Coming home

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

Well I guess we can go find another tree easier than picking buckshot out of our asses. Let's see what we can find up on the mountain. Sure hope it doesn't land on Calamity's place . . .

[Finagler 6853 Life]

I've been lurking in the shadows mostly but it is good to see you're back. Now let's see your front.

 

Fred(if I didn't laugh at my jokes, no one would)Finagler

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

thinking I will just stay here and DRINK

 

Bottles , set em up , and keep em full

 

CB

[Blackwater 53393]

HEY!! CB!!! Let's don't blow the danged place up this year!! Whaddaya say???

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

HEY!! CB!!! Let's don't blow the danged place up this year!! Whaddaya say???

That's a pessimistic attitude

[Blackwater 53393]

That's a pessimistic attitude

 

 

Not really. I just figure between Calamity's shotgun and Bill's propensity toward pyrotechnic products, the likelihood of an epic episode of explosive events was eminent!!

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

more like impending

 

So now that I've located a tree up here, pass me that u joint. . .

[Maddog McCoy SASS #5672]

Good to see you, Mark.

 

Would you want to ride up with a couple axes and some tools before you get all us in trouble?

 

You have to give me a bit of time to get there since I am now in Alabama but I got a fast horse.

 

 

Maddog McCoy

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

I'd rather get us all in trouble. It is either my blessing or my curse. Besides my famous exploding u joints make axes obsolete-ask Blackwater

 

Are you familiar with Bear Meat Cabin?

[Calico Mary]

I am NOT gonna be tha wun stuck cleanin' up after yuz......

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

After a good freeze, the blood and body parts are easy to deal with-now digging the hole is another story!

[Blackwater 53393]

I'll work on the machinery. I'll cut trees. I'll even help keep the peace, (that don't apply here). But I AIN'T doin' no digging in the dirt!!

 

 

CB!! Pitch me a couple of them Dynamite sticks!!

 

 

 

 

Mutters under breath, "Ask me ta' dig!! What the HELL are YOU thinkin'???"

Edited December 8, 2016 by Blackwater 53393

[Marty Mudd]

Hey J. Mark,

Shot that .41 Blackhawk,I got from you in a match a few weeks ago. It works fine. Paired up with a gorgeous 3-screw Doug Turnbull .41 that belonged to Wild Root. Love them .41's!

Still owe you for the advice on having Larry fix my car in Nashville. Don't get down that way very often these days. Been heading out to Arizona in the winter.

You are always welcome to come up this way. Fire in the Hills is on me any year you get here.

Your Pard,

Marty Mudd

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

Thanks Marty! I thought about shooting my remaining Blackhawk in a match sometime, but a .30 Carbine loaded with 4F is not catagory legal.

[Blackwater 53393]

Hey!! Colonel!!! Where do you want that hole???

[Calamity Kris]

Calamity looks at the gathering crowd, shakes her head and mutters under her breath, "Looks like I best get back into the store and start gathering bandages, iodine and other necessary items. These folks is fixin' to cause a ruckus again this year and someone is bound to get hurt."

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

Looks like Calamity is heading to town, lets get that tree before she gets back!

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

hey Blackwater ,

 

look over younder , that be a badger hole or something close to it

 

be real easy to fill that up , NO digging needed

 

what d ya think the soot looking stuff around it ?

[Blackwater 53393]

"LET 'ER BUCK!!" says I.

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

and with that the tree leapt from the ground and into the sky followed by a few tons of dirt and rock. As it headed up and in the direction of Toostone I looked at Blackwater

 

"You used both the Ujoints with the dynamite didn't you?"

[Blackwater 53393]

Used what you gave me!!!

 

 

Waste not, want not!!!

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

After a good freeze, the blood and body parts are easy to deal with-now digging the hole is another story!

 

Like this, J Mark?

 

(Helluva shot with that snubbie, too! )

 

[Blackwater 53393]

 

Like this, J Mark?

 

(Helluva shot with that snubbie, too! )

 

 

 

That's how they got rid of Jimmy Hoffa!!

[Marty Mudd]

Thanks Marty! I thought about shooting my remaining Blackhawk in a match sometime, but a .30 Carbine loaded with 4F is not catagory legal.

 

 

 

Damn dumbest sale of a gun ever, was when I sold that .30 Carbine Blackhawk.

You can shoot the 2 .41 mags if you come up. Got lots of ammo.

Bring the .30 and some of those 4F black loads. We'll go over to the long range and do some testing.

[Blackwater 53393]

Just short of the stratosphere, the tree is caught by the wind, turning it back to a vertical orientation. It pauses for a second as it reaches its zenith........

[Maddog McCoy SASS #5672]

Have given it some thought, I loaded a few tools on my fastest horse and headed for the saloon. About mile from the saloon, I heard the explosions and kicked my horse to go faster. As I rode up in front of the Saloon, I looked up high in the sky and saw a tree and bunch dirt starting back towards the ground and headed my way.

I shook my head and thought "This ain't gona be good".

 

I jumped off my horse and ran in to the Saloon, "Bottled, give me two beers to go" I looked up the patches in the roof and everybody was staring at me.

 

"Anybody that does not want hit with 2 tons of dirt and a tree may want to clear of here" I yelled as I went out the door with my beer.

Edited December 14, 2016 by Maddog McCoy SASS #5672

[Calico Mary]

see....tole yu them varmints wuz gonna make a big mess sooner or later.....I taint gonna clean it up!!!!!!

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

A stiff breeze caught the tree as it spiraled downward and pushed it toward the Saloon. It struck the roof, smashing through with no resistance and hit the floor which gave way dropping the base into the basement humidor. In the saloon, the light shined through the roof and 12 feet of Norther Spruce stuck up from the floor at an odd angle while the rest of the tree dropped needles everywhere.

 

Somehow, no one was injured, no one was hurt and the liquor was untouched, but the gaping hole in the roof and floor were not the upgrades the Saloon was in need of. . . .

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

well , it AIN'T snowin' (YET) , no reason to fix the roof

 

ya can push them needles in the hole in the floor

 

time for a couple of drinks ,

[Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463]

Howdy J.Mark!!! Bottles set em up!

[Colonel John Hays, SASS #29625]

Hey J Mark...good to see your still kicking!!! Is that dang ole Ford still running? Have bottle on me. Jack Hays

[Blackwater 53393]

"Ya' know? If that ball of dirt and roots settles in down there, this hyere ol' tree could just settle in an' grow!!" Blackwater chuckled. "We can patch the roof around the trunk and the floor too!"

 

The others looked at ol' Blackwater like he had three heads.

 

"Hell!" he continued, "In a couple of years the ol' Saloon hyere could be a tree house!!" he concluded, roaring with laughter.

[MAYOBARD SASS #13025L]

Who?

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

Have given it some thought, I loaded a few tools on my fastest horse and headed for the saloon. About mile from the saloon, I heard the explosions and kicked my horse to go faster. As I rode up in front of the saloon, I looked up high in the sky and saw a tree and bunch dirt starting back towards the ground and headed my way.

I shook my head and thought "This ain't gona be good".

 

I jumped off my horse and ran in to the saloon, "Bottled, give me two beers to go" I looked up the patches in the roof and everybody was staring at me.

 

"Anybody that does not want hit with 2 tons of dirt and a tree may want to clear of here" I yelled as I went out the door with my beer.

ACS! Always Capitalize Saloon!

[Blackwater 53393]

Bottles!! Set 'em up!! No Gin fer me!! I ain't even thinkin' 'bout no Juniper juice!!