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02-16-2002, 11:18 AM

Well, now I have really done it. I am sinking deeper and deeper...ANYONE KNOW OF A LUGER 12-STEP PROGRAM ???

1. Will pick up my 1st luger today (NIB 29/71 Interarms from T. Heller) after my 10-day wait for CA-state.

2. Still negotiating that private party 06/29 Swiss, red grips/magzine bottom, with questionable strawed small parts...

3. Going to Ralph's place in Arizona on 2-19-02 with cash in my pockets !

4. Mailed away my C&R paperwork to BATF this week ($30.00)

5. Mailed away my CA-state COE paperwork and fingerprint cards this week ($73.00 + $15.00 for local PD fingerprinting).

6. Ordered $ 250-300 worth of luger books, waiting for UPS...

7. Talking myself into thinking I need an Artillery shooter (blame this on Dam Clemons...)

8. My wife, a bit more worried, each day

Guess at 46 years old, could develop more destructive passions...

Lonnie Zimmerman · 02-16-2002, 11:34 AM

Isn't it GREAT!!

Lonnie

Marvin · 02-16-2002, 02:36 PM

Pete,

The next step is to start ordering Lugers and hiding the fact that you purchased a new pistol. I think this is fairly common with most Luger folks, HA, HA. Enjoy the hobby and the C&R license will sure make it easy to buy them now.

Once you get the license, send signed copies to several dealers you may want to deal with so when you decide to buy on from them, they will already have a copy and this will save a few days in getting it.

Marvin

lugerholsterrepair · 02-16-2002, 02:43 PM

Pete, I can see that you are not just standing on the slope, you dove off it head first. Your Wife has need to worry. I hope she is not like mine, she matches my purchases dollar for dollar! Good luck. Jerry Burney

Marvin · 02-16-2002, 02:51 PM

Hey Jerry,

That is why Pete needs to learn how to manipulate the purchase and have them deliverd at the correct time. When I am out of town on assignment and I purchase a pistol, I make sure I get home on a Friday when my wife is working and coordinate the delivery to arrive that day so she won't know. I think she is aware that something "funny" may be going on when she looks in the vault and sees all additional Luger on the wall, but she keeps quite usually.

What I try to do is to buy her a "surprise" gift before a new pistol arrives and then she would have a hard time about me getting a new one. Fortunantly, my wife is pretty good about my gun buying, but I can;t let her know everything I get. I hope she does not see this message, HA, HA, HA.

Marvin

Thor · 02-16-2002, 02:53 PM

Marvin, you know I have sherry email address! What's it worth to you? hahaha

dgp42 · 02-16-2002, 04:16 PM

boys and their toys! better than when we were ten!

Thor · 02-16-2002, 05:33 PM

Amen to that

Herb · 02-16-2002, 06:04 PM

Pete, things happen to some men at about that age, when you hit 48 watch out when you see a Porsche on a car lot in your favorite color!!!!1

Marvin · 02-16-2002, 06:17 PM

Hello Thor,

Well, it appears to be that Blackmail may be in my future! LOL

Marvin

02-16-2002, 06:27 PM

I never hide anything from my wife Marvin!

That is because I'm a lousy liar, at least to her! So, I bite the bullet and do like you do and buy her something special!

Ed

tracyp · 02-16-2002, 09:08 PM

My wife thinks they all look alike, so she never knows when I buy a new one. She would die if she knew how much money I have in Lugers.

Luke · 02-16-2002, 09:25 PM

What tangled webs we weave . . . . . .

02-16-2002, 11:34 PM

$600 dollars for a single gun!

Oh no honey, that was for three of them...

heh, heh

02-16-2002, 11:46 PM

I often wondered what my wife was buying and hiding from me. You should have seen her closet before she had her first stroke. When she would wear something new I asked when she got it and her answer usually was I have had it for a long time. I know she could have worn a new outfit every day without a repeat. Sure wish I had her back.

