Forty Rod SASS 3935
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I agree 100%...except I want one. I might need it to get into heaven...or wherever.
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Getting To That Time Of Year
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Subdeacon Joe's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
This is the first time I have ever told it to anyone. I guess I'm getting maudlin in my old age. -
I did. I was going into the Army in a couple of weeks and told her it was now or never. She ran in the house, came out wearing a blue dress that she had borrowed from her sister (something borrowed, something blue - 2 at the same time), a jeweled pin that had been her grandmother's (something old) and a Ruger Bearcat that I had given her a week before (something new)....total elapsed time was less than 20 minutes....and we drove to downtown Ogden and got married by Justice of the Peace...just 20 minutes before he was leaving for the day $12.50 (I still have the receipt) + two bucks apiece for two ladies I Shanghied off the elevator to be witnesses.
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Thanks, Bubba. I don't feel like I'm 249 years old...but some folks say I do. I don't talk to them any more and they are off my Christmas card list. That'll teach 'em!
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Would you....take a bath again, I mean....if you didn't have the autograph?
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I'm going to a birthday banquet tonight, sponsored by the Marine Corps League "Copper State" Detachment #906. The first one I've been to since 1978 on the Queen Mary in Long Beach . My parents were able to attend, the only one they ever went to. The guest speakers were John Russell (an actor of "Lawman" fame and a very nice man.) and John McCain, a former POW in 'Nam and later a U.S Senator from Arizona. I don't remember him mjuch at all. Many of the attendees tonight will be in uniform, but all I have left of my uniforms is a gold necktie bar. I'll wear it...proudly. The event has been advertised as a "semi-formal" affair. I asked a Sergeant Major...who is our Guest of Honor tonight...what that meant. he said "Shirt and shoes, and we'd appreciate it if you wear pants, too." All of my Marine brothers and sisters should have a chance to celebrate this day in some way, even if it's alone. God bless them one and all. Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis.
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Light bulbs?
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
You got time. Just don't lazy and forget it. -
Grumpy old farts with Guns
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Stay grumpy. It will serve you well somewhere down the road. Always has for me. -
Amen. Me too.my brother.
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I have travelled a lot of the world in my 82+ years and never had a passport. U. S.military orders and transportation took care of that. Now, at the end of my years and with no intention of ever leaving Arizona, much less the United States, I have an unexplainable urge to get a passport.....just to say I have one. How many of you have one, how often have you used it, and what do you think about having one? $160.00 isn't much any more, about a fifth of a month's groceries for me and my dog, and my next trip of any distance will probably be in a hearse. Morbid? Maybe. Realistic? Oh, hell yes. Now, don't get all upset about this. I'm not ready to go for a long time yet...20 more years. I fully intend to live to be 102 years old (I want to be my own high school reunion. I don't need the rest of that mob around.), but I just want this for the same reason I want a replica of the Colt-Burgess rifle (.44-40) and one of a Ballard (My mother's family name, but probably no relation) No. 5 Pacific (.45-70). Just because! Opinions, if you please. BTW, a few years back I found out that my "birth certificate" that I had used my entire life...to let me travel all over, get Secret clearances, work on classified project in aerospace, etc....wasn't real birth certificate at all. It is a U. S,.Department of Commerce document that certified that my real certificate was in Portland, Oregon in a U. S, vault. I called them up and asked how to get a certified copy and was told it would cost something like $60.00 and would take a long time because those years were still on microfiche and would have to be recoversedand processed. I sent a certified check and less that six weeks later I had five certified copies. I had accomplished in about a month and a half something that Barrack Obama couldn't get done in eight years...showed anyone who wanted to see it a REAL AMERICAN birth certificate. Nanner, nanner, nanner!
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Hollerin' Halloran (If I hadn't been Forty Rod for over a quarter of my life already I'd grab this one myself.)
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I am fairly certain that I will be remembered....for awhile, at least. Maybe a year or so by family and friends, but even those memories will fade away.
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Light bulbs?
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Pay some illegal alien to carry them over for you. No one stops them any more and the coyotes might arrange for free transportation for a return favor.. -
Seven pounds of monkey is like seven pounds of feral cats....with thumbs. Don't mess with them.
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Good luck, Miles, Don't let them catch you.
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Getting To That Time Of Year
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Subdeacon Joe's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I have to elaborate on this. I was in the Montclair Plaza in Southern California with my wife and daughter on some holiday where there were a lot of veterans around. We were just outside Nordstroms and there was a moment of silence when they played this song (imagine that happening in California today). It got very quiet and I found myself sitting on my heels with my back against a wall. I've never been a crier, but I had tears running down my face and I couldn't quit shaking. An old man walked over a said "You go ahead and let it out, son. I've got you covered", and he turned his back to me and blocked me from view. My wife came over and stood next to him until Kelly finished the song. He helped me up and patted me on the back and walked away. I never saw him again, don't know anything about him, and I'd never bawled before and haven't since. My wife told me that was the only time she'd ever seen me cry, and then said, "I didn't even tell him thanks." My daughter showed up about that time and she has never seen me cry. My thanks go out to an old veteran wearing a WWII US Army Airforce baseball cap. Pappy, you were there when I needed someone and I hope and pray that there were people who were there for you when you needed a friend.- 11 replies
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Sometimes I wish I could do something like that, especially if it's sound proof, or nearly so.
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Any Eagle Grips Sales?
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Bladesmith, SASS 113085's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Got a pair of faux ivories for my two 1860 Army revolvers. Don't know if they have any sales but they are worth every penny of their regular price. The fit is as close to perfect as I have ever seen and they are absolutely gorgeous. -
Getting To That Time Of Year
Forty Rod SASS 3935 replied to Subdeacon Joe's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
Terry Kelly's Pittance of Time is one of favorite songs. Has been since the first time I heard it, must have been close to 30 years ago. -
With all that open land why did they build everything so close together, in some cases stacked ofrsharing walls/
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Thanks. I don't think I need one that bad. Now if someone could make a three D print to use as a basis for a mold.........
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And people ask why I left Utah!
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We have a runner up here: " If you cross this line you are no longer a trespasser. YOU ARE A TARGET!"
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Did you tale pills or lesson to get that weird, or is it your genetical gift?