Winston Dawg SASS #73199 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I loved the other Firelands on Belle Alley and I love this one. Hugs .You are in my prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Happy Birthday Sheriff!!! Next round is on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Happy Birthday dear friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wa'l now thank'ee kindly! Just had some Happy Birthday Cake and I wanted to sashay into the local watering hole this morning like John Wayne and quote the man with, "Good morning, sir. Today is my birthday. Give me the best in the house." I would have, too, but 'twas a girl behind the bar and likely she would have looked at me funny if I'd called her sir, and last time I tried to sashay I sideswiped the microwave stand and knocked off a bunch of stuff, so I just set myself down quiet-like and had a shot of Old Crud Cutter. And a pretty good samwitch. And some criss cross cut fried taters dipped in cheese sauce. Erp ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 The Sheriff's Troublemaker has come to its natural end. Do not fear. Pale Eyes will follow. Give me a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 😱😱😱 What will we do without Sarah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 YIPPEEEEEE!  We're off again      Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Yeeeeee Haaaaaaa!!! Here we go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I too,in the past, have met with people (including educators) who thought they were more important than they actually were; this is not to say that they weren't important, they just thought they were more important ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 What will we do without Sarah? Whattaya mean do without her? (insert innocent expression here!) Right now she's in another man's bedroom. Ummm ... well, maybe not another man's bedroom. He's nine years old, and she's trying to explain why she and his Mama look alike, and, ummm ... Okay, it's a little involved. It's also confusing for me at times. The lad's name is Jacob. That's good for the history and it's good for the story but I keep wanting to call him Joseph, and two kind souls were generous enough to whip me off a PM and let me know hey, fella, how many sons does Willamina have, and I had to OOPS -- edit! real fast. I will admit that a nine year old mind is more flexible than my own ossified thought processes, and a nine year old can more easily handle what he's coming into than an adult, and of course some things are the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Like sitting down to bacon and eggs, pancakes and grits and gravy, and discussing with a kindred soul the great truth that terra firma was a lot more firma than the Old Sheriff's bones really enjoyed at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I shoulda known she wasn't really goin anywhere. And I love the challenge of trying to keep up with what's going on. I look forward to each chapter and have even been keeping my wife up to speed on it. Keep up the great work Linn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 I know, I know ... the CPR described is not as it's done today. There's a sound reason for this. Under stress we revert to our original training. If I went down on a witnessed arrest I would perform CPR as I was originally trained. In 1974. As neither Willamina nor Will are current duty emergency medical personnel, their muscle memory would have been from their earliest and most intensive training. (This will be discussed in debriefing. Over nice fresh doughnuts from Grubbs Bakery just down the street. She has a liking for powdered sugar stick doughnuts with white cream filling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Reckon I need to get recertified......sounded like she was doin it how I was trained in the early 80's too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 It's different.No breaths nowadays.We don't have to run a perfect strip on a Recording Annie to qualify anymore. No more uber-cool double-flip of the two halves of the bicarb syringe like Johnny did on TV (we all wanted to open the bicarb so we could look cool doing that!) Sacker-lidge, sez this ancient white bearded Dinosaur of EMS! Sacker-lidge! (sulks away muttering about young whipper snappers, hell in a handbasket and back in my day ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 It's different. No breaths nowadays. We don't have to run a perfect strip on a Recording Annie to qualify anymore. No more uber-cool double-flip of the two halves of the bicarb syringe like Johnny did on TV (we all wanted to open the bicarb so we could look cool doing that!) Sacker-lidge, sez this ancient white bearded Dinosaur of EMS! Sacker-lidge! (sulks away muttering about young whipper snappers, hell in a handbasket and back in my day ...) Â +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I love a good doughnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 The most recent entry -- like many others -- contains a weave of reality. I remember shaking like the Old Sheriff described. It's amazing -- once the situation is over -- how severe a set of "The Clanks" can be. I remember standing outside a house after one situation, grateful I was skinny and my uniform pants were generous, so my shaking knees could not be seen. As simple an action as inserting a fresh magazine in the handle of the Democratic Laundromatic becomes suddenly so unbelievably difficult right after both sides quit punching lead at one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Sir, This story gets more and more intriguing as it goes along. Â Â I LOVE IT !!! