Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967

Wonder if it cured the dude....

I got six minutes into the first video before I realized they were not making super-thin skin for R/C airplanes or gliders....

Tonight, for your viewing pleasure, Svengoolie is presenting the original 1932 production of "The Mummy," with Boris Karloff. Scared the dickens outta me when I was a little kid!

She did! And there's a ton of her videos on YouTube ~ pretty much all enjoyable. I think she might be an artistic second cousin of Morticia Addams....

The World Series is over... but here's a worthwhile bit of baseball history. Sent by good ol' Forty Rod some dozen years ago ~ almost that old then.

Wish I'd thought to post this earlier ~ she has a bunch o' videos that are kinda fun. And not all limited to Hallowe'en.

Now, that's PC costuming ~ "Plumb Cool!!"

Only had one kid, but he was somewhat unusual. Sassparilla loved Hallowe'en as much as me (a lot!) and enjoyed Trick or Treating. But he really didn't - and still doesn't - care much for candy. Just not into sweets. So, he might have one or two pieces Hallowe'en night, might keep a couple of pieces for later 'just because,' then tell me and his ma "it's okay if you want to take the rest to work and share it!" Um... I think it's fair to say that not all of the stuff we took made it to the office.

I been known to do that ~ but usually I'll just stuff bananas in my holsters. By the way... I like your boots.

Quite cool! Although the original "Fitz" was a Colt (brainchild of John Henry Fitzgerald, who worked for Colt) this is a plumb cool adaptation! On the TV series "Blue Bloods," Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) carried a Fitz ~ passed down to him from his pop, an earlier Commissioner.

From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! Be safe, and have fun tonight!! Hardpan, circa 1970 Hardpan, 2024

I have not... I have, however, experienced the pathogenic fungus Mycosarcoma maydis, or "corn smut." Supposedly edible; even considered a delicacy in Mexico. Well, they're welcome to mine! That stuff is UGLY!!

Good Lord! And he ain't even running! Hm. Reckon he's had a relapse and progression from "hair sniffing."

Who dat...?

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.

Mary Ann likes "Curmudgeonette..."

Actually, not all that bad, from what I've seen here 'bouts. I would have expected much, much worse!

"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

Um... I think "Curmudgeonette" has a classier ring to it.

Aw, shux... they were kinda popular just a mere forty-seven years ago.

I think I wore out multiple copies of his Self Portrait album.

...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!?"

That was fun.