Setting down for a spell on the Saturday OPEN thread
Shot by Dan at Black Dog Salvage
“Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been willfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence.”
Alice Walker
January 19, 2013 - 9:00 AM
Amen, Sister Walker!
Certainly fits pammala and Frank.
Is this thread secular or non-secular?
By the way, the following comment in yesterday’s Roanoke Times by Bradley Klapper, AP writer, in his article titled, “Captives’ fate unclear after rescue attempt” is a doozy! As found in the page 1 article’s continuation on page 14, to wit:
“president barack obama and british prime minister david cameron spoke on the phone to ….SHARE THEIR CONFUSION” (my emphasis added, of course).
Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up!
Imagine the following:
obama: ahhh, hi, david. this is barry. i’m confused. are you confused?
cameron: no, not really. hey, barry, what’s with the phone you’re using? is that the one you were telling me about?
obama: why, YES, david, that’s my obama-phone! How do you like the sound?
cameron: well, barry, it kinda makes you sound like a gravely-voiced old woman, truth be known. however, we really should get down to business.
obama: hey, wait a sec, david. i need to have my teleprompter programmed to be in-synch with my obamaphone. won’t that be cool?
cameron: i wouldn’t know about that. now, we should really get down to business. what in the world are the Americans going to do about the situation in Algeria?
obama: why, “we’re” not gonna do anything about Algeria, david. why should we? you colonialists so easily forget that we Americans are staunchly anti-colonialist, and as such we stand with those who see to over-throw colonialist rule.
cameron: but barry, Algeria is not under colonial rule. you and i have hostages held by terrorists in Algeria. don’t you know that?
obama: what’s a terrorist, david? we don’t have those in America, and we don’t ever see any in foreign countries. according to big sis, all we have are “man-caused disasters”! Do we have a “man-caused disaster” in Algeria, david?
cameron: barry, now i AM confused. i’ll speak with you some other time. …don’t call me, maybe.
A recent post by Ron May and his Al Kaline Louisville Slugger got me thinking about my first professional sporting event. Went to Philadelphia and saw the Phillies play the Mets. It was 1968 amd I was 8. The Phillies won in a rout, 19-2, and I cried. I’ve been a Met fan ever since. I’ve been to other professional sporting events, but baseball is still my favorite. There is NOTHING as good as a ballpark dog, a salty, soft pretzel with mustard, and a big soda!
Anybody else remember their first professional sporting event?
Just a little piece of internet philosophy that I picked up today with which I happen to agree:
Women and cats will do as they please,
and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Once again, I find myself agreeing with Alice Walker.
I’m convinced that at the current rate of decay, we should be communicating electronically in something akin to medieval Welsh within the next ten years.
This link talks about a new holiday the NRA is promoting. The first video gives examples why we need laws to restrict gun ownership & use. Each of these folks would have benefitted from instruction from the Virginia video & test required to get a Concealed Carry Permit. A caution, some of the language in the video might offend some on this blog. I have to admit that I was offended that any of these smoes had access to firearms.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/gun-fails-second-amendment-rights-gone-wrong_n_2490579.html?ref=new-york&ir=New+York&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
Prime examples of government abuse of power and why government should be restrained
Police go to wrong house and shoot friendly dog
http://www.9news.com/news/article/310633/339/Deputy-accused-of-shooting-killing-dog
Police shoot restrained dog
http://www.examiner.com/article/colorado-police-shoot-dog-restrained-on-catch-pole
Video
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=49f_1353946915
I tell you now that if the Roanoke police came to my house by mistake and shot my overly friendly dog, we would have a big freaking problem. Government abuse of power should have the highest levels of punishment. They are the ones that are supposed to ‘protect and serve’.
