Banjonewguy - Posted - 10/14/2020:  05:08:09

just makes me feel creepy and weird.

But when that happens I

OM45GE - Posted - 10/14/2020:  05:51:11

remember that I am indeed creepy and weird.



It’s a matter of pride in my

Edited by - OM45GE on 10/14/2020 05:51:34

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/14/2020:  07:48:42

circle of paint bucket riding friends.

Sometimes we have competitions

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/14/2020:  07:52:28

at the reservation with a Tonto look-alikes.

Then we feast on pinto beans

Banjonewguy - Posted - 10/14/2020:  08:11:40

and re-enact the campfire scene from Blazing Saddles.

Then we all dance around

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/14/2020:  08:28:53

the liquor store parking lot wearing cowboy boots and flannel loincloths.

At which time

xmark - Posted - 10/14/2020:  09:50:59

take turns peeling the paint off our posteriors and see who's is the most in-tact.

Generally speaking, tact is not one of our strong suits, nor is

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/14/2020:  10:00:42

addressing generals with the proper deference.

I called one “Gennie”

OM45GE - Posted - 10/14/2020:  14:08:12

and he drew his saber amazingly quickly.

It was a pretty good drawing for a beginner, but

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/14/2020:  16:23:12

it lacked in originality.

He managed to swing once

OM45GE - Posted - 10/15/2020:  04:41:49

but it lacked commitment.

It was if he didn’t

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/15/2020:  06:47:45

have a gut full of rotgut whisky.



Those Generals have been seen at classic truck shows

Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/15/2020 06:54:47

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/15/2020:  10:42:29

along with Peterbilt and Frieghtliner tractors.

Sometimes

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/15/2020:  14:34:27

a classic Marmon or Autocar will be there.

Most of the time its just

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/15/2020:  14:36:45

run of the mill, over the road haulers.

At truck and auto shows I like to ogle

OM45GE - Posted - 10/15/2020:  15:36:12

the huge exhaust stacks thrusting skyward in all their chromed glory.

They remind me of

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/15/2020:  15:46:25

my job at the foundry with all my drunken pals.

Those smokestacks

xmark - Posted - 10/15/2020:  18:15:46

are so tall and shiny, I'm drawn like a fly into a Venus fly-trap.

I used to watch a TV show with a character by that name,

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/15/2020:  19:00:43

Venus, who was on the Mutant Ninja Turtle TV show.

Speaking of mutant

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/15/2020:  19:27:00

the cockroaches around here are turning into monsters.

I’ll be sleeping at the mission tonight

OM45GE - Posted - 10/16/2020:  04:08:40

if there are any beds still available.

I’ll try to get there early, but

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/16/2020:  04:20:51

there are no guarantees.



Maybe there will be

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 10/16/2020 04:21:18

OM45GE - Posted - 10/16/2020:  04:28:15

a spot on the heating grate out back.

If not, I may just go home and

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/16/2020:  08:08:49

sleep in a zipped-up plastic clothes bag.

My landlord turns a deaf ear

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/16/2020:  08:26:53

to my banjer playing skills.

However the other tenants seem to

OM45GE - Posted - 10/16/2020:  08:49:08

have developed odd habits like screaming and pounding the walls at 3:00 AM.

This interrupts my banjo practice and

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/16/2020:  08:55:08

irritates my bladder, as well as my cat, Dave. (See picture)



I might have to

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 10/16/2020 08:56:29

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/16/2020:  09:24:27

resort to buying clothes pins to mute my bridge.

Meanwhile, Festus was schmoozing

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/16/2020:  09:32:14

Doc and Miss Kitty into buying him a drink.

Marshall Dillon 

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 10/16/2020 09:34:34

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/16/2020:  16:46:30

was one hell of a law man back in his day.

There where times when

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/16/2020:  16:52:45

he dressed in drag to fool the bad hombres.

They’d buy him a drink or three

xmark - Posted - 10/16/2020:  19:40:42

after knocking back a few for themselves.

Which explains their poor vision and judgment

OM45GE - Posted - 10/17/2020:  03:14:45

and how the Marshall’s lipstick ended up on their collars.



They had some difficult 

Edited by - OM45GE on 10/17/2020 03:15:33

xmark - Posted - 10/17/2020:  03:48:22

questions to answer afterwards, but at least plenty of time on their hands in order to work them out.

Life behind bars

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/17/2020:  04:52:37

suited loyal old Sam, Kitty’s tarbender.

He sleeps on a cot

OM45GE - Posted - 10/17/2020:  05:43:54

and gets three squares a day.

The only thing he misses is

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/17/2020:  10:38:58

giving Miss Kitty’s bustle a playful pat when she walked by.

Those were the days when

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/17/2020:  16:21:31

he defended the Long Branch with his trusty double barrel.

a few years later is was up to Festus and Newly to

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/17/2020:  16:42:58

lay down,,,,err, the law when Bruce Dern rode into town.

Quint, the ex-Seminole blacksmith,

xmark - Posted - 10/17/2020:  19:06:42

moved to the Northeast and became a boat captain.

He was already salty, so

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/18/2020:  08:47:35

he hooked up with a peppery gal as his first mate.

Turns out she

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/18/2020:  08:51:00

was hotter than a peppered sprout.

They decided to tun away the Jackson

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/18/2020:  08:55:42

she was a fan of Quint's long before he had left.

Later on the professor stopped by Kitty's to remissness about

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/18/2020:  15:40:03

Jackson, and that’s a natural fact.

There going to Snowball Jackson and

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/18/2020:  15:55:55

took a little detour along the way.

They somehow ended up at Folsom and

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/18/2020:  15:58:54

shot a man in prison just to see him die.

They then asked if anyone knew the way to San Jose

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/18/2020:  17:03:36

and Dionne Warwick told them to take a hike.



Meanwhile Jimi was all along the watchtower

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 10/18/2020 17:04:16

OM45GE - Posted - 10/19/2020:  04:24:50

keeping an eye out for Jerry and the Grateful Dead.

He wanted to know what they

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/19/2020:  06:35:13

had on them as he was out of purple haze.

Jerry was more than obliged to