Forty Rod SASS 3935
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2 minutes ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said:
Ya know....being a rope maker might have been a good business back then!
Those ships only had one "rope", on the ship's bell. Everything else was a "line"....or so I was told. I was a Marine and tried very hard to NOT know anything more than was necessary to do my job.
Want to have fun.? Try to explain "Bosun's balls" to anyone one, including a lot of swabbies who never went to sea.
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I just got a phone call from a guy I knew as a LY JG in the nave when I was in the Marine Corps/
Born and raised in San Bruno, have only lived elsewhere for 6 years in the navy. 72 years old and he and his wife just sold their house for $1,300,000.00 (paid about $51,00.00 for it in 1978) and are moving to Virginia.
Can't tolerate California any longer.
Took him long enough to decide to bail out.....(waited for his "child bride" to retire).
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Had a civilian cook who worked at the Marine mess hall at NWS Seal Beach (Willian Tell something don't recall his last name.) who was a crew member on that cruse. Had photos to prove it and a, I believe, a certificate, too. He said after 22 years in the Navy that was his best memory.
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7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I recall being taught to always start my measuring at the one inch line because of that jiggle.
That's what Dad taught me, too.
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Shove the gun into the victim's belly and fire. Do I have to register the gun or the victim?
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23 hours ago, DeaconKC said:
I bet that was @Forty Rod SASS 3935's favorite job! 😁
I outfitted myself with a half inch measuring tape. I got some really good friends out of that...and got slapped around sometimes, too.
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14 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
..... sometimes referred to as the "laughing jackass"
Who stole my title? Thast's a shooting offense.
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3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
$25 here in Tucson at my LGS. No extra fees, taxes, or whatever.
Last two (February and October 2025) were $25.00 and $30.00....two different shops.
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13 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
that be a deep subject
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Well digging: the only job where you start at the top and work your way down to the bottom, and if you are successful you lose your job.
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5 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
If it's properly climate controlled, you wouldn't need the crew of people knowing what you have.
If I had all the guns I want I'd need a crew to maintain the climate control equipment, too.
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A friend (RIP) had one of these. I'd known him for three or four years before I knew he collected Civil War era handguns....lots of them.
A California collector paid his widow a "college education" for those guns.....the whole lot of them with a lot a accessories as well.
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6 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
And guns to fill it!
Properly displayed and a crew of people to care for them, too. Not any rust spot or fingerprint in the place and no dust....and every gun perfectly operational.
And a sarsaparilla bottling plant in the basement next to the kitchen.
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17 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
I hope that "living museum" means that she will once again move on her own power.
The closest man has ever come to creating life is when he invented the Steam Locomotive.
I've heard that quote before but can't put a name to it.
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14 hours ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:
The problem is 99% of their customer base will just say “Ok” and keep buying…
Most people don't know and most of the rest simply don't care. It would require them to DO SOMETHING beside bitching about it and blaming others....but they just won't get up from the TV to do anything other than bitch and get another beer.
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20 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Our Pres. wants to buy Greenland. He said if they don't cooperate military and economic actions would be on the table!
Would that become a 51st state? I would approve but I'm not sure Greenland would agree. It would balance our nation's other island state with a startlingly different climate.
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20 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
That absolutely the best kind of LEADER there is.
Mohandas Gandhi said (not a perfect quote, but close): Being a great leader doesn't count on how many followers you have but on the number of leaders you have created."
If I had Musk's money I'd consider saving money for retirement as "irrelevant" too.....and I would have a gun room the size of Delaware.
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I'd bet that some of the recipients of the Spectre's "gifts" would believe so...if they survived.
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Must be a very successful lawyer to afford the most unprofessional, outrageous, eye-popping jacket I've ever seen, and all while spouting non-sensical crap.
My wife worked in a marvelous attorney's office for just about 25 years. When he hired someone new he would look for professional attire and carriage (his word, not mine) before he even looked into the applicant's credentials.
Once in awhile he would take on a worthy person and "mold' him (or her) into what he wanted.
This geek wouldn't even have gotten into the waiting room.
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1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
My uncle used to put a little bit of ice cream in his morning coffee.☕️
HMMM. Might give that a try. Thanks.
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BTW, I also like butter in my coffee.
Well, some of you use milk or cream...or some chemistry set project sweetener... but I like my dairy product to fit my taste and I simply love GOOD (Kerry Gold salted) butter.
I put a pat on most of my beef, and some fish, too.
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Sure I did. Funny! Hahahaha!!!
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That's all I need: another mysterious un-vetted "ghost" telling me that he has a cure for something and all the time just stinking of (SCAM) trying to get more info from me (SCAM), about me, that he is exactly what he is promising to protect me from. (SCAM)
If I fell for all things that the internet promises I'd be living on the street in a cardboard box.
I've been scammed enough over the years to the point that I don't believe almost anyone about almost anything.
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I have a 1 1/2 First Issue with a square butt. Second Issue was a round butt and the standard model had a fluted cylinder. There was a transitional model using First Issue cylinders without flutes, and with square butts, quite rare and much more valuable.
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Well, now CRAP! I just saw this and now I have to make that Dutch Apple pie I've been putting off. It sure blew my evening's menu all apart.
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Oldest Restaurants in Arizona
in SASS Wire Saloon
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I enjoy The Palace once in awhile. It's #1 on that list and maybe two miles from the World's Oldest Rodeo, also in Prescott.