Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 History: back about 1995 Old Scout, Joy Belle, and I went to lunch one Wednesday about noon at the Iron Skillet in Ontario, CA. Cliff Hanger joined us for the second or third one and then we added others over time. Someone (Lefty?) suggested a name, The Grumpy Lunch Bunch) and a mascot was chosen. Eventually we changed the times to every other Thursday at 11:00 (to beat the lunch crowds) and we decided to never go to the same place twice in a row. It worked for a long time and still does. The GLB still lives on. Now, I've been gone from California coming on 5 1/2 years now and I think about that group often. Some have died, some have moved away, some have quit, and a few have just plain disappeared. It's one of a very few, maybe a half dozen, things I miss about California. Anyhow, I have a group of four people put together here, again by happenstance not deliberate, and have decided to resurrect the GLB here in central Arizona in the Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey-Humboldt, Mayer area and am inviting anyone interested to get in touch with me and see what we can get moving. The originals were all CAS shooters, but we gathered in a few others as well. Women have always been welcome but have never been plentiful amongst or ranks and I'd like to see that change, too. They tend to be calming addition and they sure pretty up the gatherings. Non shooters are also welcome, but anti-gunners are not. No use poisoning the thing before it gets started. Let me know. And check out cliffhangershideout.com to see how the word is passed down there. Hope to see some of you at lunch soon. Forty Rod PS: feel free to start a similar group anywhere you are. I can see a rousing bunch in every state and country where there are like-minded folks. I will be willing to lend suggestions and good wishes wherever you all are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Would one of you email this to me. I broke the thingy on my computer that lets me transfer to email directly. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Dang it 40R, AZ is a little too far to drive for lunch! Did enjoy it when it was near enough to work to be able to join you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Hell, Barney, get in touch with Cliff Hanger or Rowdy Yates and join those guys down there. They mostly run from Orange north to Victorville and as far west as Erwindale or thereabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Excellent! I'll keep an eye out for when they swing back into this area, looking at his website, they hit a number of places close enough to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Forty Rod, guess you don't get together with the Whiskey Row Gunslingers anymore. We meet every Thursday morning at 7 A.M. at Zeke's Eatin' Place in the Frontier Village Mall in Prescott (just down Hwy69) from Prescott Valley, I'm sure you know the place. We are not a "Grumpy Bunch", just a bunch of pards getting' together to have breakfast and talk CAS shootin'. I'm the greenhorn of the bunch, but I'm sure you know a lot of the cowboys there, anyway you're welcome to join us. AZGF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Our little bunch is meeting this Thursday at Cancun Lagoon in Gallatin, Tennessee at 12:30 !! Anybody who wants to join us is welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Our little bunch is meeting this Thursday at Cancun Lagoon in Gallatin, Tennessee at 12:30 !! Anybody who wants to join us is welcome!! Did I here that Imis was buying for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Just now, Tyrel Cody said: Did I here that Imis was buying for everyone No! But he’s bringing Blue Boy if things don’t change!! That alone is worth the price of admission!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Just now, Blackwater 53393 said: No! But he’s bringing Blue Boy if things don’t change!! That alone is worth the price of admission!! It is indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 GLB2E Grumpy Lunch Bunch 2 East chapter. Imis and Blue Boy will be in attendence. Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Sure Wish I could be there !!! Have Fun ... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 5:14 PM, Arizona Gunfighter said: Forty Rod, guess you don't get together with the Whiskey Row Gunslingers anymore. We meet every Thursday morning at 7 A.M. at Zeke's Eatin' Place in the Frontier Village Mall in Prescott (just down Hwy69) from Prescott Valley, I'm sure you know the place. We are not a "Grumpy Bunch", just a bunch of pards getting' together to have breakfast and talk CAS shootin'. I'm the greenhorn of the bunch, but I'm sure you know a lot of the cowboys there, anyway you're welcome to join us. AZGF I may stop by, but there's one thing I gotta tell you...and anyone else: IMHO any group that gets together on the same day, every week and eats at the same place, and at the same table, and everyone orders the same thing week after week after week doesn't seem to be my cup of mud. I'm easily bored and this is why I've joined a couple of other groups since moving here and have moved on from every one of them. I will admit that this is only one opinion, but it my case it's so. I'll likely see you down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 6:28 PM, Tyrel Cody said: Did I here that Imis was buying for everyone Not unless your ears are broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I did not buy for everybody, maybe next time. Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/17/2019 at 2:42 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I may stop by, but there's one thing I gotta tell you...and anyone else: IMHO any group that gets together on the same day, every week and eats at the same place, and at the same table, and everyone orders the same thing week after week after week doesn't seem to be my cup of mud. I'm easily bored and this is why I've joined a couple of other groups since moving here and have moved on from every one of them. I will admit that this is only one opinion, but it my case it's so. I'll likely see you down the road. That's why I don't hang out with old retired geezers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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