For a good laugh

Hugh · 03-25-2007, 12:09 AM

check out this auction, be sure to read the questions & answers!

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VINTAGE-CIV...QQcmdZViewItem

shadow · 03-25-2007, 12:12 AM

Hugh,

I can't get the link to work. i found it though.

ebay item # 130093500326

Chris

Hugh · 03-25-2007, 12:18 AM

I can't either now, try going to this forum and clicking on the link in it:
http://www.1911forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169008

Heinz · 03-25-2007, 07:11 AM

Are we sure the seller here is not really TAC Foley. It not only sounds like his responses but the holster sounds like one of the rare and exoctic pieces Terry searhes out.

George Anderson · 03-25-2007, 07:59 AM

The seller has a great sense of the absurd, quite a prankster. I especially like the part about the buck-toothed frenchman that he had trouble understanding. If you look at his sales history he knows his holsters.

Ron Smith · 03-25-2007, 09:50 AM

My kind of seller. I wish I had thought of doing that.

Ron Smith · 03-25-2007, 11:25 AM

The seller's response to my e-mail.

Thanks, it does not matter if it is sold. We were just having some fun for April Fools day. You might be surprised at how many people don't get it, a lot of those messages can't be posted.

davidkachel · 03-25-2007, 12:20 PM

Sounds like the silly stories people tell me to build up to how much they think their gun is worth.
Lately I've started getting very rude (nearly dying will do that for you). I just tell them, "skip the story, and just tell me how much you want".

76 VETTE · 03-25-2007, 04:26 PM

Great story.

This auction is rapidly becoming famous all over the world; this afternoon someone placed the link to it on our Dutch Gun Forum.

Nice.

Peet

Ron Smith · 03-26-2007, 08:37 AM

YEAH!!..... What Tac said..

Saddle stitched leather skivies? Sounds painful...

Heinz · 03-26-2007, 08:09 PM

Esteemed Mr Smith, he said Skived, that is cut on an angle. No one in East Anglia would ever say "skivvies"

Ron Smith · 03-26-2007, 08:22 PM

Oh... I bet they would.

Ron Smith · 03-27-2007, 08:57 AM

Check the 1911 auction. It's getting better....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...26#description

Ron Smith · 03-27-2007, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tacfoley
Veneered Mr Heinz - quite correct. In English as spoken here in UK, a 'skivvy' is not a set of working clothes, but a low-grade menial worker who is paid a pittance for working a 23-hour day.

tac

In English as spoken here in the U.S.A. "Skivvies" are Navy underwear. Specifically... Boxer Shorts.

Ron

03-25-2007, 12:09 AM	#1
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	For a good laugh check out this auction, be sure to read the questions & answers! http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VINTAGE-CIV...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

03-25-2007, 12:12 AM	#2
shadow User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down The Shore Posts: 245 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hugh, I can't get the link to work. i found it though. ebay item # 130093500326 Chris __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good. George Washington

03-25-2007, 12:18 AM	#3
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	I can't either now, try going to this forum and clicking on the link in it: http://www.1911forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169008 __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

03-25-2007, 09:50 AM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	My kind of seller. I wish I had thought of doing that. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-25-2007, 11:25 AM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	The seller's response to my e-mail. Thanks, it does not matter if it is sold. We were just having some fun for April Fools day. You might be surprised at how many people don't get it, a lot of those messages can't be posted. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-25-2007, 07:11 AM	#4
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	Are we sure the seller here is not really TAC Foley. It not only sounds like his responses but the holster sounds like one of the rare and exoctic pieces Terry searhes out.

03-25-2007, 07:59 AM	#5
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	The seller has a great sense of the absurd, quite a prankster. I especially like the part about the buck-toothed frenchman that he had trouble understanding. If you look at his sales history he knows his holsters.

03-25-2007, 12:20 PM	#8
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Sounds like the silly stories people tell me to build up to how much they think their gun is worth. Lately I've started getting very rude (nearly dying will do that for you). I just tell them, "skip the story, and just tell me how much you want". __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

03-25-2007, 04:26 PM	#9
76 VETTE User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great story. This auction is rapidly becoming famous all over the world; this afternoon someone placed the link to it on our Dutch Gun Forum. Nice. Peet __________________ Collector of Legends; '76 Corvette- AK47- Mauser K98k- Colt 1911- Luger P08.

03-26-2007, 08:37 AM	#10
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	YEAH!!..... What Tac said.. Saddle stitched leather skivies? Sounds painful... __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-26-2007, 08:09 PM	#11
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	Esteemed Mr Smith, he said Skived, that is cut on an angle. No one in East Anglia would ever say "skivvies"

03-26-2007, 08:22 PM	#12
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Oh... I bet they would. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-27-2007, 08:57 AM	#13
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Check the 1911 auction. It's getting better.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...26#description __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...