Interesting post Ed- disgruntled- like disheveled, ergo- better to be gruntled and heveled, and Dressed up Super Dooper, just like Gary Cooper- who may have owned a Parker or two.
Like your last sentence- "start from scratch", 'Old scratch' being another psuedonym for Lucifer- very fitting. To my mind, the two Meriden AHE 12 bores occupying rack space in my Gun Safe exist because whenever I wish, I can take them out and handle them-carefully- open the lever, watch the snap caps fly out, pick up their semi-balanced weight and swing the barrels at the calendars on my den's paneled walls- and not give a good rattlin' God-Damn about a flood in Erie or Ilion or if some pissed off cowboy burned the lot in the Remington UMC firesale.
But as "The Bambino" was one of all-time favorite Yankees, second only to the great "Joltin' Joe", how did Larry DelGrego's son get the nickname "Babe"- same as the great "Bambino"?? Ilion is a hike from The Bronx- is he an avid baseball fan? Just wondering, as you are "The Man" for Parker research and background, in my book-
On balance here, with a new anti-gun administration getting up a full head of steam, a more unified spirit of brotherhood and co=operation between all the various gun interest groups is to all our best interest, IMO. If some members (whom will remain un-named by me on this website) spent less time re-arranging the deck chairs of the Titanic, and were Christian enough to overlook the faults they see in others (in the Bible- the "old log in the eye 'hat trick' I guess)and say, "what da hay" in the long run what real difference does it make if the gun was made in Meriden in 1934 or in Ilion or- Timbuktoo- it exists, it works, it brings personal pleasure to the present day owner, whether it is used on a clays range, afield after game birds, or just admired for the fine workmanship required to produce it.
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 01/27/09 11:40 PM.
