I must admit, it’s a big week around here. The college football season begins in a big way this weekend. I resolve, as usual, not to wind up like Arlo above. I know it’s all a big racket, and I’ve certainly been critical of big-time college sports in the strip over the years, but then, doggone it, my alma mater has a year like last year. It certainly was one of the most interesting seasons ever; even non-sports fans were watching the replays and talking about the end of the Auburn-Alabama game. It’s going to be another exciting year for us, I think, but there’ll never be another last year.
234 responses to “All in the Game”
Your Burberry throw rug?
http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2014727/rs_1024x759-140827104200-1024.burberry-cpae.cm.82714.jpg
Nope, my Burberry trench coat. http://www.clothes-fashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/13/Burberry-London-womens-short-trench-coat-2.jpg
Stylish. Not exactly Arlo’s barn coat, is it?
Mark [12:27 pm]: There’s a legal blood-alcohol limit for burning bacon? Even for Crispi critters?
I actually have an L.L. Bean Barn Coat (or Jacket, to be precise!) that I only wear hunting. That is, like three times a year:
http://s812.photobucket.com/user/holiver100/media/A-JACKETS/LL%20BEAN%20Women/DSC_4333copy.jpg.html
What do you hunt, Munchkin? And with what?
Dove season is coming up. I’ll use my Browning 28 gauge Model 21 pump, with the Modified Choke barrel ( have three: Cylinder, Modified, and Full choke). For deer I use my Remington 7mm. scoped with a Bushnell. After that, quail and I use my Browning Sweet Sixteen Auto 5 with a modified choke. Love that shotgun. It is a Belgian Browning and is so pretty. It was my grandfather’s and he left it to me in his will. We will be going on a Spring turkey hunt, and if I do, I will take the 7mm and the Sweet Sixteen.
Sounds as though you have quite a nice battery of hunting firearms there, DM. Grew up hunting quail with my dad; alas, it’s been years since I last hunted them. I have a 20 gauge Browning Auto-5 that belonged to an uncle and then my dad. Love it, too.
In case any of you know any football fanatics, tell them they can get an early start tomorrow – 8:30 AM early! UCF is playing Penn State in Dublin, Ireland. It will be on ESPN2. To show their support for our home team several of the local pubs are opening early; some are even serving breakfast.
pawn shops near me hours…
blog topic…
Times are tough, but I haven’t had to start patronizing pawn shops yet.
“There’s a pawn shop
On the corner
Where I usually keep my overcoat.”
Ghost: Yeah, I keep accumulating them. People give me stuff for some reason.You know about my .40 Glock, 9mm SIG-Sauer, and .32 S&W. I even have a WWII Schmeisser, completely automatic and illegal. When my dad gave me the Browning 21 it came in a neato gift case with the modified and cylinder choke barrels. Then somebody I had showed it to gave me the full choke barrel which sits in its own little leather case. I have never used it, but I clean it out once a year when I am putting the 28 gauge up for the year. You never know
On the subject of justified homicides. Years ago as a young man in Wyoming (before the relocation to Texas) I had the local sheriff visiting out at my dad’s ranch tell me that if I ever needed to shoot a trespasser to be sure he fell into the house even if I had to drag him. I think it is a bit better here. If I have to shoot to protect my family or property I’m supposed to be OK. Have not had to test that theory, but I have a shotgun in the bedroom for such emergencies. I like a small shotgun far better than a hand gun. I figure if I’m looking at an intruder my hands are not going to be steady enough to hit a target as well as a shotgun with no choke will.
Yeah, me, too. I have more firearms than I can afford to feed, especially handguns, that just seemed to accumulate over the years. And they don’t really wear out if you take care of them. I have a S&W Model 19 that my Dad bought almost 50 years ago that is literally like new.
If I were to approach it logically, I’d probably sell most of them, except for my Glock 23 and Glock 27, since they both work for a living, and the Ruger KP89 that lives in my car. But I have to say that cleaning and maintaining guns is an excellent outlet for mild to moderate OCD.
Good choice for home defense, Dennis. My SWAT ninja firearms instructor owns a Heckler & Koch MP5 9mm submachine gun, but he says his first choice for HD would be his Remington 1100 semi-auto shotgun loaded with 00 buckshot.
One needs to do whatever is needed to protect one’s family and oneself, within the self-defense laws of your state. Preferably.
We have a policy here of ignoring rude and ignorant comments and, frankly, I will not violate that policy.
We don’t even have to drag their body into our house in Texas. Our yard is fine, and since we are on 2.5 acres, that is kinda easy. I keep all my shotguns in the Gun Safe Of Doom. but my Glock .40 and my S&W live in my room within hands reach. Of course, the attacker would have to get through Neeshka first, and that wouldn’t be easy
If we ever have dinner together dear, I’ll meet you at the restaurant, at the airport.
Heh, I guess you don’t know that I don’t go to airports unless I am threatened with violence or non-inclusion on trips to places I really want to go to. 😀
Good morning Villagers….
Back at you, Galliglo 🙂
We got eggs, my girls are laying (think ZZ Top tune)….have to hand pack them, as they are too small to go through the double packer….thought of the scene GR mentioned several months ago when Lucy and Ethel worked at a candy maker and the candy started coming in too fast on the conveyor….
….and yesterday was PAYDAY, and the Labor Day weekend started early at several businesses, but what better way to celebrate Labor Day by working 🙂
Did anyone see where a young girl was at a firing range, was preparing to fire an Uzi and it misfired and killed the instructor…tragic. I saw one of those fired once, pretty much said it all.
Heh, ya’ll have a blessed Caterday…..
=^..^=
Warning, another word for donkey is used 🙂
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…couldn’t help myself
the coffee song! 🙂 and Arlo in a great mood…. and Janis funny. Add in you folks and the day is starting in a fine way.
Good morning, Villagers. No surgery this morning, so I am going on a nic, leisurely 10. 1 mile run with my puppy. Have a great day, y’all.
Yes, Ghost dear, I am still wearing my flannel sundresses! Practical and comfortable.
Okay, I’m done with my run and rounds, showered, blow-dried and combed and sitting in my office waiting to open the door in ten minutes. Or maybe less, I’m soft-hearted.
A&J went over my head a bit, but the comments on The Dark Side didn’t. How is it those, um, rascals, can get nasty thoughts from a strip about coffee? No wonder I hate coffee. Catch them making up nasty things about tea! (Not saying anything about smoothies, I’ve heard them all!)