Forty Rod SASS 3935

Sarge, what's this snow stuff they're talking about?

Some days just start out great and keep on getting better. I went to breakfast with some local shooters and one dropped a little gun rug in front of me. It held a S&W 1 1/2 single action in .32 S&W in very nice shape. Blue Book (which I have very little faith in) lists it $600.00. I asked if it was for sale. Yes. How much? I paid over half that amount for breakfast. Santa was a bit late but he found me anyway.

That's what I was referring to.

A friend build a koi pond and kept losing fish to hawks. We built a well camouflaged chicken wire cover over it with flowers and vines growing on it. The fish still get enough sun and the hawks have to shop for chow somewhere else (and it doesn't even show the screen....much).

When I was born my training started: don't EVER down-play a woman. Mom was strong and made everyone know it. Three of her four sisters were farm ladies and could hold their own. My wife was as independent as a hog on ice and learned to shoot better than I could as long as she didn't get "over gunned". My daughter is still as tough as any woman I ever knew. It was a lesson that I carried with me into the gun business and hopefully passed on. And don't challenge them on the range. Some of them will "take you to school".....right in front of your friends. "Embarrassing" won't even began to cover it.

How can that be? California certainly has gotten rid of all the evil guns by now. I am SO glad I moved out of there just over ten years ago.

Like the "See the USA in your Chevrolet" about 1954 or so.

I used to be a school teacher, was an English major, and have always been somewhat of a word smith. There are only about six or seven words I even recognized in that. A tip of the hat to you.

It's a chronic disease. I've had it for years. No cure, not much relief.

Still didn't keep him and all of his men from getting killed a bit later because he knew everything and would not listen to anyone else.

I worked for a long time... on and off a total of 16 years... in gun shops in California. I can't count the number of times some macho boyfriend, husband, and even a few fathers came in with their ladies and wanted to get her some super gun of the day (even a .50 Desert Eagle for a 5'4" teen age cutie. ) I always suggested that they go to the cafe at the other end of the lot and have pie and coffee on my tab. Most did. I worked with the ladies and ended up selling literally hundreds of .38 Special 4" revolvers. S&W, a few Colts, Rossi, Charter Arms, you name it. About half were new and the rest used, all good serviceable guns. Sometimes I'd get a 2" or 6" request from the ladies but not all that often. We had a burned out unlikeable old Former Gunnery Sergeant working there who, for some reason I never could figure out, had a way with the ladies when it came to instruction. If they bought a gun he offered 10 hours of instruction at a local range. We found out that generally the WORST person to teach someone to shoot is as a close friend or a family member. Too much machoism, reluctance to get harsh with them, a lack of patience, and surprisingly a lot of misinformation got in the way. Not everyone had an Evil Roy or China Camp to work with them. We ticked off a lot of the men until I explained why it was a better choice that huge semi-autos and magnum revolvers they were touting. Most understood, some few walked away and never came back. Their loss and worse, the lady's loss. What was fun was every now and then some of the guys would come back in and but a .38 or .357 gun because they shot the lady's gun and liked it. We also managed to sell guns to them for their kids, or some other kinds of guns altogether for defense, hunting, or recreation, even upgrades or "one like this but prettier." One mother of two teenagers bought a used Browning Broadway and became a champion clay pigeon hunter with a room full of trophies. Got lots of word of mouth customers. too. My wife picked out her own Charter Arms Undercover and when each of our two kids turned 21 she gave them one like hers...and Undertaker taught them all to shoot.

I'll support that.

Not a single pop last night. No idea why, but it was as quiet as a crypt last night.

Fuzzy Bunz

Saw the Marine Corps Band with the British Black Watch band in Anaheim in 1977 or 1978. They were on tour with drill teams and all manner of others. One amazing and very memorable night. I found out that the Black Watch never lost a battle except to the Marines. That was announced when the Watch color guard stopped before the ranking CIVILIAN official, the lady mayor of Anaheim, and draped their colors across the floor at her feet.

My wife got me started on this. I just kept doing it after she passed. I have two short self opening ones in my car. They are small enough to fit the back door pockets and small enough I can carry one even if it looks like it might rain I have a couple of full sized ones in the front hall closet, too. Last two winters we haven't had much use for them and we can sure use the water.

It just seems to be a light weight tool for the job it does. I admit it works, but it jut isn't all that special. Of course having different ideas is why there are so many flavors of ice cream.

When we moved here we bailed out in a hurry. I UNpacked 11 calking guns because I'd buy one, use it, set it aside and forget it, it would turn to stone and when needed another one I'd spend a pittance for it and the cycle would start all over. I bought two new ones a few years later and haven't used either one.

Those two drummers burned more calories in 2+ minutes than I burn all day.

How? Don't!

Amen!

Guess I'm lucky. My VA is seven minutes away if the traffic doesn't get in the way.

Gentle looking little guy with glasses and a bashful smile! Trust me when I say not all heroes look the part.....and those who I have known personally don't act the part either. One of my best friends , a combat medic, earned three purple hearts in "Nam and his wife tells me he has a number of other decorations. I've never seen them and he doesn't talk about them at all. A couple of years ago he actually saved my life after an accident at my home. The ER doctor told me that I was just short of an hour away from Taps. (He has a way with words.) God bless them all.

To add to my previous answer: We have a great VA facility in Prescott. Once in awhlle the preferred service isn't available but a lesser company comes in. I don't know if they are reimbursed (or if I am) simply because I have never checked it out.. I should probably do that.) IF the VA doesn't have room (and the ambulance crew always asks my preference) I end up at Dignity Health...a place I thoroughly detest and as soon as possible I get transferred to the VA. That transfer is via a VA shuttle and costs me nothing. Later this morning I am going to an audiologist close to my home....ON A SUNDAY ....because the VA didn't have an opening in an acceptable time frame.