I have 2 stories about my pool shootin days...
First I was 18 and we shot pool everyday we could, if we weren't huntin or fishin we were shootin pool.
Well, the little town we lived in only had bout 1400 people and everybody KNEW everybody.
Anyway, I was a leadfoot way back then and use to get speedin tickets regularly.
However, all the tickets were taken care of by the Justice of the Peace, Judge Roberts.
Anytime any of us got a local ticket we had to go see the Judge.
He regularly would only fine us a dollar a mile over the speed limit, which was 70mph.
SO, one day I get a ticket for doin 87mph in a 70 zone but I didn't take care of it right away cause I didn't have the money for the fine.
Granted, it would have only been 17 dollars but it was 1971 and I just didn't have it right then. So a week later I go in to see the Judge and I can see he isn't sittin at his desk.
Now that wasn't unusual cause he loved to play dominos over at the pool hall if he wasn't busy with business.
SO, when I walk in and the Judge wasn't sittin at his desk, I ask his secretary if the Judge was over at the pool hall playin dominos? WELL, if looks could kill, she looked at me and said " Judge Roberts funeral is at 1 o'clock this afternoon."
OHHH, well, I didn't say anything. I turned around and walked out.
I kinda forgot about the ticket. BIG mistake.
Fast forward to bout June of '71.
I'm hangin with a guy that rides a motorcycle that is legally blind that lives on the farm next door, and I'm ridin behind him AT NIGHT and think nothing of it.
We come into the Truck Stop one Saturday night and I have pint bottle of Tequila in my hip ,pocket and we're sittin there bout midnight havin something to eat. Well in walks a few of my friends and they see me and they come over and one of them tells me the local cop, Tim, has a warrant out for my arrest. I laugh and say, "Yeah, I'm such a bad M F they want to arrest me."
Then Gary says, NO, REALLY !
I then realize that Tim the cop has come in and is sittin in the booth closest to the front door.
Well in a bit I walk up there and sit down with him in his booth. I then say, " So, I hear you have a warrant for my arrest?"
He looks up at me and says "Yeah" and thumps a piece of paper in his front pocket and says, " You forget about a ticket you got?"
I said Yes Sir I did. He then said, Can you take care of it? I said. Yes sir. I'll take care of it in the morning.
He said, OK then.
SO I go into the court to take care of it the next morning and they tell me it's gotta be handled by the courts in LUBBOCK, not locally like before.
Well, I lost my license for 3 months after payin a big fine first.

Story #2
I'm livin in Tahoe, year 1976.
I'm workin graveyard shift, midnight till 0800, as a security guard at Harrah's Casino. It was common for us to go and park at a bar after work. We would start at one in the casino and after a couple or so would go to another local bar and continue till bout noon.
Well, the little bar we liked to go to was Sam's. We would sit there and have a few beers from 10:00 till bout noon or so.
SO, one day me and this guy I worked with we called Giant, went out to Sam's.
We're sittin there drinkin a beer and we're the only ones in the joint. After bout a half hour or so these other 2 guys come in and they get a beer and go to the pool table.
They start shootin pool and drinkin beer and then one says to us, " Hey, you wanna shoot a game of pool for a beer?"
Well, Giant says he doesn't shoot pool. So I say SURE.
So I get up and get a Que and we shoot a game. I won.
He buys a beer and the bartender puts it down at my stool.
Now the guy wants to shoot another game. OK. Well, I win that one too. Bartender sets up one in front of Giant.
Come on, lets shoot another. OK. I beat him again. Bartender sets another one in front of Giant.
Now this guy is kinda pissed so he says Hey, we're shootin another game. I say, Alright.
Well, I beat him for a 4th game and the bartender puts another beer in front of my spot. Now the guy gets really mad and starts accusin me of husselin him and is refusing to pay for the beer.
Now I don't have enough money to pay for all the beer we drank first and all the beer I'd won so I don't know what I'm gonna do, then Giant turns around on his stool and tells the guy to pay the bartender and hit the road. He said "You came in here where we were mindin our own business and wanted to shoot my buddy for a beer and then you wouldn't quit. He never hustled you at all, just gave you what you ask for, a game of pool for a beer and you wouldn't quit. Now you pay the bartender and get the hell out. "
Giant stood bout 6' 8", that's why we called him that.
Needless to say they paid for the beer and left.
I never shot another game of pool for money or beer since that day. True Story guys.
That's been 48 years ago and I can see it as clear as yesterday. 53 years since the first story and still remember that one just the same. Y'all have a good night. Saw1. 🤠

