Recent content by "Skeet" McD

Just Just inland from Newburyport, straight along 113: Groveland, near Haverhill, on the banks of the Miskatonic...

Myself and current bird dog Thomas Francis Meagher of the Sword "Tom" back after a day afield a few years back, when pup was...well: a pup. He's six now. Irish Red and White Setter, our third....

On the hunt, 1850s-60s Adirondack-style ("Frank Forester" and "Adirondack Murray" era) — fir-bough lean-to and bedding covered with Goodyear's patent groundcloth.

First-rate! Thanks!

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Well, you know Tom: God will probably punish me for saying so (because I actually lived through those days....) but: there are very few that can carry either of 'em off. For my money: you did. If you ever decide to grow 'em back in...it won't be the fatal mistake it would be for almost everybody...

Aureliano, condolences and respect to you as well. I remember your father's passing; we were in closer contact at the time. I am just now (hopefully) within a week or so of closing on my father's house; then the bulk of the issues following his death will have been attended to. The next time I...

I have been largely absent over the last year or so, caring for my father who died this past July, God rest his soul! at age 92. But, out of respect for dear Aurelio (who is still hope to have the honour of meeting in the City, and with better liklihood now that trips there will be less...

A la tres estimable M. Marc Chevalier: I have been noticeable mostly by my absence on the FL over the past year; my father's last illness and death (God rest his soul!) has taken away almost all of my "free" time and therefore most of my appearance here. A week or two before his death I was, in...

An excellent brand of knife almost unheard of outside of Germany (it seems) is Fissler MAGIC CHEF. Crappy name: good steel. And REALLY good prices. I found them in a Kaufhaus in Essen (which, for those of you whose knowledge of German geography is only slightly less good than my own, is right...

Sheeplady: I don't know if I can explain it—but I'll at least try ;). You are quite right—unsurprisingly, judging by your moniker—regarding the likely historical time of Jesus of Nazareth's birth: it was in the spring, most likely in March from the arguments I've heard. I just returned from a...

Good on yez, Tom! Looks good, and just in time for some bird-hunting. For the price—how could you go wrong? "Skeet"

Dear Edward: as "Cobden" has said, these are intended to go with early wristwatches which have wire loops soldered to the sides of the watchcase; the band which holds the watch to the larger band must pass through these lugs and under the watch. Some later-style watches MIGHT be able to affixed...

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Dear Derek, Good for you. All of us who try to "live in the past" are doomed to fail from the authenticity point of view: it's just a question, on the physical side, of how closely you look at the reproductions, and on the mental/spiritual side...well, if at some point you don't realize that you...