Jason Perdue:
When I was ten years old, Roanoke still had a minor league baseball team–The Roanoke Red Sox—a Boston farm team. As a result, when the Red Sox broke spring training, they made a tour through their minor league cities
playing exhibition games. The Red Sox and Phillies played at the old Maher Field ball park and I got to take the afternoon off from school to watch. Don’t remember the score, but in the small park the two teams hit eight home runs. One landed on the roof of the marine corps armory and one went across the Roanoke River in right field. As a red sox fan I remember from that game Sammy White, Jimmy Piersall, Jackie Jensen, Billy Klaus and others. And from the Phils there were Del Ennis, Richie Ashburn,
and Robin Roberts. A big thrill for a kid who had 500 baseball cards and played the game with the neighborhood kids almost every day from April 1 to the end of October!
Ron@5…I saw that video yesterday. It could have easily gone on for an hour, I bet. Of course the editors were only tasteful enough to show those that ended comically and not tragically.
How bout this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpLd0WQKCY
jason and wayne,
those were the days. my family moved to Philly in ’63, and i not-so-easily transferred my youthful allegiance to the Phiilies from the Pirates. Roberto Clemente was my hero. Richie Allen soon became another, as did Jim Bunning (I trace my conservative roots to Senator Bunning…). My first experience of any kind with a “pro” anything was when my new friends told me that Don Demeter (who was soon traded to Detroit for Bunning and catcher Gus Triandos), a Phillies third baseman and outfielder, lived near-by. we went to his house to see if he would autograph our well-oiled gloves. his wife answered the door, called for him to come outside, and we had a great youthful experience being in his presence and getting his autograph.
back in those days, ball-players like don demeter lived in neighborhoods like roanoke’s raleigh court. imagine.
Wayne, what a line-up! I grew up going to Salem Pirates games in what is now Kiwanis Field. Saw the likes of Dave Parker, Richie Zisk, Ed Ott, Mithcell Page, and John Candelaria on the way to the Show. Never did like the Pirates, though, because they were in the old National League East with my Mets.
Was the purpose of the Second Amendment to preserve slavery?
An article I posted a link to on 1/17 says essentially the same thing. When you read some of the original documents it sure makes you think about it.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery#.UPXkRhEJ01R.facebook
Hey Casey, read the 2nd amendment, you worthless piece of liberal trash! Man, your pic says it all………
Re: Dan Casey — January 19, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
OTOH, see: http://tinyurl.com/23r8grr
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JPFO’s movie, “No Guns for Negroes” – exposes the racist history of American gun control laws. Every person who supports gun control laws must be shown this film or gun ownership will cease to exist in America.
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Not in direct to your comment, but also see: http://tinyurl.com/2vwud3v
Jason, wayne, & Frank,
In my youth we lived near a town with a direct rail connection west to St. Louis, north to Chicago and east to Cincinnati. Every summer my grandfather, dad, brother and I would take the train to one of those three cities and take in a major league baseball game. Some of my uncles would come over and take care of milking our cows so we could get an early train. Once in St. Louis, Chicago or Cincy we would get a cab and head to Sportsman Park, Commisky, Wrigley or the park in Cincy. This was in the 1950s & early 60s. Got to see some great games & players during those days. After the game it was back to the train station and back home. A long day, but memorable times. Probably have some pictures somewhere.
I enjoyed going to the Bluefield Orioles games growing up. It was a very successful club that posted 20 run games from time to time. Bowen Field was a real jewel in an area that didn’t have much going for it. I believe Cal Ripken Jr got his start there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefield_Blue_Jays
Gotta love Ancient Bobcat’s way with words! lol.
Re: Dan Casey @ 1:23 pm
You might also do a search on the anti-Italian roots of the more recent NY Sullivan Law.
See: http://tinyurl.com/ahg6upb
So why does your picture “say it all”, Dan? I wish we could click on the avatars to enlarge them.
Gee, Ancient Bobcat’s back. He hates Dan but just can’t keep from reading his blog. It is addictive, isn’t it, AB.
Interactive map of Journal News employees
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=4490&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embrace-it-baby-interactive-map-of-journal-news-employee
Remember, the Journal News published a detailed map cataloging all of the handgun permit owners in Westchester and Rockland counties. So turnabout is fair play.
Re: Debbie @ 3:01 pm
Yup.
And I thought Dan was going to block personal attacks and uncivil comments.
