Brian Wolfe

Mervyn, I am so glad to see you are back writing in the Blog section.
Thank you for posting this in the Blog section where as many as possible will read this most interesting history.
Would it be possible to also post this in the regular section of the GMIC as it needs to be preserved so those researching the forum will find it at a later date.
As always, well done Mervyn.
Regards
Brian

Thanks for your comments everyone.
After writing the article I purchased a couple of bayonets off eBay, as Nick (JapanX) says, it's a sickness.
Cheers
Brian

Hello Mervyn,

Even though I am well entrenched in the "fossil corner" I do see such advances as email, Facebook etc. as a positive thing but mainly for one reason. Families are no longer able to remain in the same general are as their parents and brothers and sisters. This distance, years ago, meant that you would only see your children and grandchildren on High Holidays. Now with better commuications, stories and photos can be shared quickly and with Skype you can even speak with your children and grandchildren almost any time. Then there are friends living in South Africa, Australia, the UK and India (Punjab) who are only a key board away, what a great invention this email and other communications options have turned out to be. Now if we could teleport from Canada to your shop in S.A. we could really do business. Ha ha

Other than than, and this forum of course, emails and such are more trouble than they are worth for the most part.
Regards for the fossil world
Brianasorus.

Hello DJT,
Good comeback. I can understand a dealer having one of a particular collectable and not wanting to let it go too cheaply and putting a high price on it out of ignorance. Some deals, however, only sell certain items and when they inflate the price at least four times market I makes my blood boil.
Thanks again for your comment, I shall remember and use this one.
Regards
Brian

Vent away fellows, it's good for the soul.

In my past profession it was very important to be able to read people and know what to say and what not to say. The other important thing was not too over react, which is what I did. I forgot that what passes as an insult in one region means nothing in another. To be fair to the dealer he was not from the same part of the country as I so I really should have cut him some slack and let it pass. The day was hot I was tired and things happed, and perhaps the term "######" will no longer be in the dealer's vocabulary. Ha ha

All's well that ends well.

Regards
Brian

Oh Greg, bringing Popeye in on this discussion on your side. How can I argue with that.
As long as we remain friends there is always room for the differences.
Regards
Brian

It is interesting that you've tied the Occupy movement to communism, I never thought of them in that way. However, now you mention it I suspose they are much alike. The old, "I don't want to risk anything or invest anything, except possibly sweat, but I want a bigger piece of the riches". I do respect your views and defend your right to state them...unlike the communist party. Chains are chains only the holders of the keys change.
Respectfully,
Brian

Poachers! We still hate 'em. If only we could have them "transported" like in the good olde days.
Many thanks for another great installment in this series Mervyn.
Regards
Brian

Hi Larry
Mervyn's correct and I'd like to add that your item will probably get missed on this section but many members watch the for sale areas.
Regards
Brian

I'll be watching for the next installment Mervyn.
Very intetresting and well written.
Regards
Brian

Hello Frank,

Extend my best wishes for a speedy recovery to your wife.
Now's your chance for you to do the house work and take care of her for a while.

Warmest regards
Brian

What a great idea and I look forward to following the story as it unfolds.
Regards
Brian

Mervyn, I'm not sure you should trust those you represent, after all they do wear masks.
Brian

I heard a story that the Prime Minister held seances with his dead mother during the war to ask for advice.Still on his death bed he was happy as he was going to see all his old dogs again so he seemed a nice fella.

Yes he was quite the f3llow. I guess in the end he figured if he couldn't beat them he'd join them.

Regards

Brian

Hello ioway1846,
This section is not for the identification of medals etc.
Please reenter it under the proper evaluation and identification section.
If you are a guest then the section would be
Guests Valuation & Identification Forum, or if you are a member there is a section for that as well.
You have a better chance of one of the members seeing it if it is in the correct section.
Regards
Brian

Craig,
We shall have to wait until the annual review, then write a report and take it before several committies first.
We will keep you update, please do not call us we'll call you. Ha ha

Regards
brian

Hello Tracy and welcome.
I share my fellow member's eagerness to read more from you.
Regards
Brian

Make that a fourth invitation.