I believe the year was 1880 and in the town of Big Whiskey, Wyoming,

Sheriff Little Bill Daggett killed William Munny's best friend, Ned Logan.

Sheriff Daggett then placed in an open coffin out in front of Greeley's bar

the body of Logan with a sign that read "this is what happens to assassins

around here". When William Munny rode into town that rainy night and saw

his deceased partner and the sign, he totally lost it. He went into the

bar and started the justice process rolling with a mule ear coachgun.

 

The movie is Unforgiven (1992) starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman

and Gene Hackman. The sign that was used in the movie is in the photo above

and I took this picture at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in

Griffith Park, California (2010). Unforgiven won the Academy Award for

Best Picture of 1992.

I went to the mall today and while there I went to Surf City Squeeze

to have another one of those delicious banana-banana smoothies.

I got my smoothie, took a seat on a nearby bench to balance my

checkbook and when I looked up these guys were staring at me,
just like you see here.

~ Reason #14 Why I Would Not Be Good Law Enforcement ~

Because if I were a cop, and I saw you cross this double yellow

line to pass a car in front of you (like I saw you do today) just because

they were going a little too slow for your liking, I would light you up

and ticket you a minimum $500 traffic fine right before I pull you

out of your window and thrash you to a pulp for putting everybody

around you including me in possible lethal danger.

 

This another in a series of reasons

Why I Would Not Be Good Law Enforcement.

When my much beloved stepfather was alive, he had a bar at

the ranch and one of the items he decorated it with was this

train. It is actually a Jim Beam (I believe) collectible and all

those cars are totally filled with whiskey. He said that this

collectible would be my son's when my son was old enough

and had a place for it.

Mr. Fox (featured once before) is enjoying the warm

sunshine here on the ranch today.

Blue Rhino Propane.

I don't care what Billy Prim says, it sounds political to me.

Calm down, Mr. Prim, calm down. I'm just messin' about.

In 1995 I bought this small pirate skull with the "ruby" eye at the

Pieces of Eight Shop at Disneyland. Pieces of Eight is the store

that you pass by as you exit the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction,

or at least at the time it was. I think they've remodeled since I've

been so I'm not sure if it's still in the same location. I used to love

that store. I have one or two other items I bought there that I might

post pictures of in the future.

We got us some "cactus apples".

Or some folks call them "prickly pears". I'm not sure what the

real name is, but we got a lot of 'em. These are actually edible

and can be used for everything from jam to salad dressing.

I've never eaten one although we've had them around for years

and one day I should try them.

 

 

They usually just fall off and go back to Mother Earth.

Quentin Tarantino's awesome movie "Grindhouse".

Three movie posters at 0.49 cents each: $1.47

Three wood frames total: $15.00

Sub total: $16.47

Tax: $1.27

Total: $17.74

 

Score.

It's been pretty cold and we had some hail here the other day. That's

about a haily as it gets in these parts. And usually when it hails

the wind blows strong and BAM against the windows with that stuff.

Pretty loud.

Here are two more things that I bought at gun shows quite a few

years ago. Have you ever seen a Spyderco FOLD-A-VEE knife sharpener?

I've never really used it. I bought it because it looked unique. It's for field

use and when folded up it fits in the leather sheath you see there. It works

pretty good I suppose.

 

Also pictured is another item I never really used. That's an older
version of a Gerber LMF knife. It's a cool knife, but I feel that it's a
little "pretend", kind of  like the Buckmaster 184 survival knife that
I posted a photo of not too long ago. I think that they are good knives, but
not very practical. I'm not sure how much abuse they would

take. I've never even taken the LMF to a stone.

Playing tonight at Tex Cinema is Bullitt (1968) starring the one

and only Steve McQueen. Pictured above on the cinema screen is

Mr. McQueen (on the right, if I have to tell ya) as Lieutenant Frank Bullitt
and Don Gorden as Sergeant Delgetti, both members of the
San Francisco Police Department.

