Nice little shopping trip......

[rob love]

By the way, I'm not so sure those are CMP tow cables. They are 8 or 10 feet long I believe. No idea what those cables are for.

[r.morrison]

Rob: As for the cables, I'm not sure. I'll have to check, but given they sure looked like them and they were free, I'd worry about that when I got back to Vancouver. The picture of them is on the tailgate of my truck, so I figure 4 to 5 feet in length. Let me know if you find out. I just love having my dreams implode!!! Robert

[derk derin]

We spent lots of hours there every year for years and I used to bring my big money bills (10's & 20's) with me but never got anything for free and we wanted to go into the 2nd warehouse but were never allowed! What did we do wrong? I think our eager excited faces gave us away. There was one year that after visiting Ribtor's first I was ready to head home and forget about the gun show!
Regards,Derk


Damn,I still can't believe free!

[r.morrison]

Simply West Coast Charm Dirk....simply West Coast Charm. AND that includes getting into the second warehouse! Call me if you need anything.

Robert

[derk derin]

Rob Love & I don't get nuthin!

[r.morrison]

Another deal was Jackson Triggs Merlot wine which sells for $11.99 a bottle here in Vancouver and is made here.....was on sale there for $6.99 a bottle there. Came home with 3 cases and am enjoying a glass as I type.

And on another note as you and Rob can attest to, I was down to Crown Surplus and had a great chat with Gordon Cumming's son, John. A lot has changed since I started shopping there in the late 70's. Now I AM dating myself!!! The Bofors still remains a "fixture" in the outside lot, although it is starting to look a serious case of surface rust. I will post some pictures. Got to go into some of the back rooms (did I mention West Coast Charm?). God....some of the stuff! AND there were hand grenades (pineapples) like everywhere!!! Plus stuff they don't give a pig's eye about and all of us consider it Gold. There were a couple of areas John was going to indulge me in, but due to his father's health (Gordon) it just didn't come about.
If any Canucks who have had the pleasure of meeting Gordon over the years, he was truly a Gentleman. Crown Surplus was and is still an Calgary Institution just like Ribtor. Men who came home from the war and profited in the surplus business. We used to buy the killer size Camo Nets from them at $40.00 each and they had this lingering smell to them that I can still identify with to this day. John and I laughed about that smell because recently they found one from years gone by and the smell is still the same.
Unfortunately time and age has caught up with Gordon and at 88 years of age, he suffers from a form of dementia, that goes by another name. It will be a sad day when he passes. Anyway STOP cutting into my wine time Dirk! Robert

[rob love]

Originally Posted by derk derin

Rob Love & I don't get nuthin!

Not quite true Dirk. When we were there 6 months back, the disposal/cleanup was already under way. They had pallets of the 1950s neck tie material in rolls. I asked the guy how much for a roll and how much for a box of rolls. He said: Take as many as you want....they are heading to the dump next week. So I took two boxes....one for me and one for the museum. The material is fine for folding over to use as edge material for canvas work. And besides, you never know when you will want to wear a green necktie.

We did get into the warehouse #2 about 5 years back. They had the smaller mk2 carrier funnels by the dozens, and mixed in were some of the more desirable mk1 funnels. I was buying all I cold find at that point.

That store was the source for the rivets I used to use when re-assembling carriers. There are more than a few carriers sporting them.

Regarding drinking $7 a bottle merlot, Mr Morrison must be wealthy. This hobby has led me away from drink due to expense. My vice is 35¢ a can coca cola (this is the price of the elixir when bought in flats of 24 and the environmental taxes are factored in). Besides, out here in the real prairie provinces, wine is considered either a bit of a girlie drink, and was something you used as a teenager for panty-remover.