No, #16, Gun ownership will never caese to exist in America. They can create all the laws and regulations they want to, but there will ALWAYS be guns. So say 76% of this great nation. As many people continue to fabricate their own weapons in their basements/garages, etc., there may be a slight declination in craftsmanship, but most are state-of-the-art. At least the ones I`ve seen made and had the pleasure of shooting.
Far from addictive. This clown is always good for a laugh, Debbie. Not a personal attack or uncivil, simply the truth. Why this man gets paid for this garbage is beyond me. Take him, please! You can have him.
Dave Hicks:
“And I thought Dan was going to block personal attacks and uncivil comments.”
Obviously he changed his mind.
It never takes long for someone to crawl out of the woodwork and ruin every thread that gets put up.
Ancient Bobcat = cool handle, dopey post.
Frank,
Of my many career’s bartending was the one I enjoyed the most. To honor the craft, I invented a special cocktail called the “Frank”. Prepare as follows;
-Take a large shaker full of ice
-Add 1 jigger (once) of Old GrandDad bourbon
-Add 1.5 jigger’s of Metamucil
-Add 1 jigger of Milk of Magnesia
-Place one of your prescribed Adderall and Aricept pills, a maraschino cherry and a slice of orange and a splash of bitters in a mortar and pestle and grind them to a smooth consistency and add to shaker
-Place a pint glass firmly on top of the shaker and vigorously shake it for 20 seconds
-Strain the contents into a 8 oz rocks glass filled with ice and garnish with one of those cute little paper umbrellas
This cocktail was created especially for you as a pre bedtime treat. Enjoy!
A classic example of 12 year old behavior. “I don’t like what happened so I’m taking my ball and going home. So there!!” “NaNaNaNaNaNa!!”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/01/fox-news-to-shut-down-for-routine-maintenance-monday-morning-at-1130.html?mbid=nl_Borowitz+%2871%29%3Fmbid%3Dsocial_mobile_FBshare&t=Fox+News+to+Shut+Down+for+Routine+Maintenance+Monday+Morning+at+11%3A30+%3A+The+New+Yorker
“A classic example of 12 year old behavior. “I don’t like what happened so I’m taking my ball and going home. So there!!” “NaNaNaNaNaNa!!”
Actually, it’s a classic example of clever satire.
@Steve C: thanks for the compliment of my handle, of course I had to post something dopey, right in the context of Casey, isn’t it?
Geesh Dan, a guy can’t even have a little fun on Saturday night. Busted!!
Steve C:
“Ancient Bobcat = cool handle, dopey post.”
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I was thinking earlier what a waste of a cool blog handle he is.
It’s always gratifying when posters like Ancient Bobcat flatter me with their attention. It means I’ve really an impression on her (in this business, it really doesn’t matter what that impression is). So long as she’s talking about me, I’m winning.
Thanks for reading, and reacting, Ancient Bobcat!
(Cue the response: “But…but…but…I…I…I NEVER read your stuff!”)
Happy 70th birthday, J. Lynn Joplin.
You have a deep beauty that’s eternal, a talent that keeps giving enormous enjoyment to millions, and you’ve made a positive difference in creating a better world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpDOIPx_sY
Government abuse of power should have the highest levels of punishment. They are the ones that are supposed to ‘protect and serve’.
Comment by Rob — January 19, 2013 @ 11:55 am
Agreed. However, it appears that the higher the level one attains in our present government(s) the less scrutiny one’s abuses receive and; the least severity of punishment is applied.
Ancient Bobcat, if I don’t like someone, I don’t visit their web site. I wouldn’t even waste my time visiting their site just to tell them, I don’t like them. I guess I’m just weird that way.
Ancient Bobcat is female?
I always imagined an old man hurling insults at the people on his TV, and then complaining even more furiously when his righteous recliner rage is interrupted by those cursed commercials.
Then again, I have an active imagination.
I also imagine a grandchild coming in and asking him if he’d like a bowl of soup. He asks the old man if he’d like to surf the internet while he waits.
“I guess,” the old man grumbles, “Might as well see what that commie dirtbag Casey is up to.”
He puts his reading glasses on and slides the laptop close to peck away a quick note.
