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Greetings!! Found y'all via the web, and am hoping to glean some knowledge (and a LOT of help) as I attempt to breath life into a 2000 Polaris Ranger 6x6 - I'll find the appropriate place for it and have at it shortly.....lol
About me....well, I'm an old Texas guy that's semi-retired. Spent 40 years in the water purification industry, doing everything from WFI (Water for Injection) and ultrapure water systems, to consulting with NASA (plus providing their lab water systems). I was blessed to be in an industry I enjoyed, but I finally decided it was time for "me", so I just packed it up one day and walked out.
In my "other life", I'm a life-long firearms lover - especially of 1911's. I have what many consider to be one of the most complete collection of Randall 1911 .45's outside of a museum. It was an obsession that took me over 32 years to finally complete, but I ended up with all 12 of their models (that they made more than 100 of), including the 3 "Southpaw" (left-handed) models. All in all, I've got 77 1911's in my collection, plus the usual (for Texas) assortment of long guns and some VERY short (and 100% legal) short shotguns.
I'm VERY active in the 2nd Amendment issues here in Texas, and serve as a state officer of the Texas State Rifle Association.
Retirement can be boring, so I expanded a side business I had for many years - residential water treatment - and keep busy enough with THAT to keep me out of trouble. I'll keep messing with it for a few more years, and ultimately turn it over to my oldest son to run and own.
I also run a small website - Texas Shooting Sports | YOUR home for straight talk about all things gun[/url] - anyone familiar with FB knows that it's played havoc with the internet forums, but I've personally found there's just too many BS artists on FB, so while I AM on FB, I prefer to do my "real" discussions on forums where folks can get to know each other better.
That's about it......thanks in advance for letting me pick your brains!!
About me....well, I'm an old Texas guy that's semi-retired. Spent 40 years in the water purification industry, doing everything from WFI (Water for Injection) and ultrapure water systems, to consulting with NASA (plus providing their lab water systems). I was blessed to be in an industry I enjoyed, but I finally decided it was time for "me", so I just packed it up one day and walked out.
In my "other life", I'm a life-long firearms lover - especially of 1911's. I have what many consider to be one of the most complete collection of Randall 1911 .45's outside of a museum. It was an obsession that took me over 32 years to finally complete, but I ended up with all 12 of their models (that they made more than 100 of), including the 3 "Southpaw" (left-handed) models. All in all, I've got 77 1911's in my collection, plus the usual (for Texas) assortment of long guns and some VERY short (and 100% legal) short shotguns.
I'm VERY active in the 2nd Amendment issues here in Texas, and serve as a state officer of the Texas State Rifle Association.
Retirement can be boring, so I expanded a side business I had for many years - residential water treatment - and keep busy enough with THAT to keep me out of trouble. I'll keep messing with it for a few more years, and ultimately turn it over to my oldest son to run and own.
I also run a small website - Texas Shooting Sports | YOUR home for straight talk about all things gun[/url] - anyone familiar with FB knows that it's played havoc with the internet forums, but I've personally found there's just too many BS artists on FB, so while I AM on FB, I prefer to do my "real" discussions on forums where folks can get to know each other better.
That's about it......thanks in advance for letting me pick your brains!!
You're in good company here, we tend too "cling too our Guns and Bibles!" 1911s are pretty popular... 
