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1. about 2 hours ago on Betty

   To the first question no, you only ride hard and fast to put some distance between you and the posse or town. Then you rest your horse at a walk and keep your eye on the horizon for sight of the posse to maintain your distance until they give up and go home. It was extremely rare for a posse to continue to pursue you into another jurisdiction. But then the telegraph came into being which allowed the sheriff or marshal to notify surrounding law enforcement to be on the lookout for you. Making it to Mexico was your best bet but then again, the Federales might have been notified so you may have to ride for Argentina and Bolivia like Butch and Sundance. But then again that really didn’t help them either because they wouldn’t stop robbing, so they ended their story in Potos. I read a lot of westerns as a kid. rheddmobile already answered the second question

2. 2 days ago on Next Door Neighbors

   I guess I don’t have an ear for it as it just sounds like people talking.

3. 3 days ago on Reality Check

   These days I take them in batches because there’s just too many to swallow all at once.

4. 3 days ago on The Born Loser

   Agreed. I’m still trying to get used to potassium salt. For some reason it tastes like detergent to me or at least what I imagine detergent to taste like.

5. 3 days ago on Betty

   Also, they made sure their pistol’s bullets matched the caliber of their carbine rifle. No need to carry different types of ammo. The exception of course would be for the shotgun.

6. 3 days ago on Betty

   You beat me to it.

7. 4 days ago on Clay Jones

   Funny, this is exactly how I envisioned this going when I first learned of Mike Johnson’s pilgrimage to Mar-A-Lardo.

8. 4 days ago on Bloom County

   Gary Hart failed to complete his mission, so Trump is the second attempt.

9. 5 days ago on Monty

   No, they don’t but after having made the mistake of bringing tropical plants into the house without first treating them with neem oil, I won’t be without the Fly Web. There are others that probably work as well but I chose that one due to its aesthetics. You don’t really have any idea how many critters are flittering around your home until you install one.

10. 5 days ago on Bloom County

    I find it interesting that pretty much all of the articles that pop up using your suggested search are personality based and do not support your defense of undereducated or semi-literate word usage. Just because we can understand you doesn’t mean that the words you are using aren’t cringe worthy. You may also want to search for information on those who speak in the manner you are defending and how successful they are in life both personal and professional. In general, it’s not very far. Those who do succeed with a communication handicap are a rarity in the extreme. Donald Trump can’t be used as an example because his college degrees were bought and paid for by his father, so his semi-literate speech is just covered up by money and his propensity to bullying people. Effective communication skills are essential tools in getting ahead fiscally and socially. As to my own reading comprehension, a deep search of my name above should illustrate my level of competence as I assisted in the translations of the scrolls found at Qumran, wrote a novel called The Charlemagne Legacy in 1972, and have a number of my papers and study texts in the stacks of all of the Regent’s colleges of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. By deep search I mean you will need to go to original sources like my old friend Hava Katz at the Israel Antiquities Authority and Dr. Umberto Utro at the Vatican who I don’t know personally but has access to all of the research references for the Dead Sea scrolls. You will also need to connect with the Regents librarians who have often been a big help to me. As a long-retired teacher I have enjoyed engaging with you as there are not many who would take up the defense of tolerating a world where the illiterate would reign supreme. And yes, like many instructors I can be somewhat of a jerk but folks like you make it easy. Have a good day and a successful life.