Thankee kindly fer yer recognishun 'bout my higher learnin'. Got plum thru 3rd grade afor I had to quit so's I could work grandaddy's moonshine rig. But I done ok. I don't recognize all them names of ol' timers. Mus' be from some other county. I don't know if yer right 'bout them ol' timers wantin' all the fancy trappins in exchange fer their skills. Ol' Bill Weaver hisself tolt a friend of mine thet he only made variable scopes an' those over 4x 'cause people thort they needed 'em, and would pay him to have what they "needed". Bill was one ol' timer who liked the challenge of a real hunt, but he was a capitalist too, I reckin'.