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I just tried my sink with a powerful magnet and you're right, the rim is magnetic but only on the straight edges. Learned something today! As I understand it, some of the stainless refrigerators are not magnetic either. So much for fridge magnets. I never reuse foil or Ziplocs, seem like a good way to get food poisoning.

Looking for a pair of BISLEY hammers (and triggers if possible) for Ruger Single Six .32s.

Wow, good luck and hope the surgery goes well.

Congratulations to you DAWG and yer crew for putting on a really good match. kR

i think only 1903s had rifle grenade launchers early in the war also

I carry cash on me I never leave it in my car. $40-$50 approximately.

I’m going to a small TV store today. They’ve been there forever. They specialize in setting up your new TV. You pay a little more than a big box store but the service is priceless!

Wow! I am saddened to hear this Clay. I hope and pray they are able to help you and get you back on your feet.

I thought the Marines in the Pacific started out with 1903s Regardless, that is one helluva record. 30 towns liberated in 183 days of combat.

Here in NH, the prison camp was north of the White Mountains, POWs worked at the paper millls.

This was a good one! Stages, food, and fellowship all top notch. And @Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903is right we dodged the raindrops just right!!

We sure did get lucky on the weather. Had a great time at my first match of the year.

That’s what I like about you, Pard. You always seem to see the good rather than the bad or negative.

Creepy

Fixed it for you TW.

They're both good -- they put out what is seems like audio political/social cartoons.

That got me thinking about my Grandfather: born in 1882. He remembered when he heard about the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk, Bell and McCurdy's Silver Dart, flown off the ice at Baddeck N.S. and then was alive to watch the moon landings.

Same thing happened here in Canada. In fact we knew a few of the families as friends and neighbours. One fellow, Ex-Wehrmacht, became one of my Father's best friends.

Had to give up on my knee replacement, end of January, due to an abscess/infection, followed by a tooth extraction. Replacement is still on hold, so I'll follow this thread with prayers and and a degree of apprehension for you Clay.

Congratulations to all the winners.

@Idaho Gunslinger Thank you - wasn't sure anyone actually reads all the stupidity I post. I do believe we are in the entertainment business - but I don't "necessarily" believe we are in the Buffet business. What do I mean? If you round up the family and truck them over to the local casino buffet, Golden Corral or Old Country buffets - it is on the premise that everybody gets what they want. But let's face it - Buffets are compromises and NEVER anyones FIRST choice. To "allow" every shooter to begin every stage in position of choice, with gun of choice, engage from either end on every target array - "to me" is a Buffet shoot; an inoffensive compromise that serves everyone but pleases few. So to avoid the Buffet match - I made a conscious decision to look at EVERY stage, EVERY match from the viewpoint of a lefty, of a righty, of a SxS shooter, of a 97 shooter - from the perspective of a black powder shooter, a tall person and a short person - from a gunfighters ideal, from a supported or duelist. And then I had to decide - can I do this action, this movement, this sequence equitably between all the different equipment, styles, propellants, ages, body types here? Can I do it safely and will it be fun? Notice I say equitably - I hate the word "fair" because the world is inherently unfair. Some are blessed with longer legs - some with better reflexes and some with better cognitive recall. The only "fair" stage would one with no movement between positions to eliminate the advantage of faster runners. The only "fair" stage would start your time upon the first shot fired to eliminate those able to better react to the beep. The only "fair" stage would be one with 10 round dumps to eliminate need for recall and memory. But we would tire of this quickly. So on some stages - there were always decisions made that might compromise a certain shooting style choice, equipment choice or hand dominance - but I did so because I felt the stage was more "entertaining" with certain conditions placed upon it. But if I compromised one way on a given stage - I would attempt a suitable recompense on another. Admittedly I wrote SOME "Buffet" stages - but mostly I attempted to write interesting, entertaining stages that sometimes moved shooters left to right and sometimes right to left - I placed more value in equitable stages within the whole of the match than making every stage equitable within itself. My preferred stages often involved "zig zag" movements that combined left to right with right to left and/ or included downrange movements. Or shotgun intensive hallway stages that required firing from windows/ doorways on both sides - alternatingly advantaging and disadvantaging the shooter depending upon which shoulder you fire from. But a steady state of three lateral position stages with pistol, rifle, shotgun - begin with sg or pistol - engage targets from either direction... It may be somewhat "fair" but if I am forced to choose between fair and entertaining? I believe the word Match Director means I was entrusted to direct my shooters actions; guide their match in a given way that provides for a cohesive match. More of a fine dining experience where you experience a meal by courses served than a free for all buffet where you serve yourself. They will both feed you - but they are not the same. I had only three tenets as a Match Director. It has to be safe. It has to be entertaining/ fun. If it's not safe or fun - FIX IT. @Blackwater 53393 I too am a lefty and have had your same conversations with many a match director. But as only approx. 10% of the population is left handed - I don't expect equal accomodation. (and since us leftys grew up in a right handed world - a number of us are going to be better versed in the rightys world than they in ours).

any cash I have , the girls get to before I can hide it CB