crime-stopper

  Herminator is currently investigating an alledged armed-robery attempt at the ultimate store last Sunday… some nameless customer , of previous preferred customer status ,  used strange and unusual verbage while conducting his legitimate purchase … the nervous clerk responded with a cry of ” WOLF ” to local authorities… She mistook the local excentric as mentally deranged serial killer , whistled in the long arm of the law to establish some state of sanity and restraint ….

  Turned out to be a platinum-card customer … routinely making his one-quart purchase of gasoline in a plastic water-bottle … is not actually a reclusive ax-murdered as originally suspicioned… all charges were dropped except for the three-dollar charge for a canned-coke …

   You can readily see where the Ultimate-store would be a prime destination for armed-robbers….The digital fuel-price display would indicate a large sum of money on hand … further price-checks inside the store would lead the average crook to believe the daily receipts must be staggering…. more cash than the Chase-Manhattan … over-sized bearings on the register-drawers ….

    Tom’s fifteen security camera locations captured the entire event…and after several reviews of the canned-coke transaction the deputies line of questioning changed…. The deputy faced Tom and asked …..I’m confused , exactly Who’s trying to rob Whom …..??

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Bad Business….Shortfellow Parade Float

•  You high-dollar harley boy’s think those multi-colored tri-cycles are cool…. just wait til i unload my new scooter at the Turkey Down-Town parade on Saturday morning…..all leathered up with a  doo-rag and shades…..160 cc’s of raw horsepower…custom built wheel-standin powerhouse from Harley-Hell…..chrome DOES make it go … Rags to Riches Renovation by my son… Big Dog Dave… (a.k.a. #2 ) from Granny’s credit-card and a 60’s era burned-out shell from behind my shop.. leaned against a tree for eight years…. dangerously parade-ready …  Let’s RIDE…!                                                                                                        Sponsored by…..Hamilton’s Last-Chance Insurance Co.  and White Family Funeral Home..   Bowie Texas

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Montague mail

Larry,

 

Here is an email I sent out to a lot of the people I deal with here at Nocona Athletic Goods.  Could you please forward it to some of your readers.  Again, thanks for all your help and support.

 

Best.

 

Randy Murphey

Nocona Athletic Goods

 

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From: Randy Murphey
Sent: Mon 3/29/2010 3:11

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

A close friend, Ronnie Fergason, has recently been diagnosed with advanced stage testicular cancer.  As a result on the downturn in the economy Ronnie recently lost his job of over 10 years.  Fortunately he has been able to keep his health insurance.  Ronnie and his wife Amber have two small children, Brittan(3) and Collin(1 1/2).  Brittan was born with a serious birth defect that has required many surgeries and she was scheduled for more surgery when Ronnie received his diagnosis and her surgery has been put off until Ronnie can start treatment.  Ronnie will require an aggressive form of chemotherapy that will require him to stay in the hospital for a week at a time.  Ronnie and his family are in serious need of financial assistance to help with their mounting medical expenses. 

 

I am writing to ask you for assistance.  I am asking for donations of your old samples, close outs or anything that you can spare to be raffled or auctioned off with all proceeds going to this deserving family.  I would also ask that everyone say a prayer for Ronnie and his family.  If you have any questions please give me a call at 940-825-3326, 940-783-2977 or email me at randy@nokona.com.

 

I would like to thank everyone in advance for their generosity.

 

Best Regards.

 

Randy Murphey

Nocona Athletic Goods

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Sunshine Sunday…

   Today’s return trip from Nocona found the share-croppers lunch ready for soppin…. Ham-hock and red beans… steamin hot corn-bread in a cast-iron skillet… brown rice and ground-round….poor-man’s anastisia…power-nap recovery …

  After regaining conscientiousness some thirty minutes later , I awoke to the familiar crack of the aluminum bat…  ( college baseball )…Texas-Tech Red Raiders were hosting the Longhorns on Fox t.v…..  Bowie’s own , Brandon Workman on the mound for Texas….. ( Heath Taylor’s old  Jack-Rabbit team-mate from high-school )……and as cordially gracious host the Raiders allowed Texas to score first , and second , and third , then forth… 7th inning score 13-4… another good outing for Brandon …He left in the sixth after a line-drive shot hit his pitching hand in the fifth…. He continued to pitch after being hit , so i assume it was only a surface injury producing some blood…

 Krum texas nuther brother showed up just as my afternoon coffee finished the perk….and we drifted off to the porch-swing leaving the Longhorns to their own resources… He was duly impressed with my free-range herd of feather-legged chickens..how they joined us on the porch with unbridled curiosity for the rank stranger invading our space….  tilted their heads ten degrees off plum while looking him up and down …. what an odd sight he must be to them , their first close-range encounter with a card-carrying-city-slicker… encroachment by this urban row-tennant dweller could throw them off their fodder…resulting in production restraints…

   I can only hope the metro-plex dry-cleaner never makes an unannounced Sunday visit… His heavy starched crease and detailed B.M.W. could shock them into unseasonable molt .

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Eat Toast….

 The first annual Smoke-Free Moocher’s Breakfast went off without a hitch… i deliberately slept late to enhance Chipper’s chances of a pleasant experience while mooching his morning meal… all for nought… the smoke-intolerant welfare moocher no-showed …did’nt call or text… just failed to show up… must have been his turn to furnish the biscuits … those Sure-Fine cat-head’s from mel-the-smell’s ….two can’s for a dollar with mail-in rebate … MAN he’s consistently, irreversibly , everlastingly cheap !

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In need of knees…

 For any who may have failed to get the news… another local family needs a P.U.S.H… that’s  (Pray Until Something Happens ) …Complete details are available at Randy Murphy’s comment on the previous blog…. ” Obvious Origin “..posted March 26 2010… God bless !

