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A Most Unusual Offering On eBay! ... 11/10 
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“Ralph the Collector” Scores at the MSNS Fall 2010 Thanksgiving Convention ... 11/10 
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Click to read all historical dossiers De Zwerver Dossier #48 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya ... 11/10 
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OHNS Strives to be G-Rated and Family Oriented −by V-Dubya ... 11/10 
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Coin Clocks ™ −by Mike & Joy Rothwell ... 11/10 
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Ten Amazing Jack O'Lanterns Ray Villafane Is a Pumpkin Carving Master ... 10/10  
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  Winter 2010 “BoTales” Feature Article ... 10/10  
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Centennial of Carving Hobo Nickels from Buffalo Nickels −by Cinco de Arturo ... 10/10  
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  Carving Chips..... • Winter 2010 BoTales (Auction Catalog) is Progressing •
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Click to read all historical dossiers De Zwerver Dossier #47 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya ... 10/10  
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The Hobo Nickel Studio −by Steve Van Dyke ... 10/10  
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Hoboken Nickels Marked Soldiers' Last Days in U.S. −by Tom Culhane ... 10/10  
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Click to read all historical dossiers De Zwerver Dossier #46 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya ... 10/10  
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“Another Country Heard From”... Carver Mario Sarto from Bad Salzuflen, Germany ... 10/10  
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Bill Jameson has been BUSY! ... 9/10  
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Click to view all Grandma Schipp's Photo Album pages Family Photo Album Found In Grandma Schipp's Attic ... 9/10  
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Travel Bug Hobo “Bert” Visits 50th State, Hawaii, First! ... 9/10  
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Carved Kennedy Half Dollars/“Turkeys” Researched ... 9/10  
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“Cinco the Jeweler” Captures Another Bargain Classic on eBay! ... 9/10  
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  Carving Chips..... • The Most Incredible Miniature Pencil Art −by Dalton Ghetti •
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Click to read all historical dossiers De Zwerver Dossier #45 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya ... 9/10 
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  Carving Chips..... • Bruno's Art and Sculpture Garden ~ Marysville, Victoria, Australia •
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  Fall 2010 “BoTales” Feature Articles ... 9/10  
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27 November 2010
“Ralph the Collector”* Scores
at the MSNS Fall 2010 Thanksgiving Convention
John Wilson LM28, Sandy Pearl RM710, Joe Goode RM991, Ralph Winter LM37, Joe Paonessa RM642 & Ray Dillard HLM250
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* A.K.A.:  Ralph Winter.
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Classic... $275 eBay
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 		Classic... $180 eBay
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 		Classic... $820 eBay
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 		“Schnozz”... $308 eBay
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Classic... $53 eBay
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 		Bob Shamey... $420 eBay
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 		Amy Armstrong... $284 eBay
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 		Marcus Hunt... $638 eBay
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Classic... $363 eBay
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 		Classic... $408 eBay
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 		John Schipp... $257 eBay
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 		Amy Armstrong... $275 eBay
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 		Bob Shamey... $387 eBay
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Classic... $260 eBay
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 		Classic... $263 eBay
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 		Howard Thomas... $375 eBay
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 		Marcus Hunt... $418 eBay
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 		Bill Jameson... $1,200 eBay
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Translation... “The Hobo File #48 [ bits and pieces ]”
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20 November 2010
OHNS Strives to be G-Rated and Family Oriented
   Despite nearly two decades of performance proving our dedication to this goal we came under fire recently because of the spate of adult theme carved nickels being offered for sale on the online eBay auction site. Since eBay operates under the free enterprise system there is virtually nothing that OHNS can do to influence what individual sellers offer in that venue.
   eBay has a vague set of guidelines for items that should be listed as “Adult” items and a mechanism for the viewing public to report items that they feel should have been listed in that category and weren't. Recently four items were reported and all four got moved to “Adult”. The next time, five items were reported and only one got moved to “Adult”. So... it all boils down to a matter of differing opinions.
   The best solution is for each individual eBay user to customize their eBay searches so that items which they find offensive simply do not get returned by their queries. That way you are not dependent on someone else's moral compass to guide your life's journey.
   Assuming you already have an eBay search... 1) Run your search.
2)→ Click on the “advanced” link behind [Search]. 3)← Select “Only show items from:” box.
4)← Select “Exclude” option. 5)← Fill in one (or more) seller eBayIDs. 6)→ Click on [Search].
7)← Once the search completes, right click your mouse in an open background area to obtain the popup option list containing [Create Shortcut] and [Add to Favorites...] and select whichever you prefer.