 

My dad and his wife took me to see this movie when it opened and I really

enjoyed it. So much so that I begged my mom and her boyfriend to take
me to see it again at the drive-in. So they did. But when we got there the
 box office ticket guy said to us, "Sorry, we're sold out. Just drive on through
to the exit please." So we did. But on the way through we spotted an open
space and SCORE! Free movie.

Bullitt is notable for a spectacular car chase through the streets of
San Francisco (Steve McQueen did a lot of his own driving) that was just
awesome in the theater but pretty much just as effective on a  smaller screen.
If you are into car chases on film, this is a mandatory watch.

 

Steve McQueen was McCool. Everybody knew it.

I bought this snow globe in 2007 at the Dollar Store. I paid a dollar for

it (just in case you wondered). I always liked the little 3-D type treeline

and river, how forced perspective is used.

 And the little deer looks more like an alien than anything else.
But he puts on a brave face. I would pay a dollar for it again.

I took this picture with my old camera because the opportunity

presented itself when I had that one in hand. I like the way the

cactus needles/tines really show up with the sun behind them. But

unfortunately through lack of skill and a not so great camera,

a good photographic representation was not going to happen.

I went out a short time later to try again with my other camera,
still with not much success. Maybe I should stick with pizzas.
You can't take a bad picture of a pizza.

Ever wonder what Jolly Time Popcorn does when you plant it?
 

 

Wonder no more. But unfortunately, this is all it does.
 

 

When I put it in the ground, it bought the farm.

It was an experiment in fun.

I was in the checkout line at Walmart and the "impulse buy" freezer

was full of ARROZ con LECHE. Ice cream bars of some kind, but I

am not sure exactly what kind. It was all pretty much in Spanish.

Forgive me. Another pizza post.

I loves me some pizza.

 

I went to Kmart to do a little shopping (it's the only place that is

never out of stock on some makeup I use) and lo and behold, a Little

Caesar's Pizza is inside the store! Well, I knew it was in there as I

had been there before, but I decided that it was high time to have

another portion of my all time favorite food.

 

Two $5 HOT-N-READY pizzas to go.

She even gave me this cool heavy duty foil type bag to keep my

pizzas in so they would stay warm. They actually stayed HOT. I took

them out to the truck to have a couple of pieces before taking the rest

home for tomorrow.

 

Oh yeah... look at that beauty. And it WAS hot. WAY too hot to

eat. I was dying. My favorite food laid out before me and I

 am serious, it was scorching. It would have taken 15 minutes for

it to cool down enough to eat by hand. TORTURE!

 

But I am prepared. Everybody makes fun of me for keeping a

Snow Peak titanium spork in my purse. But here's the deal: I

will be greasin' down while they are burning their little hands. Hip

hip for Snow Peak!

 

And the wonderful view I enjoyed as I ate. Heh heh... Ghetto.

And yeah, I know... Little Caesar's is not the king of pizza, but

I love pizza so much that you really have to screw it up

for me to not like it. Ciao!

I started smoking at a very young age and smoked for a long time. I quit

a few times, once for about five years, then I picked it up again for

a few, but this time I haven't smoked for almost ten years. I am certain I will

not ever start again. But as I have said before, I am always on the smoker's side.

And when I am reminded of the price of cigarettes as I was today by this sign,

I am in awe. I am just in total awe. Ridiculous.

 

Many years ago when I did smoke and new anti-smoking rules were coming into

effect for the company I worked for, I remember reading a memo about how smokers

and non-smokers would have to reach a "compromise". I think we have seen
what the "compromise" has done for people who enjoy cigarettes. Remember
this: If somebody, anybody ever decides that a legal activity you enjoy
bothers them and it reaches the point where the word "compromise"
is used, you could be on the road to Beingscrewedville.

Alunimum... Alumimnum... Cinmnon... Ciminom...

