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Friday, June 7, 2013

Sepia Saturday 180 Life must be lived with fun

In this week's prompt, Alan  mentioned life and what about it?  I saw this quote recently,  "There are two great days in your life, the day you are born and the day you figure out why." The why is always the mystery isn't it?    I love our Sepia posts with glimpses of life and times here and there and what it meant and as in this prompt, what happened behind the scenes.  Today I went to my late Uncle Carl's albums, where I can always find something to share.  I laughed out loud at these photos, you will see why and maybe you will too.  I have written  a lot here about Uncle Carl, Mom's brother,  who took many photos and enjoyed himself  and life especially when he was out with the guys hunting, fishing, or just hanging out playing cards. 

It's 1982, turkey hunting season, sometime in the fall and it is time for the guys to arrive at their camp in Avonmore, Pennsylvania "outpost 39" as painted on Uncle Carl's sign in front of the place.  Avonmore is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 820 at the 2000 census. Area: 1.6 sq miles (4.144 km) near the Kiskiminetas River.

 We have been watching TV reruns on the A&E cable channel of "Duck Dynasty" which is hysterically funny and is all the rage.  It is true to life  about a Louisiana family of sons, father, uncle, and their Duck Call business.  Uncle Sy is my favorite character in the series.   Well, Uncle Carl and his friends were far ahead of the Duck men.   They had their own comedy episodes.

What is this all about?  Turkey hunting?  Will the turkey fall down in hysterical laughter when this man appears?  I have shared here before, these men were out for fun...
On the back Carl wrote, "Cliff Andrea" I  do not know him. But this is funny!  Deer antlers with curls and an automobile insignia atop.. Fishing pole?


Sure enough, here they go on the turkey hunt. Notice the outhouse in the back...
and the serious hunter.  On the back Carl wrote Rich Debick & Cliff.  
 Is that a turkey call in Cliff's mouth?


At least one foul  was claimed evidenced above  by two more of the guys who look grizzly, camouflage and all. Some of the turkeys are huge and this one looks pretty big to me.  At least they are not wearing antlers on their head. 

I often buy  comical cards to send to folks on birthdays, etc.  I think I can use some of Uncle's photos to make my own...I need the right sentiments printed along with the photo.  

This  has been my Sepia Saturday post.  For more laughs and  so much more interesting information, check out the link to the host site where so many others have so much to share.
http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2013/06/sepia-saturday-180-8-june-2013.html

15 comments:

  1. Well, you didn't mention those bell things on Carl's pants or his girlfriend's shoes (I don't think they had Crocs in 1982, did they??). Yeah, that was some look. Good thing he had a hunting lodge - no telling what he might have done in the city to embarrass the family. LOL

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    1. I think the bell shaped were pant waders that they used for fishing and wading into streams, althuogh I have never seen bell shaped...the shoes were probably old rubber boots.:-)

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  2. The locals must have shaken their heads in disbelief as the strange turkey hunters arrived on the scene.

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    1. Because it was such a small town area, the people were probably paying not a sliver of attention to the odd guys who went to the camp....likely ignored them

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  3. I just read the Wikipedia page on wild turkeys, I suppose I should have realised they were indigenous to N America, but as we don't do Thanksgiving here the obvious connection had not occurred to me.

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  4. Those guys look like they had a lot of fun. The turkey photo would be good for a Thanksgiving card.

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    1. Now there's an idea with the caption, "we brought him down for you..."something like that

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  5. Did you notice the guy sitting nonchalantly in the background? Maybe Cliff always wore such a strange get up as the man in the background isn't even looking at him!

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    1. Yes I think they were all used to themselves, they had outings together for years and I remember Carl talking about how one would try to outdo the other..to me Cliff holds a prize.

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  6. Perhaps shooting a turkey would have been so ridiculously easy that they had to dress up like that to give the turkey a sporting chance.

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  7. My grandfather in PA had a hunting cabin. My dad said all they did was drink coffee and talk. Never killed anything. That was a blessing. However, during the Depression my grandfather did go hunting on a regular basis to bring home food. He killed a squirrel thinking she had a nut in her mouth. It was her baby. He brought the baby home and it became my mother's pet, Jiggs.

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  8. Looks a load of fun, except for the turkey.

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  9. Some people just like any excuse to dress up and it certainly seems as if on this occasion it raised a laugh. Adding your own captions to the pictures for cards is a great idea.

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  10. One thing is for sure, your Uncle Carl and his friends knew how to have a good time and a good laugh at themselves. The hunting may have been just a reason to get together.

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