Forty Rod SASS 3935

Isn't a piano a "percussion" instrument? And a xylophone? And a rack of chimes? Or bells?

Sam Walton would cry his eyes out if he could see what his grand idea has become. So would Joe Albertson and others whose ideas have been "corporatized" into mega-money makers and the customer be damned.

Sounds familiar.

The Zombie Apocalypse is here. Look at the number of people walking around with the hoods up, shuffling along with their cell phones in front of their expressionless faces, dead eyes, totally oblivious to their surroundings. The walking dead.

There is nothing "civil" about any war.

I used it for my daily lunch money until I got out of high school. Then I bought a $2.00 pocket watch at J. C. Penny (I still have it but it hasn't worked in forty years.) and now they carry a watch and a tiny little folding knife that I carry because I like it and I can.

I have a few guns that are only "wall hangers", totally non-functional, that are on my wall just because I like the look and they fill a gap in my collection. A Hammond Bulldog that had been nickel plated and deliberately made into a lamp, a Manhattan Hero, and a Frank Wesson (coincidentally) small frame superposed pistol... a close copy made in about 1960..., and a couple of others. I asked around and found a few gunsmiths that have been willing to "make them look better". I also have a couple that I simply carefully cleaned up myself and hung them up as they were. A Remington Iroquois and a Remington-Elliot Deringer four barrel .32 are two that I fixed up myself. I have sold a couple that someone wanter more than I did I'm glad I prettied them up but it isn't cheap. In the case of the Manhattan I could have bought a working gun in fair shape for less, but who knew? Over the years I have done this a few times but you'll have to judge for yourself if it's worth it. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

I have one of those. It's way better than the price would indicate and look just right for SASS . I have a dozen or so others, some nearly 100yers old some not much older than some of the left-overs in my fridge. I also have nine wrist watches and two classic stop watches...and clocks on almost every wall in my house and workshop. I knew an old horologist who had a sign on his cash register that read "A man with a watch always knows what time it is. A man with more than one is never quite certain."

I have a small collection of pocket watches. I am offended no end by companies who either don't offer watch pockets at all or make them completely unusable, like very shallow, very narrow or with the top of the pocket above the bottom of the belt so you can't get anything in or out of it without opening your belt. I've seen some so far down the front pocket that they are equally useless.

This is NOT a personal attack, but.......Why do some of you insist on posting things that sound interesting but many of us won't "sign in" to some crappy site because we refuse to expose ourselves to unwanted garbage that often comes with it.

Snow birds are universally a PITA. When I told my California acquaintances and neighbors that we were moving to Arizona I got a lot of "Are you nuts? You'll bake your brains out." I could not convince them that we would be in CENTRAL Arizona and it wasn't all that hot. That was almost ten years ago and I've seen maybe fifteen days where the temperature was over 108 and a similar number over 102. Of course those same dummies think we have saguaro cacti on every street and park and yard, don't believe there is the largest forest of Ponderosa pine trees on the continent less than 29 miles from my house, bald eagles in my yard, and there isn't all that much gold in every body of water. Some are still convinced that the Grand Canyon covers half the state. I only regret that we didn't make the move 45 years earlier and that my wife didn't live long enough to really appreciate it.

Many years ago I was in a hospital bed and watching the only episode of Oprah Winfrey I ever saw (I was a captive and couldn't even change the channel until a nurse came in). She asked her audience similar questions and only one girl out if maybe 25 people could answer any of the questions.....and that young lady got all of them right. Examples; "Aparthied" is a dance that African Americans do. Chicago is the capital of the USA. Los Angeles is the capital of California There are 65 Great Lakes. Japan is a state. Hawaii is out in California where surfers hang out The President is some actor but I can't remember who. I never heard of any place called Utah. ....and the ball rolled on. This is why I firmly believe that we need a test of basic history, civics, and recent events that people should HAVE TO PASS to vote, drive a car, have children, hav any government job, or even leave their houses without a keeper..

I have a black belt in falling down. Been on blood thinners now and have a Micra Implanted Pace Maker for almost seven years so far. It's about the size of a 22LR cartridge and has no external "evidences" except a thumb nail size scar in my groin where they ran it up a vein to implant it. Battery is supposed to be good for about ten more years. I get a checkup every four months to ensure that it's still working. So far, so good. BTW blood pressure is usually around 128 / 72, oxygen is 94-96, pulse runs right at 62-65. I've never felt better. BTW#2 I have lost about 90 pounds in the last 26 months, down this morning to 192.4. I haven't been that light since I graduated from high school 65 years ago. (Nothing fits any more!)

I changed my name to Brass Dragon (Cherokee Cathouse Kate was involved in that decision...whatever became of her?) and within 20 hours I called HQ to change it back. It hadn't been processed so it was never registered and I've been Forty Rod ever since

My wife and I met Dale and Roy when we first moved to California. We bought a house in Ontario while I was still in the Corps and we drove up to Utah to visit our folks. On the back we stopped in Victorville and went to the museum and met Dale at the front door. She was the nicest person you could ever imagine. Someone asked if her husband was around and she said "Yes. He's out back somewhere playing Roy Rogers."

I've been told that all but two kinds of poisonous snakes in the US are found right here in my area. In the ten + years since we moved here I've yet to see even one.

And 42 years doesn't mean much to people who have been representing the Constitution (and every other armed citizen law and court decision) since it was ratified. Never trust them.

As desperate as they have proven to be over the years, why give them anything, regardless of age, to use against us?

Had some customers when I was working gun shops who professed their choices proudly but for the most part they made Rush Limbaugh sound a bit left of center. They didn't flaunt anything or make an issue of anything, but if you asked they would speak up. I liked most of them better than some of the freaks that came in, including a few local LEOs who weren't in life with my beliefs.

Neither one of those idiots are smart enough to pee a hole in the snow they are standing in. Think of the ammo they are giving the anti-gunners to prove they are right and we shouldn't be allowed to have guns.

Mine, too....because my wife did it that way and I didn't care. I still don't.

I can relate to that. I get almost all of my medical care from the VA and haven't had an assigned doctor of any kind for about ten years. I do have a half dozen really good nurses of various degrees and a wonderful admin lady and if I need a doctor I can usually see one inside of a short week. I have also been referred to practitioners of acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, hypnotism, physical, sleep, and psychotherapy....and a lot pf people who actually care and love to laugh if that's what is called for. Dental is a totally different story.

Hey, Bubba. I like your new haircut. Side note note: I love bears, I respect bears, but I don't trust bears. They'll sometimes kill you just to keep their skills sharp and sometimes they'll eat you. Sometimes they'll kill you just because they're bears..... and they are totally unpredictable and afraid of almost nothing.

Dad was a southerner and Mom was a Mormon. Both used directly the same way, just like you do. I got a lot of that from them, but in the 60 years since I left Utah I've picked up a lot of other things hat have changed my way of talking...but not my talking whenever I feel like it and saying what I think.

California? He'll likely walk away with a small fine and do it all over again.