Hey Casey,
Take a shower and put on a blazer, you filthy hippie!
Love, Bobcat
P.S. CRABAPPLES!
The glasses slide down his nose as he dozes off to sleep once again, only to fart himself awake moments later.
The End.
Now that I know the user is a female, my imagination has to make up a whole new story for her. This could take hours.
I do this for everyone, by the way.
Sheesh, Steve C,
Nice try, I don’t drink the hard stuff.
After the Lance-bill clinton thingy, I was kinda hoping for something more along the lines of one of your un-creative rants.
Didja forget your knee-pads, or what?
Frank, do you really like this when youre sober? Sorry, man. I just assumed you were just always drunk.
It’s even worse than I thought…
“I don’t drink the hard stuff. “
That explains everything.
From the AJC; GOP moonwalks away from the debt-ceiling.
You germs and she-males flatter me. Maybe I should start a blog to represent the majority of mentally competent folks, not the Obama Lemmings. Think the Lib Times will pay me? And I’m sure Mr. White, it will be days, not hours for you. Guess you forgot your teleprompter as well as your meds. I have no reply for Casey, not worth the time to write it. Nitey nite from Old Kitty!
#41 You know, Frank, the knee pad stuff is childish, immature, stupid and unimaginative.
Oh, right, it fits you perfectly.
Another good reason to avoid gun shows:
“Accidental shootings at three guns shows in the U.S. Saturday wounded five people, including three who were hurt in one incident in Raleigh, N.C.
Authorities say five people have been wounded by gunfire at three separate gun shows around the United States.”
http://news.msn.com/us/2-hurt-in-accidental-shooting-at-nc-gun-show/
Art Hill,
I love the quote from Samuel Johnson.
Ancient Bobcat,
Don’t scratch yourself too much in your sleep. I wouldn’t want you to get an infection.
J.M. White, I always imagined Ancient Bobcat was a grumpy old man, too. Of course this is the internet, so the cat still could be.
Jason Perdue @#12, my first pro ballgame was the Salem Rebels (pre-Pirates) at Municipal Field. Then many games there of the Pirates, Redbirds, Avalanche, etc., so we’ve stared into the same trough (lol). My first MLB game was at Dodger Stadium in LA.
RIP, Stan Musial.
R @ 8:32,
Too late; rabies is an infection.
Another highly responsible gun owner shows his skill and IQ:
http://news.yahoo.com/three-hurt-firearm-accident-north-carolina-gun-show-234451916.html
“RIP Stan Musial”
I don’t have a lot of heroes, but Stan the Man was one of them. As a kid in St. Louis I’d hide a transistor radio under the pillow to hear Cardinals games called by legends Harry Caray and Jack Buck on KMOX. Musial never argued with an umpire, never lost his temper on the field. RIP, hero, we’ll not see his likes again.
Whether that’s true or not, Debbie, I now have to invent an entire new construct for the character. It’s simply exhausting work on it’s own. Now with the additional challenge of doing it without my teleprompter and without my meds, I’m not sure if I’m up to the task.
See, all I see now is a gray-faced Bobcat, sitting at an old rollback desk, the light of a counterfeit Tiffany lamp illuminating a freshly steeped cup of tea. The feline hisses at the monitor and begins batting its paws upon the keyboard. The archaic Hewlett-Packard desktop whirs loudly, its 133Mhz processor struggling to keep the last surviving copy of Windows ME functioning.
A bobcat typing on a computer? Come on! That doesn’t amuse me; that’s just adorable. My imagination is supposed to make caricatures of you people, not something I wish I could cuddle!
Maybe I can incorporate your idea and come up with a 60-something dude who by day is a semi-successful hedge fund investor and by night slips into a nice sundress and some comfortable sandals and makes “blistering” commentary on random blogs.
Whatever. I don’t judge. My sisters dressed me up as a Brownie for Halloween when I was 4, perm and everything. I wasn’t real big on the brown sash but I was rocking some pumps that were FABULOUS!
Dang!
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/319263
Hey Dan: You’re an avid cyclist. You should weigh in with a piece on Lance Armstrong for all of us to tear apart or agree with (or somewhere in betweeen).
