Don, I believe I witnessed something along the lines of "low hanging fruit" on my late arrival at the Vintagers Thursday morning.

the gun in question is a parker brothers . it is a hammerless .10 gauge. double barrel. n grade. twist barrels. 32 in ch in lenght. number 6 frame . weight 13 pounds . good bores nice wood no case colors left. this is what stated on the internet. price 5000.00. charlie

Don't get too excited guys, it's a gun Pug has that's listed online.

DLH

May as well go further off subject....

Fred...are you chasing those stump shrooms again..??? I just cut up nearly a gallon of them and fryed up a few to go with the pot roast.

Kurt

What are stump shrooms? Not aware of any good edible stuff this time of the year

Well, an older gentleman has shown me what they look like and has been eating them his whole life as has several generations of his family. It is also said that there were eaten in the old country, Czechoslovakia. There are a lot of Czech and Slovak people that settled in the Bannister Area. Looking at the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms I believe that these are more commonly called Changing pholiota, Pholiota mutabilis. The pictures are not very good but the description is pretty good. They are called "stumpies" or "stump mushrooms" locally. They grow throughout north america and are most commonly found in clusters on coniferous and deciduous logs and stumps in September-November. In this area they are usually most abundant toward the end of October but this fall has been wet and cold.

http://www.svims.ca/council/illust/P...0Ben%20Woo.htm

http://mycomagnet.com/taxa_info.php?tid=1007

Make sure you determine the differences between it and Galerina.

That's it Kurt. We have Galerina also, though not often this time of year. My brother, a microbioligist, used to collect them for cell research (I think to use as a paralizer). How's that for OT.

Think I'll stick with Morels and Oyster shrooms.