Marvin · 02-17-2002, 06:37 AM

66mustang,

I don't lie to my wife, but I just don't offer everything I know to her. My wife knows enought about guns to know one from another, but all Lugers look alike to her also, so it is a little easier to let her think it is one I have had. I really think she knows more than she lets me know and just lets me enjoy my hobby. The only thing I feel bad about is that I pay more for the Luger than her gift, but sometimes I get her some good stuff to makew me feel better. I just wish she liked guns like I do, but then I may not be able to afford 2 addictions, LOL.

Marvin

Luke · 02-17-2002, 06:43 AM

This is good stuff; a lot of common experiences.

I have only recently started collecting Lugers, but I have noticed that I am a LOT more liberal about buying my wife expensive gifts since I started buying Lugers. Must be a conscience thing . . . . maybe even a win-win deal.

02-17-2002, 09:20 AM

Tracy, sincere condolences. I can't imagine what its like. After three or four of long time friends ect divorced over the middle aged crisis thing (male & female) my wife realised that me down in the basement playing with a new toy wasn't such a bad thing after all. You can always use the golf tactic. Clubs, green fees, clothes, cart rental, membership, travel costs, BEER, eating out, ect. I have a buddy that easily spends more on a weekend than what I have in a lot of guns. And all he has after a week end is a hang over.

Roadkill

02-17-2002, 09:38 AM

Matt · 02-17-2002, 08:57 PM

My wife doesn't really keep up with my guns, but like Marvin said, I think she knows more than what she lets on. There have been times I have had a new gun out and she has never said a word about it. Other times, I have had one out that I have owned for years and she'll ask, "Did you get a new toy?" She once asked this question about a gun that belonged to my grandfather. The one that really got me "busted" though was the Steyr Scout rifle. She recognized this right away as a "new toy" because it is so radically different from any other guns I own. But, she didn't seem to be upset about it.

02-16-2002, 11:18 AM	#1
Wm. "Pete" Ebbink Guest Posts: n/a	Luger 12-Step ??? Well, now I have really done it. I am sinking deeper and deeper...ANYONE KNOW OF A LUGER 12-STEP PROGRAM ??? 1. Will pick up my 1st luger today (NIB 29/71 Interarms from T. Heller) after my 10-day wait for CA-state. 2. Still negotiating that private party 06/29 Swiss, red grips/magzine bottom, with questionable strawed small parts... 3. Going to Ralph's place in Arizona on 2-19-02 with cash in my pockets ! 4. Mailed away my C&R paperwork to BATF this week ($30.00) 5. Mailed away my CA-state COE paperwork and fingerprint cards this week ($73.00 + $15.00 for local PD fingerprinting). 6. Ordered $ 250-300 worth of luger books, waiting for UPS... 7. Talking myself into thinking I need an Artillery shooter (blame this on Dam Clemons...) 8. My wife, a bit more worried, each day Guess at 46 years old, could develop more destructive passions...

02-16-2002, 11:34 AM	#2
Lonnie Zimmerman User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 523 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Luger 12-Step ??? ;^) Isn't it GREAT!! Lonnie

02-16-2002, 02:36 PM	#3
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Luger 12-Step ??? ;^) Pete, The next step is to start ordering Lugers and hiding the fact that you purchased a new pistol. I think this is fairly common with most Luger folks, HA, HA. Enjoy the hobby and the C&R license will sure make it easy to buy them now. Once you get the license, send signed copies to several dealers you may want to deal with so when you decide to buy on from them, they will already have a copy and this will save a few days in getting it. Marvin

02-16-2002, 02:43 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	Re: Slippery slope Pete, I can see that you are not just standing on the slope, you dove off it head first. Your Wife has need to worry. I hope she is not like mine, she matches my purchases dollar for dollar! Good luck. Jerry Burney

02-16-2002, 02:51 PM	#5
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Slippery slope Hey Jerry, That is why Pete needs to learn how to manipulate the purchase and have them deliverd at the correct time. When I am out of town on assignment and I purchase a pistol, I make sure I get home on a Friday when my wife is working and coordinate the delivery to arrive that day so she won't know. I think she is aware that something "funny" may be going on when she looks in the vault and sees all additional Luger on the wall, but she keeps quite usually. What I try to do is to buy her a "surprise" gift before a new pistol arrives and then she would have a hard time about me getting a new one. Fortunantly, my wife is pretty good about my gun buying, but I can;t let her know everything I get. I hope she does not see this message, HA, HA, HA. Marvin

02-16-2002, 02:53 PM	#6
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Slippery slope Marvin, you know I have sherry email address! What's it worth to you? hahaha

02-16-2002, 04:16 PM	#7
dgp42 User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Central Calif. Coast Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Slippery slope boys and their toys! better than when we were ten!

