I had never been to a Subway restaurant that

shared a storefront with a bail bonds business before.

They made a good sandwich. Subway I mean.

Subway made a good sub. Not the bail bonds place.

Victorinox Swiss Army Classic SD Tiger Print knife.

Discontinued.

I can't believe that I have been carrying this knife

since Thursday, April 25, 2013. For me, carrying one

particular knife (on my person), this is definitely a
record. As with all the little SAK Classics that I've
experienced, it is a great knife.

Which reminds me that I have a little Wenger Classic
Swiss Army Knife that I bought about 39 years ago.
I retired that knife long ago as it holds a lot of cherished
memories for me. I will have to get that one out for
an upcoming Knife Day.

Always something to look forward to here at
The Ranch.

I had been saving a Walmart gift card that my mom gave to me

for my birthday a few years ago and today I found just the thing

to use it for. The Phantasm 5 Movie Collection on Blu-ray.

I think that next week there will be a Phantasm Phive Night

Philm Phestival at Borden Cinema! Hoo-ray and huzzah!

Happy National Knife Day, 2022!

And just by coincidence, today is also Knife Day at El Rancho

De La Tex! My knife for today is a knife that I bought... yes,

you guessed it: long ago. Gun show I think. This is a Buck Model

189 Intrepid. I believe they were produced from 1998 to 2002.

It is full tang and features a partially serrated tanto blade, 4 and 3/4

inches long. There is also a fine edge along the spine.
The blade is 1/4" thick. The knife is about
11 inches overall.

The black G10 grip panels can be removed for easy
cleaning. The Sheath is kydex with a nylon belt loop.
And look at that pommel. That there is a pounder
to be certain.



This is the only marking on the Intrepid which is kind of
weird, but oh well. And yep, I never used it. I just bought it
because I thought it was kind of cool, different. Glad to
have it now as it is a bit rare, I think. Fun to own.

I love National Knife Day.

It is a Christmas decoration but

I hang it year-round because THAT......


...is the way I roll.

Our Solar Light Testing Grounds.

These were all fails.
We carry on.

El Prado will lead you to this bridge that arches over Park
Blvd. Cross it to reach the Desert and Rose Gardens of

Balboa Park in San Diego.

I know that I am way late to the party on this.

I've used levels for a long time usually for simple projects

like hanging pictures and such straight on a wall. But it was

only recently that I came across this cross-check level.
A VERY cool little tool.

In this picture I have laid it on my table surface and you can see

that it shows the table to be low in back and high on the right. It

shows both at the same time. What a great tool. I like it.

Cross-check. You learn something new every day.

This is my Tosari transistor radio. When I was young a friend of

my mom made a device that would hold this radio to the handlebars

of my bicycle. I used to ride all over (and mean ALL OVER) the city

listening to Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle on AM 93 KHJ Boss Radio

out of Los Angeles, CA.

You can still make out some of the psychedelic green black light tape

that I put all over it. Happen'n days, man. Happen'n days.

I do not know much about these things, but

this would tend to make me a bit... nervous.

~ Chapter One, The Chair ~
I REALLY need a new chair for my desk. My older chair

broke and almost knocked me on my butt in the process.

I went to Staples (office supply store) and looked around.

I ended up buying the gray chair you see in the foreground.

~ Chapter Two, Oh The Pain ~

After getting it home and putting the thing together it just

didn't work out for me... at all. The lumber support KILLED

my back and it wouldn't recline at all. Oh well.

~ Chapter Three, The Return ~

Staples let us know that we can return The Chair to them within

14 days of purchase, with receipt (always) and if disassembled.

My son was a huge help with ALL of this and I was eventually

refunded my $$$s in full.

~ Epilogue ~

I dislike returning things and in the last 20 years it has been

necessary for me to do that only a couple of times (defective

items). As for the chair? I still REALLY need one and will try

again sometime down the line.

~ The End ~

I love these trees.

I thought I had shown this before, but apparently not,

so here she is! From my 2010 visit to the Gene Autry

Western Heritage Museum in Griffith Park, California.

This is a rubber prop pistol used by Kevin Costner in

his movie "Wyatt Earp" (1994).

Movie props are a trip.

This display is no longer there. The pistol MIGHT be

in another section of the museum, but this area was

torn out. BOO. Sadly, I don't think that The Autry is
what she used to be, but I will still visit when I can.

The King.

When it's roundup time in Texas, and the bloom is on the sage.

Then I long to be in Texas, back a-ridin' on the range.

Just to smell the bacon fryin', when it's sizzlin' in the pan.

Hear the breakfast horn in the early morn, drinkin' coffee from a can.

~ Nat Vincent & Fred Howard ~

I used to collect decals from the states and
places we visited. This is from one of our visits
to Maine sometime around 1966.

 This is an old pamphlet for a shooting range I used to frequent

in Ventura California in the 80's and early 90's. It was located more

or less in the mountains and was a really nice place to shoot. There were

two ranges separated by a concrete wall. One side was for police training

(you should have HEARD what would come from that side of the wall) and

the other side was for us, civilians.

Other than the occasional grumpy
rangemasters, this place was perfect.

Look at this! $3.50 to shoot not for an hour or two, but for the entire

day, and your first set of targets were included in that price. Wo. And
$6.00 for 50 rounds of .38 Special reloaded ammunition, and I never
had an issue with any I purchased. Dang good.

The range closed I think in the late 90's?

I had some great times with some great friends here.

Unfortunately I have no pictures of the range as we
did not have cameras every place we went like we
do now. The best I could do is a Google aerial capture
of what the place looks like now-a-days. Sad. It used
to be beautiful.

Whoever is responsible for this reads
waaaaaaay too much Dr. Seuss.

A little out of... no, make that a LOT out for character

for me, but I bought "Major Payne" because I saw a bit

of it on the Internet. A bit of a touching moment and it

hooked me. Probably a big mistake. We will see.

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...later that night.
Wow. I actually did enjoy this movie. It made me laugh a bit.
I was surprised to find myself anxious to see what would
happen next instead of looking at my watch for an hour and
thirty-five minutes. I have always liked Damon Wayans, but
I am generally not a comedy person. Anyway. I rate Major Payne
6.5 out of 10 Push Ups. I would recommend this movie.

 ~ Happy Birthday America, 2022! ~