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With every post you make here, Steve, I come to like you more and more as your humanity and decency shine through your words in a manner so akin to that of my late father that I am reminded of him....a Knight of Columbus for 70 years, longtime "Alter Boy" and a man who was the very epitome of generosity to everyone....a REAL Catholic.
So, my good and valued friend, do not be in any great hurry to join Allen, eternity is a long time and we shall all get there when our time comes.
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When we met in my office, Clay told me that his ambition was to become rich and famous as a gun writer.
Oh, yeah! Sure! Good plan! Ken, you shock me ... aren't ALL gun writers rich and famous? 
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A beautiful story of friends,thank you for sharing with us. If I had lived closer to you,it would have been me at your house if you had let me come over.
I suspect that you and Allen and I will all meet together pretty soon,life here is just a mist,here and gone all too quick.
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Respect is always better than separation and hatred. Great read Steve. Thanks.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is.
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After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
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Steve you sure have a way with the written word. As I said Allen was one of the Good Guys and you too.
"Any idiot can face a crisis,it's the day-to-day living that wears you out."
Anton Chekhov
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Steve
Many thanks for your story. Allen seems to have been a little bit like me-excitable and a kid in a toy shop with new goodies.
I'm glad to see this thread move away from Clay Harvey.
Thanks again.
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Well, after getting through the first few pages of this thread I'm guessing there's a better than average chance that my PRISTINE copy of "The Hunter's Rifle" by Clay Harvey is not a collectors item. LOL!!
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if it is pristine, then the chances are it wasn't worth reading anyway.
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(Do you mean rain, rein, or reign?)
Though my choice was intentional, I think you understand what I meant - mostly (as if I even do sometimes!) While I am pretty common and simple mostly, I do appreciate language and am generally bored by stuff that doesn't cause me to study the context of some words for the clues to their meaning. Of course, I have watched idiots 'become somebody' by using the dictionary to make themselves become smarter, older, and wiser as well. If anything, my pretense might take me back the other way. 
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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This thread has degenerated into something decent and respectable. Well done, gentlemen! And a great post by ol' dz. Ken, it's always good to read your posts, too. Gives the place a touch of klass. 
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
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Indeed. Bravo to Dr. Ken and Steve. The turn was much appreciated.
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When we met in my office, Clay told me that his ambition was to become rich and famous as a gun writer.
Oh, yeah! Sure! Good plan! Ken, you shock me ... aren't ALL gun writers rich and famous? Well, maybe they started out that way...................
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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To prolong the suspense before awarding the grand prize (ten million dollars), the emcee asked the three finalists what they'd do with the money if they won.
� "I'd pay-off the mortgage on our house, invest the rest, and retire on the interest," the laborer said.
� "I'd open another store in the next town," the merchant said.
� "I'd just keep on farmin' 'til it was all gone."
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.
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