Your preffered way to "go." - The Firearms Forum

Maximilian II · 08-18-2009, 02:05 AM

So I'm in a morbid kind of mood, anyone care to share their preferred way to leave this mortal coil? I know we don't generally get to choose, but I'm assuming here we get our "druthers."

Mine: When I have done all I can and am no longer useful to even myself, and before I require the service of another human to keep me in a state that simulates self sufficience, I want to go hunting. One last time, and without a rifle or shotgun or pistol. Just hunting. Won't come back. Find a nice pretty spot with good weather, and lie down in the woods. That's it.

Sorry if this might offend, I believe a man should make himself ready for the final journey far before he makes it.

4EvrLearning · 08-18-2009, 02:15 AM

Interesting question, Max. I know several ways I "don't" want to go! I suppose, for me, optimally would be to have just enough time to say my goodbyes...but not too long in a state of suffering (as I'm a self-declared wimp).

I'd like to go with dignity...and having lived and served well....surrounded by those I love the most.

Maximilian II · 08-18-2009, 02:25 AM

I've got a few ways i don't want to "go," too. Considering the tone of the thread that's a good topic too.
I've been almost drowned before, that sucks. A lot. Not on the list!
I've been burned a LOT of times, better than drowning but for me just because I actually expect to "go" that way, I'm used to it.
I've been cut and hit before. Again, no stranger. Takes a while though.
Shot? Might not suck that bad. All according to (of course) hit location.
Freezing? I hear it's like going to sleep. I don't like cold weather though, so no thanks.
Car wreck? See above under "shot." Pretty much applies for most traumatic injuries.
Falling? Lots of panic followed by a short, very intense, burst of pain. Again, no thanks.

Jeez, we humans can "check out" a lot of ways!

As to dignity... I agree. That's why I want to die alone. I've seen death enough to have realized that no matter how many others are there and might also be sharing your experience, we all die as individuals, alone in our experience. I'd rather no one see me in this, most private, moment.

jacksonco · 08-18-2009, 02:49 AM

It would be nice if it was quick and not to uncomfortable. I would prefer not to know when the big day will arrive. When it does come I want to be able to go with some sort of dignity attached.

doug66 · 08-18-2009, 03:21 AM

A guy I used to work with, would say, 90 years old, in bed, at the hands of a jealous husband.

Me, I guess I hope to go doing what makes me happy.

Suwannee Tim · 08-18-2009, 04:50 AM

My father died from a sudden heart attack, here one minute, gone the next. Low drama, low suffering but no time to say goodbye. I have seen several people die slowly the most recent died last week, I think I'd rather go quickly . As far as where, well, I'm going to be in the Okefenokee Swamp the first days of September and if something happens to you out there, help is a long time coming. A friend of mine kicked the bucket in the far north of Canada, they "buried" him by piling rocks on his body as the ground is frozen. His wife was with him and he stated his preference that he be left there which is what she did. The cost of recovering his body would have been astronomical if they could even find it.

topper · 08-18-2009, 05:04 AM

i want to go while baling hay on my JD tractor and having a massive heart attack. boom, down i go and all equipment comes to a screeching halt. said and done, no suffering. wishful thinking.

Keep both barrels loaded!

Crpdeth · 08-18-2009, 05:10 AM

I was thinking that I'd kinda like to go during the great calling away...

Sure need to make some changes or I'm gonna miss that one!

Crpdeth

artabr · 08-18-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Crpdeth

Sure need to make some changes or I'm gonna miss that one!

Crpdeth

I hear ya.

Cluelessly asleep.

Art

358 winchester · 08-18-2009, 06:42 AM

I just ain't going ! I have to stay here and teach the world to stand up for what is right

I have been taken twice and both times they sent me back

so why try for the third I hear it is a charm.

Shooter45 · 08-18-2009, 06:43 AM

I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep................

Not kicking and screaming like the other people in my car.

artabr · 08-18-2009, 06:45 AM

Art

358 winchester · 08-18-2009, 06:54 AM

Sam that is just so wrong in so many ways

But what is worse is I liked it

Kieran McCaig · 08-18-2009, 07:04 AM

Would like to just go nice and quick no need for a long battle ,some friends and family took a long time to leave and it gets hard for so many people otherthan yourself.

fmacsin1 · 08-18-2009, 07:29 AM

The really sad part about all of this is that none of us has any choice. My folks never would have chosen to go the way they did, but it happened, and for some reason, I feel that it was supposed to be some sort of "life lesson" for me, and it was. However, I always remember the words of William Faulkner who said, "death comes up behind you and takes you by surprise." That's the way I want to go.

mrkirker · 08-18-2009, 07:46 AM

Smacked by the 'old age truck'!

