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  A question for my friends in the USA about cowboys.

  by punkofnice in

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  as a kid growing up in the uk we used to play 'cowboys and indians' and watch high chaparal and bonanza along with other cowboy films.

  later, in the 70's kung fu would be shown with caine going through the 'old west'.

  we even had a chocolate bar that was marketed with a 'cowboy' theme...milky bar.. as far as i know the 'wild west' as shown on tvdidn't actually exist.. are there people that believe it did?.

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  Cimarron, NM is a tiny town with a BIG history. There is a hotel there, now called the St. James, that still has bullet holes from gunfights. And the fighters, outlaws and lawmen were famous:

  http://centerofthewest.org/2014/07/30/buffalo-bill-st-james-hotel-cimarron-new-mexico/

  “it was a favored place for lawmen, outlaws, and everyone in between"

  Then:

  

  Modern times:

  

  Here is one of the bullet holes, still in the ceiling of what was the saloon, but is now the dining room:

  "Twenty-two bullet holes still reside in the saloon’s tin ceiling, attesting to the rowdiness of the place. A common question asked was: “Who was killed at Lambert’s(St. James) last night?”

  

  

  Part of the lobby

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  There are fourteen rooms named for the outlaws, lawmen and celebrities that used them:

  The Jesse James room

  

  The Pancho Griogo room:

  

  The Buffalo Bill Cody room:

  

  Annie Oakley suite

  It is said that Buffalo Bill Cody bought tricycles for the town children, so they could ride up and down the porch of the hotel. It is also said that he came up with his plans for his famed Wild West Show, while a guest at the St. James Hotel

  Here is a nice page about both the St. James Hotel and the Taos Pueblo, where the Red Willow (Taos Pueblo's moder Indian population) people live to this day:

  https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com/category/history/

  
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  A question for my friends in the USA about cowboys.

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. current

  as a kid growing up in the uk we used to play 'cowboys and indians' and watch high chaparal and bonanza along with other cowboy films.

  later, in the 70's kung fu would be shown with caine going through the 'old west'.

  we even had a chocolate bar that was marketed with a 'cowboy' theme...milky bar.. as far as i know the 'wild west' as shown on tvdidn't actually exist.. are there people that believe it did?.

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  Take a trip out west and you'll expect the calavry to come riding in or an Indian to shoot a flaming arrow from behind a rock. The first time I went to Ft. Davis, Texas in the Davis Mountains, it felt and looked just like a western movie or TV show. I recommend visiting Fort Davis, TX and Cimarron, NM.

  

  You drive across the desert on Hwy 17 and off in the distance you can see the Davis Mountains:

  

  Be sure to get a room here if you visit, at least for one of the nights. Its just like Miss Kitty's place in Gunsmoke. The rooms anyway. We loved our stay there: http://www.hotellimpia.com/

  

  

  There is a wonderful observatory out side of town in the mountains.

  

  Time lapse of the night sky from the observatory:

  The stars at night, really are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.

  

  This is the Indian Lodge, outside of town:

  
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  A question for my friends in the USA about cowboys.

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. current

  as a kid growing up in the uk we used to play 'cowboys and indians' and watch high chaparal and bonanza along with other cowboy films.

  later, in the 70's kung fu would be shown with caine going through the 'old west'.

  we even had a chocolate bar that was marketed with a 'cowboy' theme...milky bar.. as far as i know the 'wild west' as shown on tvdidn't actually exist.. are there people that believe it did?.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Punkofnice, would you like to travel back in time to 1888 Deadwood South Dakota? Listen to this song and get a taste of what it would have felt like on a lazy afternoon in a Deadwood saloon. This music and story are how it still feels in the small towns outwest.

  You're going to smile ear to ear. I promise. Very atmospheric. It's called Deadwood and it is by Nanci Griffith. It was written by her former husband Eric Taylor. This was recorded in 1988.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ehstb-tI0
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  Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

  by Terry in

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  as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

  on the same day and didn't have any money!

  (not thinking it through, you see :).

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  I collect historic firearms and look upon it mostly as an investment. Most of them can't be shot, but they double in value approximately every 8 - 10 years.

  My paternal grandfather had one full wall in his basement filled with antique and historic firearms. He also built replica Civil War cannons, steam engines and scale locamotives and train cars with tracks, from scratch. One of his trains is in a museum.
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  Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

  by Terry in

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  as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

  on the same day and didn't have any money!

  (not thinking it through, you see :).

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  I like collecting magnets because they are fun, portable and easy to keep clean. My kids and made magnets when they were growing up as well. The watermelon ones are a couple from those times.

  Just some of my magnet collection. I have collected more since these pictures were taken. I had some pigs that would fall off and their ears would break off.

  
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  Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

  on the same day and didn't have any money!

  (not thinking it through, you see :).

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  Terry, when you have time, check out this ten year old thread I made for collectors. Some of the members are long gone from JWD and JWN:

  What do you collect? 2 3 4 5 6
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  Playboy bunny??

  by 4thgen in

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  hey simon.

  why is there a playboy bunny dancing on the screen?

  next time, can you make it a playboy bunny?.

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  Ha. You are busted.
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  Sister pleads guilty to killing her newborn while at congregation outing!

  by Atlantis in

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  http://social.jw-archive.org/articles/sister-pleads-guilty-to-killing-her-baby-while-at-congregation-ou#sthash.xzojqlck.dpuf.

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  nevada!.

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  This is the first I have heard of this story, too.

  It is pointed out that this young woman's parents sat there without tears. That says a lot about what life was like for this girl, growing up. And where did she learn to punch a child in the face?
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  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

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  The original of Miss Amanda Jones was done by the Rolling Stones. The Some Kind of Wonderful sound track has both the original and the 80s cover version by The March Violets.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_La3MGqw5oo
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  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

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  I loved this 80s movie with a young Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart Masterson:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfzhMFYt60