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6000k in a plane impressive. Among all the rest.

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Very sorry to hear this. I sent King a PM last year to ask if he was okay after he went silent and when he didn't respond I assumed he was ill. Here, as in the rest of his life, he was always very thoughtful and nuanced, and never responded in kind when he was shredded by our resident pit bulls.

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He was a good man. He had a an interesting life. I sure hope that when my final tablet is written, that I have participated in half as many cool things as King.
Subsistence gunning for ducks in Nova Scotia takes you back to the wildest of fowling days. Being right in the middle of world changing events is on another level entirely.

Rest In Peace King.
I’m glad I read your words.


Out there doing it best I can.
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Originally Posted by LGF
....he was always very thoughtful and nuanced, and never responded in kind when he was shredded by our resident pit bulls.
I think it is a bit of a disservice to characterize King as shreddable. I could not stand his politics, and I let him know often, but he played in the dirt when he wanted to, and didn't when he didn't feel like it.

One of the parting images he left when winding down here a few years back was hand splitting winter fire wood, within a stone's throw of the duck marshes that he was so fond of. Good, bad or indifferent, the old misfires gave King enough comfort to share quite more about him, the man and frustrating old coot, than I believe he would have shared otherwise.

Godspeed King

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Some of what he wrote made me wonder what meds he was on, or, missing. I remember a post that led to a pm exchange, in which I exasperatedly pointed out he did not seem to understand that there could be two viewpoints on an issue, and he didn’t seem to even consider that, much less listen to the version that was not his own.
“Yea, sometimes” which, was a minor victory, maybe the only one I ever had with him.

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I couldn’t have disagreed with his politics more. But I would have been a lesser man for not having King for a friend. Accomplished, driven, kind and thoughtful. A good example of what it means to be a man. I’m fortunate our paths crossed.

If it’s possible I think King is looking down and smiling with satisfaction at Craig’s description…..”a frustrating old coot…”

RIP King.

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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Yep that old commie was an interesting guy

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Originally Posted by HomelessjOe
Never cared for the socialist....but he made for some interesting threads.

Like the time he told about wrestling Martin Luther King.....

I liked the one about the Cubans that beat the crap out of him and tossed him in a ditch.


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Sure was high on Crosby and Marchand.

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Interesting that his middle name was Lenin. I guess he was predestined to be a lefty. Enjoyed his posts though.

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I must admit that I too had checked for an obituary for King after he went silent. But it wasn't because I missed him or his numerous anti-2nd Amendment posts. I'm not as impressed with his alleged accomplishments as others because it became very apparent that much of what he posted here simply wasn't true. I would not say that if I couldn't prove it. He had an uncanny knack of simply pretending to not see any reply that pointed out his falsehoods. He was a master of dropping out of a discussion when there was no other way to avoid looking totally dishonest, and then returning days later after the heat died down. I often thought he might have been the father of "Fake News". Watching him in action here was exactly like watching Biden blame Republicans for high inflation, illegal immigration, and efforts to defund the police.

I do believe he was an avowed Socialist, which he proudly admitted. And he was much admired by our Democrat gun owners and closet Liberals who support anti-gun Democrats. Sadly, when an anti-gunner like King, Ted Kennedy, Howard Metzenbaum, or Sarah Brady passes.... there is always another to replace them. I liked Ted's post questioning what meds he was on. At least that could explain some things.


A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.

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