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Sir, This story gets more and more intriguing as it goes along. Â Â I LOVE IT !!! Â Â +1,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 It would seem young Jacob is growing up fast. -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 There are moments in a child's life when reality hits them between the eyes like the noon freight. It is genuinely frightening when a mere child sees the curtain rise on what could actually occur, and realize ... ... I could make that happen ... and then realize ... I almost did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I think I got sumptin in my eye ..... screen went all blurrrry. Â Â DANG YOU WRITE GOOD ! Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I think I got sumptin in my eye ..... screen went all blurrrry. Â Â DANG YOU WRITE GOOD ! Â Â Â Â +1000000000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Re: The Family Legend. Â Linn, my friend, ya done it again! -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Dang screen is blurrry-er ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Nor does Marshal MacNeil recall the how and why of his and Dawg's association but it was long and fruitful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Well, it's official. That tale is ended. I feel wrung out, kind of like a twisted up dish rag. Willamina is gonna take a while to heal up and maybe I'd best leave the poor woman alone. Between Richard settin' the stove on fire tryin' to fry up some hamburger meat, and a nine year old son who gets into two gunfights in the same week, she's got her hands full without my causing more trouble! No, I reckon it's time to give poor Willamina a rest. The Old Sheriff, now ... he's still fair game ... if anyone's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Term Emory Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 She's definitely been through the fire lately!!! Great story Linn. Â If you're up to writin, I reckon I'm up to readin!! I'm not sure if know what to do if I didn't have your story tellin to look forward to!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogie Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 You sure know how to keep me on the edge of my seat during lunch everyday. Â Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Keep it up, Linn, keep it up. You spin a good yarn. -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Don't you dare quit on us ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Ain't about to! I ain't got to the bee tree yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Bee Tree ??? Â Â ........... cryptic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Never cut into a cryptic Bee Tree, mostly beech, they tend to hollow out in their old age, unlike me what just gets fat. A coptic Bee Tree would be found in an Egyptian monastery, most likely, and I don't know if they have beech trees over that-a-way. Likely they don't. Last bee tree we cut had all kind of initials jack knifed into its smooth bark, a half century's worth of initials, hearts and symbols. A cryptic Bee Tree might be Russian, that sounds similar to Cyrillic, which is their particular alphabet, and while I don't know about Soviet beech, I do know they have either birch or aspen, maybe both. (I want to say birch for sure) Maybe a cryptic Bee Tree would sprout of an abandoned tomb ... you know, a crypt ... Daggone, wouldn't that be a spooky one! Bees guardin' more than their own! (I know, I know ... two million comedians out of work and I've got to come along .. don't quit my day job ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 A few comments on the current thread, with Willamina and young Jacob back in modern day Perry County, researching the Old Sheriff's childhood: There is a Paso Fino ranch above Athens, and it's beautiful, I've been there. Sunday Creek and Monday Creek do exist and the reasons for their names, is accurately recounted. There is a high sandstone cliff at BK Crossing, a man did fall to his death, his arms were compound fractured and he bled to death. Just south of that is a community still known as Hatfield (population one), where Hatfield's Mill used to be, and the old coach road winds down from the back bone of the ridge and yes, it was an old coach road. Altier Brothers nearly lost their drill truck when they drilled into the old mine shaft on the Corning playground, just as Willamina described. Willamina's father is based on a real lawman, who was killed as described -- for real. I remember his death and it is not a good memory. Jacob's revolver -- Willamina's father's revolver -- is actually the revolver carried by the Rendville marshal. In real life, he'd broken the main spring and took it to a local gunsmith. The smith quoted him five bucks for a new spring, which was too rich for the lawman's blood, so a neighbor made a main spring out of a butter knife blade. I was NOT going to write THAT into the story! I don't care if it is just an anemic little .38 S&W caliber! Even the Perry County Sheriff is a man I knew, though his name is ... changed. He was a good man and I miss him. More to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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