Cypress Sun

Drifter was a good guy to shoot with and fun to be around after the day was done. My condolences to his wife and friends. Rest in Peace Drifter.

Biggest difference is.....Petula Clack never sang a song about Uptown.

I just remembered that when I was in high school, all of the other kids that had Zippos said that the "slash" marks on the bottom of the lighter meant something. The more "slash" marks the better the quality everyone said. It didn't, it was the date the lighter was manufactured. The only Zippo that I still have is the one my Dad gave me in 1980...even though he hated that I smoked. For more info on Zippo lighter date of manufacture, take a look at the link below. Zippo - Date Codes – Zippo USA

A turtle getting a suntan while his shell is getting it's oil changed?

Too bad they didn't make these years ago, I sure would have bought one although filling butane lighters cam be a hit or miss thing sometimes. For me, the Bics are just easier. Remove the childproof safety, use until gone, toss, get another.

A great actor, probably one of the best ever. My favorite Redford movie is, by a long way, Jeremiah Johnson followed by The Great Waldo Pepper and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Although I detested his political views....I'll still watch the three movies listed above when they come on tv almost every time. Rest in Peace Mr. Redford

I smoked two+ packs a day for 45 years, until I quit smoking and always carried a lighter of course. Tried Zippos, had a couple of expensive ones too. Only carried a Zippo for about six months when I started smoking, after that butane was the way to go. Whether it was a Ronson lighter or a Zippo lighter, the damn things always leaked lighter fluid into my pocket and thereby my skin. Hated that. Seemed like the fluid only lasted about two weeks, then it was time to burn your skin again (leaking lighter) after filling it up. The plus side was that they had GREAT spark and multiple flints could be carried inside the lighter between the felt and cotton, so replacing them was fairly easy....if you didn't mess up the "mag" spring getting the flint back into the lighter. Don't carry lighters these days on my person. Do have Bic type lighters in my vehicle, garage and home.

That mission won't end with Charlie's death. Truth is, most people had never heard of Charlie Kirk or Turning Point USA....including myself. Now the entire World has heard of Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA and most importantly, his mission. I believe that his mind set, dreams and organization will gain millions of followers that would have never heard of Charlie Kirk or Turning Point USA.

Shorts, company T-shirt, socks and walking shoes for work. Same thing for most everything else but not a company T-shirt. Gym shorts, T-shirt and flip flops around the house. I don't differentiate winter shorts/T's from summer shorts/T's. During the winter months, I might wear blue jeans for probably seven total days out of the year.

Don't forget MLB pitcher Max Scherzer! We had a guy at work that had two different colored eyes. Nice enough guy, always came to work on time everyday but was a mediocre electrician. It was always a strange feeling when giving him instructions or talking to him. I didn't want to seem rude, but I always found myself concentrating on his bright blue eye (his other was brown) even though I tried not to. He worked there for a little over a year, but he maxed out in pay based on his ability and quit when he didn't get a raise he asked for. Never saw him again, not even at the supply houses, after that.

The assassin will probably have the best legal representation available, you can bet on that. No doubt it will be completely paid for by the same people and organizations that radicalized him to begin with. Probably be no way or near impossible to follow the funding for his defense back to the real funding source. For this reason, I sure do hope that the prosecution will have an air tight case by the time this goes to trial, with no errors, omissions and the like that could cause a problem. I SURE hope that they don't base their case on his admission of guilt, evidently to a Pastor, as the mainstay of the case. Admission of guilt to clergy could possibly be not admissible in court. Regardless, it will probably be quite some time before this goes to trial. Hopefully, the prosecution will use this time period advantageously.

Haven't heard of travelers checks for many years.

You forgot to mention selling the narrative. Just depends upon which faction is supplying the funds.

Amended post.

I did electrical work in a nudist colony's resort's clubhouse and pool area for about a week. For those who think a nudist colony resort would be sexy, guess again...it's VERY far from it. Can't even use the old electrician's joke 'I'm here to remove your shorts.'

Tesla owner.

You're right, It'll never happen....but it should.

A transfer between prisons on an airplane with a stop in Russia?

Remember when we crashed a missile into the billion year old asteroid deep in space? Guess what, it wasn't an asteroid!

That's one of the problems. Every time there is a high profile murder or murders, the press drills the murderer's name, motives (if known, if not they speculate wildly), where they lived, his parents names, their dog's name, the kind of car they drove, blah, blah, blah for weeks on end....until the next tragedy occurs. All of that creates copy cat killers....mentally disturbed losers who see doing their own murder makes them "famous". These murderers should have their very existence scrubbed from all public records and never have any information about them publicized to the public masses. In other words...they never existed.

I hope that you are young right now. It'll probably be 2 years before a trial and 30 years before sentence is carried out (if ever) after appeals and such. That, of course, is only if he IS the right assassin AND he is convicted AND if he is sentenced to death AND if Conservatives still control the government. Hate to be a downer, but that's the way I see it.

Don't worry, you'll find them....after you step on them.

The no planes flying was weird, We were accustomed to hearing and seeing commercial airliners on a regular basis as their flight paths would often cross over our house depending upon wind direction. The first plane to fly over when the FAA allowed flights again was a 737 that flew very abnormally low, much lower than ever before or after.

I was working with my helper Tony on an extensive electrical remodel, and other trades, at a large condo in Innisbrook which is located in Palm Harbor, Florida. The condo was owned by an well known local attorney John Thompson and his good looking wife. It was a good job for us as we had the ac on and it was comfortable in the large condo. Mrs. Thompson would usually bring us some warm blueberry muffins and butter around 10:00 AM which made the job even nicer. We always listened to the Ron and Ron show on the radio. During the middle of a song, they interrupted to state that a plane had crashed into one of the towers but that's all they knew at that point. I assumed that it was a Cessna type aircraft that had made a mistake. They went back to some music and interrupted it again to say that they were watching a tv and that the hole in the tower was way too big for a small aircraft. By now, Tony and I were standing near the radio so we could listen to their commentary. They were talking about it when suddenly Ron Diaz yelled "Holy S***, another one just rammed the other tower!" Tony and I both looked at each other in shock as the realization kicked in that it was no accident. We listened to them for about 15 more minutes and then I told Tony "We're at war, I'm going home...you can stay if you want to." I packed up my tools and such and headed toward home with was about 25 miles away but I had to get fuel while headed home. After I filled up, I continued home and while listening to the truck radio the second tower hit collapsed. As I pulled into my driveway, the first tower collapsed. I ran into the house, popped a VHS tape into the recorder and turned on the tv. The next thing I did was get my American flag out and put it in it's wall mounted holder. Then I waited a minute or two so my dog could finish his duty and went back into the house to watch tv for the rest of the day. I had called my (then) gal and told her to come home from work but she refused as I don't think she really understood the gravity of the situation. I flew that flag continuously, all day and all night, for the next year exactly. I flew that same flag again today....just as I do every year on 9/11.

A helleva good time and $5.00 left for snack on the way home?