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By Frances Robinson and Laurence Norman
Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri, the country's head of state, said Thursday he wanted time to reflect on a request for early elections made by longtime Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.
"His royal highness the Grand Duke met the Prime Minister to discuss the political situation of the country," the palace said in a statement. "[He] will take time to reflect and will embark on a series of consultations."
The prime minister's spokesman, Guy Schuller, said Mr. Juncker still wanted to hold elections in October but that the Grand Duke needed a few days to consult with leading Luxembourg politicians. He said a final decision could be made by the palace on Friday or early next week.
The Grand Duke "wants to be sure that early elections are truly the will of" the political parties, Mr. Schuller said.
Mr. Juncker, 58, who has been in office since 1995, had asked to hold new elections in October, ahead of the scheduled date in June next year.
The move came after intense parliamentary debate Wednesday following months of discussions about alleged corruption in the small, euro-zone country's secret service.
Mr. Juncker, Europe's longest-serving elected leader, avoided a vote of no confidence over the allegations, which included illegal wiretaps, financial speculation and questionable dealings with used cars by the Luxembourg Secret Service, known as the SREL.
Mr. Juncker's spokesman said Luxembourg will have a "functioning government right up to" the elections, if they are called.
Mr. Juncker will be the lead candidate for the CSV Christian-Social party. The party has led all but one government since the end of World War II.
Mr. Juncker has been in government for 30 years, and until January 2013, he was head of the Eurogroup conclave of euro-zone finance ministers.
Charles Margue, research director at Luxembourg pollster TNS-Ilres, says that, with the party almost guaranteed to come out top in the elections even if they lose some seats, Mr. Juncker's skills leave him virtually beyond challenge within his party.
"We expect him to be able to win the elections again," said Mr. Margue. "People feel we are more and more dependent at the national level on what happens in Europe and they feel we need somebody like Juncker...who is experienced and has a profile."
An opinion poll of 755 voters taken in late June showed that while 71% of those polled held Mr. Juncker responsible for the secret service scandal, only 32% believed he should resign.
A parliamentary commission led by a Green lawmaker alleges that while Mr. Juncker was busy in Brussels overseeing marathon meetings for euro-zone bailout packages, the "dysfunctional" secret service was a hotbed of corruption.
Mr. Juncker's spokesman stressed the prime minister's priority was Luxembourg, and that he wasn't positioning himself for a top European Union job. Current European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is due to step down next year.
"When he stepped down from the Eurogroup he systemically denied he was interested," in another senior EU position, the spokesman said. "His position hasn't changed."
Opposition parliamentarians wanted Mr. Juncker to take "political responsibility" for the misdeeds of the SREL.
Their report singled out trade missions to northern Iraq, Libya and Cuba and said that: "Some agents undertook, on their own initiative, economic speculation within the framework of their activities at the service."
During Wednesday's seven-hour debate Mr. Juncker looked upset, his voice occasionally cracking as he responded in detail to the criticism.
"It's true the secret service wasn't my top priority," he said. "But I did look after it," he said, adding he'd pushed for reforms and made fighting terrorism and weapons proliferation a priority.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – 20 March, 2012 – AccessData, the pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support, in partnership with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) today introduced the Dell Digital Forensics Platform and the revolutionary Forensic Toolkit® 4.0 (FTK®) at the International Security and National Resilience (ISNR) exhibition being held in Abu Dhabi.
"Today's launch of the FTK 4.0 is a significant milestone that marks the next phase of our efforts here in the Middle East. This release, which is unlike any other previously seen in the region, enables court-cited digital investigations and is built for speed, analytics and accuracy," said Simon Whitburn, VP International Sales at AccessData.
FTK is recognized around the world as the standard in computer forensics software with its intuitive interface, email analysis, customizable data views and stability. The all-in-one solution allows users to process a wide range of data types from forensic images to email archives; analyze the registry; conduct an investigation; decrypt files; crack passwords; create images and build reports. AccessData offers two expansion modules with the new version—Cerberus, a malware triage technology that provides threat scores and disassembly analysis to determine both the behaviour and intent of suspect binaries, and Virtualization for relationship analysis in multiple display formats, including timelines, cluster graphs, pie charts and more.
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AccessData entered the Middle East IT market in 2010. As the only vendor to offer static, volatile and network data forensics solutions, it has seen tremendous success in the region with over 100% year-on-year growth. Its unique solutions portfolio is customized for deployment in government, banking and telecom sectors where data security is crucial. Its plans for expansion in the region include a focus on the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia markets and it is due to set up an office in Abu Dhabi later this year.
The ISNR exhibition and conference is organized in association with the UAE Ministry of Interior. The UAE is one of the fastest growing homeland security (HLS) markets in the world and is expected to reach AED 11.8 billion (USD$3.21 bn) by 2013. The three-day event attracts key players in the sector and showcases solutions that cover the entire spectrum of homeland security.
AccessData and Dell will be co-presenting the Forensic Toolkit and the Dell Digital Forensics solution at SecureTech stand AT05.
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National Geographic Sea Lion departed the dock in Juneau and cruised south in Stephens Passage. We turned eastward and entered the narrow channel that led us safely across the shallow terminal moraine – The "Tracy Arm Bar" as we call it, and into Holcomb Bay. We continued to Williams Cove and dropped the anchor.
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Loops of pale olive old man's beard lichen decorated the spiky branches of Sitka spruce and beckoned our walkers to enter the green cave of the temperate coastal rain forest at Ideal Cove this morning. The dense growth of the forest enveloped each group of walkers as we cleared the last downed log and set off along the boardwalk. It's fall, most definitely…raindrops dangle off ruby red high bush cranberries and red huckleberry; most of the blueberry crop has been consumed by the bears and previous hikers. Shiny fungi caps have popped up here and there—and oh boy!—my personal favorite, sulfur shelf or chicken of the woods was a delightful discovery. The soft outer tips of these young fungi are a wild Southeast Alaskan delicacy. Across the creek the large maple-shaped leaves of Devil's Club are turning orange and yellow. Signs of the changing season are all around.
