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Post by deadwoodgultch on Dec 14, 2016 12:21:54 GMT
All, interesting interests, guns, shooting, boats, cemeteries, period garb, museums. I will toss in decoy carving and lighthouses. My shooting, generally not for competition is enjoyable include Trap, Waterfowl, & etc.
Chuck, many of your models include guns, some rather large, and lets face it many were created to be the consummate killing machines and delivers of death.
In summation, whatever floats your boat. I will even include southwest Native American woven rugs/blankets and jewelry.
Regards, Tom
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Dec 14, 2016 12:22:47 GMT
Chuck, I should have used the term ships.
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colt45
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Post by colt45 on Dec 14, 2016 14:27:46 GMT
Sounds like I better plan for a week's stay in the Chattanooga area. I am going to need a lot of money for the wife since she will have to spend a week shopping alone in the area.
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 14, 2016 14:49:52 GMT
Yes Colt, if I ever managed to meet you guys at the Custer battlefield, then I would have to leave the missus and probably her Sister, in New York, as she has no interest in battlefields and would not want to stay in NY on her own.
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dave
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Post by dave on Dec 15, 2016 18:07:30 GMT
As Patrick Cleburne was the subject of this post and this December is 152 years since his death at Franklin and the Army of Tennessee's death took place on this date in 1864, I thought it worthwhile to mention. John Bell Hood, a courageous fighter, was a perfect example of the Peter Principle long before the birth of this theory.
Bell was an excellent division commander who was a miserable failure as an army commander. He bleed his army needlessly at Franklin---losing 14 generals, 6 killed, 7 wounded and 1 captured---with loses of nearly 7,000 troops. Franklin has many similarities with Pickett's charge but was far more deadly.
2 weeks after the debacle at Franklin, Hood faced George Thomas with a numerical disadvantage of 2 to 1 outside of Nashville. The Union troops easily routed Hood and his army causing further casualties for no gain.
The South started out with an advantage of leadership but as the war dragged along the Rebs lost their best and the Federals developed better and better commanders from experience and training. Grant's overall leadership of the army was the death knell for the Confederacy. Regards Dave
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azranger
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Post by azranger on Dec 29, 2016 13:13:31 GMT
I took my wife to New England a few years back. We had rainy day so I suggested we go to the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts. My wife accused me having a plan to do this all along. But I told her my rainy day story and I am sticking to it.
They have two carbines that were modified after the LBH battle with cleaning rod attached to the muzzle end. They had a clamp attached to the barrel and were drilled into the forend. Obviously the buttstock storage won out but it was cool to learn of the immediate action to produced prototypes to solve a problem discovered at the LBH battle.
The next day we headed north to Vermont and it was soon forgotten. On the way back to Mass. I got to go to the Sig Sauer store in New Hampshire which is adjacent their academy. My wife followed me around as I made selections but she never said anything. Didn't need to, I know when she is close I am doing something only I like to do.
Regards
Steve
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Post by yanmacca on Dec 29, 2016 13:23:06 GMT
New England sounds a great place, rather Steven Kingish too.
It's all about give and take Steve, split the day into three, you take her to all the places she wants to go in the morning, then she accompanies you with the places you want to go in the afternoon. Then in the evening you can spend it together with a nice meal and watching some live entertainment and a drink or two.
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Post by dgfred on Jan 17, 2017 18:13:04 GMT
Unlike Chuck, I LOVE GUNS. Not so much for their intended purpose of killing, although I certainly love shooting, but for their beauty, mechanical simplicity overall, and innovations. I love shooting cowboy action with the two revolvers in my picture, plus my lever action rifle and side by side shotgun. And, kind of like Captain Pretend on the other board, I like to dress up at the matches as my favorite movie cowboy, The Man with No Name. Just like the other cowboy shooters, dressing up in late 1800's clothing and shooting classic weapons of the era is a ton of fun. This means I will have to add a visit to the Fuller Collection to my bucket list. 'The Man with No Name' On the old gunfighter's fake tombstone... Nobody was faster. Haha.
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