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Obvious Origin

   For quiet some time I’ve considered the possibility of Joe Biden’s ancestral roots tracing back to Montague County… could he be an off-shoot from some undisclosed yellow-dog Democrat in Precinct 3 ?…. consider the repeated verbal blunders and his good’ol boy mentality… numerous times he has inserted his political foot on national t.v…. giving condolences to a congressman’s dead mother while she still lives … that embarrassing snafu ranks low on his inflicted offence record…

   His latest and possibly most flagrant infraction coming just this last week….. He spontaneously dropped the F-bomb in Obama’s left ear during a formal introduction….in front of the whole ha-hirah delegation…over a nationally broadcast microphone … Don’t tell me his grandpaw never bought a bill of groceries at Joe-Cob’s ….  Biden’s culturally diverse roots are showing … He”s obviously spent time in Montague…. in fact , i overheard that same exact sentence from the snuff-stained lips of a dust-covered pea-nut farmer back in fifty-eight.. when Earl rolled out his first Montague Fire-truck …. …  I distinctly heard some sod-buster say  ( This is a BIG * (____) Deal ! )

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Hometown Hero

 I just finished reading an accurate historical account of possibly the bloodiest battle of Vietnam… a ten-day story compiled by Samuel Zaffri , 276 pages of the actual events shared by the survivors of that horrific battle for Hill 937….refered to by those who endured ten days of life threatening terror as  (Hamburger Hill… )

 A story of selfless heroics…unlimited will…unwavering patriotism.. and occasional cowardous in the face of death…

 A story of six-hundred brave  and proud American soldier’s resolve and perseverance to expel six-thousand ruthless North-Vietnamese  gorillas from the crest of Hill 937…

  The fact that originally drew me to read this book, was that my old class-mate and life-long friend ,  Chipper , lived those ten-days of pure unadulterated Hell … as Sargent Ray Walker of company B , 101’st  Airborne … May 11 through 20 , 1969..

 After reading the moment by moment account of the suicidal mission to take Hamburger Hill ,  I have even MORE respect for my old friend , and the bloody-hell he survived  to bring victory and honor to the America he loves without reservation … He’s a rock-solid Patriot , an unquestionable Vietnam hero , a proud American Veteran of the 101’st Airborne , and fortunate Purple-Heart survivor of Hamburger Hill … and a proud product of Montague Texas…

  Thank God for his military effort , his dedication to country and family , and his valuable friendship ..

   read the book…it’ll make you proud to be an American… and a friend of the Sargent Ray Walker … a.k.a. Chipper

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When all else fails….Read the instructions….

   It’s increasingly obvious that Rev. Wright spent miniscule moments teaching his dedicated congregation of Chicago the literal interpretation of scriptures….. displayed by Obama’s continued disrespect of the only Democratic nation in the middle-east…

 Barrack has been captured in several subservient pictures with the Saudi’s.. taking full advantage of any opportunity to show ethnic respect to the Muslim World… bowing humbly to their respected leaders… yet refusing photo-op’s with Benjamin Netanyahu …. The freely elected leader of our most trusted middle-east ally… meeting behind closed doors …. pressuring him to relinquish construction of the Eastern portion of Jerusalem…

  Obama and American media continually refer to the residential expansion of Jews as  ” Settlement” expansion…  but they have never in my recollection refered to Washington D.C. as a  ( settlement )… Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.. it’s not a settlement , an encroachment, or an occupation…. it’s a housing-expansion within the eastern quadrant of the capital city… seems quite reasonable to me that the Jews could build condo’s within their own city without receiving flack from supposed friends… the American politicians…

  Heads-up…  President Obama…  contrary to Wright’s religious rant…spend less time talking and more time reading… starting with Psalm 122-6 …  if you can’t find that , read Genesis 12-3 … it’s close to the front….that revolutionary truth could alter your misguided foreign policy towards Israel…

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Having Havoc with Henry….

   Taylor’s in Arizona , but bought a truck in Bowie yesterday … His private-secretary ( granny ) handled the transaction… the dealer delivered it to Montague yesterday afternoon. Then the secretary decided i needed to drive it to work today for license-plate installation …

   I’ve driven Chevrolet’s most of my adult life , Heaths new ride is a six-passenger Ford … i stumbled out of the house at 5:30 this morning , climbed aboard the big-Ford and attempted to settle in… dark unfamiliar surroundings slowed the process…. first fumbling for the ignition… then the seat belt to stop that infernal bell…

   The radio came on along with all the lights as the engine cranked into service… how lazy is this ?… an electronic ticker-tape display scrolled across the radio front …” Kenny Chesney “…  wish Kenny was here , maybe he drives a Ford … could offer guidance on locating the dome light or heater controls…or perhaps even reverse….

 I finally achieved forward motion …. with lights and Kenny but no heat… headed towards Bowie for what seemed like a joy-ride in a stolen car…. lost as a goose in the 747 cock-pit controls… wish i could locate the dimmer switch , but gave up after stomping the entire left floor-board flat… approaching motorist’s will just need to squint and blink , cuss and moan til their heart’s content , give hand gestures in the dark ….i’m doing the best i can…

 Next time some dude comes motoring towards you in the darkness of a two-lane road , and refuses to dim his light’s … be more patient… you have no idea the animated theatrics going on inside the approaching truck , in search of the illusive dimmer-switch…. break-dancing in the driver’s seat… simultaneous hand and foot search of every possible hidden location…mayhem… kenny’s voice is startin to crack , maybe he’s frustrated too …

   Give the unresponsive guy a break … show some compassion… it could be some misplaced moss-back Chevy-dude driving his grandson’s Ford ….

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