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Fury and Hecla Strait: With a Little Help From Our Friends
For the final approach to Fury and Hecla Strait on the southwest corner of Baffin Island, we needed some assistance. The strait is the gateway to Foxe Basin, which we are keen to explore, but getting there will take some grit. Multi-year sea ice has closed in on the opening to these narrows. Though our ship, National Geographic Explorer, is strong and able, this ice is too much for her to go alone. Fortunately, we could call in a Canadian Ice Escort (for free!), and we did.
The Pierre Radisson - a 100-metre icebreaker painted bright red and white - arrived at 9:00am this morning, and an hour later, Jim Napoli (our video chronicler) and I were aboard. Read More>
Sep 1, 2014
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Floreana Island
Floreana, also known as Charles or Santa Maria, is a peaceful island in the southern area of the Galapagos Archipelago. It is one of the four inhabited islands here, and it was the first one officially inhabited by Ecuadorians, when Ecuador took possession of the Islands in 1832. Only three years later, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin visited Floreana Island, and after him many more visitors were part of a unique and bizarre human history: from marooned whalers to prisoners and colonists, and from a toothless dentist to a self-proclaimed empress.
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Ithaka & Sailing
This morning we visited the legendary but ironically overlooked Ionian island of Ithaca, home and return destination of the Trojan War hero Odysseus and Homer's Odyssey. It is a wonderfully rugged and intriguing island, which we experienced from land and sea, and we even took a swim from the ship along its east coast. But perhaps the spirit of Ithaka—and for all Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic travelers—is best captured by the great 20th century Greek poet Constantin Cavafy in his poem Ithaka:
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Tracy Arm, Williams Cove
We awoke this morning with views of floating icebergs as we approached Sawyer and South Sawyer glaciers. The beauty of this area was first described in 1880 by John Muir. National Geographic Sea Bird and all aboard had the privilege to experience the vastness and grandeur of the towering cliffs more than 2,000 feet tall and the teal waters that go to the stunning depth of up to 1,000 feet. A valley glacially carved and gorgeous to behold! It is truly an area unique to photograph and observe the calving events at the glacial face and harbor seals and mountain goats.
The afternoon was complete with interpretation and photo hikes as well as a relaxed paddle during the kayaking outing. Read More>
Aug 31, 2014
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Eclipse Harbour, Boothia Peninsula & Gulf of Boothia
The geese are calling. We sense the changing of the seasons. Summer fades into terra cotta richness in the tundra. It is as if the warm colours of fall attempt to extend summer temperatures just a little longer. The days too are becoming shorter. The sun still crawls into the sky at sunrise but at a much more civilized hour on the clock, just as it exits slowly at an earlier hour.
Glimmering in the sunshine, flocks of snow geese and Canada geese winged their way overhead, moving in a classic V-formation. Read More>
Aug 31, 2014
National Geographic Explorer
Española Island
Located in the southeastern end of the Galápagos archipelago, Española is one of the most interesting islands due to its landscape and wildlife. We woke up to a drizzly morning, typical of this time of the year, but despite this we could see how beautiful this area was. We were anchored at Gardner Bay, with its turquoise waters and white sandy beach. We started off by snorkeling at nearby Gardner Islet, in order to explore the underwater world. There were fantastic schools of razor surgeonfish, and other species like the parrot fish and king angel fish were also sighted. The weather soon improved and we landed at the beach, which is inhabited by some Galápagos sea lions. A dominant bull sea lion kept patrolling the length of the beach, at the same time trying to impress a few female sea lions in the vicinity. One of the most popular birds on this island is the endemic Española mockingbird. We saw several of them constantly looking for insects and plant material to eat on the sand. Many of our guests were able to relax and take a stroll on the beach, enjoying the warm air temperature, while others could explore the nearby coastline by kayak, one of the most popular activities of the week.
In the afternoon, we navigated further west along the coast of Española towards Punta Suárez, one of the most striking visitors' sites of the Enchanted Islands. Read More>
Aug 31, 2014
National Geographic Endeavour
Katakolon, Olympia
Today we had a beautiful morning at sea. After breakfast we set sail towards Katakolon. Without very much wind we set all the square sails to catch every available breath of wind. There was enough wind to fill the sails, but still keep the seas calm, so during breakfast we put down the Zodiacs and most of us went out for a unique and exciting circumnavigation of Sea Cloud under sail. Back on board, our guides Effie and Stella gave us a talk on Greek Religion and Culture. By noon we arrived at the small port of Katakolon on the west side of the Peloponnese; a small but busy port.
After lunch we visited Olympia which is only 30 minutes away. Read More>
Aug 30, 2014
Sea Cloud
San Cristobal Island
This morning we had our last wet landing, this time on a green sandy beach made up of an inorganic mix of volcanic ashes and tiny pieces of olivine crystals. After drying our feet and putting on our shoes we were ready to climb through an eroded trench created by the erosion of water and wind through millions of years.
Punta Pitt is the closest point to mainland Ecuador, about 600 nautical miles away, and one of the oldest islands of the archipelago. Read More>
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The lines between swim and ready-to-wear are blurrier than ever these days. This season, we've witnessed tastemakers replacing still-happening crop tops with functional yet stylish suits meant to be worn at the beach and off of it. Swapping out your underwear for your bikini isn't necessarily new—particularly if you've ever been a few days behind on laundry—but designers are now emphasizing underpinnings as a key part of the total look. Resort found the likes of Rosetta Getty and Fendi's Karl Lagerfeld layering triangle tops under silk shirtdresses and mesh vests, while high-waisted briefs turned up at Louis Vuitton, Mary Katrantzou, and Agnona. Sporty bandeaus, meanwhile, proved to be popular among the likes of Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurung, and Preen.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Board of Education is hitting the road this week and will hold its monthly meeting in Romney, Hampshire County, at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind (WVSDB), one of the premier schools of its kind in the nation.
Established in 1870, the three schools, the Elementary School for the Deaf, the Secondary School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind, are designed to meet the special needs of children with hearing disabilities, visual disabilities or those with combined hearing and visual losses.
�It is always exciting to visit the Schools for the Deaf and Blind,� said State Schools Superintendent David Stewart. �The students who attend these schools are earning a top rate education at a first class facility.�
Board members will have the opportunity to tour the grounds of the schools and learn of the services that are available to the students. While all schools are meeting the requirements for the content standards and objectives, specialized courses are included in the curriculum to meet the specific needs of children with hearing and visual disabilities.
