jlf1938 Loc: Acworth, GA

No, The Durango Kid was a character, a most unusual character. Charles Starrett was in over 160 movies and about one-half of them were about the Durango Kid. He was a favorite of mine in the 1940s. He was cool as they would say in the 1950s. Am I showing my age or what?

For me, it is a sad thing that his family, after his demise, would/will not allow his movies to be shown. That is why you do not see them on TV these days, but you can find a few to watch by doing a search on the Internet.

Please find one to watch and enjoy. Don't worry about how he travels with his two horses. You were not supposed to think about that.

Little Wolf Loc: Marin County California

Sounds like you had quite a life and sorry to hear about your leg. I worked as a mechanic for a Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi for 18 years. When I got too old and burned out I had the opportunity to teach mechanics at City College San Francisco for another 18 years. I finally retired from that after I had a department chair waive his PhD in front of me and told me I had to teach his way. Needless to say that did piss me off because he had no idea about how to teach auto mechanics. The funny thing is one day when I was bringing a ride in off the trail I see this bicyclist coming down the hill as fast as he can, now I mind you I had a horse that had been hit by a bicycle and wanted nothing to do with them. I hollered for him to slow down and not spook my horses, as he got closer I see it is the department chair with the infamous PhD coming towards me. when he saw who I was he stopped and tried to make friendly with me however I leaned out of my saddle looked him in the eye and told him out here I have the PhD and if I ever see you coming down the trail like that again I would kick his rear end all the way back to the parking lot, last time I ever heard or saw him again.

One of the things that really help me with my PTSD was working with the horses, it really calmed me down and allowed me some peace of mind being at the ranch. I stayed there another 10 years before my health went South and I had to quit. I'm still working with horses however it's with an organization called project hope, they work with veterans and horses in a way that psychologists can't.

RuffplayOR57 Loc: Klamath Falls, OR

Sounds to me like you handled the “PHD” about what I would call correctly! I’ll try and lookup the “project hope” and learn a little about that. I have a cousin that still has some lasting effects from Nam so that sounds like a great organization. I’m going to try and go fishing with him in a couple weeks, I know he’s not into horses, but he did raise a cow or two through the years and fished. I think he gave up hunting, but he also did enjoy that for a long time, we used to hunt Elk together from time to time.

RuffplayOR57 Loc: Klamath Falls, OR

Yes, you are probably showing your age, good thing about that is we All get older every year. We’re still above dirt, and your still teaching some of us and giving info I would have probably never heard anywhere else. I’ll try a d look up Charles Starrett and see if I can watch a few of the shows. My era was Roy & Dale, and Johnny Weizmiller,( I think I spelled that wrong) oh well no matter, spelling was never my Strong suit! 😀😂 Thanks for sharing your memories and information!