Back from my self-imposed 30 day break...it was nice.

[Retirednsmilin308]

Yeah, you used to fix the stuff that I operated. Pretty sure the AX rating got subsumed (pun intended) into the ATs. Did you know that Ken Fischer, the electronics guy who founded Trainwreck Circuits and made fine custom guitar amps was at one time an AX?

Welcome back, R. I've taken a couple of short-term vacations from the madness - not counting my involuntary leave of absence while in the hospital - but the gravitational pull of this place keeps sucking me back. What can you do?

Is it gravitational pull or having a few hours of boredom to kill?

To me the internet is not real simply because no one wants to ever make that jump into real world contact with anyone except in the firearms forums I am a member of. There we buy and sell stuff to each other all the time and have face-to-face meetings sometimes. No fear there.

...but everywhere else, there is a poleaxing fear of taking that brave step into reality.

Of course, I do not mean YOU.
I am pretty sure we can share a drink anyplace if the opportunity presented itself.

[Retirednsmilin308]

There's also these lyrics:

......You could hear a pin drop as Tommmy stopped and locked the door.

***DISCLAIMER: not personal about y'all..... I just love that song.***

Coward of the county....

" sometimes you have to fight when you are a man".

[Retirednsmilin308]

That is possibly one of the best things a person can do to ensure their own mental health remains stable.

You got that right.
I found myself being drawn back into all that internet angst I hate so much.

It just so happened we had several days of nice weather too. 60's and some 70's in November.
It was good to get out and feel the sun and wind.

Sometimes you have to UNPLUG to plug back in.

[Retirednsmilin308]

Sooooo, will there be a Catty Shack movie soon? Plz.....no Bill Murray. He's creepy to me. O.o. (That's NOT a joke.)

They kill him in ZOMBIELAND. You should see it.

[silvereyes]

Coward of the county....

" sometimes you have to fight when you are a man".

There's someone for everyone.... And Tommy's love was Becky....

[silvereyes]

They kill him in ZOMBIELAND. You should see it.

Ohhhh, I should!

[Standing Wolf]

I like the "good guy, bad guy" movies myself as a nice escape.
GRIT TV on over the air channel I get is one of them.
It is non-stop westerns. You know they will all end well and the hero rides off in the sunset with the lady.
If you can overlook the completely caucasian Indian princesses and all the Filipino Injun warriors, they are lots of fun to see.

Oh, and the fact they ALL carry 1873 revolvers and Winchesters regardless of the time period.
I want one. You never have to reload the ones they used.

I've found myself watching a lot of Westerns the past couple of years. I catch them on GRIT, and also I buy many DVDs, either on Amazon or for 1 to 3 bucks at a thrift store or Zia Records. A couple of days ago, I picked up Rio Grande, Rio Lobo, Chisum, and several other John Wayne films, widescreen format and still in the factory shrink wrap for $2.99 each at one of the local Goodwill stores.

Love me some Randolph Scott.



There have been some pretty good Westerns made in recent years, but the older ones have got something special. My son the film buff recommended The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, and I was not impressed; too grim and depressing, but mostly just a few guys standing around talking. I also recently watched Bone Tomahawk, because I like Kurt Russell. (Don't. Just don't.) The remake of The Magnificent Seven was pretty good, but it can't compare with the 1960 original.

[Standing Wolf]

They kill him in ZOMBIELAND. You should see it.

My youngest son is a big Hunter S. Thompson fan, but has never seen Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam, so I got the DVD earlier this week and plan to watch it with him this weekend. I'd never heard Thompson speak till some years after seeing that film; till I heard HST, I had no idea how well Murray had mimicked his manic mumble.

[BenjaminO]

Roy Rogers, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Rawhide.
Did I miss any?
These are the westerns I grew up with. Saturday morning in front of the old B&W TV. And Sunday night at 8:00 (I think) was the family gathered around the TV for Bonanza, then off to bed.

Wonderful memories.

[Cotton1]

Roy Rogers, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Rawhide.
Did I miss any?
These are the westerns I grew up with. Saturday morning in front of the old B&W TV. And Sunday night at 8:00 (I think) was the family gathered around the TV for Bonanza, then off to bed.

Wonderful memories.

I enjoy those shows. Its good clean fun