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I have a pic of Major Murphy on my desk.

After growing up in the Depression he was probably looking forward to some excitement and getting out of town. Worked in the fields and his grandfather's coal mine from early on. Dropped out of high school as a freshman to help support the family, kept rabbit and squirrel on the table for the family of eight. I don't think he'd cotton much to today's teens.

One of my heroes growing up

Where in Waddell?

Lol I had to look more closely. Then he looked like a kid, buck teeth and acne.

Papago Park in Phoenix was a German pow camp

Dad looking mighty smug for a 17 year old heading to the Pacific, June 1944.

He didn't say NO...

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Double clicked while I was dozing off.

Cool concept but the blacksmith looks out of shape. Lol

Careful what you ask for

That's not how it worked when I was in

2nds

Good deal on a great vise.

Very interesting. I was recently reading about how the first 1873s were shipped from Colt to the civilian market in Dec 1875

Was the Colt originally delivered to an army unit or a civilian?

I have 4 load e tires you can have

There had been a race for naturalists to name the various subspecies, totalling over 40 birds. Our friend Dr Coues was hot in the chase...

And this

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Rough day. The man whom taught me to hunt, fish, never whine and by example; how to honor the women in my life, passed 5 years ago today. He was old school, tough, unapologetic and worked hard for the family. 92 years young, WWII vet and still sharp as a tack. I think he had a pretty good run

Dad loved dogs, the only time I ever saw him cry was when our family dog passed. He always spoke fondly of the begals he raised and bred, one in particular named Duchess. She had a knack of barking wherever she was when she heard her name called and racing back to him. Just hours before dad died, he sat up looking out the hospital window and said Duchess was out on the grounds chasing a rabbit. Mom looked out the glass and said she didn't see her. Dad said she's out of sight now but I hear her bawling, she's on the hunt. I can only infer that this was Duchess's turn to call dad home.

Amen