Also during their tour of the schools, board members will learn more about the Caption Media Program, which provides open-captioned educational and general interest videos to the deaf and hard of hearing. This program is open to children and adults who are hearing disabled, as well as senior citizens and families of deaf children. Additionally, the program is available to service providers such as public or private school teachers, interpreters, vocational rehabilitation personal and counselors. Any one who deals with the deaf or provides services for the deaf is eligible to use this service.
State Board members also will gain more information about the schools� Instructional Resource Center (IRC), a statewide, centralized depository for specialized materials and information relating to the education of the visually impaired. The IRC contains an expansive collection of books in Braille, and distributes materials for use by blind, deaf-blind and partially sighted students. The IRC also is the administrator for the American Printing House for the Blind Federal Quota Program.
On Friday, Board members will attend the graduation ceremony for the WVSDB. Stewart will be a keynote speaker at the commencement ceremony, which will be held on Friday, June 11, at 10 a.m. at the Secondary School for the Deaf�s Multipurpose Room.
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The Western Haig The stuff of little boys' dreams
by B.B. Pelletier
Western Haig was advertised in magazines little boys would see. It sold for $2.98, as I recall. Where else could a boy buy a gun that really shot for $3?
I'm writing this for Bob, who remembers the ads for the .12 caliber Western Haig handgun in magazines of 40-50 years ago. I saw those ads, too, and they lit a fire in me that still burns today. Only, today, I'm no longer a little boy. I'm an airgun writer and the subject of Wamo guns holds a particular interest for me. You see, although it was never marketed as such, the Western Haig has very close ties to Wamo.
Wamo or Wham-o?
It's either and both. I have tracked the name and history of this company and have literature with both names on the same document. The first product was the Wham-o slingshot. The company was originally located in South Pasadena, California, then moved to Alhambra, California. Later, they moved to San Gabriel, California. I still haven't pinned down the times during which either name was used.
There are numerous paper documents that join the Wamo name with the spelling Wham-o.
Tie-in to the Western Haig
Wamo was founded in South Pasadena, California, in 1948 by partners Arthur K. "Spud" Melin and Richard Knerr. Their first product was a slingshot they called the Wham-o, for the sound it made when it hit the target.
On Oct. 20, 1952, Arthur K. Melin applied for a patent on a toy pistol that used caps to propel a bullet or projectile down a ductile metal bore set inside a barrel. Patent number 2,778,136 was issued on Jan. 22, 1957. The patent drawing shows a western-style revolver, though it was a single-shot pistol. This is the same patent number molded on the plastic grip of the Western Haig pistol. So, Melin held the patent for the Western Haig, and he owned the Wamo Manufacturing Company (AKA the Wham-o Manufacturing Company) of South Pasadena, Alhambra and San Gabriel, California.
This is a detail from the patent held by Wamo/Wham-o founder Arthur K. Melin.
The patent number cast into the plastic grips of the Western Haig match those on the patent.
I go to these lengths to prove the identity of the company because Wham-o today vigorously denies even having made BB guns, or firearms (yes, they made three different .22 rimfire guns, too). In 1956, the Wamo Mfg. Co. advertised the WHAM-O B.B. pistol in Science & Mechanics magazine, proving that Wamo and Wham-o are the same company, owned by the same two men and one of whom held the patent on the Western Haig pistol.
Related to the Wamo/Wham-o Kruger pistol
I've written about the Wham-o .12 caliber pistol and the Wamo BB pistol in the past. Once you read that, you'll understand how the Western Haig pistol operates. The plastic hammer is cocked and one or two caps are shoved into a cap holder in the frame in the path the hammer will take when the gun fires. There's a small opening in the cap holder that lets the gas from the exploding caps travel into a metal tube that's held inside the plastic barrel.
The .12 caliber lead shot (No. 6 shotgun shot) is dropped down the muzzle of the pistol and theoretically rolls down to rest opposite the cap hole. The exploding cap(s) drive the lead shot out the barrel with force. At least, that's the theory.
What really happens is the ductile iron cap holder and the tube that acts as the barrel start to rust after the first cap is fired. Within two days, both are rusted so much the hammer loses its force and the lead shot cannot travel down the barrel because of the rust. They gave you a ramrod to force the ball down the bore. That will keep you in operation a while longer, but with so little power coming from the cap it doesn't matter. What you have is a nice replica sixgun that doesn't do much of anything except cock and snap the hammer when the trigger is pulled.
Bob, I'm not trying to ruin your dream, for it was mine, as well. But I actually owned a Wamo Kruger pistol that operated in much the same way. I don't think I ever got a BB going faster than 100 f.p.s. with that gun, and even that fast seems a stretch.
If any of our readers owns or has ever owned a Western Haig, please tell us about it. I would like to hear what others have experienced.
65 Responses to "The Western Haig The stuff of little boys' dreams"
More on the old and weird. Good article. I remember the ads.
Back in the 70′s I remember an ad that featured 3 pistols. If I remember correctly one was a look alike 38 snub nose; the 2nd was a .357 look alike; and the third was possibly the Luger type. I remember a super low price on them and thinking how they could not possible shoot anything. A few years later Dad and I started getting Crosman CO2′s, I was so satisfied the thought of those pistols never came about again untill now.
Thank you as always.
Joe G from Jersey
Now after you shook my memory up a bit. I remember Dad had a Hahn 45 in gray with simulated Ivory grips and no CO2 lock nut; also a Daisy Targeteer that cocked but BB's never fit. Now I know why. I might have to look for them at the house one day. Both looked old at the time. Lets just hope I did'nt wreck them further as a kid.
Joe G from Jersey
Jersey Joe,
If the ads you saw were in the 1970s, the guns weren't made by Wham-o. By the 1970s, the California complex (anti-gun) had set in and the company was denying they ever made guns.
Now that Daisy Targeteer is interesting, because it was made in two calibers – .118 and BB. The .118 was the older style and I have blogged it a couple of times.
Hia BB
Yes I saw the blogs, they where extreamly helpfull. Thanks to you I was able to identify the pistol.
Joe G From Jersey
Now, I see why the company was trying to deny making guns. This story brings back memories of a whole bunch of cheap cap guns that I owned. Some involved the feeding of a kind of red paper tape that would go off; others I never figured out. Never did think that I would be shooting real guns one day. The toys just keep getting better.
