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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 7, 2007 11:11:27 GMT -5
Grass Valley Police Department
Thursday
• At 11:59 a.m., a caller from a business on the 200 block of Main Street reported an antique gun with a gold handle and cowboy scene engraving was stolen. It was a "General Custer Replica." Police took a report for petty theft. Article: www.theunion.com/article/20070407/NEWS/104070163 |
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 7, 2007 11:46:30 GMT -5
Yet another stupid criminal-
The penalty for stealing a 'replica' wouldn't be much different from stealing the 'Real McCoy'. And stealing a mere replica doesn't even carry the 'prestige' of a Pink Panther style caper.
I did find the entire array of misdeeds the police had to deal with interesting. Mostly, it must leave the poor cops yawning and perhaps feeling a bit of the disillusionment with their law enforcement duties that Indian fighting had left Keogh with.
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 7, 2007 12:22:55 GMT -5
Our crimes around here are usually yawners, too. In fact, America's Most Wanted started to film here last year and left after a couple of days because nothing was happening.
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Post by Tricia on Apr 7, 2007 12:59:21 GMT -5
Diane--
Of course, America's Most Wanted left town. What's to happen in a place like Niceville?
--t.
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Post by elisabeth on Apr 7, 2007 13:07:10 GMT -5
Sweet.
I still have a clipping from the local newspaper from my favourite holiday area (Bridport, in Dorset): two boys attempted to steal a bottle of lemonade from a shop, but ran off when challenged. Front-page news. That's the kind of town you can really love ...
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 7, 2007 13:10:57 GMT -5
I agree-
I seriously considered moving to Idaho at one time. My thinking was based on nothing more than - it was the place I heard about LEAST, if ever, on newscasts.
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 7, 2007 21:23:31 GMT -5
That's a good one, Trish! ;D
Elisabeth and M, there is a lot to be said for such places. I lived most of my life around Washington, DC, which isn't nearly as busy as some of our large cities, but I wouldn't go back for anything now.
Give me peace and tranquility (and a dose of Southern charm).
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Post by Montana Bab on Apr 7, 2007 22:01:07 GMT -5
My old hometown was Roundup, Montana, population, 3,949 (back then). The biggest thing that ever happened there was a bunch of high school boys figured out how to get a barrel up on the top of a flagpole!! It made the front page.
Ah, the good old days......
Bab
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 8, 2007 10:35:34 GMT -5
Diane-
I read one time that in the 'good old' days out west. One ranch owner packed up his entire outfit and moved it something like forty or fifty mile further on. He heard that another ranch had been established 60 miles, or so, away from his. His reason? quote: 'This country is gettin' too damn crowded."
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 8, 2007 17:44:57 GMT -5
Funny!
When I moved down here, I was surprised to learn what Florida's No. 1 industry is: Not tourism, not citrus, cattle! We have beautiful ranches run by "Cracker Cowboys" throughout the state.
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Post by alfuso on Apr 9, 2007 8:52:07 GMT -5
During the Civil War Florida fed most of the Confederacy. There was almost a war within the state when the CSA Quartermaster got too enthusiastic and began taking all the cattle, including the family milque cows and next year's breeding stock! Gov Milford wrote to Davis warning him off. Florida "cowmen" were a dangerous breed.
My husband used to help run cattle when he was a kid. You did it Ozzie style then - on foot, with whips and dogs.
The last known classic gun fight in America took place on the streets of Kissimmee in 1926.
alfuso
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Post by clw on Apr 9, 2007 13:35:01 GMT -5
Arcadia passed a town ordinance against horses IN bars long about the time I moved here in 1990. Russell painted a whole series on the Cracker cowboy. They're still around and they're great guys. I could listen to 'em yarn all day! We have two local PBR (Professional Bull Riders) stars. The parking lot at the local restaurant always has a stock trailer or two full of working stock horses. Yep. This is cow country.
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Post by harpskiddie on Apr 9, 2007 13:53:51 GMT -5
alfuso:
I remember reading about that one. THE GUNFIGHT AT THE O.J. CORRAL............
Gordie,
shuck it Slick, or suck oranges........................................................
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Post by BrokenSword on Nov 19, 2007 21:05:32 GMT -5
Gordie- "...THE GUNFIGHT AT THE O.J. CORRAL...."
OH! I get now!!
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 20, 2007 11:28:23 GMT -5
Gosh, Broken One, it only took you seven months to get it!  |
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