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Two Assault Rifles In the Dorm Room
In the Dorm Room at the University of Georgia at Athens. Assault rifles at the ready. And no one would have been excited unless the rifles weren’t properly maintained for inspection. The picture was...
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Are We Listing to Starboard Yet?
The President, the Congress, and the press are all trying to tell me that the cuts that are coming this week are going to wreck the country. Everything, from the refueling of the USS Abraham Lincoln to...
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Shotgun Boogie
This was sent to me by a musically inclined friend in response to the old ads. Another window into Old America.
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Samuel Whittemore
I had heard this story but forgotten the man’s name. Knitebane Manor posted a reminder a few days ago, so a tip of the hat for the reminder. Samuel Whittemore, who at the age of 80, took a musket and...
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At The Navy Basketball Game
My wife got this in e-mail. It’s the half time show at a Navy basketball game. Watch a couple minutes. Nothing in the game could have been as awesome as this.
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Easy To Load, Easy To Fire
Today, this would get you a visit from Child Protective Services in New Jersey.
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Monday July 13th, 1863
In the midst of anti-draft riots in New York City, the building that housed the New York Times was defended with rifles and Gatling guns manned by the staff of the newspaper. One of the defenders was...
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Okay, So What Other Toys Do You Remember?
All those WWII toys seem so violent, what else did boys play with in the 50′s and 60′s? Here’s an Old West themed toy you might remember.
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It Sure Used To Be
From a TV show called The Newsroom. It hurts to hear it, whatever the source. Language alert
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Central Texas Tools in Abilene
How things used to be made. H/t to Kickin’ and Screamin’
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You’ll Remember “Winchester ’73″
Starring Jimmy Stewart, Shelly Winters, and the 1873 Winchester. It’s the kind of movie they used to make, about a time even further back, all of it in Old America.
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What Is This? And Who’s Is It?
It’s easy to see what it is. It’s a Winchester 1894, chambered in 30.30, guessing from the size of the hole in the suppressor. An unregistered suppressor, mainly because there wasn’t any registration...
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Now It’s time To Say Good-bye
It seems like it was just yesterday, but it was a long time ago and we were all Mouseketters.
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San Francisco 1955
It’s more what captured in the images and less what the narrator talks about that I found interesting. Here’s a travelogue for a place you can’t go visit.
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