tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post116619890230987628..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Color me a very deep green.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166413021327070652006-12-17T22:37:00.000-05:002006-12-17T22:37:00.000-05:00I guess the lobbyist who threw out the gold bar di...I guess the lobbyist who threw out the gold bar didn't want to be bothered with having a load of small change in his pocket ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166365225526918112006-12-17T09:20:00.000-05:002006-12-17T09:20:00.000-05:00Damn! I thought I did well last week when I got 20...Damn! I thought I did well last week when I got 2000 .224 55 grain FMJ for $28. I have been eclipsed, big time.<BR/><BR/>TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166344080249201232006-12-17T03:28:00.000-05:002006-12-17T03:28:00.000-05:00Holy. Crap.Holy. Crap.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166317994363789222006-12-16T20:13:00.000-05:002006-12-16T20:13:00.000-05:00A coworker of mine found a gold bar in a dumpster....A coworker of mine found a gold bar in a dumpster. It was small, smaller than a pack of cigarettes, but it was gold.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I was working in Washington, DC at the time.Bob Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384565746734984949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166223385768889102006-12-15T17:56:00.000-05:002006-12-15T17:56:00.000-05:00Portland State University did something similar in...Portland State University did something similar in the early 1980's ... throwing away periodicals.<BR/><BR/>Porsfis scored their entire SF magazine section ... I helped them cart it out before the paper scrap folks got at it ... including a nearly complete set of Astounding, and the successor, Analog ....<BR/><BR/>Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166219213754205292006-12-15T16:46:00.000-05:002006-12-15T16:46:00.000-05:00Speaking of dumpsters, I have a Savage 99F that I'...Speaking of dumpsters, I have a Savage 99F that I'm told my grandfather found in a dumpster in Chicago.<BR/><BR/>I'm also assured he turned it in to the police and got to keep it after it was declared not reported stolen or involved in a crime.<BR/><BR/>I have no first-hand way of knowing if that's true, since that grandfather's been dead for a while, but it's a <I>great</I> story, so I'll maintain that it's true in any case.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1166201435355852462006-12-15T11:50:00.000-05:002006-12-15T11:50:00.000-05:00Lucky bastard indeed.Lucky bastard indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com