Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Reading this article made me think how would ya'll have liked to die in the Old West? A quick bullet to the head? In bed with a sassy lady (or man) How about in your sleep under the stars? Yea that's mine! http://www.historynet.com/what-do-you-consider-the-best-and-worst-ways-one-could-have-died-on-the-western-frontier.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Worst? Probably tortured and slow roasted on a Comanche or Apache fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Best way: Just not waking up one morning. Worst way: Complications from an STD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 worst, at least one way, dying from burns that resulted from yur clothes catching fire during an up close gun fite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Worst way is being skinned by the Commanches!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The old being staked out on an anthill would be another bad one. Best, Waking up one morning to discover nothing hurts. Dad always said that once you're over 50 if you wake up one morning and nothing hurts you'll know you died during the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 "They tie you to a wagon wheel and smear pitch all over you. Then, they set you on fire." Also, did anyone see the old Burt Lancaster movie, "Ulzana's Raid"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT. QUINCANNON, SASS #32999 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah, the Indian torture thing would be a bad 'un. alright. Trampled by a herd of buffalo wouldn't be fun, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet Jones 99980 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Tied out in the sun with wet leather thongs sounds pretty bad. Die of thirst and such after a few days in agony. In my own bed surrounded by family and friends at a very advanced age sounds pretty alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G #1840 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Rabies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Homesteaders had their own fears. Digging wells, and being buried alive when the walls caved in. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Worst-Be'n around my X-wife Best-Be'n around my wife OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Best--a massive heart attack while doing the horizontal mambo with a beautiful woman Worst--a hatchet to the back while doing the horizontal mambo with a beautiful woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Well, this is hard for me to admit. But one of my ancestors was hanged from the tongue of a wagon out on the Kansas prairie for shooting a man in the back and stealing his horse. The good new is, that ancestor didn't have any offspring to taint the family blood. That's true, at least according to one of my uncles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Deck 100366 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Worst would have to be gettin' scalped while not quite dead. best, falling asleep holdin' my wifes hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Deaths of other ancestors of mine. A Great Grandfather drowned in the Missouri River trying to save a child. The child drowned also. Another Great Grandfather was killed in the oil fields of California from an explosion. A Great Uncle died after being kicked in the head by a mule. My Grandfather's first wife died in child birth. The child also died. An Uncle of mine died when he was a boy from a rock fight with other boys. He was hit in the stomach and died two day later. I don't know which death was better or worse, but once dead, it prove to be rather permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echeconnee Drifter Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Best way - Being shot dead at the age of 108 when discovered in bed by a jealous husband. Worst way - Being shot dead when discovering your wife in bed with a 108 year old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Worst-Be'n around my X-wife Best-Be'n around my wife OLG Was that The Original Mrs. Lumpy Grits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliope Cupcake #13981 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 WORST--- HANGIN' OR SNAKE BITE BEST-- IN MY SLEEP LIKE OUR SON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Chains Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Best way like my Grandfather: at 94 he got run over by a drunk at three AM leaving his girl friend's apartment (drunk was the son of local judge, so he never spent even a day in jail). Worst way: having to endure the torture of endless political speeches from leftist politicians while my brain is slowly poisoned, rots, and leaks out my ears! I can feel the poison seep in every time that man at 1600 opens his mouth before I can turn off the radio. Edit: actually that was my great grandfather (late night typing is something I should avoid) and since it happened sixty years ago there were no blood alcohol tests and corrupt judges and politicians have never been limited to the Old West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Didn't want to put my personal fear online, but here it is. Since most western town didn't have the best fire fighting if any besides bucket brigade, my biggest fear is burning alive. Back when I was in my 20s, I was caught inside a building explosion, 2nd story and fought myself out on fire. To this day, I still cringe at fires, and had to walk out of "Towering Inferno". MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Doggle Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Best: In the sack with Miss Kitty. Worst: In the sack with Miss Kitty and have Mat walk in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim No Horse Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Man...you are dead right on that Boondoggle.....Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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