Merry Xmas and good collecting in the New Year

Jan C Still · 12-24-2007, 12:08 AM

Greetings from Alaska. Merry Christmas and good collecting in the New Year from Frances, Jan and Echo.

paradox998 · 12-24-2007, 12:49 AM

What a beautiful place. It is nice to put a face with the name. My Christmas present to myself was Central Powers. I am really enjoying the book. Merry Christmas to you and everyone on the boards.

Ron Smith · 12-24-2007, 10:13 AM

Merry Christmas!!!

To everyone...

Fredo · 12-24-2007, 10:16 AM

Merry christmas to all of you from the Land of Swiss Lugers

Balder · 12-24-2007, 11:53 AM

Merry Christmas to all of you from the Land of the Midnight Sun!
PS Jan: Your dog looks very much like the Norwegian Lundehund.

Balder

Steinar · 12-24-2007, 12:00 PM

Wish you all a peacefull Christmas and a good year to come!

May you all receive 1kg hard packages

waltherguy · 12-24-2007, 12:15 PM

Yes Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope all have a wonderful time with family and friends, and a blessed new year!

the gunman · 12-24-2007, 01:29 PM

"God Bless Us All Everyone" A merry Christmas and happy new year to all.

mauro · 12-24-2007, 03:55 PM

Merry Xmas and happy 2008 to you and your families.

Mauro

383 magnum · 12-24-2007, 07:22 PM

Merry Christmas to all and may you new year's resolutions be to buy more Lugers.

GerColctor · 12-24-2007, 11:25 PM

God bless each and everyone of us.

Merry Christmas from New England.

As mentioned above, it is nice to put a face with the author of so many gun books that own.

Joe

Jan C Still · 12-26-2007, 02:07 AM

Balder
You mentioned the Norwegian Lundehund. Echo is a beagle Chihuahua mix (He is a friend of the surviving Lundehund).

There is a very interesting story concerning two Lundehunds and a wolf. First I will describe the wolf. ItÃ¢??s a black lone wolf. It frequents a frozen over lake that is a ski recreation area. People are fascinated with this wolf and have nicknamed it Romeo. It plays with their dogs and has grabbed one small dog and ran off with it.

The incident took place about 20 miles north of Juneau at a remote house. A 0.5 mile trail leads to the home located on the edge of the ocean. This home has a dog door. The folks that built and own this house had two Lundehunds that were purchased at great expense (The hounds were bred to climb cliffs and raid Puffin nests). These folks work every day and leave their dogs out to explore the wilderness. About one year ago they returned from work and only one badly wounded dog was at the house. It appeared to have been shot. An exit and entrance wound through its chest suggested that it had been shot. The hound was taken to the vet where it was revealed that a wolf bite caused the wounds.

The next day these folks back tracked their Lundehunds. They saw where the wolf had tracked the dogs and then attacked them. It was the younger smaller dog that survived. They thought that the young dog was attacked first and the older dog battled the wolf giving the smaller dog a chance to escape at the cost of its own life. Later the wolf den was found. However, no trace of the missing Lundehund was ever found.

It is suspected the lone wolf named Romeo had lost its fear of people and is sometimes eating small dogs.
Jan

Balder · 12-26-2007, 05:55 AM

Jan,

Thanks for sharing a very interesting story, the Lundehund is one tough little dog. Sorry for straying off topic.

Happy New Year!

Balder

cirelaw · 12-26-2007, 08:29 AM

Merry to all, from our friends in Costa Rica, Eric and Debbie!

jayhawkhenry · 12-26-2007, 06:01 PM

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. And good hunting!

Edward Tinker · 12-26-2007, 06:27 PM

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jan and everyone. I will show Terry this thread tonight, so she can see your hond

Ed

Big Norm · 12-26-2007, 07:25 PM

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S from me and my personal 10 week old dachshund Christmas gift, "Kaiser". Wonder how I got that name? Anyway, he is, at the moment, too busy chewing on my toes which I sadly must admit are in also my favorite house slippers. At this rate, he won't live the 21 years that the original Kaisers dachshund lived. But I am sure that he would also like to add a H A P P Y NEW Y E A R to everybody.
Big Norm and Kaiser

Roadkill · 12-28-2007, 09:17 PM

Kind of late here - Merry Christmas!

A.Mifsin · 01-01-2008, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jan C. Still
Greetings from Alaska. Merry Christmas and good collecting in the New Year from Frances, Jan and Echo.

Sincere New Year Wishes from Malta to you All. And a Big Thank you for Jan C. Still for all the wonderful books about Lugers that I have, which made my hobby more informative. :

wlyon · 01-01-2008, 12:19 PM

Hope everyone has a great New Year with lots of new toys. We are especially thankful since my wife now has a new kidney. Doesn't get better than that . Bill

12-24-2007, 12:08 AM	#1
Jan C Still User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Box 240188, Douglas, Alaska, 99824 Posts: 463 Thanks: 0 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Merry Xmas and good collecting in the New Year Greetings from Alaska. Merry Christmas and good collecting in the New Year from Frances, Jan and Echo. Attached Thumbnails

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mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 349 Times in 129 Posts	Merry Xmas and happy 2008 to you and your families. Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

12-24-2007, 12:49 AM	#2
paradox998 User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What a beautiful place. It is nice to put a face with the name. My Christmas present to myself was Central Powers. I am really enjoying the book. Merry Christmas to you and everyone on the boards.

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Fredo User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lausanne/Switzerland Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Merry christmas to all of you from the Land of Swiss Lugers

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Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	Merry Christmas to all of you from the Land of the Midnight Sun! PS Jan: Your dog looks very much like the Norwegian Lundehund. Balder

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the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	"God Bless Us All Everyone" A merry Christmas and happy new year to all.

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383 magnum User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 120 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Merry Christmas to all and may you new year's resolutions be to buy more Lugers.

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GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 312 Thanks: 2 Thanked 45 Times in 29 Posts	God bless each and everyone of us. Merry Christmas from New England. As mentioned above, it is nice to put a face with the author of so many gun books that own. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

12-26-2007, 02:07 AM	#12
Jan C Still User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Box 240188, Douglas, Alaska, 99824 Posts: 463 Thanks: 0 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Balder You mentioned the Norwegian Lundehund. Echo is a beagle Chihuahua mix (He is a friend of the surviving Lundehund). There is a very interesting story concerning two Lundehunds and a wolf. First I will describe the wolf. ItÃ¢??s a black lone wolf. It frequents a frozen over lake that is a ski recreation area. People are fascinated with this wolf and have nicknamed it Romeo. It plays with their dogs and has grabbed one small dog and ran off with it. The incident took place about 20 miles north of Juneau at a remote house. A 0.5 mile trail leads to the home located on the edge of the ocean. This home has a dog door. The folks that built and own this house had two Lundehunds that were purchased at great expense (The hounds were bred to climb cliffs and raid Puffin nests). These folks work every day and leave their dogs out to explore the wilderness. About one year ago they returned from work and only one badly wounded dog was at the house. It appeared to have been shot. An exit and entrance wound through its chest suggested that it had been shot. The hound was taken to the vet where it was revealed that a wolf bite caused the wounds. The next day these folks back tracked their Lundehunds. They saw where the wolf had tracked the dogs and then attacked them. It was the younger smaller dog that survived. They thought that the young dog was attacked first and the older dog battled the wolf giving the smaller dog a chance to escape at the cost of its own life. Later the wolf den was found. However, no trace of the missing Lundehund was ever found. It is suspected the lone wolf named Romeo had lost its fear of people and is sometimes eating small dogs. Jan

12-26-2007, 05:55 AM	#13
Balder User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 288 Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 19 Posts	Jan, Thanks for sharing a very interesting story, the Lundehund is one tough little dog. Sorry for straying off topic. Happy New Year! Balder

12-26-2007, 08:29 AM	#14
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Merry to all, from our friends in Costa Rica, Eric and Debbie!

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,033 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jan and everyone. I will show Terry this thread tonight, so she can see your hond Ed

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Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S from me and my personal 10 week old dachshund Christmas gift, "Kaiser". Wonder how I got that name? Anyway, he is, at the moment, too busy chewing on my toes which I sadly must admit are in also my favorite house slippers. At this rate, he won't live the 21 years that the original Kaisers dachshund lived. But I am sure that he would also like to add a H A P P Y NEW Y E A R to everybody. Big Norm and Kaiser

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Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Kind of late here - Merry Christmas!

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,636 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,559 Times in 955 Posts	Hope everyone has a great New Year with lots of new toys. We are especially thankful since my wife now has a new kidney. Doesn't get better than that . Bill __________________ Bill Lyon