Davenport Gun & Knife Show

This show will be held on March 2 & 3, 2024, at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport. The hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $6.00. I don’t need any firearms, but I’m always curious to see what dealers are asking on similar guns that I do own.

Geneseo Kiwanis Pancakes

This annual event will be held on Sunday, March 3rd at the Geneseo Moose Lodge. The hours are from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is only $7.00 per adult and $3.00 for children age 10 and under.

Saukenauk BPS Gun Range

Of which I am a member. With the recent nice temperatures we’ve been having I decided to see how accurate a WW2 Browning High-Power pistol is? I’ve owned it for many years. What is unusual about the pistol is that it has an adjustable tangent rear sight.
Most of those models did not have that type of sight. Long story short, it was really accurate at 25 yards. Those Belgians, who manufactured it, knew what they were doing. Although at the time the Nazis occupied Belgium.

March Madness Women’s BB

The 2024 ACC Tournament will be held on March 6 – 10, 2024. There are so many good women teams, and not just in the ACC. Of course, I’m for those blue ‘n gold, Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. They are really good and fun to watch, but I’m not so naïve as to think they’ll win it all. However, the games do have to be played, right?!

Joke

The other day I bought Lorna a talking bird for her birthday. It could speak seven languages and it cost me a mint. I had the bird sent to her and when I got home I asked her, “Did you get the bird I sent you?” She answered, “Yes. I already have it in the oven.” I yelled, “What? That bird could speak seven languages!” Lorna said, “Then why didn’t it say anything?”

All Aboard!

Steam operated trains on the Rock Island Line were replaced with gas-electric units in 1929. Steam engines continued on freight trains until December 12, 1952, when diesel locomotives took over. My dad loved trains and so did I. I still have my .027 gauge Lionel trains set-up on our ping-pong table. I can just remember steam engines and the “Round House” across from Moline’s Riverside Pond.
We used to ride the RI “Rocket” to the Iowa games and back. It was so much fun. I remember the passenger cars did a lot of “rock ‘n roll.” If you’ve ever rode the rails on the high-speed train in Europe you know how technology has really improved the passenger’s comfort zone!

Humor

What do you get when you grill a Barbie doll? A Barbieque.

2. Lorna is a school tutor and flute tutor. She taught the flute to two tooters to toot. Said the two to Lorna the tutor, “Is it easier to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?”

3. What do you call a man with a car on his head? Ans: Jack

Quote of the Week

“Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven!” Pierre Comeille