Would you say that the quality today is better than before?
My SS-1000H seems to like heavier pellets. I had been shooting CPLs without much success. In looking for a heavier pellet the other day I picked up a tin of Beeman Ram Jets (they didn't have much of a selection).
The gun seems smoother, more thunk than twang. The Ramjets also seem to have a little smaller head and fit the breech a little better.
You shot a nice group in .177 with JSB Exacts. Were these 10.2 grain? Does it make sense that the gun would seem "smoother" with the heavier pellet?
Quality is up for some things, but down for others. Caveat emptor still applies.
The heavier pellet may dwell in the bore long enough to create backpressure that the piston seal needs to open. That's my theory. Do you understand how a parachute seal works?
This brought back some memories, thanks BB. Back in the early sixties when I was a young boy and very much into cap guns, I had something like this. Mine had imitation stag grips, and loaded just like a real SA Colt. It was also made of die cast metal and came with two types of "cartridges" that looked just like real ones, only smaller, and you stuck the round stick on caps on the ends. This fired them when they were struck by the hammer. The other ones had a grey plastic bullet that had little legs at the base which fit into the cartridge case base, that contained a small spring. When "fired" , the bullet would fly out the barrel for a couple of feet. Does anyone remember these? Since I had six other siblings that came after me, it didn't survive, like most of my stuff.
I'm not sure about parachute seals. I've never seen the guts of a springer, but I guess this seal is much thinner and flexible than I imagined. What is the typical thickness of these seals?
Also, are the Exacts that you shot in your review 10.2 grains?
Older brother,
You had a Mattel Fanner 50 that used Greenie Stick-em caps. Go on ebay and type that it and you will see your past.
I see the same problem you are having with CPL. I have an HW50 that will shoot CPL's at 730 fps with a jolt at the end of the firing but if I use 8.4gr JSB's I get 755 fps with a much smoother, softer feeling. I have noticed that the crosman pellets seem to have a head larger than the skirt and when seated the skirt does not fill the chamber but the JSB's do. That and changing to a softer pellet is probably allowing a better seal. I must also note here that I still have some DIE# 2 CPL that do not have the problems of the newer crosmans. I believe that crosman pellet quality has dropped a bit over the past few years and have gone to JSB 8.4′s as my benchmark.
I recall advertisements for these cap guns on the backs of the Bazooka gum comics that came wrapped around every piece of gum. If you collected enough coupons and sent in a small amount of money or its equivalent in postage stamps you could also have the excitement of getting that box in the mail. My Mom would get about a 6 week break from going down to the mailbox because I would almost always meet the mailman from the day after I mailed them away till it finally came.
I am ashamed! In the 13-part spring-gun tune I should have shown and explained how parachute seals work.
You have defined Friday's blog topic!
No, the .177 Exacts I shot while testing the Beeman dual-caliber rifle were 8.4 grains. It says so next to both the velocity figures and the accuracy test,
I never had enough gum to do anything like that.
Did you ever get a Haig?
BB and Sam,
Thank you both for you responses.
BB, I've been meaning to ask, do you prefer Pellet-TEE-a or Pellet-TEER?
I'm a yankee, so the second way.
I do not remember it being a Haig, I was only 8. But I do remember stealing one of my Dads 12ga shotgun shells to break open for the shot, he was a little upset:)
GREAT job on your blog yesterday. You're famous! I read it when you first published it and was blown away by your technical writing skill.
I'm still trying to recover my stolen air rifles. I DID track down the FWB 124D that I had loaned out 8+ years ago. I'll pick it up tomorrow. Your mention of it last week reminded me what a sweet shooter it was. I don't even have it back yet, and I just ordered a custom walnut stock…
You need to tap into Nick again in the future. He's got some incredible skills–and he's a nice guy.
I remember those ads. But by 10 years of age I already owned a real Colt New Frontier in .22 S., L. & L.R. caliber, so they didn't get my juices going like other kids my age.
I, too, once owned a Fanner 50; I believe my cap pistol shot roll caps, but of course I'm 61 now and those were olden times for my memory. I also owned the cap pistol that had a 'bullet' with a cap stuck to the end that went into the cartridge case. It had a hole in the nose to allow the smoke and blast to exit. I lost interest in it because, although more 'authentic' than my old cap pistols, it took too long to load compared with my friends' (my cap gun 'enemies') roll cap guns. I also had a Range Rider two-gun rig, with twin holsters and pistols and the emblematic twin Rs on the belt buckle, one turned backwards so that the Rs stood back-to-back. My favorite cap gun however was the Japanese-made (I think) little pistol that had no trigger guard; the trigger was bent metal and was longer than usual. You could pull it with two fingers and after awhile you kind of had to because it was stiff. But the hammer hit the cap really hard and so you could count on it to fire each cap it hit, unlike my other pistols at the time. I carried one when riding my bicycle through the suburban of Cleveland, Tennessee and used it to scare off dogs who thought a small boy on a moving Schwinn was fair game for ankle biting.
If you have any other guns that you want to loan out and forget for a few years, give me a call.
Hey guys
Today i was watching the news and saw a story about a city worker who was shot at with a pellet gun. I tracked down the story for those who may want to read it.
I share this because it is a great example of why people should be taught how to respectflly handle a pellet gun. Thanks
Nate in Mass
Nice trip down memory lane, BB!
I never had one of those wamo guns, but remember the ads for other things like x-ray glasses on the back of Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum wrappers, and hovercrafts and jet engines in the back of comic books. I had just a paper roll cap gun, and always lusted after my friend's gun that shot the plastic caps on strip. Those were so much louder! It wasn't long before we degenerated into buying rolls of caps to hit with a hammer. That was really loud! Then we'd go back to shooting our bb guns when our ears were ringing too much.
I have an old toy rifle and i wanted to know if you remember these or know anything about it. It was made by Replicas By Perris Savannah TN. And has the #4891 on it ? Thanks Dial Up Dave.
Nate in Mass,
Luckily there are very few cases of people being hurt by airguns. But you're right safety should be everyones first thought when they pick up a gun.
