Trad Gang

I am weak. I did it again. I found a bow I have wanted and thanks to my sweet wife Kimber I did not have to sell a couple of bows to get it.

Schafer longbow 64" amo 59# @ 29" (56# @ 28") charcaol/rosewood dym riser and diamond back skins, FF and checkered grip.
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Very nice looking bow- congrats

Wow1 That's a beauty; lucky for you you saw it first!    :thumbsup:

You and your brother...must be genetic.

Very nice bow!

I'd say that both of them, the wife and the bow are "keepers"..lol

Congratulations!

God bless,Mudd

That is one sweet looking "tip"!!   Maybe you could have your wife talk to mine....LOL

I was eye'in up that one as well. Very nice sir!!

Sweet bow. Skins are awesome. Like the tips. And the stippling is classy.

Donald,Glad you found this one.Hope you shoot the lights out with it.

That's the one I liked......♠ Sweeeeeet  :bigsmyl:

I am really glad you bought that bow I was really thinking about pulling the trigger myself!

Very nice!!!

Congrats, you are a very lucky man looks like you found a keeper, oh yea nice bow too.

Donald,

No need to 'fess up.  You are NOT responsible for this, and it's not your fault!  Like snag said, it is a genetic condition, and it is nothing to be ashamed of.

A recent report from the International Symposium on Genetic Excuses and Anomalies (the ISGEA) has just identified the HHOA gene, which explains a number of excessive tendencies... with particular evidence in the world of archery.

Their paper reports, and I quote-

An enzyme present in "normal" people which helps control excessive purchasing, eating, and BOW BUYING, is lacking in people with the HHOA gene.  Resulting tendencies, largely uncontrollable, include overflowing bow racks, shrinking bank accounts, and the unrelenting need for "just ONE more bow."

The HHOA (Howard Hill Oxidase A) gene, nicknamed the "Rowan Bow-Buying Gene" in inside circles, is NOT a terminal condition.  If you have it, you will not die FROM it, but you will die WITH it!  

First documented in twin brothers Danny and Donald Rowan in 2007, their test case has been followed closely.  Their effect from the HHOA gene was so particularly disturbing and consistent that they were "honored" by naming the entire syndrome after them.

"Sufferers" from the "Rowan Bow-Buying Gene" will show a number of abberent behaviors, including frequent online posts titled something like "I'm done buying bows!" or "That's it, NO MORE!"... followed 3-9 months later with counter-intuitive postings such as: "I went and did it again" or "Never say Never, LOL" on popular public archery sites.  Latter posts also typically included detailed photos of new "trophy" (bow) acquisitions.  Schafer bows seem to appear more frequently in these relapses than other types, although it is by no means exclusive to brand.

End ISGEA Quote-

With loving family support, the Rowan Bow-Buying Gene results in a life that is sustainable, but challenging, with the unintended consequence of a stable of beautiful and great-shooting bows.  There is not known treatment, cure, or medicine for this sad, sad condition at this juncture.  All we can do is pray for them... and be ready to snap up their amazing cast-offs as they inexorably come to the market!

To protect yourself when in contact with someone with the HHOA Rowan Bow-Buying Gene, you can really only do two things: DO NOT get between them and a bow they have set their eyes upon, and- please- DO NOT EVER believe them when they say they are "done buying bows!!!!!!!"     :saywhat:  

Beautiful bow, Donald.  Congratulations!!  (And remember, it's NOT your fault!)

Daryl

I wonder if there is testing for this gene? No, I don't want to know! I think there's a page in that medical report with my name on it too.   :rolleyes:

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You are killin me Daryl,LOL I laughed so hard i blew diet coke out my nose, OUCH. LOL.

:thumbsup:  That's a beauty!

Yer just trying to keep up to yer kid brother...admit it!   :saywhat:    :jumper:

You got it Doc. Daryl, that made me laugh so hard I fell in the floor rolling. My wife thought I was having a fit or something. Now I can prove to her it ain't my fault.   :bigsmyl:

Whew!  I'm always relieved when people understand that a joke was... a joke!


Glad to be of service in 'splainin' your "affliction" to Kimber!      :wavey:  


By the way, I think that theory also explains a WHOLE lot about the 275 page "HHbug" thread that has been running since last winter...

Isn't science wonderful?!?!

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Sweet bow!

Wow, I think that is the nicest "Tip"  I've ever seen.  Awesome!  Congrats.

It is most absolutely  not a gene but an obsession... but he is well worth it. My husband is the most amazing provider and head of the household I could have ever prayed for... and yes he did butter be up a bit he bought me a new hummer.... and NO it is NOT going to the LEASE or on any hunts... it says clearly on the back window Oil Field Diva!  

I love you Donald and you are amazing...

oh and guys I will have talks with your wives.. I have this wifely duty thing down pat!

So why do I have a bunch of their previously owned bows hanging on MY rack, Daryl?

Congratulations to Donald on the Tip and Kimber on the Hummer. How many bows can you get before it costs you a car, Donald?   :confused:  

Allan

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Great post, Kimber.  Congrats on the Hummer!!!  If I didn't have my own Proverbs 31 wife of 32 years (poor girl!), I'd be sending you her e-mail address.  Sounds like you have this marriage thing figured out.    :saywhat:

I'm liking my hummer if I could could get Donald out of it!  for some reason he thinks when he is home it is his drive... lol but he did pay for it!

Allan, I hear we may be getting to meet you soon!  I hope it works out...

Again I can't thank my husband enough for all he does for our family.  Today we are waiting on our first great grand daughter Aubrey to decide to make her way into this world.  She is already showing her Diva Gigi Kimber gene by being fashionably late.

Hawkeye glad you have a good wife, I hear good wives are as hard to come by as good husbands...

Allan,

I honestly cannot say how many I have bought since I bought her last car, but it was a lot. She is an amazing wife who puts up with my trad archery thing and supports me in it. She is no hunter but understands that we have to harvest God's bounty.

Daryl,

Isn't it great to have a Proverbs 31 wife. To be equaly yoked is awesome. I collect bows, she collects purses and shoes.

As soon as I get my new "Tip" I will post pics shooting it. I can not wait.

I think you need to christen that Hummer by going "mudding" Kimber....   :biglaugh:

That has got to be one of the nicest Tips I have ever seen.  And BTW, I see no stippling.  Just some beautiful as usual checkering from Dave.

I think that I am a carrier of this genetic defect!  :eek:

QuoteOriginally posted by snag:
I think you need to christen that Hummer by going "mudding" Kimber....    :biglaugh:  

UUMMM NEGATIVE the only that Mud MY hummer will see is if there a new shopping center being built and I am trying to find a way in to beat the crowds.

:thumbsup:     :laughing:

Shuweeeee that's a looker.

A Hummer?? Holy Crap as "Ray's Dad would say on Everybody loves Raymond". That ought to cover the next 100 bows he buys  :biglaugh:    :jumper:    :jumper:

QuoteOriginally posted by Danny Rowan:
A Hummer?? Holy Crap as "Ray's Dad would say on Everybody loves Raymond". That ought to cover the next 100 bows he buys   :biglaugh:      :jumper:      :jumper:  

....good stradegy Donny! I can see many more bows in your future....

way to go I just picked one up myself best bow I ever shot.WAY TO GO WIFE nothing like a understanding wife who can understand our needs.

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Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
A Hummer?? Holy Crap as "Ray's Dad would say on Everybody loves Raymond". That ought to cover the next 100 bows he buys   :scared: