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    Do you use the honor system at Halloween?

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    6 hours ago, Alpo said:

    I was researching trick or treat the other day. I know Halloween has been around forever. But specifically going door to door begging for candy. 

     

    There is a movie called Meet Me In St Louis. It's a year in the life of this family the year of the St Louis World's Fair. And they had Halloween. All the kids dressed up. They lit bonfires. And they killed people they didn't like. They would have a paper sack - like a lunch bag - with flour in it. They would go knock on the door, and when the guy came to the door they would tell him, "I hate you Mr Johnson", and throw a handful of flour on him. That was "killing him". But they didn't beg for candy when they knocked. They just threw flour on the guy that answered the door. 

     

    Seems like I read the trick or treat started after world War II, when sugar was available again. Not according to the all-knowing internet.

     

    And the section on trick or treat it said that some people hand out candy to the kids, and some just put a bowl of candy outside on a table for the children to use the honor system. 

     

    There's an online story with a rich family. Gated estate. And on the gate they have two buckets. One is full of full size Hershey bars and the other is full of full size Snickers. And there's a note saying that if the bucket is empty to call on the gate phone, and the butler will come out and refill the buckets. 

     

    But the kids that I used to run around with - if they came up to a bowl of candy sitting on the porch, they would dump it all in their bag and walk away happy.

    I sorta fell in love with Judy Garland because of that movie.

    More Krags than I’ve ever seen!

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    A 1939 Gary Cooper movie, The Real Glory. Philippines in 1906.

    Philippine Constabulary vs Moros, and a cholera epidemic. Dozens of Krags, 1892 Colts, and an 1883 Gatling (they could have used a Maxim though).

    And a young Broderick Crawford. Pretty good film.

     

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    Why do so many men dress like crap?

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    Over the centuries, clothing has evolved and devolved. From Roman robes to Elizabethan tights and ruffs. The 20th century must be the most rapid and radical stylistic changes ever. Especially since WW2. I was raised to dress neatly when going to town. My mother dressed like Harriet Nelson. White gloves and pearls when grocery shopping.

    Nowadays, the  styles are geared toward comfort. It seems this had led the overall population to assume there are no guidelines. No telling what the next century will bring. I won’t be around to see it. I’ll just continue to do me. 🤪

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    Pome alert

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    I’m Not Dead Yet aka The Old Man Blues 😁
     
    I wish I had more energy
    But I’m just too damn old
    Thats why nowadays
    My feet get so damn cold

    But I’m not dead yet
    So I’m feeling kinda bold
     
    No I’m not dead yet
    I was almost, once or twice
    I can tell you here and now
    It really ain't that nice
     
    Why just the other day
    I walked into a door
    I bumped my knee and I stubbed my toe
    And I fell down on the floor
     
    When I stood up quick I hit my head
    On the liquor cabinet
    I screamed so loud my neighbors thought
    I was playin a clarinet
     
    But I’m here to tell you anyhow
    I’m not dead yet
     
    When I was a younger fella
    I did some crazy stuff
    Joined the army for a coupla years
    But that was quite enough
     
    Jumped outa big old airplanes
    Climbed a mountain top or two
    Almost got my ass blown up
    I swear to God that’s true
    But

    I’m here to tell ya now
    I’m not dead yet
     
    Now all you young folks listen
    As you ramble on through life
    Just keep on movin forward
    Through all the trials and strife
     
    And when you’re old and gray
    And the young folks look at you
    Just smile and look em in the eye
    And say just like I do.

    HEY!
    I’m not dead yet
    😉

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    Cold War Fighters

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    I was standing on the drop zone outside Bad Tölz Germany in 1968 having just hit the earth and was taking off my chute harness, 

    Suddenly,  with a scream, two Luftwaffe F104s buzzed us at about 100 feet. People hit the ground, leaves dropped off the trees, chickens in town probably stopped laying. It was one of the coolest things I’d ever seen!

    Lt Col Beck, the C company commander threw a fit. Normally a pretty calm guy, when he threw a fit it was well thrown. Don’t know if the pilots were ever identified or not.😁😁👍

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    Home security

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    I saw the Simpli Safe security system commercial. You know, the one where the guy is watching the security monitor and the alarm goes of as the two burglar dirtbags enter the yard.
    He sternly says, “STOP. THIS IS SIMPLISAFE! YOU ARE BEING MONITORED AND RECORDED. I’M REQUESTING POLICE DISPATCH” and they run off like their asses are on fire.
    I’d like to be the guy with the monitor and the microphone. But when the alarm started whooping I would have difficulty sticking to the company’s mandatory script. I don’t think I’d even say STOP. Probably just “BAZINGA or BOOGA BOOGA”, followed by a banshee scream, some automatic fire sound effects from my phone and stream of profanity that would blast the leaves off the backyard trees, and peel the pint off the pickett fence. I’d have the volume up to eleven. The neighborhood pets would be evacuating as fast as they could run, despite their little shock collars going off.
     
    When the bosses came and reviewed the incident, the blown out smoking speakers, cracked windows, bent rain gutters, scorched patio furniture, I’d be out of a job.
    Oh and the bourbon bottle.
    I think it would be worth it though.
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    Old timey switchblade knives.

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    5 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

    As the title line above says, this is an old timey style knife.  The spring is a piece of round spring steel wire some 2 3/4" long.  The end of the wire (butt end) is held in place by a brass "rivet" that goes though the scales and body from side to side.

     

    I can see what needs to be done, but haven't the tools or skills to get it done.

    I used to have a few vintage German made wire spring models yeas ago. Same problem. Try to email Blade HQ in Salt Lake city. They might be able to help. 
    https://www.bladehq.com

    Old timey switchblade knives.

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    2 hours ago, No Horse Hair, SASS #77464 said:

    On some of the Italian and Mexican switches you can work that spring out of it's slot. That would give you a better chance of "arcing" it. But if it breaks.....parts aren't readily available. Most all modern switch blades use a coil spring nestled in the handle.

    I have a number of auto knives. Both frame and a is locks. Bokers, Bucks, Kershaws, Benchmade, Gerbers, etc. only the OTF models like the John Wick Microtech have coil springs.

     

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