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Posted: Thu May 15th, 2008 03:57 pm |
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Bill;
Absolutely no ethnic slur from this poster except I advise those sipping Irish swill to try Famous Grouse.
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Posted: Thu May 15th, 2008 03:57 pm |
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Bill;
The only care I have in this long drawn out post is the fact that Carol Lombard, Clark Gable (an Ohioian) G Cooper were mentioned and that Gable took possesion of one of his guns on the very day I was born.
Also along the way I read/heard the insulting remark that Lombard made about Clark's anatomy. Many of us can relate to said remark.
BTW The newby that attempts cute prose has been handled very nicely by Mr.Don Kaas so let a sleeping Dog lie.
Also in my local area there is an old French swamp area called Morrin Point.
Irish whiskey is OK but Famous Grouse is much better!!
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Francis Morin
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 04:45 pm |
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| None taken sir- just found Jameson's at $23.96 a fifth in our area liquor stores- prior we could only get Bushmill's at $21.96 a fifth- Now if they will get J.T.S. Brown- "but Paul Newman saying in "The Hustler"- 'J.T.S. Brown- no ice no glass" as another gentlemen alleged here in the forum- I have wached "Casablanca" over 100 times looking for Bogey's alleged "play it again, Sam" to Dooley Wilson- not there- so watched my VHS tape of "The Hustler"- never saw Paul get the bottle of J.T.S. Brown- so I can't say with any degree of accuracy- but to drink anything (even infamous Grouse) straight from the bottle- like a wino or a stew-bum- no panache-no class-indeed!! Why are the good whiskeys spelled "whiskey" but all Scotch whiskys are spelled w/o the e- the Scotch are a thrifty lot- Aye- but to save a letter?? Last edited on Sun May 18th, 2008 04:21 am by Francis Morin
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Francis Morin
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 04:57 pm |
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| The surname I am "saddled" with is not French sir- you can maybe get away with called this Green Irish Laddybuck "cute-ONCE" but to infer that I am a 'snail eatin' frog" those words call for "Pistols for two- coffee and cognac for one"> FYI-sir- my paternal Grandparents were Paulus and Isloda Murinski- they came over from Check-O-Slavia in 1908-through Ellis Island- and settled first in Western PA-later near Barbertown Ohio- where he was a mining engineer- they had four children- my late Father Paul Murinski was born in 1914 in Ohio- Paulus dies in a mining accident in l917-and a year later Isloda died from the outbreak of the "Spanish Flu"- first they went to live with her brother- a bachelor- but he could not handle four young children- so they went in area orphanages- the folks from Akron that "warded him"as they adopted my Father but never gave him their surname- dropped the ski and he was Paul Murin-until he and my late Mother were married in 1938- at that time he changed the spelling to Morin- There was a Relman Morin- a news reporter in NYC at one time- and my first wife grew up in the Grosse Pointe Parke area of Eastern MI- that area was originally the Moran area-aka- the French Ribbon farms- as there are 5 Grosse Pointe sectors that go from the land mass out into Lake St. Clair-Easterly--I also had a pal at jump school at Ft. Bragg- Jacques (Jack) McMoran- from I believe Port Huron area- I recall the words of the late George Smith Patton Jr.( he owned several Parkers and was fluent in French) who said "I would rather have one French Div. ahead of me than three behind me"- The French we also responsible for the military FUBAR of all time- The Maginot Line.. Last edited on Sun May 18th, 2008 08:39 pm by Francis Morin
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 05:37 pm |
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My neighbor is a war hero named Russell Dunham. He not only received a medal of honor but a dis. service cross, three silver stars, Croix de Guerre w/ Palm and he was in Patton's army. Google his name to read an outrageously brave citation. Anyhow, he knew the General because Patton actually liked visiting with the guys who were so decorated.
Russell told me that the real killers were the French resistance fighters--they relished killing Germans. He personally felt the Italians were useless but the worst were the Russians.
He tells a story of spending a night in a German farmhouse at the end of the war with some Russian soldiers; they acted like gibbering idiots because the farmhouse had a light switch and they kept turning it off and on and just laughing. He said all he could think of was "I don't trust these guys with loaded rifles." He said it crossed his mind to shoot them and be done with it but the next day he kept his platoon off to the side and never let the Russians get behind him.
