~ Happy Thanksgiving 2021 ~

And it is a beautiful Thanksgiving
Day to be certain.

 It is once AGAIN Knife Day here at El Rancho De La Tex!

Today I am featuring a knife that I bought in the 1980s at...

yes, you guessed it again: a gun show. This is a Cold Steel

Urban Pal Mini push knife. It is made of I believe 440C.

The sheath is leather.

This knife is chisel ground. I was not into knife sharpening

back then for one reason or another and a friend offered to

touch up the blade for me. "Sure, go ahead", said I. I don't

know what happened as he really unnecessarily scratched it

up in a major way. Normally he was really great about such

things. Must have been an off day.

Anyway, this knife has been out of production in this variant

for years. They still sell the Urban Pal, but with a Kraton (I think)

handle, a serrated blade and some kind of a plastic sheath.

Knife Days are too short.

In 1987 my friends and I went up to the wheelhouse
 of the S.S. Mark Twain on the Rivers of America

(Disneyland) to steer the riverboat.

Upon arriving back at home port we were each
awarded a Pilot's Certificate. So yes, I am qualified
to pilot a paddle steamer.

Now you know.

One day when I was seventeen years old I drove to School

and parked on one of the side streets. I got about halfway to

the school grounds and found this little shoe just a'sittin in the

middle of the street. I saved it and put it on the dash board of

my first car. It remained there for some years until the car was

sold. I love this little shoe. I never thought about going door
to door to find the owner. My bad?

~ Veterans Day, 2021 ~

In about 1993 or 1994 I was at a gun show in Ventura California

looking at items on tables that were outside and in-between the two

buildings that hosted the show. I was pretty much alone out there.

On one of the tables I spotted this "Tombstone" movie script. Being a

HUGE fan of the 1993 movie I immediately picked it up and asked the

gentleman behind the table what he wanted for it.

       ~ Texas Jack Vermillion ~

At that point I realized that the man behind the table was none other than

Peter Sherayko who played Texas Jack Vermillion in the movie. He said, "If

you buy it, I will sign it." SOLD. I cannot even remember how much

I paid for it. I used to see him at a few shows, including the show in L.A.

at the Fairgrounds. I read that the shotgun Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) is carrying

in the movie, including the "And you tell 'em Hell's coming with me!" scene

was found and purchased by Mr. Sherayko AT the L.A. show. It was a Stevens

Three-Trigger 10-gauge Shotgun.

Mr. Sherayko runs Caravan West Productions
out of Agua Dulce, California.

I found a new spork that I really like. I had been carrying
the Snow Peak titanium spork for a long time, then switched
over for a couple of years to give a Light My Fire titanium

spork a try. But then about, I don't know... eighteen months or so

ago I found THIS titanium spork. This guy is curved just right and

fits into my purse or bag perfectly. The texture is nice when

eating and it is all around great.

The brand is humangear. They can be found on the Internet

if you are curious. I think they run about $14.00. This just

might be The One. I should know for shore in about 4 years.

"Hi. I love you mom."

~ Happy Halloween 2021! ~

These two guys at the Spirit Store are very happy.

Tomorrow is the big day!

I've had a lot of fun posting pictures all month long
from our Annual Halloween Crawl for 2021.

Now, you all have a great HALLOWEEN!

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Buzzsaw.

Kind of reminds me of your cousin.

Just two more nights until Halloween.

Spooktober is almost over and these three... these...

these three WHATEVER they are are not having it.

I love this mask. This guy is in BAD shape
and it's about to get worse. Party City.

Tokyo Ghoul? If you say so.

Some of these little costumes for your best friend are

so dang cute. When I was young I had a little dog and

I took an old t-shirt, cut it short so he could do his business

and splattered red food coloring all over it. He wore that

every Halloween. It looked awesome on him.

 The "I Purged" tee over at the Spirit Store.

I have been wanting this one a lot and I finally got it

for a good price along with a reward I earned. I bet

that you cannot guess where. That's right! I have

all the Conjuring movies and this
one I watch TONIGHT.

Don't thank us so soon Halloween Express.

We haven't not played with the weapons yet.

If you are going to buy a mustache... this.

Who or what would a pig scarecrow scare?

"Candidate Mask".

The body parts on hooks over at Halloween Express look

better in the picture than they do in person. In low light

they would probably look great.

Ten nights until Halloween.

The Klowns... the Killer Klowns...
from Outer Space.

Look! There's Shorty getting ready
to knock a biker's block off!
Nobody rides Shorty's bike
but Shorty.

Spirit Store.

And then there are these things, on a stick, at

Halloween Express.... yeah.

That actually looks like it might go good with a plate
of scrambled eggs and some orange juice.

Lil' Stevie is a seahorse at Party City.

That's right. It is once again Witch Day at El Rancho

De La Tex. We cherish Witch Day around these parts.

There ain't of enough of 'em.

Look at this witch over at Halloween
Express. I wonder what she is up to?

She seems to be holding something over the pot.

It looks like some kind of...

...HOLY CRAP!
She's gonna cook MITTENS!!

Another Witch Day come and gone. This one was
kind of evil, wouldn't you agree? Witch Day good.
Cooking Mittens bad.

"May I take your coats?"
A butler at Halloween Express.

Skeletons at the Spirit Store.

The Spirit Store tee, which is pretty cool.

The wall of signs at the Spirit Store. I wouldn't mind having

a few more of these. I like the Michael Myers newspaper sign.

I finally managed to clear some space on MY wall and hung up

mine. Friday the 13th from 2019 and my newest, Welcome

to Haddonfield.

I don't know what this guy's trip is.

I remember two years ago that the Spirit Store pretty

much stepped up their Jason Voorhees hockey mask

game. I told myself that if they had them this year I

would pick one up. I mean, they ain't ALL that, but

they are not terrible. Anyway... They did have them this

year, but the paint job on them looks like some kind of

WOOD. Not cool at all. I totally passed on a purchase.

If Jason Voorhees was a pancake.

You can blame the name of THIS mask on Party

City. He is called "Snot Your Problem".

Party City tells us that more Halloween is coming.
Always a good thing.

Why does this lovely
young bride look so sad?

Oh.