Hampden, Hicks in the Sticks - Page 2

Lamplighter · 03-21-2015, 06:43 AM

Poor bugger. I'll bet that hurt... go ask Harry Reid how much.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2015, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

Eye injuries are never any good, did he fully recover?

Who knows, I can't even find out when it happened. I could probably narrow it down by combing the census reports, but I don't want to invest that much in it.

Undertoad · 03-21-2015, 10:07 PM

Whatever happened to ol' Threadeye?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2015, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

Eye injuries are never any good, did he fully recover?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Who knows, I can't even find out when it happened. I could probably narrow it down by combing the census reports, but I don't want to invest that much in it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Whatever happened to ol' Threadeye?

See above.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-24-2015, 11:18 PM

It says water tanks but we would call them watering troughs.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-26-2015, 03:00 PM

1908, traveling Kickapoo Indian Show. They also sold beadwork and Kickapoo Indian Snake Root medicine and worm lozenges.

Clodfobble · 04-28-2015, 06:54 AM

I didn't know you had vehicles with only one horsepower, Bruce.

BigV · 04-28-2015, 08:32 AM

positively bucolic. thanks xoB.

glatt · 04-28-2015, 09:19 AM

Do you still have horses? When was that taken?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2015, 09:29 AM

I'd guess by the paved road and lack of barn/garage behind the house, that was probably taken around 1970ish. The horses are buried in that pasture.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-09-2015, 07:27 PM

Oh my god, hide the women, children and livestock. The boy scouts, lots of them, are shooting GUNS.

Led and encouraged by miscreants like this...

. Not only that, when they win the prize is BULLETS!
Mark my words, by the end of the year, the whole town will be accidently murdered in their sleep.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-10-2015, 03:18 PM

For Mothers' Day the Grange planted trees.
Homer, one of the sons of Mrs Percy A Fuller mentioned in the clipping, died this week at 95.

Gravdigr · 06-02-2015, 05:12 PM

Two phrases leap out at me from post #35:

"An attractive granite boulder..."

was moved with

"...the town tractor."

xoxoxoBruce · 06-02-2015, 06:28 PM

Well you can see from the photograph the rock is quite comely.
Smooth shoulders rounding down to the classic boulder shape so often seen in classical paintings and motion pictures. Then the shapes falls away to a solid Congregational worthy base. A light and dark patina shows it's classic features to good advantage.

The town always had to have a tractor, not just for mowing, but for a front end loader with which to load trucks and carry attractive boulders.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2015, 10:16 PM

Aunt Dot is a genuine badass.
My grandfather built on the mountain with lots of woods to harvest and sell for firewood. His cousin built a couple miles away in the lowland by the river and farmed. This article is about my mothers cousin, Aunt Dot. She always wore men's cloths, like bib overalls and a flannel shirt, never married, and took no shit from anyone. She worked in Smith&Wesson's factory custom shop (the Wessons lived close by), and shot on the company pistol team in competitions.

I last saw her at year ago at my mother's funeral. Now in her mid-90s she managed the rough terrain and side hill of the cemetery pretty quickly with no assistance. Genuine old New England Yankee, and genuine badass.

Sorry the end of the article was clipped off but you can make out what they are saying.

03-24-2015, 11:18 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It says water tanks but we would call them watering troughs. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-26-2015, 03:00 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	1908, traveling Kickapoo Indian Show. They also sold beadwork and Kickapoo Indian Snake Root medicine and worm lozenges. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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04-28-2015, 09:29 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd guess by the paved road and lack of barn/garage behind the house, that was probably taken around 1970ish. The horses are buried in that pasture. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2015, 06:43 AM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Poor bugger. I'll bet that hurt... go ask Harry Reid how much.

03-21-2015, 10:07 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Whatever happened to ol' Threadeye?

04-28-2015, 09:19 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Do you still have horses? When was that taken?

05-09-2015, 07:27 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh my god, hide the women, children and livestock. The boy scouts, lots of them, are shooting GUNS. Led and encouraged by miscreants like this... . Not only that, when they win the prize is BULLETS! Mark my words, by the end of the year, the whole town will be accidently murdered in their sleep. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-10-2015, 03:18 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	For Mothers' Day the Grange planted trees. Homer, one of the sons of Mrs Percy A Fuller mentioned in the clipping, died this week at 95. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-02-2015, 05:12 PM	#13
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06-02-2015, 06:28 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well you can see from the photograph the rock is quite comely. Smooth shoulders rounding down to the classic boulder shape so often seen in classical paintings and motion pictures. Then the shapes falls away to a solid Congregational worthy base. A light and dark patina shows it's classic features to good advantage. The town always had to have a tractor, not just for mowing, but for a front end loader with which to load trucks and carry attractive boulders. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-18-2015, 10:16 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Aunt Dot is a genuine badass. My grandfather built on the mountain with lots of woods to harvest and sell for firewood. His cousin built a couple miles away in the lowland by the river and farmed. This article is about my mothers cousin, Aunt Dot. She always wore men's cloths, like bib overalls and a flannel shirt, never married, and took no shit from anyone. She worked in Smith&Wesson's factory custom shop (the Wessons lived close by), and shot on the company pistol team in competitions. I last saw her at year ago at my mother's funeral. Now in her mid-90s she managed the rough terrain and side hill of the cemetery pretty quickly with no assistance. Genuine old New England Yankee, and genuine badass. Sorry the end of the article was clipped off but you can make out what they are saying. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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