I am sure he does- he is a Buick collector par excellence. As for the mansion in the Grosse Pointes (there are five, and my wife Mae grew up in Grosse Pointe Woods- FWIW-- Her younger brother had a paper route (Detroit News- major competitor to the Detroit Free Press-back in the day) and his route encompassed Mrs. Edsal Ford's huge estate- every year at Xmas- all the delivery folks, including the paper boy, received from the guard at the gate an envelope with a card, a note and a crisp $100 bill- not too shabby indeed.

I have no idea when and where he obtained this Richland Arms 20 bore- will look at it whenever he decides he is ready for that next step- he just mentioned it to me this AM at our downtown Wed. morning coffee get-togethers at Margo's restaurant. Most of the fellows talk golf- he and I are not golfers, but he has a solid mechanical engineering background, and loves to talk about cars- He subscribes to Hemmings managzine, as I do to Shooting Sportsman.

I doubt if I will buy this Spanish mfg. 20 bore- I have a Fox Sterly 20 bore- 28" DT, EJ I bought about 10 years ago, hoping for a legal dove season here- didn't happen- so I need another 20 bore side-by-side like I need a third ear-- RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..