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Unread 12-04-2009, 04:25 PM   #1
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I'll have to re-read "A Time of Laughter" by Corey Ford. He and William Claude Dunkerfields were best of friends in the twenties and thirties.
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And Corey Ford was at one time engaged to D. Parker
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[QUOTE=Dean Romig;8491]I'll have to re-read "A Time of Laughter" by Corey Ford. He and William Claude Dunkerfields were best of friends in the twenties and thirties.- Yup, that is a fact-I like Corey Ford's retelling of Prohibition- and the trap door at Jack Kreindler's famous "21" Club and the mistake that sent a sizeable quantity of fine whiskies crashing to their glassy demise on the stone and cement floor underneath-might have inspired the later Crown Royal ads- "Ever see a grown man cry" and a broken bottle of same lying on a street curb sans Purple bag--I always wondered if Dorothy Parker was a distant relative to the Charles Parker family of Meriden CT. fame- somehow, I think not--
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Have an assignment for you when you return John.....we need an emoticon for grey goose and cranberry now...as I feel left out....
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Grey Goose and cranberry juice?
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If Tony Pacos serves that- and I am going to Cabella's in Dundee- I'll treat-Out this afternoon with the snow flakes as our duck and goose season ends Sunday- (re-opens for my favroite time to hunt dem webfeets on Jan 2nd. 2010-- Saw two bald eagles- maybe same pair as near a private pond we have hunted until the DNR posted it to protect them- wow- did the mallards scatter when those "101st Airborne" emblems made a pass- I did manage a Canada goose, some grey in the colors of course, maybe will marinate him/her along with the two Greenheads in Vodka and juniper berries-then roast with sauerkraut and sliced apples and baste with Calvados--How are you doing with the Parker? Have you shot it yet? If so, paper patterning, clays or game birds?-- I use either one of two "fowl weather shotguns" when we get heavy wintery weather- a Model 12 Magnum or a Mossenburgher 835 12-3" Federal steel BB's--when you can see their shoe-laces, they're in range!!
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My grampa....caretaker of the club before my uncle....was buddies with Tony...and yes they serve grey goose. No I have not shot my great grandfathers parker....need light loads as I don't think my shoulder could take full loads. Season ends here the 6th. As I take walks in the morning and hear the ducks and geese til the shooting starts. Am looking forward to end of season though.....as I love to take wlks in the marsh....and can not again til season is over. sighs. I am blessed at having access to it.....I feel like it is 'my marsh' til duck season starts. Just doesn't seem right!
Let me know when you are coming down.....would be nice meeting another one of you guys!!
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Unread 12-04-2009, 06:15 PM   #6
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Lee,Be carefull what you ask for.Some of these "Old Boys" are kinda frisky...
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Winous Club Marsh?? Great hunting stories I'm sure--
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Default Winous Club Marsh?? Great hunting stories I'm sure--

And one of the "sharpest Blades" to ever come from Toledo- actor Jamie Farr- aka "Cpl. Klinger" from the older TV series M*A*S*H-- seems to me he may have mentioned Tony as well in that great TV series. Depends on the weather of course and may well be a "gun shopping trip" with my son-in-law to "The Big C" just a few clicks NE of Toledo- will advise. Yes, light loads and the shorter shell length is a good idea in older fine doubles. Many of the members like the RST shells- I have used them, also BP and RIO- do you handload, or have a friend who does this? You can customize your loads for your particular shotgun that way as well. If memory also serves, believe the late WW11 correspondent Ernie Pyle may have also hailed from the "Mudhen City"- not 100% sure- he once wrote about a local restaurant in Toledo run by two brothers who must have been friends with the Marx brothers- they specialized in a lot of "sight gags" and slapstick-ish comedy- ie: A waiter would come out of the kitchen, serving tray aloft, and shout "More rolls for table seven" and the tray would contain several rolls of toilet paper-etc--Ah yes, the "good old days"- when you could buy a Packard or a Parker from any dealer--:
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Hmmmm.....and how do I respond to that as if we are sitting conversing at a nice dinner... thank you for your concern? ummmm....are you volunteering to give me a heads up? or shall I go get back that nice little 22 baretta I used to have?
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Na...I don,t think the Beretta will be nesessary.Maybe a sharp stick....
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Yes.....Klinger did speak of Tony and 'packos' on Mash....don't think his dresses did much for Toledo's rep tho...lol. I used to load with dad....years ago. As he had no sons...I was elected. I spent many hours on the lake and in the marsh with him growing up. Thus my love for both. Don't know of the restraunt you speak of....do remember the 'marx' brothers. Never saw a packard on a car lot...or a 'new' Parker in a gunstore. So you sir are wiser than I....I will leave the recomended 'sharp stick' at home..... Let me know...and if you come this far....Jaqua's is not that much farther....
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