Some of my hunting buddies laugh at me because I always open my action and show them the chamber is empty when we come out of the field and things like that. Safety is something you have to practice with a passion.
I think there are more people like me than those very few that should not be allowed to shoot rubber bands in a public place.
Great blog. Yes the red cap roles were so cool. Fired one at a time in your six gun or all at once with a hammer.
My dad gave me my first colt cap gun for my 5th birthday. Man was I cool… until the nieghbor got a 30-30 lever action cap gun. It had a lever that pulled the trigger when the lever was returned. Thus it could rapid fire as fast as you could pump the lever… just like the Rifleman on TV.
Why do I have the feeling that you need a loaner like a hole in the head?
Has BB ever taken an informal poll?
I mean as to how many airguns the readers have, not how many holes are in all our heads…
lol i remember as a kid playing with caps that i would hit the whole roll of paper caps with a hammer..heh heh,another good memory is in the kitchen when my dad took the co2 out of an old crosman 357 revolver when it got jammed and the co2 cartridge flew out like a rocket literally!it hung in the air for about a split second just stationary before it propelled into the wall making a hole,i still remember the look on my dads face!lol
Dial-up Dave,
Not only have I heard of the Parris toy guns – I blogged the BB gun they made in the 1960s.
A poll about the guns readers have? Might be interesting. But we have a lot of readers. How would we do it?
Thank you BB: I did go on E-bay as you suggested, and they had one of them, and the lever action rifle that used the same cartridges. My brother had the rifle. You could buy a new Ruger SA for what the sellers there want for just that cap pistol. Hindsight! LOL! Older Brother
8 holes. One of them seems to be constantly leaking some sort of gray substance.
This blog reminded me of my toy muzzleloading set — there was a rifle and a pistol, at least they seemed to go together. Both fired paper caps (one at a time) but would fire a cork ball, as well. If I remember correctly, my parents didn't aggressively point out the use of the balls, so by the time my brothers and I figured them out, the barrels were dinged and the ports from the breech were clogged with cap junk. I don't know how well they might have worked under other circumstances.
I had a Haig when I was a kid, and recently, I found one on E-bay. I now have one again, 40 years later! It got me interested in cap guns and pop guns.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Now I have one more thing to get alerts about on ebay. I never would have thought there would be any Haigs left alive after all these years.
Hello, i have a question regarding filling PCPs with scuba tanks. If you have a scuba tank that has a 3500psi fill in it and your rifle tank should be filled to 3000psi, how do you keep the rifle tank from going to 3500psi when you open the scuba valve? Sorry if this sounds like a crazy question. Will i see the gauge slowly rise to 3000psi and then shut the valve off?
Thanks for any help.
Bobby D
Bobby D,
Yes, you watch the fill pressure on the gauge that's attached to your fill device. When it reaches the gun's max pressure, you close the scuba tank valve, stopping the fill.
This is another benefit of the new Benjamin Discovery. Imagine how many full fills you will get when the max fill pressure is only 2,000 psi.
Here's an original Haig ad from the January 1968 Outdoor Life magazine:
Thank you! You have advanced my knowledge of the ending date of the Haig distribution by five years! I am writing a large article on Wham-o firearms for Shotgun News and this is very valuable to me.
Thank you,
I'm happy to help out – feel free to post the image on your site (just credit with my name, if you would).
Since you're researching Wham-O in particular, you might be interested in this larger view of that page… Note the ad in the lower right corner!
That other add you posted is just as interesting to my research, because it absolutely links the Wham-o company with the shooting sports, something they have denied vehemently in the recent past.
I'd like to use it in my article and of course give you credit.
Tom Gaylord, aka B.B. Pelletier
Feel free to use it – I'm happy to be able to help!
Thank you. I will credit you for everything I use.
Love the Wamo research! :-)At the bottom of the world we came across Wham-O slingshots and Powermaster crossbows.The Kruger and Haig were just adverts in magazines to the average kiwi.Now ALL is revealed!
Best wishes,
Trev Adams
Thanks. It's too bad you don't get Shotgun News. I have a HUGE article about Wham-o/Wamos in the Sep. 20th issue.
I'd certainly like to see that one!Nothing ventured,nothing gained,any chance of a scan please?(the cheek of him!)regards,Trev
Woops!didn't realise your articles were online at the SN site.I guess the WAMO one will appear in due course.:-)regards,Trev
I think I still have some of those 1950′s comic books with the original adds in them at my dad's house. I grew up with them but I think originally, they were his. They are very old and not in good shape but after reading about the WAMO pistols , I may go find them. I still remember wanting one of those pistols when I saw them in the old comic books. If I remember correctly, they were comics with and "Old West" theme.
Hello Tom,thanks to Gaines I got my copy of Shotgun News today.Last time I saw SGN it was a newspaper-now it is a magazine.Thanks for a very interesting article.Wonderful advertising made these plastic fantastics "must have" guns eh?:-)
Shotgun News is still a newspaper, but 6 times a year they bring out a color magazine that's perfect bound. They have black & white articles in the newspaper, too, but not as many as in the magazine.
There is also an annual treasury edition that's a compilation of the best articles. That's magazine-style, as well.
When you find those ads, please go to my personal blog and read more about the Wamo firearms and BB guns. There is a lot more to be learned about this brand.
I still have my old Western Haig long barrel pistol, and it still works just fine! I got it sometime way back in the early '50s, and I had a lot of fun with it (mainly "target" shooting at a target taped over the open end of a one lb coffee can). A fond memory of "the way it was".
That's incredible! I bet Spud Melin would be proud!
I have 2 Haig cap pistols with boxes with the year 1965 on the stamp. They are in great shape and interested in selling them.
For the right price,
This is an old blog that not too many people will ever read anymore. If you want to sell your pistols you should list them on one of the airgun classified ad websites:
Anonymous said…
"Mine had imitation stag grips, and loaded just like a real SA Colt. It was also made of die cast metal and came with two types of "cartridges" that looked just like real ones, only smaller, and you stuck the round stick on caps on the ends."
Sounds like a Nichols .32 to me. I had two at one time or another. Turned one of them into a .22 zip gun quite easily, but I only fired a couple of shots out of it – didn't have much confidence in its durability.
