Recent content by Ol_Rancher

I'm doomed !

25 - 30 I did a count at age 34 or so and the sum was 25 then. Add about 3 or 4 so more for the last 25 years. I was an school teacher - usually only two or three men on the staff .. an occupational hazzard. Began teaching in late '60s Yee Haw

" Funny, I saw Roy Buchanan twice at the 'Dillo in the 70s. I'm going to bet a basket of nachos and a Shiner bock that HFWR went to some concerts at the 'Dillo" CaliforniaDreamer, I saw those shows and another of his near his home in the D.C. area before moving to Austin...

Post Script - After the event I was too high with many many micrograms of vitamin A to burn off so we pointed the car north instead of south to Maryland and home driving until able to consider sleep. Found a mountain top park in Montreal and slept. Decided then and there that the Washington D.C...

I arrived at a farmer's field to park my VW late Friday afternoon. That day was to feature the acoustic groups like Joan B. and Richie Havens. I slept aftrer the long drive from Maryland and by early next morning the fences were down - the concert was free (I had no tickets anyway) I had...

Yep, Ebola in central Texas has been found to be carried by the chiggers, especially those in Texas Hill Country. Not to worry, one can just spread some kerosene over the tops of your boots and at the cuffs of your work shirt sleeves. Haven't you ever noticed that NO one who works in...

The Ol' Rancher can be there. I live one hour north to Blanco Texas then 10 miles west half way to Stonewall. I moved here from Austin so I don't knoiw San Antonio as well as I should. I try to keep to the north of the airport if I must shop at a big box or such. I will need that PM to find the...

$1.99 / gallon plus the attendant gives ya a free window wash at the Super S in Blanco Texas! In case yer wonderin' Blanco is still a onme stoplight town with a nine pin bowling alley that uses pin boys/girls. Three good reasons why I left Austin.

Geoloco & rogerc1944, Thank you both for your informative replies. I expected to hear from a few survivors who would share their first-hand knowlege. Reading reports and articles never has the same impact and are always so hedged with qualifications that they are almost no help. Almost...

Texas scorpions and snakes are not much of a problem if ya get yerself an emu to run around the yard. I haven't seen a rattler in a couple years since getting emus. In warmer dry weather, the scorpions in the house get trapped in the sinks or bathtub. Even though they can run across yer...

PSA update. After reviewing the PSA results of the last few years that were rising at an expotential rate (see 1st post in thread) my general practioner doctor and I decided that if the results were at or above a 2 then a biopsy would be prudent. The PSA was 0.3 a real drop. I will have...

In reply to an earlier post on radiation treatment. According to a Stanford lecture on the Research Channel (satellite TV): The radiation treatment in which radioactive seeds are to be planted is such that an array of 'seeds' are implanted across the inside of the prostate gland, no...

Gloves

"Ol Rancher, I thought them Texas cricket bugs was a might hardier than reg'lar cricket bugs. Maybeez I wuz wrong." Yer thinking of them big cockaroaches that fly from the trees and try to get in yer house. In Florida they are called 'Palmetto Bugs' - now there is a bit of P.R. Them big red...

"Are any of the same voices to be heard registering discontent over Charlie Rangel's shenanigans? (followed by silence except for faint sound of crickets chirping)" Crickets chirping in late November ? Not around here south-central Texas, brrrrrrrrrrrrrr It must be 40 degrees out on the porch...