<p>I think the cave is more of a place for shooting bull than elk.</p>
<p>The only thing I’ve ever shot was a skeet.</p>
<p>Skeet shooting roolz!!3! I was amazed how easy basic skeet shooting is, and the loud booming noise of the 12-gauge shotgun was a clear bonus. Two thumbs up.</p>
<p>Discussion above reminds me of when I lived in Alaska. The best part of the cook-outs / manly get-togethers was you never knew what was going to be thrown on the grill. Moose, elk, bear, dall sheep; tasted 'em all straight off the fire. </p>
<p>Man Cave DEFINETLY needs a grill, but charcoal only. Kingsford briquettes as well (the way our dads always did!)</p>
<p>Speaking of Grillin’; it’s time to start planning for that most glorious of all manly holidays. The only holiday truly devoted to manly endeavors. I’m talkin’ the 4th of July, of course. What other holiday is celebrated in such manly ways? BBQs, beer drinking, and of course, setting off large quantities of explosives. Set off one firecracker on Mother’s Day, and the neighbors glare at you the call the cops. But on the 4th, you and your buds get to play that wondeful game of Roman Candle tag, and they just roll their eyes and say “boys will be boys”. </p>
<p>Making my plans to head down to S. Carolina this weekend to load up on the bricks of Black-Cats and other important explosive devices. Maybe I’ll even let the youngest son light off a few this year, but only if he remebers to tell me the magic phrase first: “Stop, Drop, and Roll”. Ahhhh, father / son bonding at it’s finest…</p>
<p>I thought skeet shooting was easy too–until somebody told me the skeet were supposed to be moving when I shot them.</p>
<p>I was in Australia a few dacades ago, and a lot of bars had 2 main sections: one was for men only, and the other for men and women. I was buzzed almost the entire time I was there, but I could swear some of them had urinals in the men’s part so you barely had to leave your beer to relieve yourself. Or did I just dream that? Bottom line is that while a toilet out in the open might be a wee bit too much, I could go for a urinal real close to the bar…and away from the dart board. Ouch.</p>
<p>Skeet shooting is wrong. Just think about the poor skeets. And the farms full of doomed skeetlings.</p>
<p>More Automatic Members:</p>
<p>Alaskan Crab Fishermen
Anyone (women-folk included) who has completed the Iditarod
The Stuntmen in The Road Warrior
Coal Miners
Mixed Martial Arts Sparring Partners
Maximum Security Prison Guards
The Tuttles (but only after they build a “Man Cave” chopper)</p>
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<p>2331, start with watching lots of HGTV, and with small projects (toilet repair, tiling a powder room, installing trim, etc.) Work your way up to the big stuff. Living in 9 houses in 20 years helps, the projects never end. Best thing about it, told the spousal-unit that I will do any project in the house she wants, but I get to buy the right tools to do the job. Tool shed is nicely stocked now…</p>
<p>How about sporting clays?</p>
<p>Another female fishing for a welcome mat. . . my stats:</p>
<p>Navy Vet (corpsman)</p>
<p>Experienced home repair person (I have tiled a kitchen, fireplace surround, and hearth, repaired plumbing, painted interior and exterior walls, laid laminate flooring, and can wire up an AV system all by my lonesome)</p>
<p>Although I do some girly stuff, I am willing to not discuss that here</p>
<p>I am a fantastic costume creator – handy if you want to be Luke Skywalker at the annual costume bash</p>
<p>I have a dead deer head hanging in my house (shot by DH, not me)</p>
<p>I recently bought DH a leather, beat-up looking recliner just so he would be comfy (even though it doesn’t go with the decor)</p>
<p>I can install hard drives and other miscellaneous computer parts as needed for repairs – also pretty good at troubleshooting the soft stuff</p>
<p>I used to be a darn good shot, although I haven’t done any shooting lately.</p>
<p>I know my way around beer – strong, manly stuff. </p>
<p>I am a huge fan of science fiction books and I hate Lifetime TV, not to mention Oxygen and those other silly stations – but I love Dirty Jobs, How it’s made, etc.</p>
<p>Love this thread.</p>
<p>Orchid_2010:
A Navy vet and an SF fan? 'Nuff said. You’re in.</p>
<p>Barkeep, a round of whiskey for all my manly friends!</p>
<p>To shooting skeet and blowing things up on the 4th of July!</p>
<p>By popular demand, we will add a skeet range next to the batters cage. We’ll just have to make sure the range is pointed AWAY from ball field. </p>
<p>New additions to the Man Cave: </p>
<p>105 Howitzer shells, used as spittoons
Randolph Scott’s boots
Chuck Yeager’s flight helmet
Sir Edmund Hillary’s snow goggles</p>
<p>Additional Automatic Members:</p>
<p>Lumberjacks
Big wave surfers
Stonemasons
Mike Tyson’s Bodyguards
The A-team, except for the guy who also starred in Battlestar Galatica
Eagle Scouts
Guys who anonymously mow their elderly neighbor’s lawn and shovel their driveway when it snows</p>
<p>Blowing things UP></p>
<p>Carbide cannon. We had a blast. Like to see the windows shake. </p>
<p>Estes Rockets with a M80 payload or 16 gauge charge.</p>
<p>Couple more Automatic Members:</p>
<p>-Practice squad for any NFL team. Getting pummeled in 90 degree heat by 300 pounders who make 30 times what they do…I’ll give up my seat any day for one of these men.</p>
<p>-Iron workers, especially on high rises</p>
<p>-Guys who play bagpipes and wear kilts and aren’t embarrassed (I think they’re cool)</p>
<p>Orchid, how long have you been a lesbian?</p>
<p>p2n,
Rumor has it, per the discussion in Sinners Alley, that you have “temporarily borrowed” our beer bong hat. As it is my birthday and we are in serious celebratory mode over there, we’d love for you to join us. Please bring the beer bong hat with you. Full. Thanks.</p>
<p>*** Almost forgot. Please bring Bourbon too. No cheap crap. Only the good stuff.</p>
<p>Orchid, I hope you ignore Tourguide. He’s just jealous because women can enjoy almost the entire range of experience, the manly stuff and the girly stuff. We are not limited.</p>
<p>My H gets automatic membership through the shoveling/mowing for elderly neighbors clause. I notice that Blue Oyster Cult roadies get in. My credentials include some original Blue Oyster Cult vinyl in the basement, plus I used to have a dog, who was my best pal. H, S and I are going on a two-week, mega-mile backpacking trip in the Sierras in August, and I am 60, which should count for something. I’ll say hi to the bears and the marmots from you all.</p>
<p>Welcome, Orchid_2010, someone in here will eventually need you.
The first thing I want to see when I have that heart attack, that my DW tells me that I am gonna have, and because of her tough loving care, is someone other than DW; Such as a Navy Corpsperson, dressed in whites, and saying, “I am here for you. Its going to be alright. You just had one too many. Do you remember last night?” To which I give the standard reply. </p>
<p>Do you know how to treat virtual gun shot wounds?
The Duke.</p>
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Tourguide- how long have you been a jerk? ;)</p>
<p>Wow…Tourguide…lousy attempt at humor.</p>
<p>Welcome Orchid…they let me in too. We have some similar qualities with the exception of the Navy.
My deer head hangs on the LR wall but I didn’t shoot it either (DH did), his other two hang in my home office. He gets upset when I decorate them for Christmas but hey, why not. I own my own .357 and know how to use it rather well, but only shooting targets.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who wishes Oprah would go away?? Some women are like lemmings when it comes to her…sorry, I can think for myself. The story she aired about the “man” who is having a baby put me over the edge.</p>