Forty Rod SASS 3935

Damn I hope it quits raining soon. I can't stay indoors or in my car all the time.

I buy a lot of things from Cracker Barrel: sarsaparilla, obscure soda pop brands from my childhood, dozens of brands of candy, packaged meals and ingredients, nifty neat-o keen toys from long ago, and all manner of hard to find OYC remedies, salve, food stuff, etc. I don't like most of their cafe selections. I also get a lot from Trader Joe's and Sprouts, just for the variety. And then there are, in season, farmers' markets all over the valley offering many, many types of goodies.

Just for general info, Arizona has all but two of the 25 or so poisonous snakes in North America....and I've seen about 6 of them is all.

And leaves me befuddled.

So......6 years and a ruined life after a PC jury "convicted" him, with idiots still trying to over ride the acquittal. Did I get that right? Question: where is the JUSTICE for ex-LEO Taylor? How can he ever reclaim the life that was stolen from him by the jury and the judge who caused this to happen? Texas should hang their collective head in shame over their so-called justice system, but then it isn't happening only in Texas. This is only one 50th of a nation who have turned their backs on the police, and people who are being raped by PC officials at almost every level of every government in our country.

Inversion has a name? I've done that a lot, not always and many times not at all. I guess I'll have to to work on that more often. I wonder how long that will last and what will cause it. Thanks, Dom.

Lots of one-one-bayonet fights since then but mass attacks have become obsolete.

Just before we moved here (About 13 years ago) from Ontario, Calif, two women were killed by cougars in the foothills north of the Upland-Montclair area. The first simply killed her and drug her body about forty yards. The second, a week later. was killed and partially eaten in the same area. Both were "hiking" along a regularly used dirt and gravel road, alone, unarmed, and apparently put up no fight. Those cats kill quickly and efficiently. I have seen two here, a pair of black bears, and a half dozen bobcats. Coyotes are all over the place and are known to feed on small animals and I've been waiting until some little kid will die in his own back yard or near by.

He didn't do it right. The SOB got up again under his own power.

I had a High School ROTC instructor who told us "The curriculum states that I am to teach you young gentlemen, to the best of my ability, how to use the bayonet. I shall do that, but I will to tell you right now, if I EVER hear of you in a combat situation using a bayonet attached to your functional rifle while you had a single live round to your name, I will drag you before the Most Senior Commander in the universe and personally escort you through the gates of Heaven and kick you over the fence to Hell. My second senior year of college I was was an ROTC student bayonet instructor, and I told the cadets in my class exactly the same thing, word for word.

I met him at a social function and I JUST HAD TO MEET HIM IN PERSON! My wife and I wandered over and he looked at her, then asked me, "Yours?" without even really looking at me. "Yes sir, she is?" He grinned at her and then looked at me and "Look at those eyes. I'll bet you can't stand up to those pretty eyes." My wife, who wasn't usually much impressed by people was like a kid for a week after that. The only other person I ever saw have that impression on her was our very own Tennessee Stud "A perfect Southern gentleman".

Two fire crackers (I assume) and some jackass emptying a semi-auto .22 into the sky. That's all. No other explosive noises, no LEOs, fire fighters or other officials, no loud noises, not even voices. It was very quiet, docile and pleasant. I finally fell asleep in my chair out of pure, unadulterated boredom. I hope it rains again next year.

A very attractive young lady (35-40 years old?) in our town has (had?) some tats, but I didn't know it until a saw her in a tank top at a picnic. 1. Right upper arm has a 5 1/2" SAA. 2. Lower right is a 1911. 3. Upper left is an 1860 Army. 4. Lower left is a 7 1/2" Remington "Outlaw. 5. Inside lower left arm shows a Remington double derringer. 6. Inside right side sports a Sharps 2A four barrel derringer. Her brother did all the photo quality work down to frame and barrel markings on all but the Sharps, which she had done in Salt Lake City after her brother died in a wreck. All six tats are truly "photo quality in full color with shades and shadows. 1. and 5. have ivory grips and 4, has stag grips. The 1911 has "wood" double diamond" grip while the double derringer and the Sharps have very realistic black gutta percha grips. The 1860 has nicely grained smooth walnut grips. They look like you could pick one up and shoot it. She has kept herself in great shape, but I can't help but wonder what they will like twenty years from now. It's been three or four years since I've seen her but I never saw better workmanship.

With people like all of you all my year can't be much less than good...barring accidents, illness, and other unexpected things... Thanks for being here, all of you.

I bought a 9422 .22 mag and a Colt Scout same (same caliber) for my son when he was nine. Both were stolen 19 years later, along with a TC .50 Hawken that he bought for himself.

Got none. Don't know how to get any from my camera or flip phone to here.

Lot of years since I've been on a plane, but I remember when people dressed to fly, meals were pretty decent, and in First Class they were really outstanding. I don't remember what drinks were served in. I flew home from Japan in a brand new 747 with more service staff than passengers. I was almost in the center of the plane. A very nice young lady attendant showed me how to put some seats together with the arm rests folded down, brought me a mattress with two plush blankets and two pillows so I could sleep. She even turned the lights down for me. About an hour out of Seatac she woke me up and brought me menu. I got a full 12" foot long hot dog (I don'r usually like hot dogs but the idea struck me as unique...and it was marvelous) with all the trimmings, a huge French vanilla malted milk shake in an iced aluminum tumbler, and she sat and talked to me while I ate. When we landed the entire crew thanked us at the hatch as we got onto a bus-like transporter to take us about a block to the terminal. I've been on some flights that served something that made C-Rats look like luxury food.

A friend and his wife, (teepee living, buckskin wearing, muzzle loading pair of wonderful people) got me my capote about two, or a bit more, years back. I ran into a guy wearing one in a local cafe and he told me that a friend's wife made it for him. After a few minutes I found that, lo and behold, I knew them. I had a blanket that soon became a capote complete with a hood and sash. WHEEEE!. Now, living in central Arizona we don't have a lot of days where this sort of garment is needed and this one doesn't get a lot of use. I have a Skully fringed "Buckskin" jacket (that has a pair of coyote tails made into a detachable collar) that is decorated with fringe, beads, bone, conchos, etc. that is considerably warmer for really harsh weather, and has a beaver trappers fur hat to match. It gets even less use than the capote. The only other cold weather garment I have is a Navy NCO's wool pea coat. (It followed me home one night so I kept it.) Having been a Marine I took off the plastic Navy buttons and replaced then with some silver colored conchos that I bought from The Cloak Drummer at End of Trail many years ago.

Do you mean the guns or the idiots, because if you mean the idiots it means you are one.

I started culling my collection about a year ago. So far I only have five more than I started with.

Never heard of it.

Hey, give the guy a break. He's from Kansas. (Where, exactly, is Kansas anyway?)

THOSE PICTURES AE TAKEN BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO TAKE PICTURES FOR WANTED POSTERS AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS! My DL pic makes me look like an escaped axe murderer.......BUT my VA ID card makes me look like an old worn out Cary Grant.

My Rock Island 1911 is full size (custom re-build by David Fink at Gun Site Academy) and rides in the car except in the coldest weather. Heavier clothing makes concealment easier and the .45 will punch through more than a .38 or .380

Yet another agreement from a believer.