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  1. Oldsarge

    Tobacco Field

    I don't know if it's still the case but the finest cigar wrapping tobacco used to come from Connecticut. And out here in California we have a wild variety that you'd have to be in a crazed nicotine fit to smoke. Strong and rough? Man!
  2. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    'like' you had been handed the Holy Grail? Actually . . . I think you were. Amazing, really. The working frontiersman's gun, one that he could put deer, duck or grouse on the table when the crops weren't ripe and the larder was running low. Beautiful expression of 'cloth cap' Americana.
  3. Oldsarge

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    I had the good fortune to see McLoughlin's work at a Safari Club convention one year. His parodies are hysterical but his vintage landscapes with canoe and/or floatplane tug at your heartstrings. Golden Age Art, without question.
  4. Oldsarge

    Report from the mountains

    As a weather wimp coastie, I am eternally grateful to the Army that they had me do Basic in Ft. Ord. Whatever other ills the place may have had, the climate was bearable. Now, of course, the site is California State University, Monterrey Bay. Probably the smartest land grab the state of...
  5. Oldsarge

    Hurricane Bugles

    "Easter" lilies only bloom at Easter because they are forced in greenhouses. Atticus is right, their normal bloom season is the beginning of the Cape Verde hurricane season. Amazing how something so pretty could bode so ill.
  7. Oldsarge

    Report from the mountains

    Nope, it's still Army. The Marines just borrow parts of it now and again. I'd like to say the nastier parts but on Polk that's a hard distinction to make.
  8. Oldsarge

    Report from the mountains

    LOL! A chorus of Collerina Road, anyone?
  9. Oldsarge

    Report from the mountains

    I've never stalked bison. My one example was a ranch hunt in Wyoming and to be honest it isn't something I will ever do again. Even supposing that stalking the brute is more interesting than sneaking up on one in a pasture, whatin'ell do you do with that much meat? I swear, even giving it...
  10. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    Really. I'm taking the lessons by my website's shooting coach to heart and will spend the next 'several' weeks practicing my gun mounting. Then first clays and later geese . . . watch out!
  11. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    L. C., you can give these a go. Tag Safari makes safari clothing in Africa for Africa. Highly recommended. As for British Shooting wear I have nothing but good things about Mears Bespoke. As you can see their ladies shooting breeks are most fetching.
  13. Oldsarge

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    Yes, a Facebook page or a blog would probably bring quite a bit of interest. My own site is up to 250 hits a day and climbing like a homesick angel.
  14. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    That's the place! And I was sitting in that little 'alcove' between the dining room with the curtains and the big main steps up to the front door. It had just been refurbished a few months before we were there and I can tell you it is a wonderful place. Victoria Falls is one of those places...
  15. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    Earlier that trip we had another one. I'd shot an eland after tracking the brute for three days. Man, those things can cover ground! Anyway after butchering the cook grilled the backstraps, cut 1.5" thick, over a mopane wood fire. With a glass of good South African Red and the Southern Cross...
  16. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    LOL, Veronica. I took my first safari on '97, a 50th birthday present from me to me. After eleven days in the bush (my vacation) we took the night train to Victoria Falls to start my wife's vacation. I was told that while there I must have a drink at the Vic Falls Hotel bar only to find upon...
  17. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    I recommend the lower left. However, I should point out that you may start 'not needing' to go to Africa and develop enough curiosity to 'want' to go to Africa. This is dangerous. Once you've been, you will return . . . probably again and again and . . .
  19. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    Actually, pale green is the preferred color in Africa these days, especially for shirts.
  20. Oldsarge

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    I don't know about organized Golden Era hunts but the last time I went to Mozambique I took my pith, my .318 Westley Richards and my .404 Jeffery . . . and almost got killed! Thank heaven for a skilled Professional Hunter. However, the outfit had nothing to do with my misadventures so I would...
  21. Oldsarge

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    Hats from Above A view down onto the garment district, c. 1920's-30's
  22. Oldsarge

    Incredible Custom Clock - Part Deco, Part Steampunk, Part Modernism

    Ditto!
  23. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    This is a good sign! Now if only those wonderful catalogs start showing up in the mailbox . . .

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