Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967
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Mary Ann likes "Curmudgeonette..."
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Actually, not all that bad, from what I've seen here 'bouts. I would have expected much, much worse!
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"Trashed out" seems kinda harsh.
That said, the Kid has plenty of other holsters that are either tooled or otherwise "unadorned." But his intent with these was specifically for "B Western:"
B-Western/Lady B-Western Category B-Western shooting category carries rules and guidelines for both costuming/leather and firearm usage....
Leather Rules:
- Buscadero holster rigs or drop holster rigs are required. All revolvers must be carried below the top of the gun belt.
- All belt and holster rigs must be embellished (fancy stitching, Conchos, spots, or tooling).
"The Kid" as a kid
Plain Holsters
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Um... I think "Curmudgeonette" has a classier ring to it.
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7 hours ago, Alpo said:
Aw, shux... they were kinda popular just a mere forty-seven years ago.
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I think I wore out multiple copies of his Self Portrait album.
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...Bob, that is...
Not wanting to corrupt Pat's "Helpful hint for musicians" thread ~ how many of y'all knew that Bob is accredited for having done what is recognized as the first "music video?"
That would have been Subterranean Homesick Blues, 1965. I remember seeing this instead of a cartoon at the movie theater. Can't recall the movie, but I do recall wondering "What is this? And who the heck is this weird dude!?"
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That was fun.
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Back about ought six, when he was fourteen years old, Sassparilla Kid announced one day that he'd sure like to have a buscadero belt and holster rig like Rex O'Herlihan's in Rustler's Rhapsody.
"Well, Kid, if you want such a thing, you're gonna have to make it yerself, 'cuz your old man surely ain't gonna buy it for ya!"
He did. Didn't turn out half bad, and served him well for years.
I came across the gunbelt a few days ago, and realized that it's due for some maintenance - fresh dye, and polishing, then got to thinking - would it be an improvement to add something to the expanse of leather above the holsters?
Digging about in the leatherworking kit (I'm a leatherworking merit badge counselor), I came across a bunch of replica 1881 silver dollar conchos (the buckle holds an actual 1879 dollar). And had a thought - would they work, maybe? So... whaddaya think? Add one per side? Two? Or leave it alone? I just set 'em on the leather for the pictures....
Without
One per side
Two per side
Two per side
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TBF* Avenger. Dad was an eighteen-year old kid riding backward in the turret, flying off Ranger CV-4.
*TBF Avenger was a Grumman plane; TBM Avenger was essentially the same plane built by General Motors.
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"Super Duper" was a character in a Homer Price (of donut machine fame) story.... 🌝
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11 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
See those almost every day during the Summer and Autumn. Calfire command and control.
The OV-10 has amazing landing gear... it's like a flying Citroën 2CV~!!
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2 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
If it were me, I'd wear a regular shirt onto the plane, then, after we took off, remove it to show a TRUMP T-Shirt.
Hell, they'd prob'ly toss yer a$$ overboard~!!
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I think I'd be avoiding Delta, and especially SFO:
QuoteA Bay Area passenger was forced to deplane from a Delta Air Lines flight and change clothes after a flight attendant took issue with her T-shirt.
On Oct. 16, Catherine Banks, a Marine Corps veteran, was asked to get off her flight, which was departing out of San Francisco International Airport. Once she exited the plane, the flight attendant explained that Banks needed to change because her shirt was “threatening,” Banks told NBC Bay Area (KNTV). It featured a message about veteran suicide rates in the U.S.
“Do not give in to the war within,” the shirt read. “End veteran suicide.”
“I said, ‘Are you kidding me? I’m a Marine Corps vet. I’m going to see my Marine sister. I’ve been in the Marine Corps for 22 years and worked for the Air Force for 15 years. I’m going to visit her,’” Banks said.
“He said, ‘I don’t care about your service, and I don’t care about her service. The only way you’re going to get back on the plane is if you take it off right now.’”
...Banks also said that when she got back on the plane, she was forced to sit in the back instead of sitting in the seat she had paid for, which had extra legroom.
Some people are just plain nuts. And I would think that some dude flight attendant could use a good slapping.
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13 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
..... only if it starts blinking on and off .......... 🙃
Blinker fluid needs changin'....