“If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize—that isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards—that’s not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school.
I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others.
I’d like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody.
I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question.
I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry.
And I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked.
I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison.
I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won’t have any money to leave behind. I won’t have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind.
But I just want to leave a committed life behind.
And that’s all I want to say.”
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Ebenezer Baptist Church, 4 February 1968.
(Two months before his assassination.)
SNL: “Today is Gun Appreciation Day, so be sure to set your clocks back a hundred years.
“Warren”:
“Today is Gun Appreciation Day, so be sure to set your clocks back a hundred years.”
I’d be just fine with setting gun control back a hundred years.
Jason Perdue @12:57
Jason, I too enjoyed watching those outstanding players on those very good Pirate teams in the late 60′s and early 70′s, though I was well past the stage of being a boy growing up. ( Well, maybe still a boy at heart!)
But that was also the era of the scariest and saddest thing I ever witnessed on a baseball field. I was there on the night when a promising
young Dominican player, Alfredo Edmead, died in an onfield incident. Linked below is a story about Edmead and what happened that night by Peter Gammons, one of my favorite sportswriters.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100808&content_id=13213474&c_id=mlb&fext=.jsp
Glad I’m not the only one up late wayne!
Here’s five reasons I am usually never seen at gun shows.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603029-5-accidentally-shot-at-gun-shows-in-north-carolina-ohio-indiana?lite
“Another good reason to avoid gun shows:
“Accidental shootings at three guns shows in the U.S. Saturday wounded five people, including three who were hurt in one incident in Raleigh, N.C.
Authorities say five people have been wounded by gunfire at three separate gun shows around the United States.”
http://news.msn.com/us/2-hurt-in-accidental-shooting-at-nc-gun-show/
–Comment by gdad
A couple of thoughts here:
1) Perhaps these shootings were a reaction to this story, on the pro-gun-control site ThinkProgress, that suggested most gun shows are themselves gun-free zones. Was somebody bound and determined to prove those lily-livered liberals at ThinkProgress wrong? They sure showed them!
2) We may need some gun-show-control laws. I wonder if any Virginia lawmakers will propose some?
Gun shows are just good clean family entertainment. Where your kid can get shot to death.
Bigots, those shows must have been in the “inner city”, right?
Two of the three shows were in state capital cities. Both on the state fairgrounds in those cities. I guess you could say that’s “inner city.” By the way the show in Indianapolis was a “knife & gun” show. No reported injuries due accidently discharging knives were reported however.
Wayne Goodman @2:13 am Such a terribly sad story.
Well, the way I look at it, free men do not ask permission to bear arms. An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a `subject`.I don`t think `gun control` is about guns, I think it is about `control`. You`ll have to search your own soul to determine how you want you and your children, and their children to live. With or without Liberty.
#60 So, John W, you’re in fa vor of these three NRA proposals from the 1930s?
“The first required that no one carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit from the local police. A permit would be granted only to a “suitable” person with a “proper reason for carrying” a firearm. Second, the law required gun dealers to report to law enforcement every sale of a handgun, in essence creating a registry of small arms. Finally, the law imposed a two-day waiting period on handgun sales.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/
Applewood apparently wants his family to live festooned with firearms, even if they have to do it illegally. And you have to be armed to be a “citizen”?
Guffaw, guffaw.
What a doofus.
Wayne, I was not at the game, but I remember crying when I heard the news. I am weeping again as I read the story. Edmead was every bit as good as advertised. Everytime I see a collision on the baseball field, I think of Edmead’s death. Times were simpler then. Bats were made of wood, and you preserved your favorite with love and electrical tap. Gloves were smaller and dusty and priceless. The bills of our caps didn’t look like an empty toilet paper roll. We often hit the cover off the ball – literally – because we had to play with the same one for years. If I close my eyes, I can smell the leather of my glove and feel the infield dirt on my skin.
I wept when I read the story, Jason. So very sad.
J.M. White, you were a brave little boy.
If J. Edgar liked to relax in dresses, why shouldn’t an old bobcat.
