Utah Bob #35998

I would never touch a gun. They’re dangerous!!

True. There was a war on. I wanted to be at the tip of the spear. So I was. Turns out 4 years later, I found out were no equivalent civilian occupation. Who knew? 🙄

Did you know that you can sing the Marine Hym to the tune on My Darling Clementine? True fact.

If you ride the D&SRR do it properly! 😉

He thought the camera would steal his soul. 😆

Glocks are indeed ugly. But I carried 4 models of Glocks as a duty pistol from 89 until I retired in 2006. I ran the revolver transition training and was a Glock armorer. Definitely not junk. Butt ugly though.. 😏

The rowels look like they’re bull riding spurs. Maybe a trophy air?

I came sooo close…

Like my old V10 F250. 😜

Me at the range about 25 years ago showing my officers what a real handgun is. 😆

Yeah, The Haunted Tank! Awesome comic. Made me think about being a tanker for awhile. But I got over it. Even the wrenches fir a damn tank weigh a hunnert pounds.

If you are very lucky the cheapest one you will find will run 900. Most are $1000 or better these days.

Old #473 rolled into the depot finishing up the daily Cascade Canyon run.

It was a Stuart, not a Sherman.

I’ll just leave this right here shall I? 😵‍💫

$79 Nostrovya! ! 🤪

But I’m signed in and everything is fine? Weird. A cruel SASS joke!??🤔

Also the day I left RVN IN. 1970! 🤠

A. Never get firearms shipping device from the Saloon. B. Refer to A. 😉

Security cameras are seldom made by Nikon.

Fred I said what’s the problem Fred? Your shoulders are slumped Your eyes are dead “My life is shot”, says Fred to me I can’t get things together I lost my house key yesterday I have no clue Where it might be I spent two hours out in rainy weather My truck has two flat tires right now A New York hunter shot my cow Two weeks ago, somebody stole my Harley My dog ran off a week ago The cat went with him Wouldn’t ya know And now I’ve got this lump that looks real gnarly Horses won’t let me shoe em Math problems won’t let me do em Doors wouldn’t let me through em Women won’t let me screw em Kites? I never flew em Balloons wouldn’t let me blew em Baseballs never let me threw em Even pigeons won’t let me shoo em Now Fred went on for quite some time I won’t bore you With a rhyme About how that’s just the way he’s always been Doom and gloom is just his thing Sad tales of woe Are all sings I think he’d really rather lose than win After awhile Fred shuffled away To whine himself Through another day And left me with the troubled words he’d said So I turned and walked off down the street Feeling good And light on my feet And I thanked the stars above that I’m not Fred

I completed my 77th trip around the sun. Still upright. 😆 Dreams In the dark and pre-dawn stillness, another dream is born It’s life is sweet but fragile and it fades with coming morn But in your mind the dream was clear as petals from a rose What magic a sweet dream can be, what emotion it can show! A scene from bygone days unfolds, or is it yet to come? In dreams there is no then, no now, the past is never done While fast asleep a dream can last for minutes, or for years As a dream of tragedy can change and gently calm your fears You felt a new love in your dreams, it danced by, soft and slow And you wonder, will it stay or like the dream just fade and go So clear it was, this dancing love. It’s warmth caressed your soul Like a vision of a blooming rose or a golden bell’s soft toll Each morning’s rebirth starts anew with promises of joy You know that to the universe you may be just a toy But toy or not, the song says that we each must play a part And the dreams may bring a new love yet to your tired and wounded heart The morning light will usher out the dreams, both big and small With luck the gentle ones fade slow like sunsets in the fall And as you slowly come to life and hold that thought for just a while You open eyes with gentle sighs, and cannot help but smile

Italians were fighting to defend there home turf. That’s a strong motivator.

The road from Cortez up to Telluride. Spectacular scenery.

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