maybe some of our Cadre.<br \/>\n\tDavidM<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Dominator on September 2, 2016, 10:50 am<\/p>\n<div>It was great seeing you Dave! The banter was fun. <br \/>\n\tTalking to dealers while shooting is something I admire if it can be done &#8211; Billy for one is great at this &#8211; and you seem to be able to do it as well &#8211; but losing focus can sometimes happen and having a physical thing to do can get anyone back on track.<\/p>\n<p>\tWhat I mean by this is doing something like touching a wrist watch or rubbing your nose &#8211; something that you have worked on for three weeks to get the zone back<\/p>\n<p>\tDom<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> DavidM on September 2, 2016, 1:37 pm<\/p>\n<div>Dom, you may not remember when, during the roll, I stopped and slowly said, &quot;sleet&#8230;the tree&#8230;the Deer.&quot;   I wrote about this in a previous post, &quot;Wait..wait for me!&quot;  An experience in Tunica.  Total CHAOS at table, with a Whale $$ player.  Large crowd had gathered, 2 security guards, 1\/2 table reserved for him.  I was shooting on his side.  Game basically stopped until he got there, from his dinner.  Wine glass in hand, &quot;wait for me !&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\tThis was when classes were in Tunica, I had just finished the refresher.  During which you had told about using a rubber band, or something to re-focus, in times of confusion at the table.  I chose to remember a special moment.  On a Deer hunt, with my Father, he told me of a place I WOULD  see a particular Deer.  Weather was terrible.  Crawled as instructed.  Leaned against tree, as instructed.  Sleet was constant.   SSSSSSSSSSSSS  and cold.  Waited.  The damn Deer showed.  I just breathed it all in until the Deer walked away.  Sleet-the tree-the Deer.  If I had not picked this up in class, I guarantee I would have went down in flames that day.<\/p>\n<p>\tShoot with Passion&#8230;.<br \/>\n\tDavid M<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> NofieldFive on September 4, 2016, 2:13 pm<\/p>\n<div>David,<\/p>\n<p>\tSorry I missed seeing you.  I have to leave Sunday afternoon as soon as the class was over.  I am glad to see you are doing well.<\/p>\n<p>\tNofieldFive<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my back yard, play area. I play during the week, because of the ease of available space. Surprised by the &quot;Golden Touch Invasion&quot;. 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