[Happy Mother's Day]

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Just hit the "x" in the upper right corner to play video. 

[Let's cut to the chase...]

1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:

When is the last time that you actually participated in a match?

Pre-COVID.

Ann & I recently checked on renewing our membership to the Eustis Gun Club and found out that we could not automatically get renewed as prior members, but had to go through a training class first. Has to be on a particular Sunday of the month if I recall.

Will be attempting to renew this summer so I can get back into CAS.

[Don't ever try licking the bottom of a ship!]

 

[Of Viands and Victuals]

https://www.foodtalkdaily.com/recipes/salads/potato-salad/french-potato-salad-44727895

 

[And for my next caper...]

https://www.foodtalkdaily.com/recipes/salads/potato-salad/french-potato-salad-44727895

 

 

Notice the use of Capers. 

[And it's the COLD truth!]

On occasion we use ice cube trays to supplement our ice maker for large parties.
This morning while filling the ice cube trays we currently have:

I suggested that based on their construction being hard plastic,  freezing water and then twisting the tray will eventually lead to them cracking, we should consider buying silicone trays.

Lo and Behold,  Ann reminded me we used to have these..

[Happy Mother's Day]

 

 

[What was your first album...]

14 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Herb Albert,  Taste of Honey.

Still have it 

 

Don't be afraid to show it! 

 

[Continuing today's music theme...]

Rick Wakeman's [YES] awesome piano solo: [How this guy can control his left and right hand is astonishing ]

 

 

[What was your first album...]

@Rye Miles #13621,

I had completely forgotten the ol' 45 rpm. I only had one in my life and I didn't buy it. I found it on a vacant lot in some junk someone had dumped. Wasn't in too bad a condition either.

 

[Let's cut to the chase...]

This is the knife Cullen used in "Hell on Wheels".

 

 

 

 

[Can't get them out of my head lately!]

Today I've either responded to or started a Topic relating to music. 
I've been listening to all kinds of music in my head the past few days remembering songs that were a BIG part of my life.
Just thought I would share them with you. 

[What was your first album...]

I have to admit I was only a 15 year old at the time. 

 

 

 

[You have a choice]

Assume you are at a place where you are only allowed to listen to the songs on only five (5) albums.
Without choosing a "Greatest Hits" album, which would you choose?

Mine would be:

Fragile - [YES]

Brain Salad Surgery - [ELP]

 

Tarkus - [Emerson, Lake & Palmer]

To our Children's, Children's Children - [The Moody Blues]

Tumbleweed Connection - [Elton John]

[Happy Mother's Day]

Here's a shout out to all those lovely ladies who have made us who we are today. 

 

[Beauty In The Ears Of The Beholder - Add Your Own]

 

[Let's cut to the chase...]

Can you show me what you use and what do I look for to make sure it has the appearance of an Old West period knife?

For example would this one I found on

 

(as @Rip Snorter suggested)

be an option?

[Let's cut to the chase...]

7 minutes ago, Alpo said:

You want something period correct?

 

 

https://www.iverybers.com/product/old-hickory-7-in-straight-edge-butcher-knife/?msclkid=c81df1c9c0321bb04b5d99d7a3435d0f

 

$6 at this place. You got to make a sheath but, I'm sure you can get a sheath for less than the $93 extra that the canoe knife would cost you.

 

I could then use the extra savings to have my local leather guy make me one.

[Kinetic 12 Gauge Round]

 

 

 

[Let's cut to the chase...]

Considering adding a knife to my SASS outfit.
Haven't spent much time looking at actual knives, except at the local flea market; however, they did not have one that appealed to me. 
I have done some research online, but again, nothing that made my heart pound.
Closest I've come was this one online.

Would like it to be a period replica.
What do you carry and where was it obtained.?
Hopefully your suggestions will make my heart skip a beat! 

[And for my next caper...]

 

 

A caper is the pickled or salt-cured, immature flower bud of the caper bush,a prickly shrub native to the Mediterranean and some parts of Asia. 

 

             Caper bush seeds.

 

 

The small, green balls have a salty, sour, and tangy flavor similar to green olives, but with more herbal notes and less oil. The pickling process releases mustard oil, giving them a pungent, peppery taste. Capers are a staple ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, especially in southern Italian and Sicilian dishes. 

 

 

[In case you didn't know...]

Placed a 3rd Party order on which was shipped from the supplier by .
Order was placed in our mailbox instead of our front porch.

 
I know the driver was lazy and took the easiest method of delivery.

According to the Internet:

FedEx is generally not allowed to deliver packages to a USPS mailbox. It's against federal law to place anything in a mailbox that doesn't have USPS postage. FedEx and UPS drivers are instructed to deliver packages to a secure location like the recipient's doorstep or garage, not a mailbox. 

[Not the Sharpest Marble In the Box]

And on the cuter side....

 

 

 

[Pope Leo XIV]

2 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.  It might be a mite irreverent of me, but I'll always think of him as "Pope Bob."  

I thought the same thing and when I told Ann, she gave me that "Oh no you won't " look.

[Smoke cam]

The new pontiff's choice of regnal name aligns him with a lineage of popes known for strong leadership and doctrinal clarity. The last Catholic Church leader with the papal name Leo was Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903. He was known for his intellectual contributions and social teachings.