Early 9 mm Commercial on Proxibid

[Yakman]

Norme, I agree with your quote. Respectfully, I think you should have stopped there.

I have expressed appreciation for Dwight's monumental efforts, but to your Post, no one has any "right" to tell me, or anyone else, what to think or what to conform to. I don't think it is Dwight's position to suggest he has that privilege. He can speak for himself.

Let me be clear, convention is not an arbiter of anything. I am convention, I, over the years, have joined with a multitude of like minded individuals in a mutually understood area of understanding forming a convention. No one needs to, or is required to, accept that convention.

Norme, I'm not being critical of you, I'm only stating my position in light of your Post #20. No one's efforts or good works gives them dominion over another's thinking or actions. If it did Mother Theresa would have ruled the world...in the minds of some. You get the point.

Jack

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by Yakman

Norme, I agree with your quote. Respectfully, I think you should have stopped there. (be nice)
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Norme, I'm not being critical of you, I'm only stating my position in light of your Post #20. No one's efforts or good works gives them dominion over another's thinking or actions. ...

Jack

I disagree a bit, although we all mostly understand the phrases used in the past, many times they are just wrong. Such as 1903 French and many others. The early phraseology was many times wrong by the early book writers as they didn't know.

I like to say 1902 carbine or fat barrel - Dwight likes things in certain boxes (although he is far better at words than me).

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I am reading some older articles a friend sent me, early stuff by Kenyon and some others and to todays ears and writing, it sounds weird (commercial Simson, etal)

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