Torriltia... Trotilleria... Fergit it.

Just taking a quick break from my housework today to take

this picture and write, "Man, I sure do love my Dust Buster." If you

don't have one of these things, you should get one. Why? Because I

said so. Also, they are for the most part inexpensive and they work

great for smaller chores when breaking out a big vacuum cleaner

or broom and dust pan would be inefficient or a pain in the rear-end.

It's really the biggest no-brainer in the history of mankind.

 

Oh well, back to work.

Think of it as art.

Just some stuff on my shelf. I bought the longhorn steer, the

cow and calf at a feed store in Ojai, Ca. I got the coiled rattlesnake

in Scottsdale, AZ. The chicken came from the gift section of a CVS

drug store of all places. I bought the poker hand pin and the American
flag pin at a shop in the Disneyland Hotel area and the Colt Firearms
logo pin was a something I found at a gun show.

Here is another photo I took at Balboa Park in San Diego, California.

This view is looking towards El Prado opposite the Botanical Garden.

It is a shame that in August of last year somebody put an invitation on

Facebook (the Devil) that there was to be a free-for-all water gun fight

here. Many many "people" showed up and the pond ended up trashed.

 

Koi fish were killed. Vegetation was torn from the ground and huge water

lilies were destroyed. Trash was scattered about. Thousands and thousands

of dollars worth of damage. I believe it has since been repaired. I haven't

had the opportunity to visit since this happened. This  picture will be full

size if opened in a new tab or window.

Here are some "Reel Sweet Candy Treats". I took this picture the last

time I went to the theater. I always wondered about these. I'm not one to

buy candy like this, but I wonder..... How much candy comes out of

these things. And what do you do? Put it in your pocket or something?

Let it melt in your palm as you save it for the show to start? Or do you

just throw it all into your mouth at one time?  I don't know... I'm not

going to find out either, I guess. Unless maaaaybe...  I buy some for

somebody I might be with. Hmmm... Now there's a thought...

 Feast your overhauled droid lovin eyes on my Titanium Series Star Wars 3 Inch

Vehicles Sandcrawler by Hasbro. Yet another mouthful. Rolling wheels and an

opening cargo door on this guy. These were originally used by the

Czerka Corporation and the Corellian Mining Corporation as mining

vehicles on the planet Tatooine, but the companies abandoned them

and the Jawa's adapted the Sandcrawlers for themselves.

For my fellow cutlery fans, here is a knife that I bought blah blah

blah years ago. It's a Buckmaster 184. This knife was released during

the Rambo survival knife heyday. The knife is well made and

was touted by Buck Knives as the knife used by the Navy Seals. I

don't think that was actually true. These are now pretty much collector

knives as in all practicality, they are useless. LOL. I have a fondness for

this knife and would never sell it, but it is really not good for much.

 

It has never been used or sharpened and it has minimal blade wear from the

sheath. The Silva compass is stock. The compass sheath is stock but I bought

the larger knife sheath at a gun show. I keep an old Bucklite lockback

in that. I just read in a Buckmaster online forum about a guy that has

250 of these. You can see that some people love to collect them.

Give it up for my Battlestar Galactica 3 Inch Titanium Series Classic

Cylon Raider Die Cast Vehicle by Hasbro. That's a mouthful. This figure
was released in 2006 and is now out of production. The vehicle
was from the original B.G. television series. Raiders have a crew of

three Cylon Centurions (droids). One as a gunner, one as a pilot and

one navigator. And a whole lot of other stuff like two laser-torpedo

guns and two high-energy fusion reactors. Good stuff.

 

"By Your Command."

Another picture from my 2012 visit to the Gene Autry

Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park, California,

2012. This is Champion the Wonder Horse's bridle/bit.

Champion(s) was of course Gene Autry's horse and pal.

I don't know if those are real ivory "pistol" grips or not.

This bridle was made in 1934 by Ed Gilmore Saddlery.