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Conga-rats to you both. Oh Terry just 2 more left enjoy while you can them being kids.

I'm doing the best I can--they make it difficult sometimes, y'know!

Happy Birthday, Rebecca!

Well, I KNOW she saw this last night, but I think she must have been too shy to say anything! She gets that from me, you know.

Happy, happy birthday, young lady! From the sounds of it, your dad may end up greeting your dads on the porch - with his shotgun in his hands.

Was that supposed to be 'boyfriends on the porch'? I sure hope so... ;)

Happpy Birthday
Birthdays are not about presents but about remembering and family and love and celebrating

—now what did you get?

Yeah, it was - although these days, you never know.

Dad's rootbeer maybe?

Congrats to Rebecca and her parents for somehow getting her to this point without major government intervention. At least I think it was mainly just you and not the Clinton/Bush programs ...

Just so no one thinks the object of your congratulations is ignoring you (she's going to be at work until 8:00 tonight), I'm going to take the liberty of answering in her stead. And I'm going to encourage her later on to say "thanks" in her OWN derned stead!

ANYway, Jim, she got an ITunes card and a bunch of candy and a cake that I baked for her all by myself with her "Happy" character on it. And a driver's license. And she had a great time eating her cake.

And Diane, that's why I hesitated to ask--one can't quite be sure nowadays of who's going to show up. But yes, I will have a shotgun no matter what.

And Marc, it was mainly Divine intervention.

16!!!! Where did I put my AARP card?

Now your kids are making me feel old.

Oh, and happy sweet sixteen, young'un.

Hey, tell me about it. I emailed a picture of Boy in his band uniform to My Friend Jeff(tm), and Boy's grown so much Jeff didn't even recognize who it was.

He looks like one of those ruddy-cheeked English boys. Pretty coloring.

Well, he's fair-complected like Reba and tends to get red-cheeked, and it's sort of embarrassing for him. The red jacket probably doesn't help things.

A few days late, but Happy Birthday nonetheless. I plead holidays as my excuse - Monday was jam-packed with charring food for the holiday. The last two have been actual holidaying - deinternetted, as we tend to do in the Hebraic fashion.

BTW, Mr. P - you must be losing it. This is the first gun-related thread that didn't have you debating the relative merits of the various firepowers best used for gentlemen visitor vetting.

No excuses required at all--some things DO take precedence, after all.

As for losing it, I will readily admit that.

Although in my defense relative to this thread in particular, I must say I believed there was little to discuss, being that it is a proven fact that no arm beats an 18 inch barrelled, 12 gauge (chambered for both 2 3/4 inch standard and 3 inch magnum loads), extended magazine, cylinder bore, pump action shotgun for such tasks. One may quibble over accessories or finish, but the basic hardware cannot be surpassed.

Hah! I just have to contrary on this one. IMO a semi-auto in 12 or 20 bore makes more sense. Better recoil management, as easy to reload and if heaven forbid your short the use of one arm you can still fight effectively. I'll also admit the bowel churning sound of a pump being racked is missing but then I mostly don't want the bad guys knowing I'm there anyway.

I wouldn't disagree with a 20, but even with a 12, recoil can be managed with the proper shell choice. A good 2 3/4 dove load is still potent discouragement to bad people, but not unpleasant to shoot even in a 12 gauge. My bias is toward the Mossberg 500 series, due to the wide variety of available barrels that are easily interchanged, the magnum-sized chamber (better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it), and the incredibly quick disassembly of the action. I've had a couple over the years and they work quite well, and if you like, you can vary the shot weight and powder load and shell length you want to carry in the tube, which might be harder to do in an autoloader, especially the more finicky types.

I also used to have a Belgian Browning Auto 5 in 20 gauge. It kicked pretty danged hard even with light loads.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.

All is now right with the world.

BTW Mr Skinnydan, I was just up in your neck of the world last weekend. My oldest g-son is going to RPI in Troy & I went to see what's what and cook hassenphefer, roast pork mit der rosti among other goodies. Nice countryside.

Terry, I too Love the 500 & the Rem 870 but I still gotta hold the point that when it gets dangerous a semi offers more.

As you might have noticed on your visit, Troy ain't exactly Brooklyn.

Which is probably not a bad thing, overall. I'll have to trust you on the roast treyf - it wouldn't be a good idea for me to start experimenting this close to Yom Kippur.