Well here it is 2011, and I found this article while trying to jog my memories of the Western Haig pistol. I bought one of these in the late 50's, but remember the caliber to be the size of a number 7 or 8 lead shot, a little smaller than the .12 mentioned. With the addition of a little more propellant, say 8-10 neatly trimmed black caps stuffed down the barrel, and a few rubber bands around the hammer to prevent blowback, it would shoot through a 1" pine board. It didn't last long with that abuse and the plastic started splitting apart about the time I lost interest in it!
That was one of the problems with these guns. You could also load them with real black powder and turn them into firearms.
I had what I think was a Haig capgun. It fired a 12 Cal. lead shot with a cap. I decided to put a little gunpowder down the barrel, but when I fired it, the blast pushed back the hammer, released the blast into the body of the gun, and split it at the seams.I recently purchased one at an antique store, but I plan to take better care of it.
I have heard about this happening, and it is the reason that these "airguns" were not continued.
Would you mind helping me writ an article about this for the blog? I would like to share your experience with others, so they can appreciate the dangers inherent with this kind of experimentation.
You are the first person I have corresponded with who has actual experience with this.
My name is Tom Gaylord and I am the airgun editor for Shotgun News magazine.
Back in 1965 my husband was always wanting to buy something we couldn't afford nor did he need it so when he started talking buying another gun I saw an advertisement for the new western Haig pistol and ordered one. I thought this would be a nice birthday present for him. Being a typical wife when my husband pulled one of his stupid stunts it made me a little out of sorts therefore when the Haig pistol arrived I gave it a toss into the attic and forgot about it. After 14 years of marriage he still hadn't trained well so we parted ways. Since I had never given him the Haig pistol and being a typical wife I kept the gun along with attic and house. I forgot all about the gun until just a couple of years ago we had a terrible snow storm which destroyed the roof and permanent repairs could not be made until it warmed up. I pulled everything out of the attic and found the gun among lots of other items that I had forgotten were in there. The gun has never been fired. The handy re-order blank for Haig Mfg. Co., Dept. A, Box 24., Alhambra, Calif. lists the Western Haig Pistol @ $3.00 each; 700 #6 lead shot @ $.50 pkg; and 1500 #6 lead shot @ $1.00 pkg. By the way the postage was $.18 and dated Jan. 6, 1965 mailed from San Gabriel, Calif. I haven't the foggiest idea what this little treasure is worth now and I am still keeping everything! Any suggestions as to the value?
As cheap as this little gun looks, what you have is worth at least $100 today. That's because it is new in the box. But it will be difficult to sell, because there aren't many who know what it is, and if they see it, they will not think it is worth that much.
The best place to sell it in on this free classified website:


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Tag Archives: IPCC
CO2 and CERES
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the bureaucratic agency which appropriated the role of arbiter of things climatic, has advanced a theory for the lack of warming since the turn of the century, viz: The … Continue reading
Posted in Climate sensitivity Tagged CERES, Climate sensitivity, IPCC 199 Comments
IPCC silently slashes its global warming predictions in the AR5 final draft
Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Unnoticed, the IPCC has slashed its global-warming predictions, implicitly rejecting the models on which it once so heavily and imprudently relied. In the second draft of the Fifth Assessment Report it had broadly … Continue reading
Many Climate Reconstructions Incorrectly Attributed to Temperature Change.
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) set climate research back thirty years, mostly by focusing world attention on CO2 and higher temperature. It was a classic misdirection that required planning. The IPCC was … Continue reading
Oh say can you see modern sea level rise from a geological perspective?
Guest post by David Middleton Experts say the IPCC underestimated future sea level rise A new study surveys 90 sea level rise experts, who say sea level rise this century will exceed IPCC projections Wednesday 4 December 2013 John Abraham … Continue reading
Posted in Adjustments/Corrections, Al Gore, Alarmism, Antarctic, Arctic, Gravity, Greenland ice sheet, Hiatus in Global Warming, IPCC, IPCC AR5 Report, Paleoclimatology, Sea level Tagged Current sea level rise, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Sea level 101 Comments
Dave's Top Ten Reasons Why the Oil Industry Doesn't Spend its Billions on Disproving the Junk Science of AGW
Guest post by David Middleton In my Internet "debates" with warmists, I occasionally encounter challenges like this… We don't yet not know the real global impact man has on the environment. It may be negligible. What we do know is … Continue reading
Intelligence and the hockey stick
Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In 1990, the IPCC's First Assessment Report showed a schematic demonstrating the then understanding that the medieval warm period had been appreciably warmer than the present and that the Little Ice Age had … Continue reading
IPCC's Report on Climate Change: Myths & Realities
A World Meteorological Organization insider's view of the IPCC report. Guest essay by Dr. S. Jeevananda Reddy Formerly Chief Technical Advisor – WMO/UN [A note to readers: English is not Dr. Reddy's primary language. I have made some edits to … Continue reading
A Theory Ready for Extinction
Don't worry too much over those warmist predictions that millions of species will soon be lost to climate change. Judging by their methods it is the doomsayers who are the real dodos Guest essay by Dr. David Stockwell Will climate … Continue reading
WG1 co-chair Thomas Stocker abandons IPCC principles
Thomas Stocker, the co-chair of IPCC WG1, has been discussed previously on this blog. On 26th November he gave a talk at Imperial College on the messages from the AR5 WG1 report. The headline of the write-up is "Act now … Continue reading
Study: lack of cloud physics biased climate models high
The Hockey Schtick brings this to our attention. It seems Dr. Roy Spencer was prescient with his observation: "The most obvious way for warming to be caused naturally is for small, natural fluctuations in the circulation patterns of the atmosphere … Continue reading
Stefan Rahmstorf and the consensus of experts on sea level -vs- reality, reality wins
From Stefan Rahmstorf and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Expert assessment: Sea-level rise could exceed 1 meter in this century In contrast, for a scenario with strong emissions reductions, experts expect a sea-level rise of 40-60 centimeters … Continue reading
On CO2 residence times: The chicken or the egg?
While some model based claims say that CO2 residence times may be thousands of years, a global experiment in measurable CO2 residence time seems to have already been done for us. By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Is the ~10-year airborne … Continue reading
From 90% to 95% confidence level: How IPCC claims can be at the same time consistent and absurd.
