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  • John Browning's M1911 Was Patented On Valentine's Day

    02/13/2026 9:24:28 PM PST · by T.B. Yoits · 46 replies
    Soldier of Fortune ^ | 2/13/2026 | Staff
    It reads like an ordinary patent. A citizen of the United States, living in Weber County, Utah, has invented “certain new and useful improvements in firearms.” No fanfare. No grand claims. Just a statement of fact. Yet those lines would lead to a sidearm that rode in the holsters of American troops from the muddy trenches of World War I to the jungles of Vietnam, and into the hands of special operations units long after it was officially replaced. On February 14, 1911, U.S. Patent No. 984,519 was issued to a quiet Ogden man: John Moses Browning. The document itself...
  • I have the best wife (vanity)

    02/14/2012 4:19:40 AM PST · by rightly_dividing · 26 replies
    Feb. 14, 2012 | self
    I have a great wife and love her very much. She knows that I love her greatly. But more than just love her, I appreciate her and all that she does for me and has done for me, above and beyond what is expected of her. I also respect her, and admire her, and I am very proud to be her husband. She is very pretty and sexy, but not revealing herself in her clothes, always easy and tasteful with the make-up, though I don’t think she needs any at all and she’s always a class act around people. She...
  • Happy Valentines Day Live

    02/10/2006 3:24:03 AM PST · by KingVanity · 62 replies · 877+ views
    02-10-06
    Hi Ya'll My family is a long line of Freepers. Due to anti freepers Mom no longer posts here. I am currently busy with my studies in Catholic Catechism and working on my Holy Confirmation. I also am busy with my studies of Marine Biology at OSU. Some may reconize me from the pics. I try to have a good time when not boring my assist/careproviders with studies. I would like to kick of Valentines Day with some fun. Here is what I did... (this is a special Lady and life long freind who I called upon to let her...