DocWard

Flat, although I'd love to give one of the "Fastback" types a try.

The NFL running back? I was a freshman his senior year of high school at Columbus South High. Nice guy, with AMAZING leaping ability. He was better known for basketball and track in high school. Of course, we didn't have much of a football team. I was good friends with his cousin throughout high school.

Usually when my thoughts are idling, not much creative happens.

You mean Stumpy?

Most memorable character from the big screen, Professor Fate from The Great Race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZnWc1B7W4

Add me to the list of Blues fans. Old Delta Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Blues based rock, etc... The biggest reason I couldn't get into the "shredder movement" when rock guitar went that direction, was because of my love of the Blues. I've said many times, if the music doesn't make you feel something, it isn't being done right.

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is one of the best military history books I've read. Possibly the best. Amazing the levels of courage. There's a reason I refer to October 25th as Underdog Day: Battle of Agincourt, 1415 Battle of Balaclava, 1854 Battle Off Samar, 1945 Survivors of the Johnston reported a Japanese officer aboard one ship saluting as she sank. High praise from them.

WOW!!! Amazing work, again!

I never fail to think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_fq4RQgwuA

Beat me to it.

Ditto. I think if you check, she worked for the CIA, but wasn't a field agent at the time. The biggest problem with her being "outed" was that it put her former cover company and agents claiming to work for it in danger.

Hmmm... I'm trying to think. I haven't met too many celebrities that I can recall. I met Terry Cummings, who played for the San Antonio Spurs once when I was in San Antonio during Desert Storm. Seemed like a decent enough guy. Every inch of 6'9" though! Dizzy Gillespie and a band mate almost ran over my wife coming off of an elevator once. Very apologetic, but not wanting to wait around. Dave Chappelle held the door open at a deli in Yellow Springs, Ohio for my wife and I. He was sitting at a table outside, and got up and opened it, while continuing to talk to a friend. I thanked him, he nodded. It didn't dawn on me who it was until we were inside. Just as well, he evidently is a fairly private person, and likes that the people in the area respect that. I met several of the men from The Band of Brothers who toured with the USO. The original vets, not the actors, including Babe Heffron, Bill Guarnere, Don Malarkey, and others. Fascinating conversation. I do have a painting by Buck Taylor signed to me, that my wife got at the Quarter Horse Congress some years back. Sadly, I didn't get to meet him, and he wasn't there the following year, but she said he was a very nice guy.

Now I'd rather have guns. OK, maybe a claymore...

I don't recall the first I read, and I can't say how many, although it was nowhere near all of them. For the longest time, I wanted a sword cane like Ham had, though.

I'm a tad surprised, myself.

Indeed!

You mean here?

Wow, been awhile since I saw those names. Used to love the books!

Wow, those are nice!

Reminded me of these crazy guys: https://petapixel.com/2013/10/29/honored-photograph/

Or that he uses peeve leather...

I don't have pet peeves so much as a peeve menagerie. I will mention though that Red Cent does nice leather work.

Worked for me. Horses can be jerks...

I'm shooting an NKJ '92 that I got for a good price, two Taurus Gauchos that I got for a good price and a Stoeger SxS that I got through work. If I had waited for the guns I "wanted" and hope to someday have, I would've had to sell some other guns that I don't want to part with, make other sacrifices, or just not shoot. I prefer to shoot. I prefer to enjoy the company of other shooters. I compete against myself. Maybe one day I will find myself competitive with others. In the meanwhile, I shoot. Not as often as I would like, but I shoot.

I'm rich in some ways, but I would sure like to live less paycheck to paycheck.