45nut · 08-18-2009, 08:06 AM

I suppose if we had our druthers mine would take place at the end of a long fulfilling life with my wife at my side and just do to sleep and never wake up.

We seldom get our druthers though and my time will come when God decides it. Or whenever Obozo sends his goons to collect my weapons and to escort me to the re.educa.tion camp. I just hope to be able to lay some dogs at my feet when I go.

There, if that ain't depressing, nothing will be.

carver · 08-18-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximilian II

So I'm in a morbid kind of mood, anyone care to share their preferred way to leave this mortal coil? I know we don't generally get to choose, but I'm assuming here we get our "druthers."

Mine: When I have done all I can and am no longer useful to even myself, and before I require the service of another human to keep me in a state that simulates self sufficience, I want to go hunting. One last time, and without a rifle or shotgun or pistol. Just hunting. Won't come back. Find a nice pretty spot with good weather, and lie down in the woods. That's it.

Sorry if this might offend, I believe a man should make himself ready for the final journey far before he makes it.

Works for me too! Some of the Native Americans also practiced this. They would just go off by themselves, sing their death songs, and leave this world.

carver · 08-18-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Crpdeth

I was thinking that I'd kinda like to go during the great calling away...

Sure need to make some changes or I'm gonna miss that one!

Crpdeth

Just might happen in our life time. Let's get ready to go!!!! Or should I say, Let's be ready to go!!!

Snakedriver · 08-18-2009, 08:14 AM

If I were to get to choose, it would be in the saddle with my boots on.

I hope the mortician can't get the smile off my face!

carver · 08-18-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Shooter45

I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep................

Not kicking and screaming like the other people in my car.

That was funny! I laughed till I cryed!

GMFWoodchuck · 08-18-2009, 08:18 AM

I have two ways that I want to go. The first is to go quitely in the night while sleeping. The other is the far end of the scale. To go out in a bang, runover by a locamotive or some other mode that will be quick but quite bloody and messy and therefore newsworthy. Morbid I suppose.

Alpo · 08-18-2009, 09:02 AM

Which would be better? Going to die in my sleep.

I live alone. Long about day 2 the dog may decide supper is late. or

I've visiting my daughter's family. She sends the 6-year-old in, to tell Grandpa to get up for breakfast.

Maybe that question should be, "Which would be worse?"

kutaho · 08-18-2009, 09:20 AM

Quietly.

glocknut · 08-18-2009, 09:24 AM

When i die i hope its about 12 hours after a big meal because i hear that when a person dies that they crap themselves... I'd love to make the Mortician work a little bit for the money he gets for putting anti freeze in my veins....

mike
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08-18-2009, 02:05 AM	#1
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,381	Your preffered way to "go." So I'm in a morbid kind of mood, anyone care to share their preferred way to leave this mortal coil? I know we don't generally get to choose, but I'm assuming here we get our "druthers." Mine: When I have done all I can and am no longer useful to even myself, and before I require the service of another human to keep me in a state that simulates self sufficience, I want to go hunting. One last time, and without a rifle or shotgun or pistol. Just hunting. Won't come back. Find a nice pretty spot with good weather, and lie down in the woods. That's it. Sorry if this might offend, I believe a man should make himself ready for the final journey far before he makes it. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman. --> Last edited by Maximilian II; 08-18-2009 at 02:07 AM..

08-18-2009, 02:15 AM	#2
4EvrLearning Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Left Coast Posts: 1,449	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Interesting question, Max. I know several ways I "don't" want to go! I suppose, for me, optimally would be to have just enough time to say my goodbyes...but not too long in a state of suffering (as I'm a self-declared wimp). I'd like to go with dignity...and having lived and served well....surrounded by those I love the most. __________________ *"Until God is finished with me, I am immortal." Jonathan Edwards, American Theologian (1703-1758)*

08-18-2009, 02:25 AM	#3
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,381	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I've got a few ways i don't want to "go," too. Considering the tone of the thread that's a good topic too. I've been almost drowned before, that sucks. A lot. Not on the list! I've been burned a LOT of times, better than drowning but for me just because I actually expect to "go" that way, I'm used to it. I've been cut and hit before. Again, no stranger. Takes a while though. Shot? Might not suck that bad. All according to (of course) hit location. Freezing? I hear it's like going to sleep. I don't like cold weather though, so no thanks. Car wreck? See above under "shot." Pretty much applies for most traumatic injuries. Falling? Lots of panic followed by a short, very intense, burst of pain. Again, no thanks. Jeez, we humans can "check out" a lot of ways! As to dignity... I agree. That's why I want to die alone. I've seen death enough to have realized that no matter how many others are there and might also be sharing your experience, we all die as individuals, alone in our experience. I'd rather no one see me in this, most private, moment. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman. Last edited by Maximilian II; 08-18-2009 at 02:30 AM..

