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Now that I have had my customary 24 hour cooling off period that any Irishman needs, this "silly twerp" would like to invite you up. I'm only 2 hours away, in Mason County.
If you accept my sincere invitation, I will promise you complete satisfaction. PM me when its convenient for you to come. I will meet you on the City Square and perhaps you will learn some things you didn't know. Can also help defray your expenses if necessary.
I anxiously await your reply, "don't be skeert" :):):):)
Johnny Reb
If you don't like Robert E. Lee, you won't like it on this ranch. JGM
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Is there a duel in the works here? 
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Good post, we should all gun down everyone who does not think just like you do. 
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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mike is one of the best guys you could meet.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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you guys who want to jump on mikes ass should step back. i've met a lot of folks here on the fire and Mike is a fine guy. i don't always agree with him 100%. i would not have a problem with him having my back need be.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
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Its not how you pick the booger..
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Now that I have had my customary 24 hour cooling off period that any Irishman needs, this "silly twerp" would like to invite you up. I'm only 2 hours away, in Mason County. Golly, Forrest Gump was right, life really is like a box of chocolates... You got all bent out of shape over being called a "silly twerp" ???? Right after stating outright that, in the War Between the States, I would have hired someone else to go into combat in my stead ???? ...and now you ask me to drive two hours out of my way to go and possibly fight some guy who actually calls people out on the 'net, over being called a "silly twerp" ??? *SIGH*...... Look, I wish you no ill will. We're both on the 'Fire, and we ain't far away, chances are we may meet eventually anyway. If anything happens it will happen when it happens, if anything does I hope whatever it is for both our sakes that it's legal. Maybe you should just hire a lawyer and sue me instead. Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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mike is one of the best guys you could meet. Had dealings with him but never seen him face to face. We would be welcome to put his feet under my table any day of the week.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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This could be the biggest thing to hit Mason county since the hoodoo war.  Mikes a swell guy. Heck he used to come by and see me where I gunsmithed.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Heck BW, I thought he was going to buy you a meal, if you make it up that far, I just may join you guys for that meal. I'm always driving into and out of that little town.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Now that I have had my customary 24 hour cooling off period that any Irishman needs, this "silly twerp" would like to invite you up. I'm only 2 hours away, in Mason County.
If you accept my sincere invitation, I will promise you complete satisfaction. PM me when its convenient for you to come. I will meet you on the City Square and perhaps you will learn some things you didn't know. Can also help defray your expenses if necessary.
I anxiously await your reply, "don't be skeert" :):):):)
Johnny Reb
Right down the road from you, in Pontotoc Cemetery, my GG Grandfather rests with a CSA headstone marking his grave. My Southern roots run pretty deep in your neck of the woods where my family homesteaded. Many still are there. But, the war is over. And Mike is as fine a gentleman as you will ever encounter. (Not to say we have always seen things eye to eye, but in the end, having a cool one after the discussion is what it's all about.)
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I was confusing Menard with Mason, but anyways its only 30 minutes away. The old Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, AKA Presidio San Saba, 1758-1777, and Jim Bowie's own inscription ca. 1832  "Bouie" was actually how he himself spelled his name. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Sharpshin/frontierfolk/sansaba1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Sharpshin/frontierfolk/sansaba4.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Sharpshin/frontierfolk/sansaba6.jpg) I wish I could have seen that area in 1832. Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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I think oldgunsmith may very well be talking about the rich
history of (Fort)Mason, the HooDoo Wars and the many Johnny Rebs
that settled there - as far as "learn some things you didn't
know". I consider birdwatcher my friend.
--- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE --- A Magic Time To Be An Illegal In America---
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Not knowing how this got started, cut me some slack. But I did not read the OP as a challenge in any way. Rather, he said that after cooling off, he'd be happy to meet with birdwatcher. No threat stated or implied, as far as I could tell.
In other words, a cooler head has prevailed. Goodness knows a cool head is rare enough in this weather - and in Texas!
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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I was confusing Menard with Mason, but anyways its only 30 minutes away. The old Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, AKA Presidio San Saba, 1758-1777, and Jim Bowie's own inscription ca. 1832 "Bouie" was actually how he himself spelled his name. I wish I could have seen that area in 1832. Birdwatcher Hell!!! 1757 when the garrison housed 300! I did two archaeological Field schools there!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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No threat intended--- I told him don't be skeert :):):) I think this is exactly how the Civil War started.... and I truly believe BW and I would enjoy each other's company. I'm an old history buff myself and this county has more history than most people would dream. The HooDoo War that kaywoodie was speaking of was white against white, nothing but greed and hate. Isn't that what they are all about in the end???? So I hope BW comes on up for an excursion and I can tour him around the county. You won't be the first person on the fire to come up and visit an old man and have some tea on the porch.
There is no danger here except the usual rattlesnakes and cacti.
I can share some history with you, that is dying with the passing of each old person. I have slept many a night on the floor with my friends whose parents were slaves and learned from them. I have a thirst for knowledge of the past and love to share with folks. I don't make a good internet person. Real life does me better !!!!
If you don't like Robert E. Lee, you won't like it on this ranch. JGM
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kaywoodie ---- in your digs, did you get to meet Wibby Shearer???? Another good man gone...... he was a walking history book and a TREASURE to this county. Miss him so much, he was my arrowhead buddy
If you don't like Robert E. Lee, you won't like it on this ranch. JGM
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Well that sounds like an awesome time for sure!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Threads like this just leave me shaking my head...
To the posts above from people who know Mike, I will only add that I think that he is a pretty shrewd judge of character.
Ben
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No threat intended--- I told him don't be skeert :):):) I think this is exactly how the Civil War started.... and I truly believe BW and I would enjoy each other's company. I'm an old history buff myself and this county has more history than most people would dream. The HooDoo War that kaywoodie was speaking of was white against white, nothing but greed and hate. Isn't that what they are all about in the end???? So I hope BW comes on up for an excursion and I can tour him around the county. You won't be the first person on the fire to come up and visit an old man and have some tea on the porch.
There is no danger here except the usual rattlesnakes and cacti.
I can share some history with you, that is dying with the passing of each old person. I have slept many a night on the floor with my friends whose parents were slaves and learned from them. I have a thirst for knowledge of the past and love to share with folks. I don't make a good internet person. Real life does me better !!!! Well heck, just fer that, I'm gonna let you win  Sir, put that way, I would say a visit is a certainty. Right, who's in? Seems like there's enough of us close enough that love history that this could become a serious endeavor. Birdwatcher
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