The phone patch used to be the main usage of the MARS nets but since 9/11 MARS has evolved a great deal. Now it’s involved with the Dept of Defense and Homeland Security.

One more way to stay informed.

I am glad that the MARS system has continued on. I always thought highly of the MARS operators. And YES I guess that means you as well Ray.

Kind of a grudging comment, but I’ll take it. Thanks your Skunkiness!

You're welcome squire.

Well the wife got her hair done today and I had a couple hours to waste so I went to a couple gun shops. While I was in one a guy traded a Glock for a new Sig 365XL (I think it was). I looked at what he traded and left going to the other gunshop.

Well I picked up the wife and we were talking and she asked if I found anything I liked. I kinda hem hawed around and finally told her that I did. She MADE me turn around and go back to the first store. I called them and they were just getting ready to close so I told them who I was and that I was the one asking about the Glock the guy traded (I asked them about it AFTER he left of course, didn't want to seem rude) and told them I was about 10 minutes out. They said they would wait.

SO after turning around (don't you just love suspense) and finally arriving back at the gun store I went in and filled out the blood chit the G'ment demands, paid them the money and became the proud owner of a (Doesn't appear to have been shot and the mags don't even have any scratches or smudges on them) Glock model 48 semi double stack 9mm with the red front sight in the light and green in the dark along with the rear sights, so I guess they are tritium. Oh and it has a 5.5lb trigger. I LIKE IT and it is going to be my new carry gun!

Congrats on your score Randy.

Thanks Tom. I took the slide off it again and oiled it up some and the original factory grease was still on the rails and I couldn't detect any kind of wear at all and the feed ramp was still that black with NO markings at all, so I am pretty sure it had never been shot (the guy did say he had two of them for some reason, maybe a his and hers). Any way I paid 475 WITH a 3rd mag. I think I did OK and if not, I don't care as I really like this. It DOES NOT feel anything like my old G17 second generation!

Congrats, Randy. I used a Glock .45 in competition for many years and a Glock 10mm for plinking. Both are very reliable. You should be happy with it.

I'm still happy with my Glock model 22 in .40 cal.

Thanks guys. This is my 3rd Glock. First was a G19 I got in ‘94. Finally traded it off. Second was a G17 2nd gen. Felt like a brick. THIS one I do like. Oh and it has the ameriglo sights. I like ‘em. .

10 lbs of rocks. Flint (also known as chert) to make stone arrow points and knife blades. Just like those made in the Stone Age. I’ll bet Randy remembers them from when he was a young’un.