My childhood dentist as well as my orthontist were two big influences in my young life. My dentist was our neighbor and Family friend. He was a major gun collector and maintained premier collections of civil war arms as well as German military arms from both wars. His father served J. E. Hoover directly during his career in the Federal B.I. and I remember seeing several pieces that he inherited. Going into his gun room was a trip for a teenager who had his own fascination with guns and hunting. He was fairly private, but a fun guy and would usually crank off a round from something big on July 4th just for the kids like me. He passed away way too early.
My orthodontist is a whole different story... He was also friends of our dentist friend but doubt he owned any guns. He ran a practice in the 80's that you would actually look forward to going in for check ups. The place was like a night club with rock music playing, ceilings plastered with posters of bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Boston, etc.. As well as hotties of the era like Farrah, and the othe Angels, and then there were his assistants... All hand picked for their talents and abilities.... He was simply cool and great with his patients and also drove a Ferrari.
