"Larry L" said clipped for brevity ( trying to maintain humility )

In 1984 a neighbor from San Pedro & I attended the LA Olympic Skeet shooting
venue. After watching them break 25 of 25 I said, "They are pretty good."
He said "They're OK." "Whatta do ya mean," sez I. "Do you think you could
do better." (Bad choice of words on my part) "Yeah, he said if I shot a
lot." "Whatta do ya mean," sez I. "In the 60's I was 1st of two alternates
on the 10 man US Army Skeet team," he said. OOPS, I thought g.

"What did the 2nd alternate shoot," I asked. "498 out of 500," he said.
"What did you shoot," I asked. "499 out of 500,' he said.
"What did the 10 guys on the team shoot," I asked. "500 out of 500. "That
why I was an alternate," he said. "Never could break 500."

After this discussion I knew I'd never be able to improve my shooting to get
a lot of feathers for fly tying because I'd never shoot enough to hit much.
Hats off to you guys that shoot well and shoot a lot!

Good luck!
John