'LEW' is my wife's initials. But all my posts have Charlie at the bottom. You can't go by the registerd name or is your given name actually 'sheepherder' ???
And I recall that we did have discourse once as I have a friend who lives in E. Amherst and does gun shows and I was inquiring if you went to shows in his area.
As to Curly, I see him on the very bottom forum on Gunboards, but there I use my own initials and also sign the posts there as Charlie.
I grew up and came of age in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky is a different world. One of these days I will invite you down and we can drink some clear water and ride 4 wheelers over the hills .
I will keep you safe from the girls - a few years ago I was at my brother-in-law's house and a lady came to visit his wife. Good looking lady. I must have been looking too hard as my brother-in-law's wife informed me that the lady had shot and killed her last two boyfriends.
I belong to a few groups
Ohio Valley Military Society
Ohio Gun Collectors Assn
Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Assn
South Carolina Gun Collectors Assn
Alabama Gun Collectors Assn
Missouri Valley Gun Collectors Assn
Colorado Gun Collectors Assn
Browning Collectors Assn
National Automatic Pistols Collectors Assn
There is a nice show in Tulsa in about a month - 4000+ tables. You would enjoy it.
NGD & SOS are not bad shows, the size making them worthwhile to go to. You just have to watch your expenses. My supper at NGD/SOS each day was less than $5.00. Since I drove, I brought my own lunch and drinks. The motel (about 1/2 mile from the event center) offered a good (free) breakfast and was only $71.00 per night.
Now my friends lived high on the hog. The friend from NC spent $41.00 for supper one night. The couple from SC spent over $100.00 for supper one night. But you can get by cheaper and not be as spartan as I am.
A friend and his wife drove down from CT - they come to all of the NGD shows and they had farther to travel than you.
So you need to come. And actually you need to go to Tulsa. Since you don't have gun shows in NY, you need to come to some good ones.