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- <p>Pronounced <em>koos-key</em>.</p>
- <p>I met two people today from the greater Seattle area:</p>
- <p>One guy I met in Grangeville, ID. He told me he had had his head cut open several times to remove a brain
- tumor, showing me the scars and everything. I thought this was an odd conversation topic to bring up within
- minutes of meeting a stranger, but ok. He then told me his favorite thing about living in this area was being
- able to drive his ATV where ever he liked without a helmet. I guess he is eager to have his head opened a
- fourth time?</p>
- <p>The other guy was my Warmshowers host, Jim, the patriarch of a rural family numbering double digits. I
- really appreciate the values he instills in his family and the guests from abroad who live with him. They live
- close to the Earth with respect for the world and others in it. He fired up the sauna he built himself on his
- property and we did that for a while. He runs a gun parts company for a living and lives a 2nd Amendment
- lifestyle. I had never shot a gun in my life, being a Seattle Snowflake, so I expressed interest and he
- showed me how to safely handle a gun. I had the opportunity to shoot both an assault rifle and a hand gun. I
- had respect for the way he respects guns. It was an educational experience.</p>
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