72.J.M. White, you were a brave little boy.
If J. Edgar liked to relax in dresses, why shouldn’t an old bobcat.
Comment by Debbie — January 20, 2013 @ 12:58 pm
Oh no! You can’t mean J. Edgar Hoover, the world’s most famous crimefighter. Does that mean I have to give up my junior GMAN badge and decoder ring that I got out of cereal boxes in the 1950′s? Not J. Edgar!
NOOOOOOO! You’ve shattered my life4!
Oh Wayne, I’m so sorry!
Now I will forever think of myself as the dream crusher.
#25 applewood, if your craftsmanship is as bad as your knowledge of quotations is I wouldn’t advise you to shoot anything you built.
Aww c’mon Steve C, he might just blow himself up, or are you being a good citizen and looking out for his safety? If that’s the case, carry on.
hmmm,
…let me get this straight. sooo, J.M. starts out as a little girl, then grows up to be …J. Edgar?
Nope, I never saw THAT coming…
77.hmmm,
…let me get this straight. sooo, J.M. starts out as a little girl, then grows up to be …J. Edgar?
Nope, I never saw THAT coming…
Comment by Frank — January 20, 2013 @ 8:07 pm
It’s OK Frank. We all understand that you have some problems seeing things clearly (real things that is)
But considering your noted lack of comprehension, we’ll give you a pass this time.
The red scare and communist hysteria that gave rise to the McCarthy era and paranoid conspiracy rantings of the John Birch Society ( and modern day Suzies) were fomented and abetted by the motion picture industry and the media in the early 1950′s. Those of you old enough to remember an age when the entertainment in most households came from radiosinstead of televisions might remember the radio drama series called “I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI” which J. Edgar and his minions did nothing to
refute. Here is a link to info about that old radio drama starring Dana Andrews with its famous tagline “I walk alone”.
http://www.iwasacommunistforthefbi.com/the-show.html
I’m sure J.M. White comprehended my comment, Frank, even if you didn’t.
Frank, if that’s what you gathered from our comments, it’s no wonder you’re so consistently wrong in your interpretation of everything else you cluck about on this blog. I’m going to give you the benefit of a doubt and pretend you were just trolling.
It doesn’t matter anyway. Ancient Bobcat is now a cross-dressing hedge fund investor in my mind. Now the story I’ve made up for your character, Frank, is a wild one indeed. Perhaps I’ll share it some time. Then again, perhaps it’s best not to.
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And yes, wayne goodman: J. Edgar loved dresses like G. Gordon loved document shredders. You can keep your junior GMAN badge, but you’ll have to send off three UPCs and $4.95 S & H for your BRAND NEW decoder ring (now with null-key encryption and twin LASERS!). J. Edgar never offered you lasers, did he? That’s because he was weak and blew his laser budget on dresses (…and they probably would’ve had to make cereal boxes a LOT bigger to accommodate even one laser back then, but whatevs. I’m going with “weak”; his estate can sue me).
Who are you gonna trust, wayne? J. Edgar, who has no lasers and kept documents on everyone, or your good pal, J. Montague, who loves freedom and offers you, the loyal citizen, a LASER!? (documents? Psha! All personal information is now stored digitally along with your DNA from birth. We don’t need no stinking documents!)
I think the choice is pretty clear: All of your friends have already gotten their rings. They’re probably out there right now shooting down enemy warplanes with their lasers. They’re cool, man! Don’t you want to be cool too, wayne?
Jason Perdue- My dad is Billy Klaus! You have a great memory.
Nancy Klaus Drake | March 11, 2013 at 9:32 pm
Jason Perdue- My dad is Billy Klaus! You have a great memoru!
I was a huge red sox fan in 1955 which was Billy’s rookie season with the sox. He was a great scrappy player who hit 283 as a rookie and placed second in rookie of the year voting to a legendary pitcher named Herb Score.
And that Red Sox team was struck by tragedy when its rising superstar first baseman, Harry Agannis, was struck down suddenly with a pulmonary embolism and died in June. B illy Klaus was as good a defensive second baseman as the Red Sox ever had.