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Offline Scott Sanders

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Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:01:20 PM »
[size=12]Let's give a BIG [size=16]WELCOME[/size]to Jess Mills, from the fascinating hill country town of Fredericksburg, Texas, home of WWII Hero Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.  Jess, I see you have been registered on the Forum since Sept. 2017, but not too active.  Now that you have the whole run of the Forum, including the member's only side (the dark side), you should find plenty to keep you busy.  Ask questions or make comments and someone should be along to help you out. ENJOY!!![/size]

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Re: Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2019, 09:35:27 PM »
Howdy Jess from up in Belton! GREAT [smiley=thumbsup.gif] to have you here with us as a member!
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Re: Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2019, 06:06:06 PM »
Welcome Jess, from N.W. Pa.  Much to see on the membership side. Good to have you join us.

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Re: Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2019, 08:21:15 PM »
Welcome, Jess!

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Re: Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2019, 11:43:28 AM »
Welcome from the upper midwest... glad to have you as a WAGS member!
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Offline Jess T. Mills III

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Re: Welcome To WAGS, Jess
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2019, 09:10:25 PM »
My apologies for being so tardy to respond to you all, but it can now be said, without any fear of contradiction or correction, that I am a bit slow, in particular to realizing how many welcomed me to the Society in response to the initial post.  Thanks for being better citizens than am I (so far, at least - my intention is to correct that).

Yes, my wife and I are native Texans, and now reside outside Fredericksburg, which was founded in 1846 by German immigrants, whose resident old-timers still greet and converse with one another in German.  We LOVE it!  We have a few acres of land attached to the house and raise Longhorn cattle, to sell, for beef for ourselves and family, but mostly to simply enjoy them.

Shortly after our move here, my wife began to volunteer at the local Hospice Thrift Shop, and in my visits to that store I saw a wealth of cast iron items; meat grinders, cast iron cookware of all sorts, the occasional sausage stuffer, Coleman lanterns and stoves, etc.  She doesn't get paid, but I wind up paying for something with almost every visit to that place.  It really stoked my interest in cast iron!  (Not to mention trying to find shelf space or other places to store what I just couldn't leave at the store)

I already had some cast iron cookware, inherited from my parents and grandparents, including several spiders that had been de-legged to fit on a modern stove (ARRGGHHHH!!!!), had a few more pieces picked up at Rendezvous over in the East and Southeast, and those, coupled with my Hospice purchases spurred me to figure out what, exactly, I had by way of cast iron cookware, and that led to this site.

I have been blessed by the information here, and by the answers to my questions (which are becoming more frequent in these recent days).

Again, my thanks to all, and I feel indeed most welcomed.

Jess