Quote from: Professor Marvel on September 12, 2024, 07:06:05 PMGreatfind!

One must ask, howver did it survive so nicely?

Wonder if it's been reblued? I would not care personally cause I am a shooter more than a collector.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.   

Google Translate was a great help with the marvelous professor's phrase dump (and occasionally quite entertaining).

Ha!! and Ha!!

I admit to being a user of "Lustrum" in describing certain periods of elapsed time.  I also admit to being almost totally ignorant of Latin (the DEAD language).

I can, of course, thoroughly appreciate C C Griff's marvelous lesson of latin, but must admit I DON'T CARE (So take that Abilene).  I like describing a longer period as "Several Lustrum" as opposed to "Lustra" which sounds like adding a sheen to a table top, or some such.  Besides, my spell checker doesn't recognize Lustra as a correct spelling, although my biggest bugga boo "irregardless" is also now included in Funk & Wagnalls as being a wurd.

I do however, take great exception to The Good Perffesser Marvelous including a whole bunch of latin stuff, of which I have no clue and thus, unable to respond.  Oh Sure, when as a child singing in the choir, I use to sing in latin, but had no clue what the music actually meant.  At this point, I don't really care as I am still in recovery.

Fortunately, I don't qualify as an Alumnus.  Unless being an Old Retired Fart (Ex Mil.) qualifies, but then perhaps I would be labeled as Alumni??  But, does it really matter at all??  In the long view, I still do appreciate learning Lustra is more appropriate although I will resist the temptation to be "correct" and remain obstinate in my imperfect use of LUSTRUM!!  So There!!  Take That!!   

Latin: it's all greek to me...

+ I like to quote Rowan Atkinson's character "Blackadder": "No speako dego!" 

(Ah hain't jest pertendin' ter be a redneck, y'all.) 

  Good Morning Doc

I have two boxes of Brandy New Magtech 12Ga I'll let go of.  30 Bucks a Box Shipped sound reasonable??

My mother had a saying "Keep to the right and you will never get left behind"

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 48 and cloudy with some fog. High of 82 and partly sunny.

Slim

always my favorite.... Semper Fidelis

Do you guys stay up all night thinking of such things?

My congrats!
Is the conversion cylinder embellishded with the Ormsby naval scene?
Long Johns Wolf