[LadyX]

"And who blew up the dang gun anyway??? "

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Well, gunner -- your Other Other Mother *just happens*
to have on hand
~ ~ Exhibit "A" ~ ~

[humblegunner]

Well, lets review:
(And keep in mind these pix went all over the world at the time,
Eaker was held up to ridicule in 17 different languages.)

A. Hand the rifle to Eaker

B. Eaker blows it up

C. Eaker gets bandaged and finds another weapon that isn't destroyed. Shoots left-handed.

Yeah. Typical day at the range.

[LadyX]

Hold onto yer cowboy hat, TC --
ahm about to reveal exactly "How TC and LadyX Met"..:))

"Once Upon A Time, in a land far away called Free Republic,
a thread was spun that went on and on and on" ---

A fairly new poster then called himself COB1, and he had a series of these:

CALLING ALL PRE-BOOMERS...LET'S REMINISCE !!!
Thread VIII

Link to it is located Here

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Take a gander at it, folks, and see how riveting it can be,
looking back at another time - "our" time...
those threads were/are highly addictive..:))