Forty Rod SASS 3935

Went out to prune my roses today. Looks like someone with a shotgun didn't like me. I'm on two kinds of blood thinners and if you yell "BLEED" I will.

Hooray for our side!

Good for him.

I still like God's version better. His cover more sky and aren't anywhere near as noisy......and they are free......and last longer......and are much more common.

There were a lot of them in the early percussion days and I have seen one that was a flint lock. Nor really very common, but not what I'd call rare, either. If my memory isn't totally shot, I think there was one in Paint Your wagon. too.

Now, that just made my whole day

So, how about someone making an after-market replacement? That gun just BEGS a bayonet.

Not appearing to be centered may be because of the lighting. Take a look with light source in a different direction.

Bright red stands out and is easier to see...unless you're a dog.

Why can't they put a bayonet stud on the trench gun version? More anti-gun BS? Because it makes the gun look "meaner or deadlier"? If that's the case, must we do away with javelins, spears, pikes, pole axes, pitch forks, narrow trenching shovels, long-handled pruning saws, rain gutter cleaners, and flag poles?

Right now i own nine lever action rifles, eight are Winchester copies or originals, one is real Winchester (one of each kind of lever action Winchester rifle from 1860 to 1900), and a Colt Burgess copy: 1860 Henry 1866 Winchester 1873 " 1876 " All of these are Benjamin Tyler Henry toggle-bolt action designs 1886 1892 1894 1895 These are John Moses Browning patterns, none alike. Seven are tubular action guns, the last has an internal box magazine 1883 Colt-Burgess This is a unique action that has Colt-Lightning pump internal style parts fitted to a lever action...and some other differences.....and a legend that appears to be true. In some far-gone days I have owned a Winchester 9422M and 1887, three Whitney-styled rifles (Burgess and Kennedy), an Evans New Model, a half dozen or more Marlins (including a .410 shotgun), a Stevens "High Power" .35, and a burned out and battle-weary Spencer. Two were stolen, a few were traded for something I wanted, and the rest were sold when the wife, the kids, and the dog wanted to eat and I lost the vote. I love lever action rifles. I've had carbines and a musket or two, but I LOVE LEVER ACTION RIFLES! (........and Tommy guns.)

Needs a gun.

Can't open this.

Sell your farm to ConAgra and retire rich.

This one is why, at 84 years old, I feel so discombobulated.

A neighbor lady told me just a bit ago that the way Trinket made friends so quickly that she probably spent some of her first day sitting next to God and being friendly with everyone else that came by.

My wedding band is on my left ring finger. Even though my wife died just over ten yers ago, there it is and there it will stay until I die.

Amen, bro. That must be a very fun place to be.

And how long did that take, start to finish? There are current projects that have been going on for many years. I'm told the Empire State Building took a year. It would take much longer today just the all the permits lined up.

Again, these are "laws" that should not exist unless I abuse the right and cause someone harm. Then charge me with a real crime and lock me up or kill me. Why should age enter into the mix. Will there be an "old age limi for people, too? "Hey, you're 66, too old to have a gun." BS!

That's my baby in better times...and the first of her herd of hedge hog dolls. I think there are nine left out of thirteen.

Trinket will rejoin me and a dozen of so dogs before her on Tuesday afternoon.

I had to put my darling little dog to sleep yesterday. Her various systems were rapidly failing and the Doctor told me that a period of four days before she died would be a miracle...so I ended it all then and there. More story.....maybe..... later. We'll see. One of the newer veterinarian nurses wished her a RIP. The senior nurse, who has known Trinket since we first got her, stopped everyone in middle of the conversation. "NO! NO WAY AT ALL. GOD WOULDN'T ALLOW IT. She will be fit and young again, loving every one around, chasing cats, playing with other dogs and all the people she could reach, wagging her tail and sitting with Daddy to get rubbed and scratched. She will bark for joy and stalking doves, pushing turtles with her nose, chasing her toys, going for walks, and taking naps. She will hide her Vita Bones all over the house and go hunting for them days later. Trinket and Mama will get to know each other again and go for rides with the windows down, hide from thunder and heavy rain, and just sit side by side doing nothing but being there together, hip to hip. Dogs, and most other animals and people, deserve more than Resting In Peace." She looked at me and said "Can you even imagine Daddy Tom not playing with her, fooling with his guns and shooting, loving Mama and Trinket, racing cars, or going for walks around the neighborhood or up some trail down by a lake? I can't." You could have heard a fly fart, then everyone got more joyful. Not because my baby had died, but because they could see her being live and vibrant again. Thanks Joanne. I owe you a big one for a new view of what may happen when we die. I hope you are right and can someday join all of us again. God bless. Good bye, Trinket. I'll miss you a lot.

Another "parachute"! I'll add that to my list. Thanks.

Interesting.....BUT: 1. why do we we need to go that fast? 2. is this plane capable of anything other than being a test bed for FAST? 3. is it worth the cost? 4. Who is paying for it? 5. Is there any civilian value to it ...EVER?