It's Mission Impossible Day here at The Ranch!

I had seen "Mission Impossible: Fallout" at the

theater and KNEW I was going to buy the Blu-ray

when it was released.... and I did. This is the sixth

Mission in the series and it does not let down.

The booklet is small enough to fit in the Blu-ray case

and is ten pages (including the cover and back). It

has photos of some of the stunts and descriptive

quotes about them. One of them says that Tom Cruise

learned to fly a helicopter just for this movie. I didn't

know that this little booklet came with the movie so it

was a pleasant little surprise.

I watched the movie again and it was great fun the

second time around. I rate this movie nine out of

ten Broken Ankles.

 I went to the movies on this rainy day. All of my Regal

Crown Club points are set to expire next month. I need

to go to a few movies so they are not wasted.

The "Possession of Hannah Grace". Bad choice. Bad bad choice.

I think they were banking on yet another girl who could contort her

body while they added some bone cracking noises to make this movie

scary. It did not work. Went nowhere. I've seen worse. But.... If you

want to see this movie, wait until it shows up in the $3.74 bin at

Walmart. Because it will. I rate this movie 4.5 out of 10 Xanax.

A little rain.

While out and about, driving through some

much needed rain, I spotted a rainbow.

Pretty happy today. While doing regulars at Walmart I was

happy to find out that there were quite a few left-overs from

Black Friday. Most of these movies I wanted to see in the

theaters, but because of time or money I was unable to.

All of them I wanted to buy but because money has been a

little scarce this year I was waiting awhile. I really wanted

the Blu-ray versions of these movies, but hey, for the price?

DVDs will work. If I want the Blu-rays down the line, then

maybe. All of the *DVDs were $3.96 with the exception of

"Annihilation" which was $5.96. I can't wait to watch these.

File this under: "More Than You Wanted to Know".

*"Home Alone" is the Blu-ray and DVD edition.

 

A hawk out looking for lunch.

I cannot ever get a very good picture of them.

Pirate!

Bathroom pals.

~ Happy Thanksgiving 2018 from Lizzy Tex Borden ~

In about 1991 or 1992 we had a huge beautiful tropical fish

tank. It was really something wonderful to just sit and watch.

Anyway, this skeleton hand sat in the bottom of it... just

looking really cool. Besides the skeleton hand, my

favorite things in the tank were the little crabs.

The hand is dated 1989.

I inherited this guy who is missing his hand.

He is Pinhead from the Puppet Master movies.

I think whoever created this guy

has done some weird drugs.

~ Honoring our Veterans - 2018 - Thank You! ~

In September of 1999 the interchange at the Golden State and

Ventura freeways in East San Fernando Valley California

was named after Gene Autry in his honor.

Gene Autry and

Champion the Wonder Horse.

Another beautiful sunset at El Rancho De La Tex.

My mom took this picture.

 

I went to my beautiful polling place to cast my vote
today. The reason I received two "I Voted" stickers is
because I dropped off my mom's ballot as well.

America. So good.

- Live plant / Dead plant -

It looks like some sort of cruel experiment.

 

From the Amarillo Texas Entertainment Guide 1970.

The Country Barn Steak House and Lounge. I bet the

food is glorious. Just look at them steaks! And the

"Jet Naples Combo" is up as the entertainment.

Perfect date night.
(I left it big so if you care to open the scan
in a new browser it is easier to read)

Festus says it is some good

vittles and Festus don't lie.

~ Rest in Peace Pat "Jet" Naples~

1930 - 2014

I think that my mom was really committed

to getting a picture of this spider.

Happy Halloween 2018 from Lizzy Tex Borden!

I've never seen it do this before.

Grrrrrrrr.... RUFF! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr... RUFF RUFF!

And WOOF!

Our annual viewing of "It's the Great Pumpkin

Charlie Brown" took place at Borden Cinema

tonight. This show is really good. A must see

every year. "I got a rock." Hilarious... and sad.

Perfect for the month of October... If you want

to see a movie with "an ending", here you go.

Do not look into it. Just watch it.

 

I bought this Living Dead Doll about eight years ago.

