Parker Pages Spring Issue

[Dean Romig]

Keep your eyes on your mailboxes folks - The Spring Issue has been mailed.

There are a number of excellent feature articles and stories in this issue and I even had to hold out a story til the summer issue because we (eventually) received enough contributions to fill this issue.

A BIG "Thank You" to those who sent material for Parker Pages.

[King Brown]

I'm holding out for a feature story on Destry, where he lives, what he does to afford travelling the world for gunning adventures, when he will write the book. Promise it'll come within a year and this old pensioner will buy a membership just to read it. Promise one on the amiable fellow flying a Stinson in Alaska and I'll buy another membership the next year.

[Larry Stalnaker]

Great reply Mr. Brown. I have to imagine there are a large number of people on this site about which books could be written. Enough to make most of us life members probably!

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[Dean Romig]

TTT

[charlie cleveland]

yep there s several walking legends on this site on which a book could be written....charlie

[CraigThompson]

yep there s several walking legends on this site on which a book could be written....charlie


Walking legend or legend in their own minds ?


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[George M. Purtill]

Keep your eyes on your mailboxes folks - The Spring Issue has been mailed.

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Yeah right.
Me and Edgar will be planting tomatoes before we get ours, Dean. You must have our copies mailed from some obscure zip code to save the PGCA money. The wait starts.........

[Dean Romig]

Nope, the all go to the main post office in Traverse City, MI. The problem lies with the central USPS Distribution Center in your area.... probably Hartford. They probably treat periodicals and such as fourth rate mail and distribute it accordingly. Maybe you should have a chat with the Postmaster there.

[Bob Hardison]

Got mine today.:) Just thumbing through but looks be another great one. The PP alone is worth the price of admission. Thanks to all that contribute and especially to our esteemed editor. Bob:bowdown:

[George M. Purtill]

Miracle of miracles the USPS delivered my PP.
What a great article on Case Colors.
I can't wait to go home and pour some of that Apple Pie moonshine my SC friends brought me and find a quiet place to read. Away from entertaining Charlie Purple.

[Dean Romig]

Golly-Gee George, somebody up there musta heard you whinin'.....:whistle:

[Craig Larter]

Mine arrived today in western New York. Well done! Charlie Price's article on case color was most informative. Look for the floor plate streak---great tip!
I think this is a good example from my understanding.

[Rick Losey]

same here

Parker Pages arrived along with a couple old boxes of new primed 10 gauge 2 5/8 paper hulls

good day

I can smell the black powder already,

[charlie cleveland]

i too recieved parker pages today...i am fixing to set down and read it...charlie

[Larry Stalnaker]

Got mine today too. This is my first issue and I have to say I am pleased beyond my expectations. I also got my intro kit with pin, letter, etc. It was just like Christmas!!!

Great publication, just as I expected based on my experiences on the forum.

Thanks to all responsible.

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[wayne goerres]

I bet Charlie purple can't wait to read the Parker pages to.

[David Noble]

Got mine today here in Texas! Earliest I've received one. I'm usually 2 weeks behind everyone else.
Now, to get down to reading it.

[Bobby Goins]

Received mine yesterday and have thus far very much enjoyed Mr. Price's
article on case colors and my fellow North Carolinian Mike McKinney's Back Home Again story.

Parker Pages is well worth the small cost and articles like Mr. Price's
are exactly what a new to Parker guns person like I should be reading!

[Michael Murphy]

Received my copy yesterday. Great issue. Lot's of interesting stories and pictures. Thanks to all who contributed articles and to the "production team."

[Fred Lowe]

Mine came in yesterday too.
The USPS always amazes me........ sometimes by how slow things move, but sometimes by their speed!
Great issue. Thanks to all that participated.
There is much for me to learn.

[CraigThompson]

Hmmm six days since you sent them out and I've not recieved anything .

[Dean Romig]

Don't feel left out Craig - the editor is still waiting for his..... :confused:

[Rick Losey]

Don't feel left out Craig - the editor is still waiting for his..... :confused:

out in the snowbank???

[Dean Romig]

No I have a real mailbox that I'm always shoveling out.... along with all the hydrants in my neighborhood that none of my neighbors seem to care about.

[George M. Purtill]

It is not polite to talk about him in the third person but....That guy has forgotten more stuff about Parkers than I will ever know.
We are so lucky to have giants like him helping us.
And after reading about case colors I realized I don't know squat what to look for.

[Dean Romig]

Charlie Price is a treasure and a great friend... it's no wonder at all why he was inducted to the Parker Gun Foundation's Hall of Fame.

[wayne goerres]

I think this is the best edition of Parker Pages that I personally have received. Pretty darn good.

[George M. Purtill]

I think this is the best edition of Parker Pages that I personally have received. Pretty darn good.

Yup Dean does an amazing job. even with the stuff he has to put up with.

[Dean Romig]

It's the great quality of the contributions of well written and well researched Parker material along with a lot of high quality photos that makes Parker Pages what it is.
That and the expertise of the graphic artist, Brandon, at the publisher.
All I do is..... well, everything else I guess.

[CraigThompson]

No I have a real mailbox that I'm always shoveling out.... along with all the hydrants in my neighborhood that none of my neighbors seem to care about.



That's no excuse I have a POST OFFICE BOX .

Seems to me if they could have made it to Texas and Mississippi as well as the northeast it shoulda been here in Virginia as well .