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6 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
..... and stop killing ducks to make duct tape .... 🙃
Some fifty years ago I saw a bumper sticker that said:
"Ban Trap Shooting - Save the Endangered Clay Pigeon!"
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Speaking of P-39's... I worked with a fella whose dad (whom I met once) had flown P-39's during the war - he eventually retired from the reserves as a Lt Col. His civilian "profession?" He was a dairyman! He even had a picture of Elsie the Cow painted on his plane. After the war, I was told that he considered buying a then-cheap surplus plane, but decided that it would be more prudent to buy two cows for the same price.
He wore a "Caterpillar Clob pin," having successfully bailed out of a '39 in training when the engine "lunched."
When he made it to the Pacific, he actually bagged a Zero! He said that he popped out of a cloud "and there he was!" When the Japanese pilot was fished out of the drink he said that he never knew what hit him.
A painting was commissioned to commerate the event; I snapped a picture of it hanging on my buddy's office wall.
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5 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
Hughes XF-11 (shown below)
With Howard hisself at the controls....
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42 minutes ago, Chantry said:
I find this plane pretty as well and one of the most important aircraft of WWII, serving with multiple countries, in multiple theaters and in multiple roles.
And there is Florida company planning on building new PBY's for commercial, government and military roles. https://catalinaaircrafttrust.com/ngaa-home
My late Uncle Bob was a PBY flight engineer ~ he loved the old bird. "Slow, simple, noisy, leaky, and as reliable as an old dog."
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1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:
As I understand it the ability to slam fire the 97 was considered a serious benefit when clearing trenches during WWI. Allowed our GI's to rapidly fire 6 rounds then fall back while his buddy advanced and did the same.
The lethality of multiple rounds of 00 buck in a confined space is why the Germans attempted to get the 97 outlawed.
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Corny
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Posted · Edited by Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967
About… oh… twenty-five years ago or so I got an idea that it might be kinda fun to grow some “Indian Corn” for fall decorations. A good project to get my kid involved in, along with our annual pumpkin project – usually over a hundred plants.
I did some basic research at the library, sent for some seed catalogs (the ‘net wasn’t what it is now), then had an inspiration. Years earlier I had been sent to Omaha on business trips a few times, and I was impressed to see that there were actually fields of corn inside the city limits. These folk were into corn! So, as that memory manifested itself into a meager thought bubble, I got on the phone. I called the University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus?), and told the nice lady who answered the phone that I wished to talk with someone in their Ag department who knew corn.
In short order, I was transferred to some professor who was an acknowledged “corn expert.” I explained that I was looking for information on “Indian Corn” for a kid project; he made the observation that it was kind of late in the season (late May – early June, as I recall). I told him that we had plenty of space, very rich soil, a good well, access to lots of composted cow manure, and average summertime temperatures in the area were well over 100°.
“Well by golly, THAT oughtta do it!” he proclaimed. “Gimme your address and I’ll send you a bunch of seed!” I did, and he did, and the “crop” was gorgeous! Everyone we knew got plenty of decorative corn that year. You could eat it - popped, or dried and ground into corn meal, but steamed or boiled was pretty blah.
That said, my buddy and next-door neighbor worked for the Fresno State ag department – which was well-known for their annual crop of really delicious sweet corn, appropriately enough a variety called “Sweetie.” And Kurt was more than happy to bring me a big ol’ bag of seed! So, for a few years I would plant sixteen to twenty rows – plant four, wait a week or more then plant four more, and enjoy an extended harvest. And of course, everyone got corn and the freezer got stocked.
[link below]
That stuff was SO good! It was sooo sweet that you could literally yank an ear off the stalk, husk it, and eat it raw. Makes my mouth water just remembering it.
Well, we lost Kurt a few years ago. But the seed is available and not all that expensive. The Kid and I have already decided we’re planting corn again this year – albeit in our now smaller back yards.
SWEETIE
Plant to harvest 82 days. Sweetie is two and one-half times as sweet as ordinary yellow corn - even sweeter than the Xtra Sweet varieties. Ears are 6-1/2 to 7 inches long with 14 to 18 rows of crisp tender kernels that retain their flavor long after picking. The 6 to 7 foot stalks have few suckers and are tolerant to rust. Easy to snap from stalks.