Maybe not in that order but that is,as most of you know,the title of a book from my favorite author,Skeeter Skelton.
About the guns,I own a few good ones;and I was already sold to good whiskey since a good while ago.But good friends,I mean real good ones,are few and far between.Let me tell you about one that has just happened to me.
A few years ago,there was that guy at the range whom I knew because we would say Hi when we met.He was known as the guy with the nice old 19th century guns:Sharp's,Remington Rolling block,Evans,High and Low Wall,Spencer,and on and on(he owns 140 of such).He was sad because 4759 powder had been discontinued and since he was using it as a duplex load for priming his bp 45-70 loads,he'd have to develop a new load.Since I had a few pounds of it,I offered to sell him 1 pound.He was happy as a kid on Christmas eve.
Last week,he phoned me;he and his wife being very sick,they decided to sell the house.He asked me if books were my cup of tea.Answer;positive.I went to his place to find 2 large boxes full of books:Jack O'Connor,Warren Page,Col Wheelen and many others(No Skeeter or Bill Jordan though).When I asked him how much he wanted for the 2 boxes(was ready to shell out $$$ for such)he told me that he remembered a desperate guy being offered some 4759 a few years ago.
Now that guy stands in my short list of real friend!

When you treat people well, good things happen.

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Not really a friend story, but I called Ruger CS Friday, I have a 1911 that needs work I could have done in a younger day, but now ...

Guy answers the phone, I started off with my problem so they could direct it - this guy speaks up "Hey, Mr. C, long time we haven't heard from you!"
I was amazed that he remembered my voice (I was not on my usual phone, so no CID). We had a great discussion, and he sent a label for a warranty return.
Told him I wasn't shooting much anymore, and my progression. So if you were in line behind me in the queue, apologies. But it made my day that he remembered me!

This is good thread. Kinda' fun reading about nice and things working out. Things going right for a change.

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