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Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 04:16 am |
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Spoken (or should I say- written?) like a true Barrister/Solicitor. Firstly, Herr Kaas- My Dell does NOT have a google access- nor does it have a means by which I can send fotos- I do have regular color 35mm fotos of both AAHE 12 bores left to me by my late GrandFather- and my attorney has already included them in the wills and trust funds set up for the Grandkids- they go to my beloved Grandson- per stirpes of course- as I also have two granddaughters-Sorry my lack of: proper grammar, syntax and typewritermanship (sic) offend thee and some of your more "intellectual" pals on this "Olde Boy Parker Network" but at age 67 and 1/2", as Popeye once said "I yam what I yam"- somehow your pal Destry Huffard's request to "cut him some slack- he was born in 1940-has been graciously ignored by you and Bro Murphy- I might have to stop wearing Johnon and Murphy shoes-shame!! Boys didn't need typing and other "female skills" back in the James Conant 1950's HS program in Ohio- I saw your likeness in the great fotos from Destry about the Tunica trip- if I have you to the right of a gentleman named Russ (the M21 shooter) you have the round red faced look of a man who likes dogs and children-and plays Santa Claus without pillows for the Xmas gig at Wannamaker's- do I have the correct windage and elevation??
And enough already with the "French Connection" it was great for actor Gene Hackman as "Popeye Doyle- Mick cop"
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Francis Morin
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Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 04:19 am |
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| Here's another one fur yee-laddy- The "Old Tennis Shoes" John Steinbeck invented for his novel "Cannery Row"
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Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 08:33 pm |
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| Thanks Brad- as Patton owned and shot Parkers (and other great firearms) we'll run with "Da General" for the nonce- my late first father-in-law served as a Staff Sgt. in Patton's Third Army-and received the Purple Heart and the Silver Star at Bastogne-(he pulled out two severly wounded G.I.'s from heavy Kraut mortar fire-killed a Kraut at point-blank-range with his .45) and he verified for me much of the Patton "myth and mystique"- Patton was from a very wealthy CA family (with roots in the Old Dominion) both his father and grandfather graduated VMI and West Point=- as did he- severly dislexic (like autism- no one has diagnosed that back in 1904) he barely got into West Point- became a favorite of "Black Jack" Pershing-who lost his wife and two daughters in a tragic barracks fire at Ft. Bliss TX 1912-Pershing "dated" Patton's sister- Patton was sent (First Lt.) in 1916 by Pershing to capture Pancho Villa- first sue of Ford Model T vehicles by USA (Patton was a calvary officer, who designed a superior sword in l912-which the Army still uses for "dress" today-was also a dead shot with that pearl handled Colt SA in .45 cal. -in Mexico with a patrol (they carried l903 Springfields) Patton shot from horseback and circling- 4 Banditios stone cold dead-with 4 shots (don't know if he carried 5 or the full 6 in that Colt however) one of the Banditios was Villa's XO- Pershhing called him "My Lt. Sure Shot" Patton married Beatrice Lowell Whistler- only daughter of a prominent Boston Back Bay family- her wealth and his enabled them to entertain in Washington DC "between the wars"- There is a mis-quote in the great 1970's movie with George C. Scott as Patton- do you know what it is?? Patton had a superior intelligence officer staff- and once said that "good accurate intel is worth another armored division in your back pocket- while Ike and Monty and Beetle Smith were playing bridge and assuming the Krauts had quit- Patton, a serious student of history plus having a "6th sense" knew about the counter-attack at Bastogne- which almost decimated the 101st. Airborne Div.- Patton and his counter-part in the Wehrmacht- F.M. Irwin Rommel "Die Weistul Fuchs" both shared the self-same credo for leadership and setting an example for all the men in their respective commands: "Officers Always Eat Last"- best true story about our best (in my opinion) General of all time (with General Nathan Bedford Forrest a close second, again in my opinion) was the PITA Stars and Stripes reporter who asked Patton about the Bible (KJV) he kept on his nightstand- "General, do you read your Bible, then?" asked the PITA reporter?' Every God Dammed Day' he roared back- "one little dogface-one little slap" sort of a reverse spin on the "thre but for the grace of God- go I"-- Last edited on Mon May 19th, 2008 05:20 pm by Francis Morin
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Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 08:37 pm |
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| C. Roger Giles- "I'm not a "farm boy" but isn't a "long drawn out post" more akin to a older telephone pole stuck in the hardpan and the power company is "easing it out" inch by inch. Just as the beloved First Amendment affords ALL of us (every swinging Richard) the right to full freedomof speech- here, there, everyoldwhere- where in the rules and regs. does it state a "post limit" almost sounds to me like the movie "Amadeus" about Wolfgang Mozart- where Emperor Franz Josef (Joseph?) says his (Mozart's) libretto has "too many notes'- "And, Your Majesty- replies "Wolfie" then which ones shall I take out then?""
