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Our son graduated high school with scholastic honors last Thursday evening. It was a very pleasant ceremony and the salutatorian and valedictorian both provided exceptional addresses. Fifty one graduates for this Class 2A school in Goldthwaite, Texas. The graduates had a busy couple of weeks...

He's actually a Chicago White Sox fan. I suppose the Papacy should favor underdogs. Bryan

Eldorado By Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow— Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked...

Prop. 65 has become so ubiquitous that it has lost all meaning. When virtually everything is "known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm" the warning no longer informs or alarms. The state doesn't test anything for these determinations but rather take anecdotal...

Not long ago we decided to dust off the 70's era components stereo; receiver, turntable, cassette deck, the Bose 301s, etc. I never really had a good compact disc player as they came along a little later and I relied on another system for their playback. C.D.'s are making a "comeback" like...

This is from today's Patriot Post Bryan SCOTUS upholds "ghost gun" regs: The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision on the Biden administration's rule that severely limits Americans' ability to obtain gun parts online to assemble their own firearms. The root issue was whether the ATF had...

While living in McHenry County, IL back in the late 80s I shopped at the "original" Gander Mountain brick & mortar store in Wilmot, WI. Got their catalog for years and remember having to be careful, especially of clothing, as most of it seemed to represent cheap, imported, low quality stuff. I...

Add a third vote for Zaya. Incredibly smooth and virtually the only real "sipping" rum I've tried that has no detraction. Straight up. Bryan

Wouldn't pretend to tell you what you "should" do. However, I would be entering that revolver into the inventory by now. Bryan

Three. Two Colt Official Police in .38 Special - one kind of a beater and one pretty nice. And a S&W Chiefs Special also in .38 Special. At least the Chief was "shipped" in '57 as it's more difficult to say when it was manufactured. Welcome to the forum! Bryan

These are excerpts from an article by Douglas Andrews as it appeared in Patriot Post. On Tuesday, that failed state to our south had its day in court, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, a $10 billion lawsuit filed by the...

Thank you! The three of us have come a long way - in what seems like a very short time. We're coming up, next month, on our 18th anniversary of receiving our son in Nam Dinh Province.

What a senior year our son has had. We owe a debt of gratitude to our small town, our school district, and our great community. Seven years ago as our son was about to enter "middle school" in Austin, TX (6th through 8th grade) we faced a dilemma. He went from a poorly preforming school in...

Count me as a fan too. Can't think of anything he had a hand in that wasn't enjoyable. Rest in peace David. Bryan

Our community buried more treasure today. Our last World War Two veteran, who happened to be a combat veteran, was laid to rest today. James Leonhard was just 99 years old, just about as young as a combat vet can be (that didn't lie about his age). He was in the 87th Infantry Division, the...

I have a large, mechanical-locking, Liberty I like and have had for quite awhile. I've moved it twice and that got me into gun "cabinets" versus safes. I have four gun cabinets and after some customization they are likely about 80% as difficult to breach as the Liberty. I can't vouch for...

I have a nice Breitling that spends most of its life in the gun safe in its original box. My practice wife bought it for me duty-free while we were vacationing in the Caribbean many years ago. It's gorgeous and I try not to blame the watch for the unfortunate connection to the purchaser. I...

Where else you gonna get... I'm visiting my Mother in Illinois, she's 94 and living in a self-sufficient apartment in a retirement home facility. She gave up driving this past year so looks forward to my visits for among other reasons to go shopping in a leisurely fashion. She wanted a new...

Given the angst Tic Toc has wrought why would we voluntarily use a ChiCom owned AI platform? Bryan

Obviously not an Outdoorsman, however it's from the same era of this discussion as an early post-war ship. This one is S67316 and the letter indicates it was shipped on July 29, 1946 as part of a larger shipment to Adolph Blaich Co. in San Francisco. Invoice price was $31.60. Bryan