I am sorry to hear about Russ's condition. I am mostly just a lurker here and rarely post but when I decided that my first double should be a NID and inquired here if anyone had one for sale Russ answered me and since he was only about a 100 miles away I went and checked it out. Like a previous poster said I think he was expecting someone a little older and I had also made a little better time getting there than I had anticipated so I was about twenty minutes early in arriving. When he answered the door he almost grouchily informed me that I was early but to come on in anyway. Webster's definition of curmudgeon for sure! Anyway after I picked out a Ithaca that I liked and handed him some cash we talked for a while and two hours later after he got done showing me his most amazing collection (he has stuff that I never even dreamed existed) I thanked him profusely and was on my way home. I think he made the comment "I have to start selling some of this stuff now or else after I kick the bucket my wife will have a garage sale and sell em' all for $5 apiece".
Those of you that never met him in person have truely missed out on something. God be with you.
