Notes from the underground 2022

I came across a pair of these early 20th century toy cap guns while wasting a bit of time on eBay a couple of years ago. "L&M"  and "Made in Canada" were the only markings on the cap guns that obviously were modeled after the popular "top break" revolvers mostly made by Smith & Wesson, Iver Johnson, Hopkins & Allen and Forehand & Wadsworth  from the 1870's to the early 20th century.   In the present day, "Made in Canada" is quite rare when it comes to consumer goods, and seeing those words stamped, or engraved proudly into these toy cap guns made me smile, and then buy the pair of relics from another  time, when "Made in Canada" wasn't an endangered species.

 

 

Firearms Advertising of the 19th century:

  I am laying on my couch, recovering after working a crappy, back breaking  nightshift, sorting &  loading packages on delivery trucks, and now  watching videos of the Canadian Federal Government's telling one lie after another, as they try  to fanatically cling to the power that  the global pandemic gave them during the past two years...

  A young man, I am not, and I am not yet an old man. I am neither well adjusted to this adult life, nor am I content with the state of my own existence. I can't remember details of yesterday, and I fear that long term damages from the several times I hurt my skull 20+ years ago. A strange, scary, downright frustrating, disturbing  and very potent paranoia has distorted  my "Self", and to avoid unnecessary strain because of how I may react to the people  I may cross paths with venturing outside, I quietly  remain within the confines of my safe,  small, vastly overpriced apartment with its view of the world from the 17th floor...FML.