Edward
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Wow! Great score! Really got a nice haul there! Beautiful!
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ausreenactor
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YoungMedic
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'Anything' can be used as a hammer!
... or anyone?
Nailed it!
Edward
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St. Louis Ordnance Plant alone manufactured 6.7 billion .30 and .50 cartridges for the War. So yes! Staggering!!!!
Micawber
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Still plenty of .50 ammo kicking about on former airfield sites over here. That's not to say you can legally saunter about kicking through over 70 years of leaf litter and soil seeking it out as the vast majority of sites are back in private hands. However with the right consent it's amazing to still discover what was left behind and an insight into the unimaginable quantities of material and manpower that was utilised.
Edward
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I can only imagine metal detectors probably never stop beeping in those fields!
Micawber
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It can be like that, annoying when it's bits of Window / Chaff that has been buried or ploughed in but even mundane stuff like toothpaste tubes, hair dressing tins, buttons and the like which seem to abound around old accommodation sites are a buzz to uncover. Flare cases near the sites of control towers or sites of runway control trailers are common finds.
Edward
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Its a sickess... its gotten out of hand! added two more 1 pint RAF mugs this week. Interestingly both became available at the same time so i nabbed both of them. These Latest (two up front) are from Ohio and New Jersey. Rare that these are available from persons within the US. Both amazingly In almost unused condition! Usually you see a little bit of scuffing, scratches or wear markings from spoons inside at the bottom but these are impeccable!
added two more 1 pint RAF mugs this week. Interestingly both became available at the same time so i nabbed both of them. These Latest (two up front) are from Ohio and New Jersey. Rare that these are available from persons within the US. Both amazingly In almost unused condition! Usually you see a little bit of scuffing, scratches or wear markings from spoons inside at the bottom but these are impeccable!
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B-Man2
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I love these things .. great score !!Its a sickess... its gotten out of hand!
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Edward
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Rory Schultz
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That is a cool hobby Edward. It is an affordable hobby and nothing to sneeze at either. Well it isn't the Pez collection! LOL
I wish I could find an old air strip with a hangar. I would convert the hangar into a home and have my collection on display. Also have huge amount of space to get back to painting again. I designed and built and marine winch operated easel that could hold a 12 by 20 foot in size canvas that could be raised and lowered by winch. Since I no longer have my huge art studio I can not use it or do large paintings. I used to read a lot of Clive Cussler in the adventures of Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler died last year. Cussler lived in a hangar just like his character he wrote about. Clive Cussler collected vintage cars, airplanes and wooden speed boats, he even had a few of the rarest of cars in the world. In fact his collection was a near rival to Jay Leno's. I would love to have a hangar, build a home inside and then make it similar to WW2 period with a few planes, artwork etc. and all of my other collections inside too. Because not only artwork and bronzes, I collected historical items. I do not come close to the massive collection I once had due to the fire in 1996 which destroyed 90 percent of it. Then again, I wish I had nothing, no responsibilities and could just hop on my Indian and ride all over the USA taking in all the sites.....just ride all over taking my time. I used to read a ton of Dean Koontz also, I do not think he will be around much longer he is showing signs of Parkinson's disease. I prefer Dean Koontz over King. Only a handful of Stephen King's work I find exceptional like The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Dream Catcher, The Shining, The Dead Zone. But both Cussler and Koontz works is that each book is great reading with only a handful not being very good.
Here is the pic of the latest painting I picked up called The Sheriff Ducks from 1931
I wish I could find an old air strip with a hangar. I would convert the hangar into a home and have my collection on display. Also have huge amount of space to get back to painting again. I designed and built and marine winch operated easel that could hold a 12 by 20 foot in size canvas that could be raised and lowered by winch. Since I no longer have my huge art studio I can not use it or do large paintings. I used to read a lot of Clive Cussler in the adventures of Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler died last year. Cussler lived in a hangar just like his character he wrote about. Clive Cussler collected vintage cars, airplanes and wooden speed boats, he even had a few of the rarest of cars in the world. In fact his collection was a near rival to Jay Leno's. I would love to have a hangar, build a home inside and then make it similar to WW2 period with a few planes, artwork etc. and all of my other collections inside too. Because not only artwork and bronzes, I collected historical items. I do not come close to the massive collection I once had due to the fire in 1996 which destroyed 90 percent of it. Then again, I wish I had nothing, no responsibilities and could just hop on my Indian and ride all over the USA taking in all the sites.....just ride all over taking my time. I used to read a ton of Dean Koontz also, I do not think he will be around much longer he is showing signs of Parkinson's disease. I prefer Dean Koontz over King. Only a handful of Stephen King's work I find exceptional like The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Dream Catcher, The Shining, The Dead Zone. But both Cussler and Koontz works is that each book is great reading with only a handful not being very good.
Here is the pic of the latest painting I picked up called The Sheriff Ducks from 1931
Edward
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Typically around $80 U.S. and up. (Plus shipping.) I managed to get a couple of them for about $50 and one I got one for only $8.00! (I think they mistakenly put the decimal point in the wrong place and meant to list it at a buy-it-now $80.00 but hey, I stole it for $8.00
Rory Schultz
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Hey Edward, are you collecting aviation prints along with Vargas prints?
Edward
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no.
nor am I any longer collecting pinup prints. no room to hang what I have and I still have to frame a lot that I have collecting dust in my flat files.
Rory Schultz
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Hey, have you guys ever seen of Zefrank True Facts comedy videos? I just came across him this week and I have been laughing my ass off!!!
Here is one about the Ostrich (70) True Facts: The Ostrich - YouTube
You need to watch this guy he will crack you up!
Here is one about the Ostrich (70) True Facts: The Ostrich - YouTube
You need to watch this guy he will crack you up!
Rory Schultz
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The Mating Dance of the Puffin (70) Mating Dance of the Puffin - YouTube OMG This puffin gots some stuffin for your puffin muffin! ROFLMA!!
Wanna see some boobies? LMAO Gimme your beak you puffin freak!
Wanna see some boobies? LMAO Gimme your beak you puffin freak!
ausreenactor
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100% Shure?