08-18-2009, 02:49 AM	#4
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: Your preffered way to "go." It would be nice if it was quick and not to uncomfortable. I would prefer not to know when the big day will arrive. When it does come I want to be able to go with some sort of dignity attached.

08-18-2009, 03:21 AM	#5
doug66 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 538	Re: Your preffered way to "go." A guy I used to work with, would say, 90 years old, in bed, at the hands of a jealous husband. Me, I guess I hope to go doing what makes me happy.

08-18-2009, 04:50 AM	#6
Suwannee Tim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,227	Re: Your preffered way to "go." My father died from a sudden heart attack, here one minute, gone the next. Low drama, low suffering but no time to say goodbye. I have seen several people die slowly the most recent died last week, I think I'd rather go quickly . As far as where, well, I'm going to be in the Okefenokee Swamp the first days of September and if something happens to you out there, help is a long time coming. A friend of mine kicked the bucket in the far north of Canada, they "buried" him by piling rocks on his body as the ground is frozen. His wife was with him and he stated his preference that he be left there which is what she did. The cost of recovering his body would have been astronomical if they could even find it.

08-18-2009, 05:04 AM	#7
topper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: deep in the woods Posts: 748	Re: Your preffered way to "go." i want to go while baling hay on my JD tractor and having a massive heart attack. boom, down i go and all equipment comes to a screeching halt. said and done, no suffering. wishful thinking. Keep both barrels loaded!

08-18-2009, 05:10 AM	#8
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I was thinking that I'd kinda like to go during the great calling away... Sure need to make some changes or I'm gonna miss that one! Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

08-18-2009, 06:42 AM	#10
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I just ain't going ! I have to stay here and teach the world to stand up for what is right I have been taken twice and both times they sent me back so why try for the third I hear it is a charm. __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

08-18-2009, 06:43 AM	#11
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,753	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep................ Not kicking and screaming like the other people in my car.

08-18-2009, 06:45 AM	#12
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

08-18-2009, 06:54 AM	#13
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Sam that is just so wrong in so many ways But what is worse is I liked it __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

08-18-2009, 07:04 AM	#14
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Would like to just go nice and quick no need for a long battle ,some friends and family took a long time to leave and it gets hard for so many people otherthan yourself.

08-18-2009, 07:29 AM	#15
fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: Your preffered way to "go." The really sad part about all of this is that none of us has any choice. My folks never would have chosen to go the way they did, but it happened, and for some reason, I feel that it was supposed to be some sort of "life lesson" for me, and it was. However, I always remember the words of William Faulkner who said, "death comes up behind you and takes you by surprise." That's the way I want to go.

08-18-2009, 07:46 AM	#16
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Smacked by the 'old age truck'! __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

08-18-2009, 08:06 AM	#17
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,428	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I suppose if we had our druthers mine would take place at the end of a long fulfilling life with my wife at my side and just do to sleep and never wake up. We seldom get our druthers though and my time will come when God decides it. Or whenever Obozo sends his goons to collect my weapons and to escort me to the re.educa.tion camp. I just hope to be able to lay some dogs at my feet when I go. There, if that ain't depressing, nothing will be. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*

08-18-2009, 08:14 AM	#20
Snakedriver Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW. Florida Posts: 1,219	Re: Your preffered way to "go." If I were to get to choose, it would be in the saddle with my boots on. I hope the mortician can't get the smile off my face! __________________ Fear is a reaction..........Courage is a decision Last edited by Snakedriver; 08-18-2009 at 08:16 AM..

08-18-2009, 08:18 AM	#22
GMFWoodchuck Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 1,369	Re: Your preffered way to "go." I have two ways that I want to go. The first is to go quitely in the night while sleeping. The other is the far end of the scale. To go out in a bang, runover by a locamotive or some other mode that will be quick but quite bloody and messy and therefore newsworthy. Morbid I suppose.

08-18-2009, 09:02 AM	#23
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Which would be better? Going to die in my sleep. I live alone. Long about day 2 the dog may decide supper is late. or I've visiting my daughter's family. She sends the 6-year-old in, to tell Grandpa to get up for breakfast. Maybe that question should be, "Which would be worse?" __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

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kutaho Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,852	Re: Your preffered way to "go." Quietly. __________________ No man stands in the same river twice If all else fails grab a rock Mi Taku oyasin

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glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Re: Your preffered way to "go." When i die i hope its about 12 hours after a big meal because i hear that when a person dies that they crap themselves... I'd love to make the Mortician work a little bit for the money he gets for putting anti freeze in my veins.... mike gn __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone....