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« on: January 06, 2020, 07:19:51 PM »
As some of you know, I have been paring down the number of firearms I have. I have always bought and sold but usually a few more stayed then left.
We have two neighbor boys who have always been helpful to us, shoveling snow, raking leaves, cutting the lawn, etc. We have always paid them but the boys have been helpful, and not just to us. The elder boy came home from college and I was talking to him. He mentioned the younger brother was a Senior and would be in college next fall. For some reason, I had not calculated that.
Anyway, I went into the house and talked to my wife. She agreed and I grabbed two boxes and a couple of gifts. I quietly spoke with the parents it I already knew the answer.
Neither boy expected a present from us and were reluctant to accept them. I explained that with us planning to move and them being away at college I felt it appropriate to give them these now. I do not believe you can imagine the look on their faces when they unwrapped the boxes. Each boy got two 1860s, one Uberti and one Colt. I explained the Ubert was for rough usage and the Colts for occasional range usage. We had all been to the range before and they knew their way around percussion revolvers.
A couple of days later I saw them getting out of the younger ones truck and the were shooter and smelled of eggs, with ear to ear grins.
It was a good Christmas.
Kevin