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Very cool! I love those old advertisements and the nostalgia they recollect. It’s crazy to think that in 60 years from now our children will think back on these days as the good old days.
We remember the good, forget the tribulations and long for the innocence of our younger days.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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I grew up during that time period, I remember visiting my uncle an avid fisherman and poring over his outdoor magazines. I have several of the vintage ads framed and hanging in my man cave. I visited places like Numrich Arms and Sarco back in the day and remember seeing vast quantities of surplus arms of every description. I purchased a Springfield 1909A3 still in the arsenal cosmoline for $200.
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I bought one of the surplus 1903a3 in the 60's, I think I paid $50 for it and sold it to a friend for $75. He called me the other day and offered to sell it back to me for $1000.
Never try to teach a pig to sing...
...it wastes your time and annoys the pig!
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I remember fishing camp with "Uncle Elmer” up on lake Travis. Them days in February there woupd be like 2 other boats on the lake. Cabin was cinder block. Big fireplace. And the bunkhouse was surrounded by thos jalousie windows you cranked open and closed.
Over in the corner was a stack of "Texas Game and Fish Commission" magazines. Precursor to Tx Parks & Wildlife. No adds. Just lots of hunting and fishing pictures and stories !!! Great reads!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I love it. A Springfield for Forty bucks. A Webley Mark VI for just fifteen bucks. Shoots .45 acp ammo.
Those were the days, easy access to guns.
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"You can never go home again"
With inflation, many things cost about the same.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Wabi, I find myself making more of the things I really want these days!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Bob, and all, They say when you are 10 years old, you can play football on your grandparents fron porch. If you go back at 30, it's 8'x 16'.  
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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'm still waiting for my damn sea monkeys to hatch. i'm thinking i might be out 69 cents.
My diploma is a DD214
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No you can’t go home, when you can’t recognize where you are and people today can’t recognize where you came from .
Decades of voting for the lesser of two evils has gotten us just that.....
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Kinda like it now, too. I am thankful for the meagre skills I have obtained along the way.
If I went home it would be the woods.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Great thread. Thanks for posting.
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The old, I've been your age, you haven't been mine.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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'm still waiting for my damn sea monkeys to hatch. i'm thinking i might be out 69 cents. Come to think of it, I never got my sea monkees either!
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https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth190330/m1/1/
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'm still waiting for my damn sea monkeys to hatch. i'm thinking i might be out 69 cents. Come to think of it, I never got my sea monkees either! It was the fluoride in the water!!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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