   You can do this modification to as many of your searches as it applies to of course. Save the altered searches, blow away the originals and you are in business. Your BEST tool for influencing what nickel carvings are created is your checkbook... vote with your checkbook! ~ V-Dubya
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29 October 2010
Winter 2010 “BoTales” Feature Article
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 Announcement of
      OHNS Annual Meeting & Auction ... 1
BoTales Banner Banter & Editor's Message ... 2
New OHNS Members ... 2
2008 OHNS Board ... 3
OHNS Hobo Tokens Available ... 3
Auction Manager's Message ... 4
Auction Subject, Artist & Donation Index ... 4
Auction 18 Rules ... 5
OHNS Auction 19 Catalog, Lots 1-117 ... 5-25
Check Your Mailing Envelope Address ... 25
Hoboken Nickels Marked Soldiers' Last Days in U.S. ... 26,31
Auction 19 Bid Sheet ... 27
Membership & Quality Designation Form ... 28
Recent eBay Auction Sales ... 29-30
Coin Art from The Saturday Evening Post ... 31
Apply Now for
      2011 ANA Summer Seminar Scholarship ... 32
Hotel Information for 2011 FUN Convention ... 32
Last Chance to Enter Contest ... 32
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 		  FUN2011 Mail and Floor Bid Auction Catalogue   Saturday, January 8, 2011  
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The ONLY way to enjoy all the other fantastic content in “BoTales” is to join OHNS. So quit procrastinating and do it NOW!
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G.W. “Bo” Hughes... $1,207 on eBay
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 		Howard Hughes... $244 on eBay
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 		Steve Cox's “Friedensreich Hundertwasser” Click to view photo of Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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“Carvetoon”... $12 on eBay
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 		Joe Paonessa... $315 on eBay
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 		Howard Thomas... $180 eBay
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 		Bill Jameson... Private Sale
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Amy Armstrong... “Blue & Gray” set: $585 on eBay
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 		Marcus Hunt... $245 on eBay
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 		Classic... $285 on eBay
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 		Classic... $129 on eBay
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Dave Boulay... $205 on eBay & Private Sale
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 		Steve Cox... $3,920 on eBayClick to read the Jim Beam J.B.Turner Train Set NEWS item.
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 		Steve Cox... $595 on eBay
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 		Classic... $17 on eBay
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Translation... “The Hobo File #47 [ bits and pieces ]”
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754  5 October 2010
Hoboken Nickels Marked Soldiers' Last Days in U.S.
Click to read this article Click to read this article −by Tom Culhane of Union, NJ as published in Numismatic News' “Letters” dated October 5, 2010
Tom Culhane is a professional numismatist who was a friend of Dave Wilson's, LM32, prior to his death. Tom had promised Dave to do this article quite some time ago but he took a while to get to it.
Airplane View of Camp Merritt 1919

  While today's collectors like to refer to carved nickels as Hobo nickels and associate them with the Depression of the 1930s, there was an earlier group of men we should remember and honor who had a few laughs with their Hoboken nickels before going off to fight the Great War.
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Mario Sarto... $737 eBay
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De Zwerver Dossier #46
 [ stukken en brokken ]
 −by V-Dubya
 Joe Paonessa... $280 eBay
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Classic... $439 eBay
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     THE KAISER'S HEAD ON U.S. NICKELS! • June 1918 • Collectors frequently have brought to their attention coins on which the device has been altered by someone skilled in the use of engravers' tools, giving the piece a humorous or satirical effect. The present type of nickel seems to offer a splendid field for these artists to display their ability, and some ludicrous specimens have been turned out. The latest of these alterations, according to the New York Times, is one on which the head of the Indian has been transformed into the head of the Kaiser by the addition of a spiked helmet. an upturned mustache and a close-fitting uniform, with other slight alterations. Some of the altered coins have been found in circulation in Hoboken, N.J., and the Department of Justice has been asked to apprehend the distributors. • “The Numismatist”, Vol. 31, page 257.    [ Thanks Cinco! ~ V-Dubya ]
 Classic... $205 eBay • July'09
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Classic... $359 on eBay
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 		Classic... $335 on eBay
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 		Classic... Private Purchase
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 		“Rough Beard”... $203 eBay
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 		Classic... $255 on eBay
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Amy Armstrong... $310 on eBay
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 		John Schipp... $385, $410 and $510 on eBay
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Translation... “The Hobo File #46 [ bits and pieces ]”
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“Another Country Heard From”... Carver Mario Sarto from Bad Salzuflen, Germany
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$365 on eBay
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 $370 on eBay
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 Bill Jameson has been BUSY!
 $416 on eBay
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 $490 on eBay
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$485 on eBay
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 $575 on eBay
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$375 on eBay
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 $449 on eBay
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 $355 on eBay
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23 September 2010
Family Photo Album Found In Grandma Schipp's Attic
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Edward Schipp Stephen Burger Mathew Schipp
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Travel Bug Hobo “Bert” Visits 50th State, Hawaii, First!
Click to view an enlargement of this photograph.       A 7,251.53 mile trip from Southern England, United Kingdom ... WOW!
