You were talking about, you were talking about your, uh, skinhead, your most frightening [Right] experience. Did,did I ever tell you the one about, um, dove hunting with my friend? [No] You know, it was, um, back in Kansas. [M, hm.] And um. Just right at the end of, right at, right at the end of summer. Um, and we lived out, we lived out in the country, um. He lived on a farm and I lived out on a farm and [M, hm] We're over at his farm. Um, and there's a pond. Most farms, they have a pond. And that's usually the best place, poh! you know, for shooting the doves. [Yeah] Cuz there's the doves are flying, they come in for water. [Yeah] And, you know, 'cause it's at, at, it's at the end of the, you know, summer. So pretty much any time there's water, it's a safe place so we're sitting up on the dam, you know [M, hm] like, just a beautiful peaceful summer evening, you know, as the suns' coming down. [M, hm] We're sitting up on the dam, you know, just talking, you know, and occasionally there's a dove comes in, you know, boom! You know, you shoot it, you know [You take them in the air, not on the water.] with a shotgun. Um, that'd be [sitting] very, that'd be very, that'd be unsporting. [sitting doves, right, yeah] No, you, you can never, you, no, you can't shoot a dove on the ground. Um, on a telephone wire, maybe. Mm heh-heh. Not, not on the ground, alright? But no, you know, we were taking, we were taking these in the air. [Mm] Um, you know, and if, uh, have you ever shot a shot gun? [I've shot a, like a 2-2, I think, but not a shotgun.] You know, 'cause most of the, you know, shotguns we used were always, where you've got like five shells and every time you shoot, you, you know, you pump the stock. [Alright] And it kicks out the old shells. [Then you, do you have to open it?] No, no, no, no. You just pump it, you know. The old shell comes out and the new shell comes in. [O-OK] So you just go choo-choo and it changes the shells and then, you know, when you pull the trigger. But, you know, I was sitting about where you are and he was sitting here. And we'd just, you know, had a shot on a couple of doves. And he brought his gun down. And, and he did, you know, and I mean I've thought about this so many times since this happened about how stupid it was. And, you know, the first thing you're taught, you know, growing up, you know, if you live out on a farm or anywhere where you go hunting is that, you know, you just, no matter what the situation is, you never point the gun at someone. [Mm.] Anyway, he's got the gun. We'd just taken a shot. He brings his gun down and he's holding it like this. Now, I'm sitting right here and he's sitting a little behind me. So the barrel of the gun is like right here. [Shoot.] And he goes Pshh! Boom! [Heh-heh heh] And the gun went off. [Are you joking?] I mean, right across [What?] the front of my stomach. [Phew. Frickin' hell!] And I just sat there. You know, we both of us, I think we just stood there for about ten minutes, kind of. [Haaaw.] You know, breathing hard, thinking about that. [Kha!] You know, 'cause I've thought about that really so many times since then. 'Cause it was just so close. [Yeah.] And if that would have over just a little bit, there, there's no way you're going to survive [Right.] You know, I mean, you're talking a shotgun with a barrel that big. That's a lot [So these would have] That's a lot of lead in the side [Right. It would have killed you for sure. It wouldn't have just spread you like with pellets] Oh, I mean, you know. No, no, c'mon. We're this far away. [Right, right.] It would have blown a hole right through me and. [Phew.] Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, um. [What was he doing with that thing, like pointed at you?] Well, he just, what, you know, it, it was just one of those situation where you weren't thinking. And normally, when you change the shell, nothing should happen. But. You know, for, for whatever reason, something went wrong, you know. And it just blew. It just blew the shell off and, uh. [Wow] I'm still here. It's okay. [Phew.] Ha, ha, ha. But, you know, you, you definitely think about that most of the time about how [So how close? Was it just, like, a few inches?] Yep, it was probably about that far. (whistles) You know. That's no way to go. [Phoo phoo.] You know. That was about, let's see, that was about 22 years ago. So I've had a few good years since then, you know. [Heh heh] I'm still around.