[Dean Romig]

Yup - You should have a little chat with your postmaster at Central Redistribution.

[Dave Suponski]

My son recieved his copy three days ago and mine still hasn't arrived and we live in the same house! Maybe I've been excommunicated....:whistle:

[Daryl Corona]

Wayne, I agree. Best PP I've ever read and there have been some good ones. Thanks Dean et al for the effort.

[scott kittredge]

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[Patrick Butler]

I'm waiting for delivery in California.

Perhaps the USPS sent the issue via the Panama Canal...

Thanks to all,

Patrick

[CraigThompson]

Yup - You should have a little chat with your postmaster at Central Redistribution.

I have my doubts if it's a PO issue and more of a maybe it wasn't sent in the first place issue . As other then the copy that came with my initial package I've not received an issue via normal mail yet .

[Dean Romig]

On what date did you finally become a paid Annual Member Craig? Okay, I just looked it up on my membership roster - you joined on December 2, 2014.

It is my recollection that the Spring 2015 Issue is only the second issue since you joined - the Winter 2014 Issue being the other one. Incidentally, a Forum Associate isn't eligible to receive Parker Pages.

To publish and mail Parker Pages costs the PGCA $28 and some change per member, per year. That's more than 2/3 of the annual Member's dues of $40. And in case anyone might think otherwise, Parker Pages is published quarterly, not monthly

[CraigThompson]

On what date did you finally become a paid Annual Member Craig? Okay, I just looked it up on my membership roster - you joined on December 2, 2014.

It is my recollection that the Spring 2015 Issue is only the second issue since you joined - the Winter 2014 Issue being the other one.



Which makes this the first issue I should have recieved via the normal mail procedure .

[Mike Franzen]

Got my issue today! I finally decided to go to the mailbox for the first time in a week. Another great issue. Thanks Dean for your hard work and dedication and thanks to all who took the time to contribute.

[Dave Noreen]

Made it to the Washington/Idaho border today. Looks like some great reading.

[Phil Yearout]

The Pony Express made it to Kansas earlier this week :). Great looking issue!

[Christian Gish]

My copy of Parker Pages arrived in southern CA today.

[George M. Purtill]

Thanks to all for the compliments on the grade 4 Bernard but I didn't have much to do with it really. I am just its caretaker.
Here are some more pictures. We have limited space in PP for color photos.

[Bruce Day]

George, my compliments on the restoration. There are about 6 of these C Bernard hammer guns known, and congratulations on bringing this one back . WELL DONE!

[George M. Purtill]

Thanks Bruce
Coming from a Bernard fan such as yourself, that means a lot.

[Dean Romig]

My apologies to all for the limitations on color pages.

[CraigThompson]

Got mine today ! I think the mail car was being pulled by three blind mice and a white haired groundhog !

[CraigThompson]

I liked Mills article on his DH 10 .

[Dean Romig]

Well I hope you slapped those three blind mice and the old groundhog on the a$$ and sent them North because the editor still hasn't received his copy. :whistle:

[George M. Purtill]

Well I hope you slapped those three blind mice and the old groundhog on the a$$ and sent them North because the editor still hasn't received his copy. :whistle:

Yeah but you're getting a lot of nice snow right now. Bet you wish you had a nice fresh PP to go with your JD?

[Dean Romig]

Yeah, "Lord knows we need the snow."

But the JD does take the sting away.

[chris dawe]

Mine showed up today ...I have to be the last to get it ,right ?

[Dean Romig]

Noooo........ :corn:

[John Dallas]

Haven't gotten mine, but I guess it's understandable. Our mail is being forwarded from Mich to Florida. It'll show up sometime. :corn:

[Rick Losey]

Haven't gotten mine, but I guess it's understandable. Our mail is being forwarded from Mich to Florida. It'll show up sometime. :corn:

and it serves you right :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

the only thing the kept the snow fall level down today was the freezing rain.

had to come up NY 15 this afternoon- all this snow for all these weeks and they still have not learned to drive- even an 18 wheeler in the ditch

[John Dallas]

78 degrees today. Darned heat is causing the suntan lotion to drip into my eyes. Burns like heck!

[Rick Losey]

Burns like heck!


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:cheers:

[Mike Franzen]

Well get our revenge. As soon as those polar ice caps melt florida will be under water!

[Patrick Butler]

My copy just arrived.

Nice color printing, which is an art. Google four vs six color press.

Regarding the photos in the publication, they are, to my untrained eye, much better than
most of those in my copy of 'The Parker Story, Vol. I' II."

Well done. Very well done.

Patrick

[CraigThompson]

Well I hope you slapped those three blind mice and the old groundhog on the a$$ and sent them North because the editor still hasn't received his copy. :whistle:

What self respecting vermin would wanna venture to New England for atleast 3 or 4 more months :rotf:

[CraigThompson]

78 degrees today. Darned heat is causing the suntan lotion to drip into my eyes. Burns like heck!

I am counting the days !

32 more days and I board the plane for 3 weeks in the South Pacific !

Just hope my connection thru Beijing runs smoothly !

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

Dean: Another great Parker Pages and thanks for all you do. Thomas

[Dean Romig]

Thanks very much Thomas. It's definitely a 'labor of love'.

[Dean Romig]

Just received my copy in yesterday's mail. Wow! There's some really good reading in there.

[Rick Losey]

Just received my copy in yesterday's mail. Wow! There's some really good reading in there.



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hope we didn't spoil the surprise

[Dean Romig]

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