   “Bert” is a modern reproduction of a hobo nickel. Originally, these little coins were carved on indian head nickels by hobos in the years of the Great Depression. They were often used in exchange for a meal or train ride, etc. This one was created by the owner from a pretty poor condition 1936 coin. My current goal is to travel from the UK back to the USA and eventually visit all 50 states. In the meantime traveling the world is fine so long as he eventually makes it across the Atlantic to America. Please help Bert to make it back to the USA and visit every State in the Union. ~ Marcus Hunt
  Find out where I am now! ~ Hobo “Bert”Click to find out where I am now!
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15 September 2010
Carved Kennedy Half Dollars/“Turkeys” Researched
 Click to read this article Click to read this article     −by Art “Cinco de Arturo” DelFavero, RM522 and Verne “V-Dubya” Walrafen, HLM620
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy 50¢
Lot#47 • Richard Milhous Nixon #1
Richard Milhous Nixon #2 Casting
Click to view an enlargement of this photograph.    We have now learned that this carver did carve more than one Nixon carving. Shown here are close-ups of precisely the same area of both the "eyes closed" carving (←) sold in 2001 and the "eyes open" casting (→) just now acquired in 2010. What we don't know is why a casting was made of the truant Nixon carving... perhaps the original was sent as a gift to a museum or to Tricky Dick himself and the carver kept a cast copy for themselves. That is a pretty common thing for an engraver to do when carving the bust of a public figure.
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11 September 2010
“Cinco the Jeweler”* Captures Another Bargain Classic on eBay!
Captured on eBay for $19 and done by the carver of this carving →
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 Shown at the bottom of page 14 in Steve Alpert's OHNS GuideBook and sold in the 2010 OHNS FUN Auction as lot 25 for $165.
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Quote from lot 25... [ The excessive use of power tools created a “washed-out” appearance of this otherwise above average carving.
Though both examiners classify this as a modern carving, the consigner obtained it in 1987 as part of a collection of old hobo nickels. ]
* A.K.A.:  Art “Cinco de Arturo” DelFavero.
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  Carving Chips.....   • The Most Incredible Miniature Pencil Art −by Dalton Ghetti •Click to visit the www.twistedsifter.com website
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De Zwerver Dossier #45 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya
Colt weapons carvings by James Olivencia
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 M1911... $1,625 on eBay
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 SAA... $550 on eBay
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James is working on a series of 14 historical weapons carvings. Shown here are his Colt M1847 Walker, Colt M1911, and Colt .45 SAA.
Howard Thomas... $355 eBay
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 Elmer Villarin... $333 on eBay
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 Howard Thomas... $400 eBay
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 J.W.Hughey... $398 on eBay
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Howard Thomas... $660 eBay
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 “Carvetoon”... $205 eBay
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 “Virtuoso”... Private Purchase
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 Classic... $288 on eBay
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 John Schipp... $367 on eBay
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Art DelFavero's Recent Bargain Classics... $23 and $62 on eBay
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 Two Wheeled Thunder ~ 8/16/10
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Translation... “The Hobo File #45 [ bits and pieces ]”
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1 September 2010
Fall 2010 “BoTales” Feature Articles
Click to view an enlargement of this photograph. Summer F.U.N. for Young and Old Alike ..... Front Cover
BoTales Banner Banter & Editor's Message ..... 2
New OHNS Members ..... 2
BoTales Publishing Schedule ..... 2
President's Message ..... 3
Auction 19 Submission Deadline Fast Approaching ..... 3
Guidebook Reprints Available ..... 3
My Summer Adventure ..... 4-6
ANA Summer Seminar Scholarship ..... 6
OHNS Board Members ..... 7
Hobo Tokens Available ..... 7
OHNS “Engravers Honorarium” ..... 9
The Hobo Nickel ..... 9
Introducing “Rails” ..... 10
Introducing “The Flapper” ..... 11
 Introducing “Droopy” ..... 11
Author links London and homeless in ‘Hoboes’ ..... 12-13
Submitting Coins for Quality Designation ..... 13
Hobo's Lullaby ..... 13
Member Quests, Three's A Match ..... 14
Hotel Information for 2011 FUN Convention ..... 14
It's Not Too Late to Enter Contest! ..... 14
Meet Elmer Villarin by Wayne Stafford ..... 15
Some Recent eBay Sales of Hobo Nickels ..... 16
Tales of the Road ..... 17
Charles Rowe Catches the Westbound ..... 17
Recent eBay Sales of Hobo Nickels ..... 18-19
A Wooden Hobo Nickel ..... 19
2011 OHNS Elongated “rolled” Tokens ..... 19
Ethnic “Peanut Ear” Carvings ..... Back Cover
Introducing “Rails”, “The Flapper”, and “Droopy”
Click to read this article −by Don Wolfe RM981, Nick Pyle LM69, Marc Banks RM538, and Arturo DelFavero RM552 Click to read this article
  “Rails”  
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  “The Flapper”  
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  “Droopy”  
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