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It's been at least a few years since being involved here, mostly due to the incredible busyness of life. I've missed the conversation, the info, and just hanging out from time to time, and am glad to have the time to get involved again. Quick updates: Lost my two old dogs last year. Jess on...

Hey guys. After more than 40 years of guitar playing, teaching and performing, I have to hang it up. The hands just won't cooperate anymore. Arthritis is making it very difficult to keep on playing. I have been out of the inner circle of guitarists for quite a while, and want to sell off a...

Last night they had a segment from Boise. Guy brings in two knives, one was apparently a fake, the other was an actual Confederate "D handle" Bowie type knife. In both cases, the appraiser went on and on about them. Both knives were in scabbards. I kept waiting for the appraiser to remove...

...we're only halfway done! Tomorrow, they're calling for -15 actual [not windchill]. Looks like around here the total snowfall for this storm will be about 16 inches or so. Been a hit with the neighbors, though. Got the John Deere out with the snow blower and rescued the poor shovelers who...

Didn't want to hijack the bullying thread, but reading about the 91-0 football game reminded me about a high school baseball game, years ago. We were an average team. In our league was a team that had a pitcher who eventually went professional, after a stellar college career. He was beating...

Last week, we had a couple of inches of snow, and it was still pretty cold for late March. I got up on Saturday and stumbled down to the coffee pot, which my wife had already fired up. Coffee in hand, I took Jess and Jimmy outside for their Labrador Retriever morning "constitutional." After...

The Michigan thread got me to thinking... Our farm is about 30 minutes south of "the Bridge," and for me, the gateway to the UP is also my favorite diner in the state. "Clydes," also known as "the home of the Big C." The Big C is a huge cheesburger, done right. Almost too big to finish in...

In for a routine physical. The doctor, with his electronic clipboard, asks a bunch of questions, checking them off one by one. Most of the answers are in the chart already, and have been part of my history for quite a while. You could tell he was not comfortable with the process, and was...

Sitting around the fire the other night, we talked about times in life when you've been really, shockingly, good and scared. Besides all the "normal fear" of army life, I can remember when I was the kind of scared that makes one weak in the knees, makes your ears buzz and starts your life...

Let's say, for discussion, that your church doesn't count...since you probably have them on your list already. I throw some money at the Salvation Army when I pass by. I try to give to the Boy Scouts of America. Wounded Warriors. There's a local animal rescue that doesn't euthanize, too. A...

Folks, we have a winner. I just put everyone's post numbers into a random number generator, and the lucky winner is post #27, LONG COLT FRAZIER! [Note: Those who posted on the thread more than once had only one post number entered, so no unfair advantage to anyone!] Congrats to Mark, thanks...

Just got back from a 4970 mile road trip out west. Highlights; Drinking fresh brewed coffee, cooked on the Coleman stove on the truck tailgate, in the middle of nowhere, on Colorado Hwy 71. Sat there enjoying the sun, the wind and the golden grass...until I was joined by the local deputy...

When a black Ford 150 blows through your town, and the women swoon, the kids start laughing, ponies kick up their heels in the pasture...when the rain falls in the desert, and it snows on the high peaks...when the days are shinier and the mountains seem taller, the rainbows brighter... ...it'll...

The wife and I are going down for our second visit this Fall. I have a nephew that lives/works there. This will be our second visit to him. We're staying at a ranch just east of town. Two questions: Other than the typical trip up Mount Lemmon, what else should we make of point of seeing...

I guess there's a first time for everything. Online today, while researching lawn care at a major college website, I got to the fine print at the bottom. They stated that research results were available to everyone regardless of age, creed, race, sexual orientation and Viet Nam era...

Yep. A little background. I install seat covers in my vehicles at time of purchase. I've used a bunch of different manufacturers over the years, some good, some not. Friend suggested trying Wet Okole [no relationship at all to them!]. As one of the accessories, they advertize a "gun pouch"...

Let me preface this question by admitting that the tendency to sound arrogant by asking is a real danger!:o I shoot routinely at several ranges, some public, some private, usually employing a mix of revolvers and semi-autos. Most of these locations do not allow rapid fire. So people are...

I'm thinking of getting my "most carried" 4566TSW refinished by SW. [Beadblast] It's been the most carried gun I own, and starting to show it. Minor nicks, scratches, etc. Would having that done ruin, improve, or do nothing to the value? [FWIW, I do not expect an improved value, and would...

1973- I raise a glass to the memory of Buzz, Harry, Chip, Cleo "the big Lonz," and SFC "Sgt. Ron." And, to my old friend Misayagi [Mike] of the WWII 442nd. I remember you all. Len

I don't really know if I'll be able to watch...but I'm going to record anyway. Thought it'd be of interest to a bunch here. Len