Well family, I'm sorry to inform everyone that we've lost another wonderful Christian man from the Stage.
Jim Emonds, 1old timer.
He and I talked on the phone on the 16th and he told me he wanted me to have his old anvil but he hadn't had a good night before so maybe another time I could come out and get it.
I told him I was goin to Tahoe the next day so I would contact him when I got back.
Well, I've been callin him several times a day since I got back and finally today his wife, Barbara, called me back and told me that he passed away on the 16th. That she tried to text me. But nothing came through, so I didn't know. Today was his memorial and I didn't know.
She told me how much he loved me and how much it meant to him that we went fishin as much as we did.
She said that he told her that he didn't want to leave her alone but he was really ready for the Lord to call him home and later that day the Lord did.
He was such a wonderful man and friend, and I was truly blessed to know him. He was 1 year younger than my Dad would have been. He was 97 years old, 98 in a few months.
I frequently posted pics of him with fish when I would take him fishin. He was my favorite person to fish with even though we didn't get to go out very much.
I realize that y'all didn't know Jim because he didn't post very much but he was a truly wonderful man.
I really kinda looked at him as a father figure in a way since he was so close to the same age as my Dad would have been and our backgrounds.
He will be terribly missed by me and I'm so sad I didn't make his memorial.
Just wanted everyone to know. Steve, Saw1😥😔🙏

Our Secretary of defense goes missing for five days while war is raging all around the world and Sleepy Joe and his cabinet have no clue. Really! Who’s running this dog and pony show. Our airlines are facing serious safety issues, where is our t***sportation secretary, mayor Pete? Not a word! Oh yeah, and where is our border Czar. Public schools are failing, where is our secretary of education? The world is laughing at us! And H****r shows up in the audience to laugh in Congress’s face! Four more years!!!! Democracy at its finest!!! Can someone help me, my gas stove won’t lite!!!

Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you will lose it !!


#1. What do you put in a toaster?



Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast', just give up now and go do something else. And, try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question #2.


# 2. Say 'silk' ten times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink?



Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question. Your brain is already over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Women's Weekly or Auto World. However, if you did say 'water', proceed to Question #3.


# 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?




Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said 'green bricks', why are you still reading this? PLEASE, go and lie down! But, if you said 'glass,' go on to Question #4.


# 4. Please do not use a calculator for this for it would be cheating: You are driving a bus from Jurong to Changi. At Bukit Batok, 17 people got on the bus. At Clementi, 6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on. At Outram, 2 people get off and 4 get on. At Marine Parade, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. And at Eunos, 3 people get off and 5 people get on. You then arrive at Changi.
Without going back to review, how old is the bus driver? Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!



Answer: Don't you remember your own age?!?! It was YOU driving the bus!

Got my limit of sauger and a few others I didn’t keep. I was fishing on the Ohio River from shore below one of the dams in a deep spot where they used to unload barges.
I was using a 3/8 oz round headed jig with a 3” watermelon paddle tail grub. A was also using pro cure minnow paste. They wanted it right on the bottom. The bite was mostly soft to a little peck. I lost a few tails to them little pecks set the hook and get back the body with no tail. The spot that I was fishing was probably around 30’ deep. It was cold and breezy it was about 37 when I started and warmed up to about 40. No walleye