We have been expecting too much from the IPCC about its confidence level increase: the explanation may actually be simple… and surprising. Guest essay by Stephane Rogeau Image: From IPCC FAQs Many people are wondering what actually made the IPCC … Continue reading
Cowtan & Way off course
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley This time last year, as the honorary delegate from Burma, I had the honor of speaking truth to power at the Doha climate conference by drawing the attention of 193 nations to the then almost … Continue reading
Why and How the IPCC Demonized CO2 with Manufactured Information
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball Elaine Dewar spent several days with Maurice Strong at the UN and concluded in her book The Cloak of Green that, "Strong was using the U.N. as a platform to sell a global environment … Continue reading
Who are the true denialists?
Guest essay by Professor Philip Lloyd People have the nasty habit of giving their opponents names. Those who are convinced that humans are wrecking the world by burning fossil fuels call those who don't believe them "denialists." It implies that … Continue reading
Posted in IPCC, IPCC AR5 Report Tagged Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Temperature record 92 Comments
Climate models – worse than we thought
Observations Now Inconsistent with Climate Model Predictions for 25 (going on 35) Years By Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels Question: How long will the fantasy that climate models are reliable indicators of the earth's climate evolution persist … Continue reading
Posted in Modeling Tagged Climate model, Global warming, IPCC, IPCC Summary for Policymakers, Patrick Michaels 76 Comments
'Let's face it. The climate has never been more boring.'
Why you won't see headlines as climate science enters the doldrums Guest post by Dr. Robert G. Brown, Physics Department of Duke University (elevated from a comment on this thread: RSS Reaches Santer's 17 Years) This (17 years) is a … Continue reading
Water Is Replacing Climate As The Next UN Environmental Resource Scare
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – … Continue reading
An 'Uh Oh' moment in Nature – IPCC Climate panel is ripe for examination
It is fitting this is published near Halloween time in Nature, because the IPCC is full of scare stories. IPCC: Climate panel is ripe for examination Mike Hulme & Martin Mahony Nature 502, 624 (31 October 2013) doi:10.1038/502624c Published online … Continue reading
Posted in IPCC Tagged Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC 70 Comments
Commonsense Climate Science and Forecasting after AR5
Guest Essay by Dr. Norman Page 1.The Demise of the IPCC and the CAGW Delusion. a) Overview. In the AR5 Summary for Policymakers the IPCC glossed over the developing cooling trend in global temperatures and so lost the last vestige of … Continue reading
Lack of Data For All Phases of Water Guarantees Failed IPCC Projections
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball Lack of temperature data is a problem, but measures of water and precipitation are much worse. Temperature changes, especially cooling, are important to a degree over the long term. Precipitation changes are much more … Continue reading
Radiative Forcing, Radiative Feedbacks and Radiative Imbalance – The 2013 WG1 IPCC Report Failed to Properly Report on this Issue
Guest essay by Roger A. Pielke Sr. Main Points 1. The difference in ocean heat content at two different time periods provides the global average radiative imbalance over that time [within the uncertainty of the ocean heat measurements] 2. This … Continue reading
Antarctic Sea Ice Didn't Get The Memo That It Was Supposed To Melt
Image Credit: Cryosphere Today – University of Illinois – Polar Research Group By WUWT Regular Just The Facts Per the graph above, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent has remained above the 1981 – 2010 "normal" range for much of the last … Continue reading
Posted in IPCC, measurement, Sea ice Tagged Antarctic, Arctic, Area, Extent, IPCC, Oppenheimer, Sea ice 162 Comments
The new RCPs are not projections, probabilities, prophecies or pathways – they might possibly be potentialities. Guest essay by Barry Brill The IPCC begins with science: "In sum, a strategy must recognise what is possible. In climate research and modelling, … Continue reading
Another Reason Why IPCC Predictions (Projections) Fail. AR5 Continues to Let The End Justify the Unscrupulous Means
Noble cause corruption in the process. Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball Someone said economists try to predict the tide by measuring one wave. The IPCC essentially try to predict (project) the global temperature by measuring one variable. The IPCC … Continue reading
Tail wagging the dog – IPCC to rework AR5 to be 'consistent with the SPM'
Dave Burton writes: Anthony, The IPCC replied promptly to my inquiry (below), and they surprised me, twice: 1. They say that the just released "final" draft of the AR5 WG1 Report isn't really final after all, but the Summary for … Continue reading
Climate change is dominated by the water cycle, not carbon dioxide
Guest essay by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times Climate scientists are obsessed with carbon dioxide. The newly released Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that "radiative forcing" from human-emitted CO2 is … Continue reading
Posted in IPCC, Oceans, PDO Tagged Carbon dioxide, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, pacific decadal oscillation, Water cycle 138 Comments
IPCC Calls Off Planetary Emergency?
Guest essay by Marlo Lewis Okay, they don't do so in as many words. But in addition to being more confident than ever (despite a 16-year pause in warming and the growing mismatch between model projections and observations) that man-made … Continue reading
Posted in Alarmism, Uncategorized Tagged Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC 107 Comments
No Matter How the CMIP5 (IPCC AR5) Models Are Presented They Still Look Bad
UPDATE: I've added a comment to the end of the post about the use of 1990 as the start year. # # # After an initial look at how the IPCC elected to show their model-data comparison of global surface … Continue reading
IPCC's High-impact, low-probability risk media talking points
'Abrupt Climate Change' may turn out to be an IPCC own goal Guest essay by Barry Brill It's one thing to terrify the populace with apocalyptic rhetoric and images of collapsing ice sheets or tsunamis. It's quite another to gain … Continue reading
Posted in Alarmism, IPCC, IPCC AR5 Report Tagged Abrupt climate change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC 93 Comments
IPCC Climate: A Product of Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics Built On Inadequate Data
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball "If you torture the data enough, nature will always confess" – Ronald Coase. Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. – Anonymous. Climatology is the study of average weather over time or … Continue reading
Posted in IPCC Tagged Climatology, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC 81 Comments
Dr. Kiehl's Paradox
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Back in 2007, in a paper published in GRL entitled "Twentieth century climate model response and climate sensitivity" Jeffrey Kiehl noted a curious paradox. All of the various different climate models operated by different groups … Continue reading
Posted in Climate sensitivity Tagged Dr. Jeffrey Kiehl, IPCC, trend ratio 124 Comments
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
The Week That Was: 2013-09-28 (September 28, 2013) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: If an honest man is wrong, after demonstrating that he is wrong, he either stops … Continue reading
Thoughts on IPCC AR5 SPM – discussion thread
There's so much to talk about in the IPCC AR5 report, and I have other obligations this weekend. So, it seems time for an open thread on the subject. A few starting thoughts: 1. It seems news coverage is rather … Continue reading
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Back in December 2012, a sea change took place in Tipton County.