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 01:33 am |
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I'm not sure what this has to do with Nash's Parker but:
Casablanca -
Rick: Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine!
irritably to Sam
What's that you're playing.
Sam: Just a little something of my own.
Rick: Well, stop it. You know what I want to hear.
Sam: No, I don't.
Rick: You played it for her and you can play it for me.
Sam: Well, I don't think I can remember it.
Rick: If she can stand it, I can. Play it!
Sam: Yes, boss.
Sam starts to play "As Time Goes By."
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Don Kaas
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 02:44 am |
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| And now this boorish, self important troll compares himself to one of the greatest geniuses of Western Civilization, Wolfgang Mozart albeit via a fictional and once again misquoted movie scene. This is a private forum owned and operated by the Parker Gun Collectors Association and governed its rules. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution applies to the actions of the government ( "The Congress shall make no law, etc.). Speech, such as it is, on this forum may be restricted as the PGCA sees fit. In Mr. Morin's 90 posts in the last week, I submit he has contributed absolutely nothing in furtherance of knowledge of the Parker gun or anything remotely pertaining to it. Oh, and BTW, "a libretto" contains words for a musical piece, not "notes", in more modern parlance, "the book" rather than "the score"... and it was the Emperor Joseph not Franz Joseph of more than a century later. Perhaps it is you, rather than Mozart, who should be counting his words. There is nothing more pathetic than a pretentious "writer" who is so often in error in the subjects of his pretension. Last edited on Mon May 19th, 2008 02:53 am by Don Kaas
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 03:41 am |
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| And I still maintain that his vast store of sometimes incorrect drivel is a product of google.com, not his memory bank or research library. I agree with Mr. Kaas. I'm sure our new correspondent will be more pleasant in person. Last edited on Mon May 19th, 2008 12:51 pm by Bill Murphy
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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| Thanks John, I missed that. The Play It Again Sam riff has been around before Bogey and Ingrid Bergmann ever met-wow was she a looker! Always wondered what cigarette brand Bogey smoked- Camels? (Paul Newman did in "Hustler"- believe Jackie Gleason as "Minn Fats" smoked English Ovals. Maybe Bogey smoked Luckies- if you know, please advise. And after Herr Kass was so kind as to "post" the bottle with label of the real J.T.S. brown- which I have yet to find in Zimmerman's stockpile- let me take a S.W.A.G. here- there are three gents pictured on the label- assuming like the infamous cough drop Smith bros. : Trade Smith and Mark Smith- they are all the Brown brothers and the J. (James?) T. (Thomas?) S. (Stanley?) are the initials of their first names.. Where is J.T.S. brown distilled?? I sure would like to try some--
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 05:15 pm |
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Gosh Don- I am sorry- I was Not an English major in HS-nor was composition my forte- I only saw Amadeus once or twice- and viewed it mainly as I do "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" in the great scene where Tom Hulce as young Wolfie (his wife called him Wolfie somewhere in that long movie) bends over the piano or clavichord or whatever and "breaks wind-big time" Ooops-- I am sure you are right- your high grade Mainline upbringing and education, plus your top drawer standing in the Philadelphia Law Establishment (they don't use the term- "takes a Philadelphia Lawyer in disrespect-it means a compliment to the integrity and high achievement it must take to pass the bar in PA-and to become a senior partner in say- Dewey, Cheatum and Howe P.C.- My attorney (and duck hunting and golf partner )tells me that, again in his opinion only, as the Internet crosses State lines (and thanks to former Vice President and Vietnam Veteran Albert Gore for that) it becomes a Federal issue- thus the First Amendment does apply as to my right, as long as I do not: Use profanity (I quoted the G-Damn Day verbatim from Gen Patton's words, so I don't believe you can ban me from this most August website for that) break the rules and try to buy or sell anything- Parker shotguns mainly-and trolling is what we do up at the cottage in the U.P. when we fish for walleyes-How could I fit a 18 foot Lund with a 3hp. Evinrude (fisherman's drive angled skeg) and a 20 HP Johnson for the "non-trolling ops" into these pages is a mystery to me- ditto the comments from Bro Murphy about cookies- I am "pre-diabetic " so I avoid sweets- I have taught my Grandson how to "field strip" his Oreos and then dunk them-but I refrain from eating them- so for me to deal with "cookies' here or elsewhere would not be smart poker- Someone once asked golfing great (prior to his bad car accident) Ben Hogan if he'd care to play a round of gold "For Fun"- Ben's direct reply was "I don't play fun golf Mr."- I joined (albiet without any funding) because I am most fortunate to have two very fine Parkers- I would have done the same if I had a beat up Trojan grade- because I thought it would be "fun" to e-chat with guys I will never ever meet- and if the conversation spun off into other areas I enjoy- golf, fly fishing, riding my Harleys, playing poker, shooting pool (and I have no fear of Biker Bars or Balasruska cues- I am a biker-was just up in Baldwin Sat. for ther annual Blessing of the Bikes-whilst you and others were busting sporting clays with your fine double guns-hope you had a good time- we sure did- a Kegger later-shot pool at the M-37 Bar- hustled a few local gals- the whole 6.9 yards I guess- So tell you what Herr Kass-as you and I and bro Murphy would fit like a short fuse in a block of C-4 or Tovex B- I'll make you (and bro Murphy a concession) I will not reply to touch any of your postings from this point forward on the PGCA Forum- and perhaps you can find it in your heart of hearts to back off- Deal???
