Forty Rod SASS 3935

Okay, then your youth wasn't a total waste after all.

My dad taught me to keep you hand vertical and look the person in the eye...unless you were shaking hands with a woman. Then it's palms up at about a 45 degree angle and firm but not too strong nor too weak in any way. Either way, keep your wrist solid, NOT EVER LIMP. The only times it ever varied was with my frat brothers and our "secret" hand shake.

Nor, I Imagine, the Friday Night Fights with Gillette Blue Blades, Loretta Young and 'See The USA In your Chevrolet', Pinky Lee, "Sharknose" Grahams, candy cigarettes. or The March of Dimes. So sad. So very, very sad.

To all of the many guns I have declared to be"ugly", I apologize. Compared to this THING the rest are, while not beautiful, at least fairly attractive.

CS gas grenades. Roll them under the umbrellas and the gas rises. And it would be fun to watch them cry....and they will cry.

More government BS.

Yeah. But do you remember Space Patrol, Lucky Strike Hit Parade, and Howdy Doody? Well, do ya, KID? ;D

OH! Now that's going get responses and challenges. The Ozzies I knew in 'Nam had firm but not uncomfortabe hand shakes.

Taser his butt....then jail him.

Go ahead and pet 'em, Honey. They' re tame. Sad part is the animals will likely be destroyed.

I have always been living in the past. It's where I was raised and where I belong

I didn't know they even had an academy.

Dutch apple pie should be outlawed. It's really and truly addictive. Right up there with peach pie.

I like that. I'll use it myself from now on. Thanks.

More damned do gooders getting their way because no one has the guts to tell them to shove it...or lots of people simply don't care.

None of you say "booolits"? (You better not say you do or I'll get you suspended from the brother / sisterhood.) ;D

I've had stuff that looks like....oh, hell. Never mind!

How many people does it take to field a football team?

It's been 40 or more years since I had mince meat pie. I'll have to look into that. My dad loved it but I don't have his recipe. Thanks for bringing it to mind.

Informal name to tell it from the S&W .45 Schofield rounds. They weren't quite interchangeable

Here's my grandmother's and mother's boiled fruit cake recipe "For those of you who truly, deeply HATE fruitcake. 2 cups raisins 2 cups dates 3 cups water 1 cup shortning or butter 3 cups granulated sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp cloves 2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp salt 2 small jars of fruit mix or gum drops (if you use gum drops DO NOT BOIL THEM) HINT: Sunmaid DEHYDRATED FRUIT MIX IS A GOOD SUBSTITUTE. Candied fruit works pretty well, too. FWIW, Strawberries and bananas don't work at all. Mix ingredients together in a large pan boil ingredients for a few minutes, then let then cool to lukewarm 4 cups flour HINT: 3 cups flour and 1 cup almond or hazelnut meal works well, too. 2 tsp baking soda sift these two ingredients together 2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (or even cashews) 2 cups gum drops (see above) MIX ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND STIR THOROUGHLY Add 2 tsp lemon juice and stir it in PUT IN GREASED LOAF PAN OR CUP CAKE TIN BAKE FOR 1 ONE HOUR AT 325-350 DEGREES F. (F YOUUSE CENTIGRADE YOU'LL HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN MATH) COOL THOROUGHLY! EAT! ENJOY! NOTE: ADD BRANDY, APPLE CIDER, RUM OR ANY OTHER ALCOHOLIC FRUIT JUICES AT YOUR OWN RISK! Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Joyful New Year, or any other celebrations. This stuff isn't locked into any particular day. I've used, or seen it used, at graduation and promotion parties, birthdays and weddings, one divorce party (they parted as best friends, simply didn't want to be married), and anniversaries...or just because.

This is another one of those WGAS things. In my family "dressing" and "stuffing" were interchangeable. Seeing as I don't knowingly eat either one I have no further comment.

I ain't eatin' nuthin with "turd" in its name.

I used to speak and read fluent Hoch Deutch. (High German) I never could write it. Never knew where to put an umlaut. German, and many other languages, are "longer" that American English. What I mean is, it takes more words, and usually more letters and syllables to get something said......and some of them talk so fast I don't even know how they can follow it. A sign in my dentist's office has warning about things that may harm pregnant women, people with heart problems, etc. It's in Spanish and English. English: 55 words, 78 syllables. Spanish: 88 words, 104 syllables. (I was early for my appointment and bored. One time I counted the holes in an acoustic ceiling...and other examples. Now I take a book of word search puzzles.) Something else: German is a harsh sounding, almost militarily "command voice" sounding language. Seldom do you hear anyone speaking German and another talking at the same time. Spanish in some cases is almost musical. It's not uncommon to hear three or four Spanish speakers all talking at one time and they all seem to know what's going on. My wife said it sounded like an auctioneers argument. Both are machine gun fast.

Clear a path out. Cell phones, lights, camera, back-up, tools that might be needed to get back out, my dog, and guns all around. Might be good to have a first aid kit standing by, too, and some fabric face masks, just in case there's a COVID threat, and to fend off dust. "How big", Eyesa? I've been in houses (my fraternity house as an example, an 1901 French style, 38 room mansion with "turrets" on both front corners.), that had a 22' x 66' foot room under the basement that had been an indoor swimming pool before the foundation cracked. We modified it a bit and made a "secret room" for sworn-in frat members only. During the summer months, when very few guys were around, we stacked canvas covered hay bales at one end and had target practice down there. There was a round "alcove" where a diving board had been that was a perfect place to put targets.. The sloping floor and sidewalks all around didn't bother anyone...unless alcohol was in use Two floors down from the main floor of a three story stone building: we could have fired a howitzer down there and no one would have heard it. It's a wonder that no one suffocated from the smoke or have any lead poisoning.