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[phideaux]

At one time my hero .
I wore my cap pistols like him

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Jim

 

[Peanut]

 

[phideaux]

Coming to a station near you soon.

Jim

 

[VThillman]

Coming to a station near you soon.
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Jim

!973? or 1976? I had just bought a Gremlin in the spring of '73. It gave me 30mpg. I kept the '69 Chevvy pickup (13 MPG) but only drove it when I needed a truck.

 

[dademoss]

 

[phideaux]

!973? or 1976? I had just bought a Gremlin in the spring of '73. It gave me 30mpg. I kept the '69 Chevvy pickup (13 MPG) but only drove it when I needed a truck.

The gas shortage and rationing with long lines started in late 1973-1974 .

I had a Dodge Superbee getting 6 mpg...wife made me trade it.

Jim

 

[Sparky_D]

Too soon?

 

[VThillman]

The gas shortage and rationing with long lines started in late 1973-1974 .

I had a Dodge Superbee getting 6 mpg...wife made me trade it.

Jim

The start of price increases came very shortly after the petroleum consortium (led by the Saudis) drastically reduced production to create a shortage, in the spring of '73. In VT and NH the gas price at the pump had reached the $1 mark by late summer. Many of the small, independent gas pump owners had lost their supply source by then.

[ My mention of 1976 exemplifies my encroaching senility. 1973 and 1976 were flood years in the Black River valley. Apparently, I concatenated the hard times.]

 

[phideaux]

Apparently, I concatenated the hard times.]

Yes Bob, you need to guit concocting things.

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Hint , one killed Custer, the other one was in show biz...

Jim

 

[Meerkat]

Hint , one killed Custer, the other one was in show biz...
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Jim

I should know this being a history buff but the memory is taking a beating these days.

 

[Bacpacker]

Custer caused his own death

 

[VThillman]

Hint , one killed Custer, the other one was in show biz...
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Jim

We don't know who finished off Custer.
There is something about Custer and The Little Bighorn that is very different from The 500 riding into The Valley of Death, or the Polish cavalry charging the German tanks. In the latter two cases the cavalry leaders knew what they were doing.

 

[Meerkat]

Custer caused his own death

Ever hear this song about Custer?

 

[Bacpacker]

We don't know who finished off Custer.
There is something about Custer and The Little Bighorn that is very different from The 500 riding into The Valley of Death, or the Polish cavalry charging the German tanks. In the latter two cases the cavalry leaders knew what they were doing.

My point wasn't who finished off Custer. He decisions to lead his men into this battle and how he chose to array them is what killed him and his men

 

[VThillman]

My point wasn't who finished off Custer. He decisions to lead his men into this battle and how he chose to array them is what killed him and his men

I was responding to Jim's "hint", not your point - which I agree with.

 

[phideaux]

Y'all don't know...

Jim

 

[Sparky_D]

 

[Neb]

Y'all don't know...

Jim

Crazy horse and Bill Hitchcock?

Ben

 

[phideaux]

Crazy horse and Bill Hitchcock?

Ben

Got half of it right.

Jim

 

[SheepDog]

It was "Buffalo" Bill Cody. He hired Indians to play in his "Wild West Show".

 

[Neb]

It was "Buffalo" Bill Cody. He hired Indians to play in his "Wild West Show".

As Schwartzcoph would say
Bovine scat

But I cheated to figure the other half.

Ben

 

[phideaux]

It was "Buffalo" Bill Cody. He hired Indians to play in his "Wild West Show".

Jackpot...

Jim

 

[phideaux]

I wish I could still get some..

Iim

 

[SheepDog]

Jim,
I'm not sure what you're talking about but I got some last night...

 

[phideaux]

Jim,
I'm not sure what you're talking about but I got some last night...

They still make it?

Jim

 

[Supervisor42]

They still make it?

Jim

Amazon sells it. $6.00 for a 3-pack, (with $10.23 shipping)

 

[Amish Heart]

I bought Jiffy Pop last year at a Big Lots store in Albuquerque. I think it was $2.50 a piece, but worth it for the nostalgia of it all. The kids did a couple of them outside last summer after a barbeque.

 

[phideaux]

I haven't seen it since I was a kid.

We always did it outside over fire.

Jim