Katrine Raffle, we have a Winner!

unspellable · 11-21-2005, 02:35 PM

Over the weekend the granddaughter was here and picked a number out of the hat.

The number is ....

(Insert drum roll here.)

... Number 26, held by Ron Smith!

Rogues Gallery Photo inserted by Admin-JS

Ron if you will get in touch with me we can arrange shipping and transfer.

(I'll be away from noon Wednesday until Monday morning for the long week end.)

John Sabato · 11-21-2005, 03:27 PM

A bittersweet Congrats to Ron... you lucky dog! (I already had plans on cleaning and enjoying it

)

And a special thanks to "unspellable" for his generosity and labor to pull off this raffle for such a worthy cause! Kudos my friend!

Edward Tinker · 11-21-2005, 04:01 PM

Excellent, Ron you dog!! Congrats buddy!!!

Ed

lugerholsterrepair · 11-21-2005, 04:46 PM

Another envious congrats to both Ron, the lucky winner and to NoÃ?Â«l for running the thing...Jerry Burney

Ron Smith · 11-21-2005, 10:11 PM

Hey Guys Thanks!!

I just got here. I almost didn't check the post. I have never won anything in my life, outside of a cheap flashlight in the first grade.(back before there was color).

Man! I don't know what to say. I'm almost embarassed.

John thanks for the posting that could make a freight train take a dirt road.

Thanks again everybody! Ron

John D. · 11-21-2005, 10:17 PM

ALLL RIGGGHHHTTT RON!!!

You should'a played the lottery today, too!!!

Nice going!!!

Outstanding cause - with an OK winner..

Heh!!!

John D.

Ron Smith · 11-21-2005, 10:30 PM

Thanks John,

The only time I ever bought a lottery ticket. I didn't get the powerball(why pay a dollar more), got 5 numbers and won $12.50. If I had gotten the powerball, I would have won $11,000. Go figure.....

I was just informed by my wife, that since she donated $200 out of "HER", house and garden fund to the Katrina relief aid first. The Luger belongs to her.

pipeman45 · 11-22-2005, 03:54 PM

Quote:
I was just informed by my wife, that since she donated $200 out of "HER", house and garden fund to the Katrina relief aid first. The Luger belongs to her.

OH MY GOSH, The addiction is spreading!

Ron Smith · 11-22-2005, 04:41 PM

I'm thinking that if I fold up on this one. The Luger will become trading stock for garden tools.

the gunman · 11-22-2005, 06:00 PM

"Congrat's Ron could not have happen to a nicer guy"

Edward Tinker · 11-22-2005, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ron Smith
I'm thinking that if I fold up on this one. The Luger will become trading stock for garden tools.

Excellent, I have a wide assortment of gardening tools I can trade her! I bet MY wife would never miss them!

(not if I replace them with those eXpensive ones

)

Ron Smith · 11-22-2005, 10:27 PM

Thanks Richie, not so sure about that , but thanks anyway.

Ed,

I gave her a firm, "Oh Yeah!!" She's reconsidering. You can't let 'em push you around......much.

maddog350gt · 11-23-2005, 04:52 AM

Ron,

congrats on winning the Luger, I was hoping it would come to the northwest but I was thinking a little farther north. oh well there is always next time!

Tell your wife I have an old shovel and a rake around here and I can deliver!

Best to you,
Bob M.

Ron Smith · 11-23-2005, 08:23 AM

Thanks Bob, I'll give you visitations.

Ron

Rod WMG · 11-23-2005, 01:13 PM

Congrats, Ron. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

The rich get richer....

Ron Smith · 11-29-2005, 09:30 AM

Hi Rod,

I wouldn't know about the rich. The closest that I ever came to rich was when I was 16 and ran into Robert Mitchum. Literally ran into him. I bounced off and would have fallen , but he grabbed me by the shoulders. It was like hitting a tree. He was a big dude. Should have picked his pocket.

Ron

Rod WMG · 11-29-2005, 01:59 PM

Hi, Ron, don't mind me. I was just paying tribute to your many fine collectibles and photos!

Robert Mitchum, eh? My only brush with greatness from movies was running into a semi-well known western movie actor when I was four or five. I had seen the movie with my dad and we were walking back to the car when he appeared going somewhere. He was a big disappointment to me I recall because he wore a suit. No self respecting cowboy wore a suit! (I lived in cowboy country.) He was pretty jaded, but he spoke briefly to us and gave me a cartridge of some sort.

Guess what? I don't even remember who he was for sure! Not one of my favorites for sure, I know that.

Congratulations again on your new Luger and let us know how you like it.

unspellable · 11-29-2005, 02:31 PM

My wife's close friend has one of those semi-famous western actors for father-in-law. I've met him at get togethers. Problem is, while I recognize the face from the movies or TV, I can't place any of the westerns he was in.

Ron Smith · 11-29-2005, 11:01 PM

They filmed "The Way West" in Oregon. The scenes of the river crossing were filmed about 10 miles from here on the Willamette river.

A friend of mine was a busboy at the old Eugene Hotel, where the cast and crew were staying. I went with him to get his paycheck early on a Saturday morning. We were walking in the front entrance when I was looking at something over my shoulder. A girl, a car, a girl in a car , or something that really caught my attention.

I turned to walk in and I slammed into something really hard. I bounced back and was about to fall when a big hand grabbed each of my shoulders and held me. I looked up to see a big square jawed guy with a weeks growth of beard, really shaggy hair, and wearing sunglasses. He just said" Better watch where you're going son."

