Forty Rod SASS 3935

For the few times I use my charcoal grill any more, I found theScripto Torch Flame MAX to be a really good lighter. It costs a little more than the nearly useless lighters that I used to use, but they last longer, light better, and are so convenient that I carry a couple in my car just in case I need a quick fire.

That looks about as practical as a barbed wire jock strap. I had a side-by-side two shot .380 that was about the size of a Zippo lighter. The recoil was ferocious, but I sometimes wish I hadn't sold it. It was the only one I ever saw.

None of which is any of the government's business. I gave up on trying to get a California CCW after two years of BS, massive paperwork, and about $300.00. I remember the Marines sending me to California in 1975 when California was a great place if you stayed out of the bay area and greater LA. We left about 12 years ago and I have only been back twice, both times for funerals. I can't imagine ANY reason that would make me go back.

I aint go no steenkin' list on my CCW....and the only reason I even have a CCW at all is so I don't have to get a background check when I buy a gun. This is ARIZONA, son....and I pity a lot of people who don't have the freedoms that I take for granted in this state.

The fourth one reminds me of a quote from Albert Einstein: "I never memorize anything I can look up." If it's good enough for one of the smartest men who ever lived, it should do for me, too.

You beat me to it, Dusty. I was about to say I'd almost sell an organ to get one. As for the caliber, I have lot of .32 and .380 pistols already, so all I need is a holster.

That brings to mind how many of our brothers and sisters have simply vanished. Daniel Night Eyes Cherokee Cathouse Kate Quail Gun Bean Bandit Calamity Jane from up in Canada and dozens more. So many....so many.

A sign on my wall: Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. It was given to me almost ten years ago when my wife died, so it's not a real family saying yet. It is one I live by now.....and have almost all my life without it being written down.

The use it up one was one of ours, too. I remember my Grandma using it a lot.

I think that "PING" legend was originally said by someone who had NEVER been in a fire fight. Too noisy to hear a "PING" in the first place and you are too busy to mess with it if you did hear it. It's right up there with calling out "RELOADING". I can drop an empty magazine and replace it before most people even react to something they may and / or may not hear during a fire fight. And I don't think it's smart to say "Hey, Charlie, Just wanted you to know I can't defend myself for a few seconds" to someone who will kill you if he (or she...I was shot by a woman) can.

You will get over this sometime. Why not now? You'll never know if you can if you don't try. If something needs done and you can do it, DO IT! Face the results later. Life is full of adventures waiting for you. Pick one and enjoy it, If it doesn't suit you, pick a new one tomorrow. Never start a fight, but never walk way from one... unless you can postpone it If you are wrong, apologize. It's nothing to be ashamed of but shows good sense and proper upbringing. There are more, but it's time to read yours. Maybe someone else can adopt one. I can find a new on every so often.

Yep! You say "I can do that". Your sub-conscious says "no you can't." Next thing you know is your body saying "told you so, dumb ass."

You can't imagine how much worse it can get. It sneaks up on you until you wake up one morning with something new that adds to your catalog of grief in some new and major way. I'm at the point where almost everything that still works HURTS! and I'm very careful that I don't wreck or damage anything on my body that I may need or want later on. You'll reach a point where you realize that people say "You're looking good" but no one ever says "you're good looking" any more. Still, every day is a new adventure. BTW, my blood type is AB+.....almost a universal donor. What's yours Linn?

Dixie Cupp Bowie Nyff Cary Owen Carny Barker Dewey Wannah Howie Duzzet Rue d'Day Holden Ahn Dustin Shelves Doris Open Stew Potts Holly Hawk Howdy Poddner Terry Cloth Clyde Stale Stubby Leggs Woke up way early and couldn't go back to sleep.

You all want him pilloried and punished WITHOUT A TRIAL OR CONVICTION! You don't like him (Neither do I) so he should be punished? Come on folks. Would you want to be judged the same way?

I'm still waiting for shotgun that was shipped nine days ago from East Flat Rock, NC to Paulden, AZ.

You folks have my prayers, too. Now, about the MRI: I have a totally implanted pace maker about the size of a .22LR cartridge(Medtronic Micra) that I had put in about seven years ago. Two weeks ago I had an MRI on the VA's dime because the VA didn't have the right kind and sent me a local hospital for the procedure. The civilian hospital had a new one that would NOT cause any problems....except it's very noisy. Like I would imagine would equal putting my head in a jet engine. Go back to the in-house cardiologists at the VA and talk to them, ask for details, and if necessary ask to talk to someone else in the chain of command. Crowd them for an answer. Could be that it still wouldn't work with the defibrillator, but it can't hurt to ask and demand an answer that you can understand. Good luck and may God bless you both.

Never seen it. Never heard of it. Some of those others I heard of but never watched....like Dallas.

Hooze Beth?

When in doubt contact local VFW, Marine Corps League, or America Legion.

I was there in 1966, 1968, and 1969....24 to 27 years old. I have never heard this song before and I honestly wish I had not heard it at all. This and A Pittance of Time brought back too much.

Uh....I've read this over several times and don't see anywhere that he had a trial, much less a conviction in this incident. I'm glad you all aren't judging me for ANYTHING. I don't look good wearing a noose.

I'm glad I heard the words, but I could go a lifetime without hearing or seeing that guy singing it ever again.

26, maybe 27.

Huh! Maybe Alpo needs a hat. 😮