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How was Marlboro show today ?
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lowbuckbob
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It was last week
Rick O'Shea
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Did Bill Cosby make you a drink last week?
Haven’t been to one of those shows in so long. I can’t afford the gun show markup loophole. The beef jerky and smoked provolone from Maine is still good but I think they were better 10 years ago.
Hetzer
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The place was a ghost town, worst gun show ever.
Ha ha ha.
Back when I used to like them, it was a dude and they used to cut the jerky to order. None of this pre packaged stuff. All the different sticks were in tubs and it was a mix and match deal on them.
When they started shrink wrapping them they often added apple juice or othe rjuce to preserve them and it wasn’t the same.
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Hey. At least you missed Crazy Holster Guy and "Interesting" Hearing Protection Guy. Heck, I run so fast past him, I forget what type of holster Crazy Holster Guy is selling.
There used to be "here look at these guns you can't buy" guy from CT. Everything so neatly written out. Noting MA compliant. ???? He was 100 yrs old and trucked in 40-50 pistols and never did any business.
Then there was "Crazy Vest Guy." That's gotta be at least 10 years ago. Weighted monkey's paws, mini-crossbows, concealed carry vests, etc., He was another that we'd ZIP by before he snagged us. He was CRAZY!
As far as the Jerky purveyor, I notice no difference in the quality of the venison stix in 20 years of gun shows. They pre-package a lot because it WILL lose moisture if not. I've gotten a dozen or so sticks in the past in a paper bag. Within 3 days they are pretty much dried out. I'd prefer them moist. Years ago, I wondered what they did with all the excess after a show - did they do enough business otherwise to sell all of that within a week or so?
There used to be "here look at these guns you can't buy" guy from CT. Everything so neatly written out. Noting MA compliant. ???? He was 100 yrs old and trucked in 40-50 pistols and never did any business.
Then there was "Crazy Vest Guy." That's gotta be at least 10 years ago. Weighted monkey's paws, mini-crossbows, concealed carry vests, etc., He was another that we'd ZIP by before he snagged us. He was CRAZY!
As far as the Jerky purveyor, I notice no difference in the quality of the venison stix in 20 years of gun shows. They pre-package a lot because it WILL lose moisture if not. I've gotten a dozen or so sticks in the past in a paper bag. Within 3 days they are pretty much dried out. I'd prefer them moist. Years ago, I wondered what they did with all the excess after a show - did they do enough business otherwise to sell all of that within a week or so?
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If there was no flatulence, there had to be some bad BO.....I haven't been to a show in years, but every show I've been to there's some old stinkers in there that haven't taken a bath since Reagan was president. They are usually the ones eating jerky.
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(Mark - the show was the PREVIOUS weekend, hence no flatulence.)
You forgot the crazy guy selling Smith& Wesson knives! Jerky guy was definitely a guy, not a girl at least when I was there. He gave me a sample and it was dried out and way too peppery, that and its $2 a piece and like $40 a pound!
As for the show it was definitely slow and not a lot of bargains, but with so little traffic it was a good chance to at least look at and handle a lot of guns!
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Oh yeah. I got stopped by him. And Crazy TSA Confiscation Guy. Got stopped by him, too. I need to start skipping the first and last 2 rows of gun shows. LOL
Little late, but; I went to the Marlboro show on Sunday. It was OK (I was not buying) The dealers were friendly and more than willing to talk guns when not busy selling. There were a lot of interesting rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers at the dealer tables. Not a huge show, but I thought the items displayed were diverse enough to warrant a walk through and chit-chat with the sellers.
M60
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Lol. She's nice to me. Maybe she wants me.
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