I apologized and he just stepped around me and walked away. My friend was standing there with his mouth open. I asked why they would allow someone who looked like that stay in the hotel(this was the mid sixties, and clean-cut was still in, here in hillbillyville). He just stammered "That was Robert Mitchum!"

My only claim to fame...

11-21-2005, 02:35 PM	#1
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	Katrine Raffle, we have a Winner! Over the weekend the granddaughter was here and picked a number out of the hat. The number is .... (Insert drum roll here.) ... Number 26, held by Ron Smith! Rogues Gallery Photo inserted by Admin-JS Ron if you will get in touch with me we can arrange shipping and transfer. (I'll be away from noon Wednesday until Monday morning for the long week end.)

11-21-2005, 03:27 PM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	A bittersweet Congrats to Ron... you lucky dog! (I already had plans on cleaning and enjoying it ) And a special thanks to "unspellable" for his generosity and labor to pull off this raffle for such a worthy cause! Kudos my friend! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

11-21-2005, 04:01 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,995 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	Excellent, Ron you dog!! Congrats buddy!!! Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

11-21-2005, 04:46 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,868 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	Another envious congrats to both Ron, the lucky winner and to NoÃ?Â«l for running the thing...Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-21-2005, 10:11 PM	#5
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hey Guys Thanks!! I just got here. I almost didn't check the post. I have never won anything in my life, outside of a cheap flashlight in the first grade.(back before there was color). Man! I don't know what to say. I'm almost embarassed. John thanks for the posting that could make a freight train take a dirt road. Thanks again everybody! Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-21-2005, 10:17 PM	#6
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 473 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	ALLL RIGGGHHHTTT RON!!! You should'a played the lottery today, too!!! Nice going!!! Outstanding cause - with an OK winner.. Heh!!! John D.

11-21-2005, 10:30 PM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Thanks John, The only time I ever bought a lottery ticket. I didn't get the powerball(why pay a dollar more), got 5 numbers and won $12.50. If I had gotten the powerball, I would have won $11,000. Go figure..... I was just informed by my wife, that since she donated $200 out of "HER", house and garden fund to the Katrina relief aid first. The Luger belongs to her. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-22-2005, 03:54 PM	#8
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Quote: I was just informed by my wife, that since she donated $200 out of "HER", house and garden fund to the Katrina relief aid first. The Luger belongs to her. OH MY GOSH, The addiction is spreading! __________________ Dave

11-22-2005, 04:41 PM	#9
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I'm thinking that if I fold up on this one. The Luger will become trading stock for garden tools. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-22-2005, 06:00 PM	#10
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	"Congrat's Ron could not have happen to a nicer guy"

11-22-2005, 10:27 PM	#12
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Thanks Richie, not so sure about that , but thanks anyway. Ed, I gave her a firm, "Oh Yeah!!" She's reconsidering. You can't let 'em push you around......much. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-23-2005, 04:52 AM	#13
maddog350gt User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washougal WA Posts: 170 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Ron, congrats on winning the Luger, I was hoping it would come to the northwest but I was thinking a little farther north. oh well there is always next time! Tell your wife I have an old shovel and a rake around here and I can deliver! Best to you, Bob M.

11-23-2005, 08:23 AM	#14
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Thanks Bob, I'll give you visitations. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-23-2005, 01:13 PM	#15
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Congrats, Ron. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. The rich get richer....

11-29-2005, 09:30 AM	#16
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Rod, I wouldn't know about the rich. The closest that I ever came to rich was when I was 16 and ran into Robert Mitchum. Literally ran into him. I bounced off and would have fallen , but he grabbed me by the shoulders. It was like hitting a tree. He was a big dude. Should have picked his pocket. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-29-2005, 01:59 PM	#17
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, Ron, don't mind me. I was just paying tribute to your many fine collectibles and photos! Robert Mitchum, eh? My only brush with greatness from movies was running into a semi-well known western movie actor when I was four or five. I had seen the movie with my dad and we were walking back to the car when he appeared going somewhere. He was a big disappointment to me I recall because he wore a suit. No self respecting cowboy wore a suit! (I lived in cowboy country.) He was pretty jaded, but he spoke briefly to us and gave me a cartridge of some sort. Guess what? I don't even remember who he was for sure! Not one of my favorites for sure, I know that. Congratulations again on your new Luger and let us know how you like it.

11-29-2005, 02:31 PM	#18
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	My wife's close friend has one of those semi-famous western actors for father-in-law. I've met him at get togethers. Problem is, while I recognize the face from the movies or TV, I can't place any of the westerns he was in.

11-29-2005, 11:01 PM	#19
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	They filmed "The Way West" in Oregon. The scenes of the river crossing were filmed about 10 miles from here on the Willamette river. A friend of mine was a busboy at the old Eugene Hotel, where the cast and crew were staying. I went with him to get his paycheck early on a Saturday morning. We were walking in the front entrance when I was looking at something over my shoulder. A girl, a car, a girl in a car , or something that really caught my attention. I turned to walk in and I slammed into something really hard. I bounced back and was about to fall when a big hand grabbed each of my shoulders and held me. I looked up to see a big square jawed guy with a weeks growth of beard, really shaggy hair, and wearing sunglasses. He just said" Better watch where you're going son." I apologized and he just stepped around me and walked away. My friend was standing there with his mouth open. I asked why they would allow someone who looked like that stay in the hotel(this was the mid sixties, and clean-cut was still in, here in hillbillyville). He just stammered "That was Robert Mitchum!" My only claim to fame... __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...