The Bon Vivant Warrior?

[Gabriel Suarez]

Life is not doom and gloom. It is beautiful and filled with promise and opportunity to those who have the mind set to notice. This subforum is intended for those things. No politics...nor anything else that would detract from the taste of a finely prepared filet, the sounds of a fine piece of music, or a glass of Chinaco Blanco will be discussed here..

The Cooper quote is below -

"Nobody needs a scout rifle. Nobody needs a Ferrari. Nobody needs a box at the opera. And nobody needs an Aerostar. The question is not what you need, but rather what you want—and how much do you want it. In my own view, it is better to own one really good rifle than six or eight approximations. But that is just my view, and people with other opinions are welcome to them. "


I would add that nobody needs a college education at a famous university...nobody needs a nice home on several acres...nobody needs a south seas island vacation.

Today lots of guys talk about need, but that is the wrong forcus to base a life. All you need is food andshelter, and a woman. All other things are arguable. Look at a dog living on the street. His needs are your needs...but that is no life. America...the REAL America was built on WANT and not NEED. Nobody needed to tame the west or walk on the moon....quite a point of fact...nobody else did.

But Americans wanted it...and attained it. When Neil Armstrong wakes up in the morning he doesn't think, "You know....I could have....."

Life is made up of the quality of things and events around us. Sure, the people we surround ourselves with are a big factor, as is what we pursue for a career, and what we hold as core beliefs. But after that, all of those material things that are eschewed by those who cannot have them make up the rest.

The spacious house will bring more smiles than the tenement apartment. The new camaro will bring more joy to the commute than the used AMC Pacer. The filet mingnon will taste far better than the Big Mac.

And when you are 89 years old sitting on that rocking chair you will not be thinking of all the money you saved by eating at BK, vacationing in the parking lot at Wally world, or driving that old car....you will be wishing you had actually lived your life rather than simply having gotten to the finish line without spending a dime.

[WalkerAK74M]

Life is not doom and gloom. It is beautiful and filled with promise and opportunity to those who have the mind set to notice. This subforum is intended for those things. No politics...nor anything else that would detract from the taste of a finely prepared filet, the sounds of a fine piece of music, or a glass of Chinaco Blanco will be discussed here..

The Cooper quote is below -

"Nobody needs a scout rifle. Nobody needs a Ferrari. Nobody needs a box at the opera. And nobody needs an Aerostar. The question is not what you need, but rather what you want—and how much do you want it. In my own view, it is better to own one really good rifle than six or eight approximations. But that is just my view, and people with other opinions are welcome to them. "


I would add that nobody needs a college education at a famous university...nobody needs a nice home on several acres...nobody needs a south seas island vacation.

Today lots of guys talk about need, but that is the wrong forcus to base a life. All you need is food andshelter, and a woman. All other things are arguable. Look at a dog living on the street. His needs are your needs...but that is no life. America...the REAL America was built on WANT and not NEED. Nobody needed to tame the west or walk on the moon....quite a point of fact...nobody else did.

But Americans wanted it...and attained it. When Neil Armstrong wakes up in the morning he doesn't think, "You know....I could have....."

Life is made up of the quality of things and events around us. Sure, the people we surround ourselves with are a big factor, as is what we pursue for a career, and what we hold as core beliefs. But after that, all of those material things that are eschewed by those who cannot have them make up the rest.

The spacious house will bring more smiles than the tenement apartment. The new camaro will bring more joy to the commute than the used AMC Pacer. The filet mingnon will taste far better than the Big Mac.

And when you are 89 years old sitting on that rocking chair you will not be thinking of all the money you saved by eating at BK, vacationing in the parking lot at Wally world, or driving that old car....you will be wishing you had actually lived your life rather than simply having gotten to the finish line without spending a dime.

This is the fundamental difference versus the liberal hippy American who drives a prius and is concerned about his eco footprint and us, the conservative men who go out and spend our money, time, and love on what we WANT to do.... We will look back and say I accomplished what I wanted.... Excellent post boss!

[tkarter]

All I need to survive is to wake up every morning with those I love.
I don't care how many scars I have to receive to do that.

tk

[lightfighter]

The thread title, ' The Bon Vivant Warrior ', reminded me of the tale of the Tsar's officers using Champagne to shine their boots.

[blackballed]

Sweet!

Looking forward to this subforum. I am making a new path in my life as there is no more reason to put things off. The stories and advice posted here from other businessmen who have not given up and seen success in their lives would serve well as encouragement to those seeking a different kind of life beyond mere existence.

[Gabriel Suarez]

All I need to survive is to wake up every morning with those I love.
I don't care how many scars I have to receive to do that.

tk

But I would submit that waking up with them to the gentle rocking of the ocean on your chartered boat, and the smell of Kona coffee your bride brings to you, as the junior staff grills the fish caught earlier is far better than waking up with them in the back of a VW bus and the smell of familial armpit as you chew up egg mcmuffins.

And that is the entire point. After needs are taken care of....as they are for everyone in america, there are other things that make life what it is here in this country.

[blackballed]

Bon Vivant - literally means "Good living (man)"

A person with (of) refined tastes, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink.

Was it not the wise man - known as Colombianito - who once said:

"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day...
Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime...
Teach a man to sell fish, and he will eat steak!"

[Juggernaut_S12]

"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."

[limamike55]

But I would submit that waking up with them to the gentle rocking of the ocean on your chartered boat, and the smell of Kona coffee your bride brings to you, as the junior staff grills the fish caught earlier is far better than waking up with them in the back of a VW bus and the smell of familial armpit as you chew up egg mcmuffins. And that is the entire point. After needs are taken care of....as they are for everyone in america, there are other things that make life what it is here in this country.

Damn well said Gabe and so much more so for the warrior and his family. Life is meant to be well lived and enjoyed.

[wapati]

I don't know how the "glass half empty" folks can stand getting up every day.