IrishGunner

Hey, Chris!  How's it going these days?  I've been out of the collecting game for a little while, but checking in...  I can't let this Pass pass me by...  What's the best deal you can give me on the Pass and the Garde Art. EK document together?  I could even then go the full 35 Euro on the Prussian Ehrenzeichen.

Thanks to those who wondered why I've been MIA!  I am certainly alive and well.  However, my time has been sidetracked by other pursuits, leaving little time for much else...  First, I started a full time job last August; I had considered teaching for some time and was offered a full-time position teaching U.S. Government and Criminal Justice at a high school.  It's been both a rewarding and frustrating experience, but something I believe is extremely worthwhile.  As General Stanley McChrystal recently wrote in a New York Times editorial, "education is the lifeblood of a great nation."  I thought it time to go back to serving my country instead of sitting on my butt.

The second thing that has taken up my free time ... and expendable cash ... is in the picture attached.  My wife and I moved to the Chesapeake Bay with the idea we'd get a boat.  And last April we did just that...  Getting ready to take her out tomorrow for the start of this year's boating season.

"Please, sir, I want some more"

$100 for new running shoes; competing demands for my hobby dollars.

10 day until I go home!

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59 Artillery regiments as of today; a long way to go

A New Year, re-newed energy!

Added a nice regimental history of FAR 49 to the collection

After 17 moves over 30 years, movers come today for what should be the last move of my life.

At least the beer is better here in Prague than in Yerevan.

Autumn on the Bay...beautiful

Back from San Antonio. Greeted by almost a dozen envelopes in the mailbox with new goodies...

Back in the USA - empty handed after two weeks in Europe.

Back in Yerevan - long trip

Back to work today; unfortunately at HQ instead of the field. But it all counts for retirment!

Batten down the hatches. Windy day!

Beating dead horses

Been MIA this week due to poor internet service. Hopefully, will be back to normal for the weekend.

Beer makes research easier

Bob - care to share just who is Tetyana? :-)

Buying a new house. Wife says THIS TIME I get a war room. Why am I skeptical?

C'mon Boonzaier put some of that great artillery stuff on sale!

Caveat emptor

Check out the new posts on artillery in German Imperial