02-16-2002, 05:33 PM	#8
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Slippery slope Amen to that

02-16-2002, 06:04 PM	#9
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Luger 12-Step Pete, things happen to some men at about that age, when you hit 48 watch out when you see a Porsche on a car lot in your favorite color!!!!1

02-16-2002, 06:17 PM	#10
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Slippery slope Hello Thor, Well, it appears to be that Blackmail may be in my future! LOL Marvin

02-16-2002, 06:27 PM	#11
66mustang Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Slippery slope I never hide anything from my wife Marvin! That is because I'm a lousy liar, at least to her! So, I bite the bullet and do like you do and buy her something special! Ed

02-16-2002, 09:08 PM	#12
tracyp User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 391 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Slippery slope My wife thinks they all look alike, so she never knows when I buy a new one. She would die if she knew how much money I have in Lugers.

02-16-2002, 09:25 PM	#13
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Slippery slope What tangled webs we weave . . . . . .

02-16-2002, 11:34 PM	#14
66mustang Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Slippery slope $600 dollars for a single gun! Oh no honey, that was for three of them... heh, heh

02-16-2002, 11:46 PM	#15
Tracy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Slippery slope I often wondered what my wife was buying and hiding from me. You should have seen her closet before she had her first stroke. When she would wear something new I asked when she got it and her answer usually was I have had it for a long time. I know she could have worn a new outfit every day without a repeat. Sure wish I had her back.

02-17-2002, 06:37 AM	#16
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Slippery slope 66mustang, I don't lie to my wife, but I just don't offer everything I know to her. My wife knows enought about guns to know one from another, but all Lugers look alike to her also, so it is a little easier to let her think it is one I have had. I really think she knows more than she lets me know and just lets me enjoy my hobby. The only thing I feel bad about is that I pay more for the Luger than her gift, but sometimes I get her some good stuff to makew me feel better. I just wish she liked guns like I do, but then I may not be able to afford 2 addictions, LOL. Marvin

02-17-2002, 06:43 AM	#17
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Slippery slope This is good stuff; a lot of common experiences. I have only recently started collecting Lugers, but I have noticed that I am a LOT more liberal about buying my wife expensive gifts since I started buying Lugers. Must be a conscience thing . . . . maybe even a win-win deal.

02-17-2002, 09:20 AM	#18
R. Grady/Roadkill Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Slippery slope Tracy, sincere condolences. I can't imagine what its like. After three or four of long time friends ect divorced over the middle aged crisis thing (male & female) my wife realised that me down in the basement playing with a new toy wasn't such a bad thing after all. You can always use the golf tactic. Clubs, green fees, clothes, cart rental, membership, travel costs, BEER, eating out, ect. I have a buddy that easily spends more on a weekend than what I have in a lot of guns. And all he has after a week end is a hang over. Roadkill

02-17-2002, 09:38 AM	#19
66mustang Guest Posts: n/a	me too! (EOM)

02-17-2002, 08:57 PM	#20
Matt User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Slippery slope My wife doesn't really keep up with my guns, but like Marvin said, I think she knows more than what she lets on. There have been times I have had a new gun out and she has never said a word about it. Other times, I have had one out that I have owned for years and she'll ask, "Did you get a new toy?" She once asked this question about a gun that belonged to my grandfather. The one that really got me "busted" though was the Steyr Scout rifle. She recognized this right away as a "new toy" because it is so radically different from any other guns I own. But, she didn't seem to be upset about it.