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 05:17 pm |
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Thanks Don - for a while I was sure my computer had a virus...now I know it's just a troll. 
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Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 08:39 pm |
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| Eighteen lines in that post and I didn't understand any three words in a row. I take back part of what I said in my last post. My previous experience with a similar pretentious blowhard must have escaped my memory. They are no less unpleasant in person than when slopping words onto an internet bulletin board. That statement seems to include a double negative but "no more pleasant" would give our troll way too much credit for his abrasive ramblings. I'll stick with the double negative. I found it quite amusing that he threw out the old saw "does not suffer fools" when all his readers were contemplating the same combination of words in a different context. Last edited on Mon May 19th, 2008 08:41 pm by Bill Murphy
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Posted: Tue May 20th, 2008 01:43 am |
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Frances Morin: 1st. Did you really ask if Churchill gunmakers and PM Winston Churchill are related? Churchill was the eldest son of the second son of an English Duke. If Winston's father were the eldest he would have succeeded his father as a Duke. The grandsons of Dukes in that day did not go into trade.
2nd. One of the advantages of having a neighbor and a buddy who holds a medal of honor is the access you have to almost everything WW II. If its published or a new DVD comes out many times Russ gets a copy gratis. All the people we read about, Montgomery, Bill Mauldin, Patton, Alvin York, Eisenhower and Audie Murphy etc. Russ either met or knew and at 88 he is still sharp as a tack and he still puts in a 1/3 acre in a garden and is still vigorous.
Something didn't ring true about the comment about the French. The British routed the Germans at Tobruk and El Alamein and the Americans then landed in strength in N. Africa at Casablanca and Bitteres (Sp?) and they began to build for the push at the Kasserine Pass that would capture 267,000 Axis troops. Russ has a DVD with a tape of Patton making a speech as the Americans faced the Free French who fought with Germany and the General promised his men they were facing a formidable foe and to treat any so captured with dignity and courtesy. So, just for fun I went over last evening to look at it and confirm what I remembered.
I asked Russ about the Free French and if they were like the Italians and his response was "Oh hell no, they came to fight".
Sorry, I don't want to hear about AAHE Parkers anymore without pics. and serial numbers.
Finally, does anyone know the Serial # to TNB's 34" Parker? 
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Posted: Tue May 20th, 2008 01:57 am |
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| Kasserine Pass in late Feb. 1943 was a dramatic defeat for the US Army in Tunisia and no one knows the serial # of NB's 34" Parker. Be thankful we have a photo of it. Last edited on Tue May 20th, 2008 02:05 am by Don Kaas
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Posted: Tue May 20th, 2008 02:06 am |
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There wasn't any AAHE Parkers. There wasn't any Purdey Hammer Ejectors. But there were two things that he did have. One started with a B and the other with a S.
You have to admit, with him in the ranks we did not talk much Parkers, but it was some type of orgasmic humanities 303 that I could have only dreamed of in the collage days with a pint of Jack in my belly.
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Posted: Tue May 20th, 2008 02:32 am |
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I never said we won the battle of the Kasserine Pass however I should have said that battle "would ultimately lead" to the capture of 267,000 Axis troops. The program made it clear that KP would lead Rommel into a sense of complacency or disdain for the fighting abilities of American troops all to his Afika Corps downfall in the spring of 43' in Tunisia.
I have gathered that no one knows the Buckingham serial # and hence the smilie face but since we have run afield of my original post I thought I would bring the thread full circle.
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