u/FullTimeSurvivor

This is actually from a few years ago, but I have have lived in my house in Florida for over 20 years and have had many generations of Anoles in my back yard. I always look out for them and give them occasional treats so they trust me. As a result they go about their business with me around and are very entertaining, it's like having my own personal terrarium in my back yard. Unfortunately in the wild they do pass and it goes in phases. Predation and severe cold can sometimes greatly deplete the population but they always bounce back, I look forward to seeing them and they never disappoint. I try to keep the yard inviting for them so they keep coming back, love these little guys!

Just acquired this 1911 from my brother that got it from a friend of his that moved to Thailand and couldn't take it with him. It was his father's that was a P-38 pilot in WW2. I looked up the serial number and it came back as a 1945 build date so seems legit I guess. Clip looks original, I haven't taken it apart to see if the parts are original tho, not sure how to even confirm that if I do take it apart.

I've always wanted a .45 to shoot but I'm kinda torn on wanting to preserve it, thinking about putting it in a display case cuz it's so cool. I have a lot of respect for WW2 veterans and all veterans in general so I don't really want to treat this special piece of history like just another pistol at the range, but if shooting it once in awhile is good for it I can do that.

Any advice is welcome, especially for a good display case and how to confirm original parts if I decide to disassemble it.

Just dug this out of storage and want to put it to use, anyone else havbe one of these and know how to optimize it for the best possible performance? I want to use it for music only, no internet or apps or anything.

I noticed that the battery kept going dead even with no use and discovered it's been on "cell standby" which is really odd because it's not a phone and doesn't use cell service....Anyone know why this is and if there's a way to completely shut it off? I put it in airplane mode for now so that should help but I'd like to disconnect it from cell standby permanently if that's possible.