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<blockquote data-quote="XD-9Guy" data-source="post: 1584205" data-attributes="member: 4869"><p>I guess the sentimentality associated with my grandpa's gun is in the fact that there is a lack of memories there that I wished didn't exist. He died when I was pretty young & I have always wished I could have spent more time with him. On more than one occasion my father has introduced me to an old timer in his home town that will shake my hand & tell me something like "your grand-dad was the best man I ever knew", "Howard was the most honest man I've ever known" and "there's nothing he wouldn't do for someone that really needed it". I hear all these glowing descriptions of him & while I feel like I just barely got to know him it has always been a source of pride for me. I feel like he & my dad are the measuring sticks I'm compared to & I've got big shoes to fill because in someplaces there is a certain amount of respect associated with just my last name. I say all that to explain that I have very few memories of him & there are only 4 items that I associate with him, I hope to keep them all & hope that I'm able explain to my son one day why they're significant. If he'd passed 20 guns down to me and I'd been able to go fishing with him a few times as a young man I might feel less sentimental.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XD-9Guy, post: 1584205, member: 4869"] I guess the sentimentality associated with my grandpa's gun is in the fact that there is a lack of memories there that I wished didn't exist. He died when I was pretty young & I have always wished I could have spent more time with him. On more than one occasion my father has introduced me to an old timer in his home town that will shake my hand & tell me something like "your grand-dad was the best man I ever knew", "Howard was the most honest man I've ever known" and "there's nothing he wouldn't do for someone that really needed it". I hear all these glowing descriptions of him & while I feel like I just barely got to know him it has always been a source of pride for me. I feel like he & my dad are the measuring sticks I'm compared to & I've got big shoes to fill because in someplaces there is a certain amount of respect associated with just my last name. I say all that to explain that I have very few memories of him & there are only 4 items that I associate with him, I hope to keep them all & hope that I'm able explain to my son one day why they're significant. If he'd passed 20 guns down to me and I'd been able to go fishing with him a few times as a young man I might feel less sentimental. [/QUOTE]
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