This is Billy the Puppet from the "SAW" movie franchise.

These dolls seem to be really well made. And there are so

many of them. I wish that I had the money and

the room to collect more.

Pretty impressive tubes.

You're just a Coca-Cola Cactus.

It's a beautiful but "Red Flag Warning" kinda

day here looking to the right of  The Ranch.

I had always been holding off on buying the movie

"It's a Wonderful Life" because they always want

so much for it. But when I was at the thrift store the

other day I found it new in the cellophane for $2.99.

Waiting for ten years or so paid off!

 

Back on Sunday, September 3, 2017 I had written

that I inherited little Minnie Mouse here and that

I really like her. Never suspecting that...

...when my mom and I decided to mosey about and

 do a little poking around in a thrift store or two that...

...I would find Mickey Mouse! The second I saw Mickey on

the shelf among hundreds of other items I was pretty darn sure

that I had his exact match sweetheart a'settin on my shelf

at home. $3.99 and a long ride home later, they were reunited.

Don't you just love happy endings?

Just as with pizza, I like to look at my

bacon and potatoes from time to time.

There is a new Boot Barn in town. I have

not been there yet. Money is kind of scarce.

I took this picture on my way by.

Random Around The Ranch Photo of the Day.

Back on Saturday September 1st of this year I posted some

pictures of my Buck 112 Ranger knife, a knife that I have

had for some 36 years. I wrote that I really wanted to buy the

110 Folding Hunter, the Ranger's bigger brother. Well, my

meager tax return was received and I did buy the 110.

Here is the back of the package showing the leather sheath.

These knives used to come in nice boxes. They still might,

but when you buy from Walmart I suppose that this

blister packaging is the best that you can expect.

Kind of a drag, but whatever.

And this is an all leather sheath. It smells SO good.

Like a new leather holster. Just something great about it.

The sheath is made in Mexico. They do a good job.

The Buck 110 in the closed position with the sheath.

Nice looking, eh? The clip point blade length is 3.75 inches and is

made of 420HC Stainless Steel. The overall length is about 8.5

inches. Not a small knife and at 7.2 ounces, it is not light either.

Belt carry is the best option.

This knife is SHARP and easy TO sharpen.

When I first opened it I was a little disappointed. I had thought I

received a "lemon". The blade did not "snap" back into the closed position.

I could even easily get the blade to rest about a quarter of an inch from the

complete closed position. This is not good. That blade needs to have

ZERO play and to close COMPLETELY... every time. But I had simply

forgotten that sometimes a knife like this just needs a little oil, some use

and tender loving care and BAM! The action is now smooth

as owl shi.... as my dad would say.

No lemon here.

I should have known.

I love Buck Knives.

The Buck 110 Folding Hunter is all American made. The symbol next

to the number 110 indicates that my knife was made in 2018.

With care this knife will be handed down to my son and

in turn maybe to his son or daughter.

And speaking of miniature golf, this is the

little giraffe that my son won in the arcade.

 

Nature's majesty!

 

We celebrated my son's birthday recently and as is our

kind of tradition we went to play 18 holes of miniature

golf. Since the last time we were there a year or two ago

they added a few things. One of them being this cool pirate.

A closer look at his face begs the question:

Who spiked the rum with all that coffee?

In other news....

Unfortunately we are unable to go on our Annual Halloween

Crawl this year. Gas is just too expensive and cash is a

little too tight right now. We are disappointed, but we are

looking forward to things being a little better next year. We

are still celebrating Halloween all month long here at

The Ranch. That never changes.

Never give up!

My first and probably only Halloween purchase for

this year. I could not resist this skull and crossbones

I found over at the Target store when I went to buy

my Blu-ray of "Solo: A Star Wars Movie". He was

$10.00 and I knew I would kick myself if I did not buy

him. I have not seen a whole lot of these guys around.

In the above picture he is hangin' with me in

the car while I eat a pizza for lunch.

I really had no room for him so he (and with love) resides

in the garage over one of the doors. I think he looks great

and he will be one of those guys who we don't see a lot,

but when we do? We will love him.

He will just get better and better with age.