Is there a suppport group??

[Autumn Daze]

Eric,Believe me I tried that it doesn't work....

[Jason Boshers]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I was going to say something about the benefits of group therapy... but in rethinking the possibility I have come to the conclusion that we should really be seperated from one-another and shouldn't even be allowed to communicate with each-other. This is not just a disease that can be transmitted through bodily contact or even breathing the same air but can be contracted by merely communicating via e-mail, PMs or even posting on threads like this

Very true.

I have a couple of other "gunaholic" buddies that make my wife cringe when we get together. We are in complete uspport of each other with says such as "When was the last time you saw one ... that nice?" and "You know that is a good price, remember the one we saw at the show that looked like it had been used as a boat paddle!"

[Lee St.Clair]

Oh my goodness....you guys are too funny!!!
Shall we guess which 1 I vote for? Number 3!!!
A support group? hmmmm......have been a nurse for 25 years...and spent a 'few' of those as a nurse in a prison(only place they would pay me to tell men what to do). So I am pretty good at 'advising' men. I think I would be a pretty good facillitater of this group. First order of business will be my fees. You will have little left to buy any more Parkers with....and my single Parker will soon have company!!!

[TARNATION !!!]

Ahhh Francis, now we wax philosophically. Those were glory days (to rob from the Boss) and much missed. As a kid I was able to rent a gun for a friend for the day so he could come deer hunting - no questions asked. One day I was at an airport just because it was fun to watch the planes. A passenger jet landed and I had not seen such a machine up close and personal. I walked into the airport and asked an old security guard (just one in the whole place) if I could have a look at that plane. He said sure, so I walked out, climbed the ramp, had a look around, came back and said thanks. All my guns are "old", newest being a pump I bought as my first brand new gun and a little .22/.410 shortly thereafter (circa 1970). The oldest ones are recently acquired and a result of being "helped" here. I am lucky enough to still be able to find good habitat to hunt upland birds with permission from land owners, I would enjoy another day in the field with Dad and his hunting friends but my "teeth are getting long", putting me at the thin end of the wedge of the ever thinning hunting fraternity. Time waits for nobody (Freddy Mercury)

[David Hamilton]

Jack, We down here in the South where it is warm and balmy are being subjected to some our your "frozen wastland" weather. Please take it back! I refuse to get addicted to it. So unfair. Does shooting at the storm help? Please advise! David

[TARNATION !!!]

Originally Posted by David Hamilton

Jack, We down here in the South where it is warm and balmy are being subjected to some our your "frozen wastland" weather. Please take it back! I refuse to get addicted to it. So unfair. Does shooting at the storm help? Please advise! David

David: No, no, no.......... You don't want it taken back. It is not unfair. Did you not get the memo? It has been sent as a gift. Yes, you can shoot at the storm and it is really really good. It will enhance your opportunities for great Sunday dinners because the ducks and geese are low and slow and routinely pass through the shot patterns launched. Now if you don't like that environment to exercise your Parker, then be very careful about shooting at the storm only. You will risk seeding the clouds, thereby causing even greater precipitation and even better shooting for others who know of what I speak. (Beware though, as some of them carry pumps, O/U's and autos, increasing the risk of expanding a simple Parker addiction to yet another level)
Cheers and brrrrrrrr

Jack

Now, back to the deck for my iced yet somehow steaming libation. Here the glass is always half full because you can't get further than that before it becomes a lump of ice

[C.O.B.]

Jack your in luck regarding the support group. I am thinking of opening a Canadian branch of Parkers by O.P.M (other peoples money) where as I am the CFO and CPO (Chief Parker Officer) I'll need someone to head the Canadian office. Were a small grass roots organization and meet in the fall of designated coverts that are kept secret (so know one shows up with a new 28ga) untill the last possible minute.

When the itch strikes a member he contacts his handler who guides him through the withdrawl process usually with the help of some members from Tennesse down around Lynchburg way. Once all the pros and cons have been sorted out and an intelligent and rational decision is reached can the member be released from therapy by his handler.

If this method of treatment proves unsuccesful (as it usually does) then ALL Parkers, Fox's, Ithaca's, W21's and even M70's are sent to the handler until the afflicted member sufficently recovers his good sence. In extreme cases his computer is confiscated and he becomes barred from sites such as Gunbroker, Guns International, Gun Room etc.

This is a proven method and as both safes are full its working.....I'm not in need of a third safe......yet

[TARNATION !!!]

Probably too late for me. Third safe needed. I suppose I may qualify for VP (Verified Parkerholic)

[C.O.B.]

Woah is me as I stumbeled into a GH 16ga 0 frame at a gun show yesterday. She is serial # 70xxx (I can't remembr the rest) and has good wood, perfect screws, good demensions and 30 inch damascuss bbls. Bore diameter is 662/668 and min wall thickness is 33 thousandths. A barrel lug repair is the only downside.

I ponder the pro's and con's

[Dean Romig]

Check Brownell's offerings.