A bunch of people who had previously looked at local government with indifference suddenly became activists, fired up over the Prairie Breeze Wind Farm.
For most of last year, the wind farm issue consumed everything in Tipton County, as opponents organized to stop a plan which had sailed through the county commissioners and the county council.
Now comes the political reckoning for those who supported the Prairie Breeze plan.
May 6, three races could determine whether Tipton County joins Boone County in banning wind farms completely.
Commissioner Phil Heron, who voted for the Prairie Breeze project, has a primary battle with Gerald Shuck, a Haynes retiree who is campaigning on the wind issue.
Tipton County Councilman Dennis Henderson has an anti-wind opponent in Eric Parent, while Mike Orr, one of the leaders in favor of the Prairie Breeze project, is running against wind opponent Jim Leffler for the GOP nomination for the District 3 council seat.
I asked Heron if it was safe to assume Prairie Breeze was the big issue in the Republican primary.
"That's a very safe assumption," Heron said.
"There is another side to the issue," he said. "I would not ban wind. I think that's why they're mad at me."
There's no question, judging from the tone of some of the dozens of letters the Tribune has received on the Prairie Breeze issue, that some people are flat out upset.
Others, like Shuck, try to focus specifically on the county's new wind ordinance, which the commissioners passed after widespread criticism of the previous ordinance.
"I'm kind of divided. I'm not actually against the wind, but I wasn't really in favor of it either," Shuck said. "There's a place for [turbines]. My main concern is the ordinances, and how they protect the people."


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Jun 19 - Homily - Fr. Benedict: St. Juliana's Eucharistic Miracle
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When St. Juliana FalconieriĀwas dying, she could not eat so she requested the priest to spread a corporal on her chest and lay the Eucharistic host on it, which soon disappeared and she died. An image of a cross, just like the one on the host, was found on her chest. Father explains that as the host is changed into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, so was a sign given to show St. Juliana's transformation of love into her Beloved, Jesus. Ave Maria! Mass: St. Juliana Falconieri - 3rd Cl - Form:ĀEF, Dilexisti Commemoration:ĀSts. Gervase and Protase, Martyrs Readings:Ā To Download Audio go to http://airmaria.com?p=36777
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Finding beauty in a March day
IF PUT TO a vote, March would probably come out one of the least favorite months of the year, especially here in our north Wisconsin country.
We in this part of the north country may not have to worry about someone literally sticking a knife into us on that infamous March date when Caesar got his, but we often are figuratively stabbed by another famous figure in history, namely Mother Nature.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:54 PM
The other side of the trail
It's a little different looking at life from the other side of the trail.
That's what I found out last Saturday as I spent over six hours "doing" the American Birkebeiner, not as a skier which I have done 17 times, but as a spectator along the trail cheering and supporting the usual cast of characters with whom my wife and I annually share a Birkie adventure.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:31 PM
The old man and the trout
THE FIRST squadrons of mosquitoes were revving up their engines for a twilight strafing mission when the Old Man pulled his battered pickup truck into the grassy clearing overlooking the east branch of the Ontonagon River.
It had been a short day of chores with grass left to mow and a garden left to tend, as early on the old man decided an evening rise on his favorite trout stream was more important than a
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:02 PM
'Chefs on Ice' sure to be a hit
I AM ONE of those people who wish that someone somewhere would drop 200,000 tons of dynamite on the head of anyone connected with dreaming up a "reality" show.
They are inane, insulting to one's intelligence, a waste of time to watch and most of all, anything but "real."
As I flip through the 8,241 channels provided by my satellite TV service, I wonder at the
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:53 PM
A secret worthy of Wisteria Lane
WOULD YOU believe me if I told you that last Sunday night when a certain little shindig was being played out in Texas, that I watched something else on my TV?
Would you believe I watched a show on another network featuring a bunch of women living on some lane named Wisteria where life is always complicated?
Well, if you believe that, you've either been drinking some funny Kool Aid or smoking something
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011 3:02 PM
No wonder my wife loves me
Every once in a while I wonder why my wife loves me so much. Most people I know wonder about that all the time.
I can state with almost certainty that it surely must be because of all the things I give to her, all the things I do for her and all the wonderful places to which I take her.
As an example, one of the many gifts I gave to her immediately comes to mind, that being the
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:03 PM
Tracks in snow tell the story
WHEN THE FINAL flake of snow has fallen and the final zero temperature recorded this winter, I don't know how the experts will rate it for severity, but I do know that, so far, the wild critters that must live with whatever winter throws at them are doing just fine.
I cross-country ski a lot, as most of you know, and so far this winter, the evidence in the snow is there to read. Everywhere I ski, there are animal tracks, everything from field mice to deer and
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:05 PM
Time to bring on the Bears
IT APPEARS the moon, stars and planets have aligned to bring about an event of monumental proportions, an event destined to shake fundamental values of decency to their very cores, an event which will strike at the very heart of families and best friends.
It is the match made in heaven — or hell — the match everyone craved for and now, for better or worse, has in hand.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:37 PM
Baby, it's cold out there
I don't know about you, but the older I get the less I like cold winter weather.
I would be the last person to exaggerate about the "old days," but let it be said that when I was a kid I never minded walking 12 miles uphill to school every day no matter how cold, and the 12-mile walk home — also uphill — was no problem either.
Add to that rags wrapped around shoes with soles dangling and toes with holes in them because
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:28 PM
Let a campfire glow in the night
There is something about a campfire that makes a person feel good.
Campfires are warm, friendly and comforting. They are usually built in a place that lends itself to watching a night sky full of stars, a place where a person can ease back against a tree trunk and listen to crickets, loons, bullfrogs and all the other sounds of the night that are so pleasing to the senses.
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