I have a 2002 battery in my 1997 Ford F-150 which we drove up to Kodiak in 2011. I was really amazed when it started right up this spring. I'll be even more amazed if it starts next spring!!

There is one good thing, due to advances in medicine we are living longer! If not a lot of us would be in the happy hunting grounds, me included!

As advanced as they are Gary ,I wish they were better...guy's,take it from me appreciate your family and loved one's for what they are to you,try to spend as much quality time with them as you can.

When the inevitable argument's of life arise try your damndest to end them on a positive note before the last word is spoken.

The memory's of your loved one's will be the best of it in the end,our's to cherish.

We can be damn sure they don't make them like they used to...shotgun's and everything else on this planet !

Chris, I feel for you on the loss of your father, The way life is , we are all to busy during the productive years we could have spent with family, In the end only one thing matters! FAMILY! again my condolences Gary

Not a Parker but I think this will stand the test of time.
Custom built on a 1909 Argentine Mauser action. Inletted sling swivel studs and a skelton PG cap all of which have been case colored, Winchester Pre 64 style 3 position safty and a checkered Neider steel butplate. The pics are bad but there is 3 inches of snow outside and its well...cold.

I will not forget when I bought a c. 1895 GH and my wife bought a brand new Beretta automatic. We went to the gun club and hers jammed after a few shots and she fought it the whole way around the sporting clays course. No problems with the GH which worked like a charm. The Damascus barrels did not even blow up.

dont you just love these oldguns...mills that will teach your wife to buy a parker next time....ha thats sure a fine rifle i love these old military rifles they makefine custom guns..with imagination the sky the limit such as you have shown us here...heh move south no snow to worry about....been in the 70 s all of december so far...makes it rough on reer hunting though if you aint got a c in the tree house... charlie

I believe that true craftsman are still around. You don't have to look farther than the state of Ohio and the Amish.When we built are home my wife purchased our furniture with the intention of this would be our last purchase and it needed to last so she purchased the Amish made dining table,sideboard and bar stools. You will not be disappointed. We have other craftsman style furniture made locally that is of great quality also. Thomas

I took my 25 year old Rolex in for maintenance a couple of years ago because the winding stem shaft broke. The master watchmaker, upon returning it to me some weeks later, commented on the condition of the piece; he showed me the parts (6) he had to replace because they were worn out. I told him I had worn the watch practically every day of the 25 years while working, showering, sleeping, shooting, chopping wood etc.

With that he smiled and said I had gotten my money's worth out of the watch, which cost $1,200 in 1986. The repair was $750. The parts he replaced in the watch were current production. I wonder how long they will last.