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rangerider7
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by rangerider7 » Thu May 22, 2008 8:44 pm
I thought y'all might want to see this old tintype.
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Griff
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by Griff » Thu May 22, 2008 8:56 pm
Griff,
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
rjohns94
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by rjohns94 » Thu May 22, 2008 8:58 pm
kewl
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rangerider7
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by rangerider7 » Thu May 22, 2008 9:06 pm
Griff, only if he took the Colt off. You know we are not getting any younger, but if you are willing I am.
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by Griff » Thu May 22, 2008 9:16 pm
rangerider7 wrote: Griff, only if he took the Colt off. You know we are not getting any younger, but if you are willing I am.
I agree, he needs to take the Colt off, wouldn't wanna scratch the finish! If he's like most cowboys I know, we'd better pack a lunch!
Griff,
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
awp101
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by awp101 » Thu May 22, 2008 9:21 pm
Possibly a Vaquero?
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
rangerider7
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by rangerider7 » Thu May 22, 2008 9:24 pm
Very Possible! Griff, maybe he had better take the knife off too! We don't need to take any chances. I don't have medicare yet.
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awp101
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by awp101 » Thu May 22, 2008 9:31 pm
Better have him take off the boots then too...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
rangerider7
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by rangerider7 » Thu May 22, 2008 9:34 pm
Griff better watch the boots, I'm sneaking up on him from the back!
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by Griff » Thu May 22, 2008 10:02 pm
Bein' a "lefty" I'm used to heelin'!
Griff,
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Jaguarundi
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by Jaguarundi » Fri May 23, 2008 12:03 am
Neato
!
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Grizz
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by Grizz » Fri May 23, 2008 12:04 am
You cowboys crack me up. Thanks for some good laughs...
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by gamekeeper » Fri May 23, 2008 2:20 am
Grizz wrote: You cowboys crack me up. Thanks for some good laughs...
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by Ysabel Kid » Fri May 23, 2008 7:17 am
Great photo!
Pete44ru
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by Pete44ru » Fri May 23, 2008 7:35 am
It makes me wonder, if the guy's really a hotel clerk, dressed up by the photographer.
brucew44guns
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by brucew44guns » Fri May 23, 2008 8:12 am
Those chaps look pretty new, but those boots have been down the road a few miles!!
To hell with them fellas, buzzards gotta eat same as the worms.
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rangerider7
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by rangerider7 » Fri May 23, 2008 9:18 am
I was waiting to see who would notice that. He was probably proud of some of his resent attire but he wears his Colt, knife, and boots like they have been with him forever. The cuffs of the chaps are dusty and worn. I have seen hundreds of photos of drugstore cowboys with props provided by the photographer. In my opinion this is not one of them. IMHO
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kimwcook
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by kimwcook » Fri May 23, 2008 11:57 am
Those old tin types are really neat. When you're away from your family for months on end and you get to the end of the drive you buy new dudes and get a picture to send or take home because those new dudes don't look new for very long. Tough life.
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Gaucho Gringo
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by Gaucho Gringo » Fri May 23, 2008 2:53 pm
I watched some of the shows on the History Channel on cowboys and cattle drives in the last couple of weeks. In one they said one of the first things they did at the end of the drive was to buy some new, fancy clothes before going out hellraising in the saloons, gambling halls and whorehouses. I don't think I would want to go out on the town in the same clothes that I had worn for the last 3 to 4 months 24 hours a day either.
20cows
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by 20cows » Fri May 23, 2008 11:07 pm
Sometimes at the end of the drive with full pockets, an old boy would buy a new outfit and have his picture made the same day.
If he waited a day or two, there might not be enough cash for the photographer.
20cows
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by 20cows » Fri May 23, 2008 11:09 pm
Gee, I guess I was in a hurry and didn't see Gaucho Gringo's post before I shot my own off.
Oh,well.